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From: "Jon McConnel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 2:22:59 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: cross-section of LA


It sounds like you're talking about the sort of thing that David
Macaulay did in his childrens' books -- like _City : A Story of Roman
Planning and Construction_, or _Underground_.

Is there anything useful in the _EDAW Final Report on Hollywood
Freeway Central Park Feasibility Study_:
http://hollywoodfreewaycentralpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/HFCP_Feasibility_Report_20081008.pdf

Jon McConnel

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Â  Â  Â  Â cross-section of LA
> Date: Â  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:49:25 -0500
> From: Â  Nat Case <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Â  Â  maps-l <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Dear map librarians:
>
> A friend who works at a planners association asks:
>
> Â  I'm on a quixotic search for a very specific sort of image, and I
> Â  thought you might have an idea of where to look. What I'm after is
> Â  essentially a cross section of downtown Los Angeles, showing
> Â  structures both above and below ground-e.g., skyscrapers and
> Â  highways at the top, sewers and subways below. We've tried our usual
> Â  sources on this and come up supremely empty-handed. The city
> Â  engineers didn't really have anything either.
>
>
> Â  This might be unfindable and something we have to commission, but of
>   course I'm hoping to avoid that . Any tips gratefully received.
>
>
> I'll pass along any ideas you all might have. Thanks!
>
> --
>
> Nat Case, Head of Production
> *HEDBERG MAPS, INC.*
> Creative Cartographic and Marketing Solutions
>
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