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Meetup

The actual point was in a self-storage place under the 10 Fwy, or alternately was on the 10 Freeway. At least four people showed up.

Architecturally, that neighborhood is interesting, because it has some pre-world-war-one housing, which is uncommon in LA.

(If no one has pictures, I'll return later and take some for the record. -- Mike)

Ahem. Those showing up at 4pm sharp may want to hang around for a bit to meet those of us underestimating trafic and getting there, say, 25 min late. I took a few pics; will post when I get home. --IlyaHaykinson 00:22, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Was a bit of a bust. I think it had something to do with the location. I'm Adam, the white guy in the red overshirt, and whoever that was in the SUV: if you'd waited another 5-10 minutes, you would have met at least Mike! Ah well. -- Adam

I did a drive-over of the map coordinates at an altitude of about 50 feet (i.e. on the 10 Fwy) at 3:59PM. (Can we get a rules committee adjudication as to whether this constitutes successfully reaching the spot?) Afterwards, I circled back and entered the parking lot of the storage facility and I said hello to Adam as I exited (I'm the SUVer). I looked for someplace to park in the area but gave up on that. So, call this the first "drive-by meetup," or maybe "meetup, L.A. style." --Bill

The closest street corner
The numbers here are not the coordinates
This is roughly where the coordinates are
They even provided directions to the coordinates
A view from just outside the geohash location

Planning Information

As of 16:04, 30 May 2008 (UTC), the map lookup is incorrect. Use the main page coords. See Template talk:Expeditions/2008-05-31. --Tim P 16:04, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

If you go by the coords on the main page you get a location right on the 10 freeway, near the intersection of Union and 20th, by USC. [[1]]

Mike suggests that meeting on the 10 fwy might be a bad idea.

Daniel notes that it seems there might be an area beneath the freeway that is safely accessible (although he regrets he will not be able to make it because of a prior commitment). However, upon closer inspection (Google Maps Street View), he realizes that it is a fenced-in area, apparently a self-storage facility[2]. It seems the only solution is for someone to figure out which storage unit is located at the exact coordinates, rent it out, and hold a party inside it.

We might be able to convince the owner to humor us by letting us walk around the facility, if we can convince him that Geohashing is legit and non-destructive 66.215.20.28 03:10, 31 May 2008 (UTC) Looking at it, there seems to be a specific unit under the marker, as opposed to there being a road there, but I'm not sure. Hopefully we can at least get whoever is running the facility to humor us with a tour! Hopefully at least one of you can speak spanish, as it's a definite possibility that whoever is running it is less than fluent in english. 66.215.20.28 03:20, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

(edit) FWIW, Rigo's Tacos (22nd and Union) and Ragazzi Coffee (23rd and Union) are by there. -- Mike

SouthLAMike, thanks for scoping out the place but I think you’re missing the point. I feel that Geohashing is about trying to understand the world by exploring a true random sample of it. I already know what a taco place and a coffee house are like. I want to see what the area under the freeway is like today.

Fair 'nuff. -- Mike


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