SoCal gets a Space Shuttle, and a parade! - Page 14

Ghoulish Delight · 10-03-2012, 08:23 PM

If I understand correctly, the real parade will be on Saturday, not Friday.

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/spa...its-california

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On Oct. 12, Endeavour, riding the same transporter that was previously used to move its sister ships between their Palmdale, Calif. assembly plant to Dryden for ferrying to the KennedySpace Center in Florida, will emerge from its temporary airport hangar home and roll out onto the streets of Inglewood. The procession will pick up in earnest the next day, when the space shuttle is moved in full public view from Inglewood City Hall to the California Science Center at Exposition Park, where it's expected to arrive by dusk.

Basically, Friday they're moving it a few blocks, Saturday they're moving it the 12 miles. I'm sure there will be something to see Friday, but it will likely be less well organized, and concentrated into a much more condensed clusterfvck. So my (current) plan is to try to see it Saturday.

BarTopDancer · 10-03-2012, 08:28 PM

Thanks GD! I guess I'll withdraw my vacation request and figure out where to go Saturday.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-04-2012, 04:38 PM

There is now a very detailed schedule

Not sure exactly what they mean by this, but they "are asking that spectators only come to see it at the following places on Saturday, Oct. 13:

- 9 a.m, Forum parking lot in Inglewood
- 2 p.m., Martin Luther King and Crenshaw at Crenshaw Plaza
- 8:30 p.m., Bill Robertson Lane at Exposition Park"

Not sure how they expect that everyone who wants to see it will do so by cramming into 3 specific intersections.

Meanwhile, it will actually leave the hanger late Thursday night.

Driving back and forth on the 405 around 10PM Friday to catch it crossing at Manchester might not be a bad bet.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-04-2012, 04:44 PM

Ah, I see. At 2PM, when it arrives at MLK and Crenshaw, it will then be there until 4:30 while they reconfigure the transport vehicles for the next part.

Hmm.

katiesue · 10-04-2012, 05:55 PM

From what I read they are closing the streets and the sidewalks. So I think they're trying to get the word out that you can't just walk along next to it you'll need to go to one of the specific areas if you want to see anything.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-04-2012, 06:21 PM

Yeah, that makes sense. If the've got to remove trees, there's obviously no room to have people lining the streets.

Kevy Baby · 10-04-2012, 06:24 PM

WAIT... they are removing trees?!? How come I haven't heard anything about this?

BarTopDancer · 10-04-2012, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

WAIT... they are removing trees?!? How come I haven't heard anything about this?

The city of Los Angeles didn't ask you if it was OK that they cut down trees?

€uroMeinke · 10-04-2012, 08:46 PM

It's okay. It's only in the poor neighborhoods.

innerSpaceman · 10-05-2012, 12:53 PM

The City of Los Angeles did not ask ANYONE to see if they could remove the trees. Far from it, a city attorney told the fine folks at the Science Center to LIE and apply for a house-moving permit, which are easily granted to remove a tree or two, instead of the actual permit they needed for moving a freaking Space Shuttle, which would have required far more red tape to remove 450 trees - and rightly so!!

A company which was hired by the Science Center to do a survey also fraudulently said all 450 trees were sick, and of course that turned out to be completely false.

Meanwhile, in all the reporting I've seen on this (and I've seen a lot), nowhere have I seen anything about the replacement trees being mature specimens.

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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	There is now a very detailed schedule Not sure exactly what they mean by this, but they "are asking that spectators only come to see it at the following places on Saturday, Oct. 13: - 9 a.m, Forum parking lot in Inglewood - 2 p.m., Martin Luther King and Crenshaw at Crenshaw Plaza - 8:30 p.m., Bill Robertson Lane at Exposition Park" Not sure how they expect that everyone who wants to see it will do so by cramming into 3 specific intersections. Meanwhile, it will actually leave the hanger late Thursday night. Driving back and forth on the 405 around 10PM Friday to catch it crossing at Manchester might not be a bad bet. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Ah, I see. At 2PM, when it arrives at MLK and Crenshaw, it will then be there until 4:30 while they reconfigure the transport vehicles for the next part. Hmm. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	The City of Los Angeles did not ask ANYONE to see if they could remove the trees. Far from it, a city attorney told the fine folks at the Science Center to LIE and apply for a house-moving permit, which are easily granted to remove a tree or two, instead of the actual permit they needed for moving a freaking Space Shuttle, which would have required far more red tape to remove 450 trees - and rightly so!! A company which was hired by the Science Center to do a survey also fraudulently said all 450 trees were sick, and of course that turned out to be completely false. Meanwhile, in all the reporting I've seen on this (and I've seen a lot), nowhere have I seen anything about the replacement trees being mature specimens.
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