so, i went down to macarthur park today (alvarado and wilshire, history). it’s only about 3 miles away from usc, but i had never gone there. i took the 200 line to get down there. the macarthur monument was covered in grafiti. the boating dock was locked up, it had a large lapd rampart sign on it. there didn’t seem to be many tourists there.
by chance, i met this guy cody, tyrone atkins, who is actually the writer of this recently made movie called macarthur park. the movie premiered at this year’s sundance festival, and apparently has been getting good writeups. hopefully they’ll be screening the movie in town sometime soon.
so, all in all, worth the $2.60 in bus fare