Everyday Urbanism in Los Angeles

I have just finished reading "Everyday Urbanism" by Margaret Crawford, John Chase and John Kaliski. Instead of focusing on the carefully planned and designed places that we are used to seeing in glossy magazines, the authors of this book focus on the incidental or spontaneous places and spaces created by urban dwellers themselves. Here are a few I have seen in and around Los Angeles...a corner cafe, a mural on a staircase, a barbershop under a house and a cupcake vending truck.

Hidden Stairs and Public Walks of Silver Lake and Hollywood

The beautiful hidden public walks and stairways of Silver Lake and Hollywood. For detailed directions to more check out 'Secret Stairs' by Charles Fleming.

Silver Lake and Hollywood Walk Streets

There are so many of these hidden walks through the hills of the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Silver Lake and Hollywood. They are a welcome relief from the bustle of the rest of the City.