What are some blue things that are native to Los Angeles?
April 23, 2019 6:20 PM Subscribe
I’m looking for some things that are blue and native/exclusive to Los Angeles. People, places, flora, and fauna. This is for a short story set in the 1970s. I have Dodger Blue and Paul Newman’s eyes—what else should I include?
Best answer: There must be some parts of Watts Towers that are blue.
The Pacific Ocean.
Towers of the castle at Disneyland
Santa Anita Park (racetrack)
swimming pools
cars. so many cars
posted by theora55 at 6:32 PM on April 23, 2019 [1 favorite]
The Pacific Ocean.
Towers of the castle at Disneyland
Santa Anita Park (racetrack)
swimming pools
cars. so many cars
posted by theora55 at 6:32 PM on April 23, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Well we have plenty of Stellar's Jays and California Scrub Jays, though they're not exclusive to LA.
posted by BlahLaLa at 6:33 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by BlahLaLa at 6:33 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Philippe's was a famous downtown LA restaurant from 1908 to 2018 that was known for their French dip sandwiches. They had a bright blue sign.
posted by bluecore at 6:33 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by bluecore at 6:33 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Babe and Ricky’s. Iconic and historic blues club.
posted by MountainDaisy at 6:40 PM on April 23, 2019
posted by MountainDaisy at 6:40 PM on April 23, 2019
Best answer: Also, the sky is often very bright blue, although that was less common in the 70s. Not exclusive to LA but people from elsewhere tend to comment on it.
posted by pinochiette at 6:48 PM on April 23, 2019
posted by pinochiette at 6:48 PM on April 23, 2019
Best answer: Is El Segundo close enough? The El Segundo blue butterfly is at LAX.
posted by lemonade at 6:59 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by lemonade at 6:59 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
(Just as a matter of LA pride I want to mention that Philippe's isn't gone.)
posted by BlahLaLa at 7:13 PM on April 23, 2019 [7 favorites]
posted by BlahLaLa at 7:13 PM on April 23, 2019 [7 favorites]
It didn't come out until 1980, but in '79, Columbia Pictures was making The Blue Lagoon.
posted by dobbs at 8:39 PM on April 23, 2019
posted by dobbs at 8:39 PM on April 23, 2019
Best answer: Ceanothus leucodermis
Western Fence Lizard
El Segundo Blue Butterfly
posted by Ideefixe at 8:44 PM on April 23, 2019 [1 favorite]
Western Fence Lizard
El Segundo Blue Butterfly
posted by Ideefixe at 8:44 PM on April 23, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: The venerable Blue Sky Tank at Paramount Studios, used for The Truman Show among other films.
The Eastern Columbia Building
4833 Fountain Ave. was originally an Art Deco hospital building, but in 1977 it was bought by Scientologists as a local headquarters and dubbed "Big Blue", with an azure paint job to match.
posted by Rhaomi at 9:17 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
The Eastern Columbia Building
4833 Fountain Ave. was originally an Art Deco hospital building, but in 1977 it was bought by Scientologists as a local headquarters and dubbed "Big Blue", with an azure paint job to match.
posted by Rhaomi at 9:17 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
Just as a matter of LA pride I want to mention that Philippe's isn't gone.)
Also, it’s in Chinatown, not Downtown.
posted by sideshow at 9:41 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
Also, it’s in Chinatown, not Downtown.
posted by sideshow at 9:41 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
Best answer: The Blue Center, AKA the Blue Whale, at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood opened in 1975. It stood alone until the late '80s.
posted by Homer42 at 9:54 PM on April 23, 2019
posted by Homer42 at 9:54 PM on April 23, 2019
Best answer: Although the Blue Line didn't exist back in the 70s Santa Monica's bus system has been and is still the Big Blue Bus.
posted by Rash at 10:10 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Rash at 10:10 PM on April 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
Best answer: This page shows the Hawthorne Water Tower, Chips Restaurant, and the FAA building--and they're all blue.
posted by calgirl at 11:25 PM on April 23, 2019
posted by calgirl at 11:25 PM on April 23, 2019
Best answer: The Los Angeles Rams wore blue in the 70's; still do.
posted by Jaymzifer at 11:35 PM on April 23, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Jaymzifer at 11:35 PM on April 23, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: and I wouldn't use the sky in the 70's for your blue...
we had a fair number of Smog Alerts back then.
I still remember-- your chest would hurt when you tried to breathe and the sky would be brown and gold.
posted by calgirl at 11:35 PM on April 23, 2019
we had a fair number of Smog Alerts back then.
I still remember-- your chest would hurt when you tried to breathe and the sky would be brown and gold.
posted by calgirl at 11:35 PM on April 23, 2019
Best answer: not exclusive to LA, but seen throughout LAX...
everything Pam Am.
And apparently the early Fatburger [born in LA] was blue.
posted by calgirl at 12:10 AM on April 24, 2019
everything Pam Am.
And apparently the early Fatburger [born in LA] was blue.
posted by calgirl at 12:10 AM on April 24, 2019
Is El Segundo close enough? The El Segundo blue butterfly is at LAX.
Came to thread to give this answer. There is a whole abandoned neighborhood -- due west of LAX -- along the beach because construction had to stop due to the blue butterfly. I used to live in El Secundo and Playa del Rey.
posted by terrapin at 10:00 AM on April 24, 2019
Came to thread to give this answer. There is a whole abandoned neighborhood -- due west of LAX -- along the beach because construction had to stop due to the blue butterfly. I used to live in El Secundo and Playa del Rey.
posted by terrapin at 10:00 AM on April 24, 2019
Best answer: Blue murals in Los Angeles: Wyland mural of whales in Ocean Park, and Botticelli parody mural of La Primavera/Birth of Venus at Venice Beach called "History is a Myth"
posted by effluvia at 9:32 PM on April 24, 2019
posted by effluvia at 9:32 PM on April 24, 2019
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