Evacuation links & resources + a tiny art lesson
Posted on 20. Jan, 2010 by kchristieh in art, local news
Here are more evacuation links and resources, courtesy of Kelly M. at JPL:
Evacuation centers have been set up at La Cañada High School, the Glendale Civic Auditorium and the Sunland Recreation Center.
Website Resources for most current evacuation centers:
- LA County: http://fire.lacounty.gov/default.asp
- Red Cross: http://redcrossla.org/news/redcross-los-angeles-evacuation-centers
Animals:
- Animal Shelter Locations
- Also, the Pasadena Humane Society will be at La Cañada High School to receive and care for evacuated pets.
Helpful Websites and Resources:
- Guide for Flash Flood Preparation
- C.A.R.E. – Coordinated agency Recovery Effort – website includes evacuation areas and safety preparedness
- City of La Canada website
- City of Sierra Madre
Hotels Offering Discount Rates for Individual Evacuated:
Pasadena Courtyard by Marriott (king or double queen rooms)
$99/night
180 N. Fair Oak Avenue, Old Town Pasadena
(626) 403-7600
Ask for the “Weather Evacuation Group Rate”
Burbank Residence Inn by Marriott (all suites with kitchen) $199/Wednesday, or $149/night (Thursday – Saturday)
321 S. First Street, Downtown Burbank
(818) 260-8787, (818) 480-9626 or (818) 209-4561
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I’ve always loved Behind the Gare St. Lazare, the Henri Cartier-Bresson photo pictured above. When I studied in France, I purchased an oversized poster of it and actually schlepped it back home with me. Here’s what IconicPhotos says about it:
Gare St. Lazare has been portrayed by many artists (Monet, Manet, et al) but Henri Cartier-Bresson’s 1932 take on the station was totally different. Derrière la gare de Saint-Lazare is not a photo noted for its historicity, but it is a photo that represented the entire life’s works of Cartier-Bresson. Throughout his life, Cartier-Bresson had been a champion of the Decisive Moment, and a seeker of the unexplored–Derrière la gare de Saint-Lazare represents both, and defined his career.
However, Cartier-Bresson didn’t intend this to gain such an iconicity. ”There was a plank fence around some repairs behind the Gare St. Lazare and I was peeking through the space with my camera at my eye. This is what I saw. The space between the planks was not entirely wide enough for my lens, which is the reason the picture is cut off on the left.” Again he proved he was the right man at the right moment
Click here to see a LEGO re-creation of the photo on Flickr. :)
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