Saturday, July 9, 2022

GARY LEONARD's View of the 6th Street Bridge, Los Angeles, Cal.

Steel toe boots are stowed in Gary Leonard's Honda FIT.  They're necessary articles of the outfit to keep safe while photographing around a construction site, he said.

July 1, 2022
All photographs courtesy of G. Leonard

He has maintained a visual record of L.A. since the early 1980s and has been a part of high-profile construction assignments including the Disney Concert Hall (2003) and the Wilshire Grand Center (2017).

When the Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement Project was announced, it became Gary's personal project.  He has been following the work since its groundbreaking in early 2015 and visits the site on a regular basis sometimes several days and nights each week.  Aerials were photographed by helicopter prior to 2020 and then by drone.

The human factor has not bypassed Gary's attention to the built environment, and his archive includes the men and women who constructed the bridge.

Demolition 2016

February 2016

Safety First

At the start of each shift the crew stretches out.

November 2017

February 2020



October 2020

February 2022

Years 2018 - 2019

February 2018

February 2018

A member of the Ironworkers Union
May 2018

July 2018

July 2018

Nitrogen is injected into the concrete,
and the cooling process leaves a layer of fog spreading 75 feet.
August 2018


August 2018


September 2019

September 2019

October 2019

Years 2020 - 2021

January 2020

February 2020

May 2020

June 2020

June 2021

August 2021

August 2021


September 2021

September 2021

This worker has a Boyle Heights sticker on his hard hat.
October 2021

December 2021

Year 2022

January 2022

January 2022


March 2022

April 2022

April 2022

June 2022


June 2022

June 2022

Not Done - Here Are More!

Members of the Ironworkers Union Local 416.
March 2018

Ironworkers Union Local 416.
April 2021


January 2022

February 2022

June 2022

December 2021

December 2021

January 2022

Parting Shots

Gary Leonard shown above and below.
Photos taken by this blogger June 28, 2022



For more on Gary's photos archived at the Natural History Museum of LA County, visit here.

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