600-foot section of road quietly slips into ocean: City engineers have hired an outside firm to analyze the soil after the ground under Paseo Del Mar in San Pedro slid away Sunday. No one was hurt.
Photo: Crews survey the aftermath of the collapse of Paseo del Mar. The 100-foot high coastal bluff has been moving toward the sea for several months. Read an earlier story here. Credit: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
You guys! My fucking town is falling into the ocean.
I went to a neighborhood council meeting back in September and there was a woman there asking for support in trying to get public works down to Paseo del Mar because there was a noticeable dip in a section of road. I drove that way all the time because it was seriously the prettiest drive with the best view of Catalina.
After the meeting I had to take my sister to a friend’s house over there and I paid attention to the dipping and it was a DIP. That was two months ago. TWO MONTHS and now it’s in the ocean. That’s fucking crazy.
But you know what, it’s not the first time. In the 30’s a HUGE chunk of the eastern section of the same street fell off, taking houses, street and a third of Point Fermin Park with it. Now it’s the famous Sunken City, the filming location of the Chinatown drain scene and the ashes scene in The Big Lebowski.
Living on the coast has it’s price. But you know what, it’s worth it.
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
3 months ago