tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045235436087182302.post3472826198342126391..comments2024-03-28T04:53:31.881-07:00Comments on Militant Angeleno Archives: A River Ran Through It: In Search Of Arroyo De Los JardinesMilitant Angelenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613730063623882008noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045235436087182302.post-18753948170085291082020-12-02T14:52:09.637-08:002020-12-02T14:52:09.637-08:00Hi Militant,
I know I'm pretty late to this, ...Hi Militant, <br />I know I'm pretty late to this, but in this interview <br />https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/jane-gilman <br />there's an offhand remark by Tom LaBonge that the creek starts at Bronson Caves. Don't know where he got that information but at least it's something. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594828737870527144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045235436087182302.post-8919207893516298842017-10-01T23:15:45.308-07:002017-10-01T23:15:45.308-07:00Another interesting tidbit of info. Ballona Creek ...Another interesting tidbit of info. Ballona Creek is the ancestral Los Angeles river. An earthquake a few hundred years ago uplifted a lot of rock which forced the river to find a new course (the present one). After the L.A. river exited the Glendale Narrows area near Los Feliz it originally hung a right and flowed through the Silver Lake area heading southwest to present day Ballona Creek. It is really obvious if you look at a geologic map of the area, indicated by a light tan "younger alluvium" that can be followed to the Ballona Wetlands. The flow from the river formed the bluffs that Lincoln Blvd. climbs and where the Catholic university (I think it's Mt. St Mary's) is located.gman9043https://www.blogger.com/profile/04958855933225758981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045235436087182302.post-43090465851019133122016-03-20T16:22:37.732-07:002016-03-20T16:22:37.732-07:00Hey, i want to send you a scan of a surveyor map I...Hey, i want to send you a scan of a surveyor map I got a long time ago.<br />I think one of the green patches might help with the river source. <br />Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482704982164085234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045235436087182302.post-51555121083919504622011-09-01T16:10:35.071-07:002011-09-01T16:10:35.071-07:00Anonymous: Thanks for your sharing your exlporatio...Anonymous: Thanks for your sharing your exlporation experiences!<br /><br />We are both correct here. Indeed as a natural creek Arroyo de Los Jardines goes down to Brookside, but due to man-made channelization, which forces the rivers to run in straight lines parallel to streets, the course has been artificially diverted and changed.Militant Angelenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13613730063623882008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045235436087182302.post-71461476885047590102011-09-01T12:19:33.090-07:002011-09-01T12:19:33.090-07:00Having grown up in Hancock Park, my friends and I ...Having grown up in Hancock Park, my friends and I played/trepassed in the Wilshire CC creek on many occasions. We also went down the storm drain with flashlights to see where the water went. We walked for miles (no exaggeration)to where it flowed into Ballona Creek, but the Wilshire CC stream never resurfaced in Brookside. That water comes from somewhere else. If you don't believe me, crawl into the storm drain at the southeast corner of June and 6th Street. Go north to the Wilshire CC and go south to Ballona. Just where a hat to keep the cobwebs out of your hair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045235436087182302.post-58641932851761311812010-05-11T12:19:56.513-07:002010-05-11T12:19:56.513-07:00I heard the fountain of youth exists in a Hancock ...I heard the fountain of youth exists in a Hancock Park backyard. <br /><br />Seriously though, are you sure it's a real creak in the country club? Maybe it's just recirculated water (via a pump) like in Griffith Park's Barnsdal area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045235436087182302.post-49791401299708394452008-06-09T12:10:00.000-07:002008-06-09T12:10:00.000-07:00Another awesome exploratory excursion MA! I've alw...Another awesome exploratory excursion MA! I've always figured the never-dry water coursing south on Hudson as I bike across it on 4th Street is the old brook, but never had proof until now!Will Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613820435350540736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045235436087182302.post-21538892061731672122008-06-06T13:08:00.000-07:002008-06-06T13:08:00.000-07:00Great sleuthing, my friend.Great sleuthing, my friend.bgfahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10671508705589161703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045235436087182302.post-39817298953590158612008-06-06T10:57:00.000-07:002008-06-06T10:57:00.000-07:00OMG Militant! This is the EXACT creek I've been tr...OMG Militant! This is the EXACT creek I've been trying to find info on! It's so awesome you actually went out and found places to see it. Like you, I've been stumped as the where the creek flows before it goes into the Wilshire Country Club.<BR/>I've talked to folks in that area and they said there are little creeks flowing through Hancock Park backyards.<BR/>We should totally join forces! Yay!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com