Fascinating piece of street art entitled 'Year 1769: A Description of What is Now Los Angeles'.
We have often wondered what LA looked like before it was settled, and the description says, "Thru a pass between low hills, a spacious valley. Well grown w/ cotton wood and alders, among which ran a beautiful river."
Unknown artist.
Sounds beautiful~
The description comes from the journals of Father Juan Crespi, a Spanish missionary. When he and the other Spanish explorers stayed in what would become Los Angeles, they felt three earthquakes.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/la/historic/crespi.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Cresp%C3%AD