Video Intermission – The Viaduct

In this brief short film, a Los Angeles motorcyclist gets nostalgic about the 6th Street bridge, which is in the process of being torn down.

Edit: The people have spoken. Here’s a little more context for those of you unfamiliar with this bridge:

What it used to look like:

Photo from the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-final-farewell-20160127-story.html

The bridge was recently determined to be an earthquake risk due to a rare chemical reaction in the concrete. I don’t have any sort of affinity for the bridge itself – rather I appreciate what exists under the bridge. That’s where you can get easy access to the LA River in the downtown area, where you can then go to do dumb stuff like this:

Here’s what the proposed redesign looks like:

Photo from http://la.streetsblog.org/2013/12/13/public-briefing-on-sixth-street-viaduct-highlights-need-to-remember-bridges-are-about-connecting-people/

Can you guess what the bike is? Thankfully this isn’t as hard as the last one!