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We are about to begin our Los Angeles
Times tour. We had a nice turnout for our day of Downtown field trips. |
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As grand as the Times is, there is only one way to
start a day of Downtown field trips: with breakfast at Phillippe's.
Phillippe's has been Downtown for more than 90 years. |
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I rode Downtown on the Metro Red Line, the city's subway.
It is an excellent way to travel. And, according to this ad, it's a great
place to meet celebrities.
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Meantime, back at the Times, we arrive at an ornate marble lobby where there is an exhibit on the history of newspapers, the Times and Los Angeles. |
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Among other things, students are able to immerse
themselves into this scene on L.A.'s Spring Street, circa 1916. |
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We learned that the printing presses (which are many decades
newer than this model) are no longer at the Downtown location. |
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On to the newsroom... Darrell Kunitomi, our guide, told us about how the paper is produced. |
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We saw the extensive archive of the Times' pre-digitized clippings that go back to 1935. |
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We meandered through the Times newsroom. Some of
the stuff we saw there is quite whimsical. |