LOS ANGELES “Los Angeles is the New York City of the west” (Steve Fels). NYC Pier 59 Studio has a parallel office in Santa Monica. Both world records of 59 seconds in men 100 meters butterfly were made in Los Angeles (by Fred Schmidt in 1960 and Lance Larson in 1961). The LA drawing performance was made on December 23rd, 2009 by Ignat and Ruthie Ayzenberg (driving and navigating). Irina Danilova was tracking online from Brooklyn. It started at 10:35 am on W. Manchester Blvd. at S. Oak Street (elevation 59 feet) and finished at 2:10pm at E. 59th Street. 1959 was the Golden Age for Hollywood (“Some Like it Hot”, “North by Northwest”, “Ben-Hur”, “Anatomy of a Murder”, “Tiger Bay”, “Sleeping Beauty”) and the year LA acquired its first sister cities: Eilat (Israel) and Nagoya (Japan). This trip was 76 miles long. Ignat suggested that figures be made 59 miles in length next time.

LOS ANGELES
“Los Angeles is the New York City of the west” (Steve Fels). NYC Pier 59 Studio has a parallel office in Santa Monica. Both world records of 59 seconds in men 100 meters butterfly were made in Los Angeles (by Fred Schmidt in 1960 and Lance Larson in 1961). The LA drawing performance was made on December 23rd, 2009 by Ignat and Ruthie Ayzenberg (driving and navigating). Irina Danilova was tracking online from Brooklyn. It started at 10:35 am on W. Manchester Blvd. at S. Oak Street (elevation 59 feet) and finished at 2:10pm at E. 59th Street. 1959 was the Golden Age for Hollywood (“Some Like it Hot”, “North by Northwest”, “Ben-Hur”, “Anatomy of a Murder”, “Tiger Bay”, “Sleeping Beauty”) and the year LA acquired its first sister cities: Eilat (Israel) and Nagoya (Japan). This trip was 76 miles long. Ignat suggested that figures be made 59 miles in length next time.