Highrise Delivery
Eric Richardson
[Flickr]
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — If you live in the Historic Core and got woken up this morning by a loud whirring, you weren't imagining things. At 8:15 a giant helicopter -- the kind with the hollow belly that lifts buses in movies -- descended on Downtown and hovered over the old City National Bank building.
It stayed there for a minute or two, and then disappeared out of my view -- but not out of my hearing.
Maybe five minutes later it reappeared, this time with some large piece of metal (perhaps a fuel tank) suspended underneath. Crews on the roof of the City National building dettached the cargo while the chopper hovered close. Rinse. Repeat.
All in all, it's a cool thing to watch. Why, though, do they have to make this enormous racket at 8:15 on a weekend?
Brian Humphrey on March 04, 2006, at 03:38PM – #1
Though these are not Fire Department operations, and I can't address the early morning hours...
I've been told the choice of weekends is largely due to the lack of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
As for the choice of hour... well, I'll leave that to someone far more knowledgeable. If perchance you wish to voice your concerns, you might wish to contact your City Councilmember, as I am told these closures do require some municipal approval.
Stay Safe and Be Well,
Brian
danny on March 04, 2006, at 10:10PM – #2
This sounds like a recurring nightmare I've been having.
You see, there's this chopper flying in the mornings as well,
it wakes me up, it muffles my tv during the afternoon, it makes my
dining table rattle during dinner, it's a nightmare, it's a
chopper, it's, it's the Police Headquarters Facility right
outside of my window!
Scott Mercer on March 06, 2006, at 09:56PM – #3
Musta been something in the air.
This morning they were jackhammering the sidewalk outside my window at the Pacific Electric Building. By the time I got up and looked out the window, the entire sidewalk (I guess in the back of the building, along L.A. Street) was nothing but a pile of rubble. Who knows how long it had been there? They cut down the giant trees along this piece of sidewalk a few weeks ago, but the stumps are still in place. Oh well, I guess we're getting a new sidewalk. That's actually a very good thing.