![]() The short closes with a view of Forest Lawn Memorial Park, a "restful place for the dead" and an interesting glimpse of a stained glass recreation of "The Last Supper," by which time the viewer is probably looking for a restful place to rest. We get a quick glimpse of monuments when we get to downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood-namely, CBS, NBC, Grauman's Chinese theater, and the busy Farmer's Market with outdoor tables for dining, big shopping center and post office. A few more images of flowers accompanies the remark that California's fertile soil and sunny climate is why they're so abundant all over the state. We get shots of California wildflowers surrounding a highway, a long, winding train reminds us that California has a great network of railways, and see a field of poppies with the information that The Poppy is the state flower. We learn something in the opening narrative about why Spanish settlers came to California after Columbus-in search of gold that they never found. The Last Glimpses of California's Vanishing Hippie Utopias Media/Scan David Jacob Kramer, Michael Schmelling, GQ, 09th September 2021 There was an aphorism in the movement: Bad roads make good communes. The Last Glimpses of California's Vanishing Hippie Utopias Half a century ago, a legion of idealists dropped out of society and went back to the land, creating a patchwork of utopian communes across Northern California. ![]() FitzPatrick Travel series and that's saying something, since most of them are nothing to shout about. ![]() ![]() This is one of the dullest of the James A. The Last Glimpses of California’s Vanishing Hippie Utopias Half a century ago, a legion of idealists dropped out of society and went back to the land, creating a patchwork of utopian communes across Northern California. The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (completed 1889)one of the largest cathedrals west of the Mississippihas been considered one of the capital citys three most historic buildings, next to the Capitol Building and City Hall (which the cathedral is situated directly between). ![]()
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