Dennis Hollingsworth

Greater LA PreShow

(View from 483 Broadway.)

I stopped by the show site at Greater LA, located on the second floor of a four story building whose current redeeming factor is the abiding presence of a street level store at its base called "Yellow Rat Bastard". Apropos of nearly nothing, a quick google search led me to Wikipedia and the following tidbit: "The idea for the store came from a Frank Miller comic book called "Sin City"; it had an issue entitled 'That Yellow Bastard'." If you think this is yet another typical Dennis Hollingsworth digression, consider that this May 17 will auger the release of L.A. Noire.

Just sayin'.

(I'm so excited!)

Alright.

Back to the show.

Greater LA will open tomorrow. The space has been lashed from one end to the other with artwork, and with the final installation of the bar (simultaneously dispensable and indispensable), the doors will open Sunday May 15th at five in the afternoon to nine in the evening and the libations and casual/not-so-casual chatter will flow.

Directions: Navigate to SoHo and a few doors south of Broome Street on Broadway, just to the right of Yellow Rat Bastard, take the elevator to the second floor and there you are. (Hot tip: the bar is deep, deep in the back of the exhibition space.) Or you can click here if my directions don't make much sense to you.

What follows are a series of ridiculously horizontal fotos (enlarge your browser window to the full screen of your computer display, it's that large) taken exclusively with my iPhone foto App, 360Panorama. My usual workhorse camera is broke. Don't ask why.