The downtown Civil Defense Apparatus first caught my eye as an interrent homeless person in DTLA last October.
The device looks as though it might be a flame-heater « au jour » for the civilians to make use of in public (which would be a fortunate thing, at some points in time; being myself: homeless). [revised: originally composed 05/16/2019]
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| Hill at 8th |
Various lores about the need for these installations to have come in to place - namely to the effect of that they were old announcement satellite speakers that would herald some sort of Cold War anomaly going on.
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| Mid-Wilshire |
Update: I happened upon another Civil Defense Audible Apparatus in South Los Angeles, the other day, after having jogged and walked back towards my home, from the Inglewood area. (October 16th, 2021); I’m now housed, thankfully, as an update.
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| Manchester at Harvard - Happy Fish Market | Ralph’s |
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Maybe back then, the things did serve fire and heat
Given the wear on the objects, and that [I believe]: that these things had been relatively new additions to DTLA and surrounding areas as of this past year, 2018.
Maybe back then, the things did serve fire and heat
to continue; of that they are rusted, yet not thoroughly; and perhaps they are refurbished and remanufactured with some grit about the outsides of the poles.
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