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Phil Hill
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From: Hollywood, CA USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 07-16-2003 05:33 PM
The "FAMOUS" Los Angeles River has been used in many films for many years. It is a humongous series of drainage "rivers" and tunnels to prevent the city from flooding during the sometimes very heavy winter rainstorms. All of the drainage from the mountains surrounding L.A., as well as the surface water drainage for the city, eventually makes it way to the Pacific through these vast series of waterways and flood-control dams.
There are both concrete and non-concrete sections and each have their own characteristics. The non-concrete portions of the river support habitats for fish, reptiles, animals, and some 350 bird species. They say that is 3/4 of all the bird species in Los Angeles.
The concrete sections are probably the better known sections as those are the ones used most often in films. The many smaller sections eventually lead into the big main section that you usually see in the films for car chases, etc. A lot of time near the 6th Street Bridge, the Vincent Thomas Bridge, and sometimes in the miles of big drain tunnels under the city that trucks can drive into...like in the old film "Them".
Wacker Avenue is indeed a real street in Chicago. I remember when I was about 13 and needed some Juke Box parts. Seeburg's address was 100 North Wacker Ave. I was shocked that they could name a street like that, since to me it meant something ENTIRELY different. John, an interesting website for some cool info.
http://www.seeing-stars.com
>>> Phil
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