#eric brightwell

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SLHC Interview with Eric Brightwell, Silver Lake entrepreneur and cartographer.

I was interviewed, as suggested by the title (not mine) by the Silver Lake History Collective. Have a watch, if you’ve got fifty minutes to spare (or 25, if you increase the playback speed). Support Eric Brightwell on Patreon Eric Brightwell is an adventurer, essayist, rambler, explorer, cartographer, and guerrilla gardener who is always seeking paid writing, speaking, traveling, and art…

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Eric Brightwell Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Region 6 Representative

Eric Brightwell Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Region 6 Representative

ABOUT ME My name is Eric Brightwell. I was born in Iowa City but mostly grew up in the country, outside of Columbia, Missouri. I first visited Los Angeles in 1998, during a road trip across Western US. At the time “knowing” Los Angeles only through distorted media representations and tired stereotypes, I had almost no interest in visiting Los Angeles except to visit friends. To my relief and…

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Invariably when one speaks or hears of "The Valley," the valley in question is the San Fernando (despite the fact that there are at least six major and loads of minor valleys in Los Angeles County). For the same reasons that I'm mildly annoyed when people refer to "THE City" or "THE Bay," the notion of "THE Valley" smacks of ignorance at best and unpleasant small-mindedness at worst. This blog entry is an introduction to the San Gabriel Valley, that great and amazing expanse of suburbs, boomburbs, exurbs and enthoburbs (any "suburb" portmanteaus I've missed?) with surprisingly significant history and variety of cultures beneath the seemingly uniform surface of bandage-colored strip malls and homes. That being said, at the time of writing, the San Fernando Valley page on Facebook has 25,519 fans whereas the San Gabriel Valley page has a mere ten.

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The other day I was listening to the podcast The Auteur Cast. In discussing The Empire strikes back, one of the hosts used the character of Lando Calrissian to question why there are so few black people in science-fiction. It’s not a new question. In 1976, on the album Bicentennial Nigger, Richard Pryor observed “I don’t like movies what don’t have no niggers in them. I went to see a movie of the future called Logan’s Run. Ain’t no niggers in it. Well, white folks ain’t planning for us to be here.” ERIC BRIGHTWELL

[flyingpigeonla]

"L.A. looks deceptively uniform from moving vehicle, so get out and explore on foot. Open your mind, enjoy this great city!"

"What Makes a L.A. Neighborhood?" on KCET Departures.

A great article on neighborhoods, and their names, in Los Angeles by cartographer Eric Brightwell of Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography.