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Northridge is a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California in the San Fernando Valley. It is the home of California State University, Northridge, as well as eleven public and eight private schools.
Originally named Zelzah, the community was renamed North Los Angeles in 1929 to emphasize its closeness to the booming city. This created confusion with Los Angeles and North Hollywood. At the suggestion of a civic leader, the community was renamed Northridge in 1938. Northridge can trace its history back to the Gabrielino (or Tongva) people and to Spanish explorers. Its territory was later sold by the Mexican governor to Eulogio de Celis, whose heirs divided it for sale.
The area has been the home of notable people, and it has notable attractions and points of interest. Residents have access to a municipal recreation center and a public swimming pool.
The 2000 U.S. census counted 57,561 residents in the 9.47-square-mile Northridge neighborhood—or 6,080 people per square mile, among the lowest population densities for the city. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 61,993. In 2000 the median age for residents was 32, about average for city and county neighborhoods; the percentage of residents aged 19 to 34 was among the county's highest.
The 1994 Northridge earthquake was named for Northridge based on early estimates of the location of the quake's epicenter; however, further refinements showed it to be technically in neighboring Reseda. The earthquake, which occurred on a blind thrust fault, was one of the strongest ground motions ever recorded in North America. Freeways collapsed, and many buildings suffered irreparable damages. Vertical and horizontal accelerations lifted structures off their foundations. During the 1994 quake, the Northridge Hospital Medical Center remained open and treated more than 1,000 patients who came to the facility during the first few days after the 6.7-magnitude quake.
This was the second time in 23 years that the area had been affected by a strong earthquake. On February 9, 1971 the San Fernando earthquake (also known as the Sylmar earthquake) struck, having a magnitude of 6.5.
And they got their hay done just right!
Thanks to road construction, I had to find an alternate route to work, and this is a beautiful twisted crazy road with wonderful new views for me to admire on my way to and from work!
Mamiya Super 23 // expired Portra 160NC
Grayscale in post... this stuff was old and probably baked in desert heat at some point.
May 2021
When my wife and I first started dating we’d always catch the latest flick at a local movie theater on Sundays. I would always check for a midday showtime because I knew I’d get to shoot UP’s Day Bud Local that worked the LA Times printing plant spur across the street, with a friendly crew that was always good for a chat. These guys were great, they always posed their train in great light for a photo and asked if I got the photos I wanted, just because.
One Sunday, I was asked by engineer Jimmy Escalante (with sunglasses) if I would sell him the photographs I'd taken through the years as a keepsake because he would be retiring soon. I was honored, with all the info these guys were willing to give me, I told him that I would do him one better and just give him the photographs, which made him extremely happy. So the following Sunday, my wife and I showed up with prints in hand as well as a few portraits of the crew on the front end of their locomotive. The guys were delighted as was Jimmy so he invited us into the cab for a photograph of our own.
So here I am with my first ever visit inside of a working locomotive, and a true SP locomotive to boot! My wife had this big smile on her face when I finally climbed off saying that I looked like a little boy with a humongous grin from ear to ear when I posed for the photo. She declined to join me in the cab, but took one with me on the front end. Needless to say this is one of our (mine for sure) favorite memories. 5/18/03
Camera: Polaroid 600SE
Lens: Mamiya 75mm
Film: Portra 400
Former Foot Locker still locked in post-9/11 patriotism.
Northridge Mall // Milwaukee, WI
This is the view from the south court, right in front of Sears. Gimbels is visible at the far end.
Northridge is a defunct shopping mall in Milwaukee, WI.
Early morning hours of December 3rd, 2019.
Pentax Spotmatic SP / Auto Yashinon 5cm / Fuji Superia 100 (exp. 2003).
Long-exposure metered at ISO 50
An earthquake (also known as a "quake") is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from those that are weak and cannot be felt, to those violent enough to damage critical infrastructure, and wreak destruction across entire cities.
Early in the morning on January 17, 1994, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the San Fernando Valley, a densely populated area in northwest Los Angeles, California. The "Northridge Quake", named after the community near its epicenter, was the costliest in U.S. history with damage estimated at more than $20 billion and resulted in 57 deaths and thousands injured.
This is the damage I recorded in 1994 to a home in the suburb of Tarzana in the San Fernando Valley, approximately 10 miles from the epicenter.