Weird California
Weird California
Weird California - By Joe Parzanese

Vermonica

Map 4641 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90029

Vermonica consists of 25 historical and different street lights.
Vermonica consists of 25 historical and different street lights.

Located in the parking lot of a mini mall at the corner of Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard is an art installation called Vermonica, named by joining the two street names. It was created in 1993 by artist Sheila Klein and consists of 25 individual streetlights. The lamp poles are lined up in the middle of the parking lot and showcase a variety of different lights from decades past in Los Angeles. Each is different and represents a different type of lamp used in different parts of Los Angeles. The oldest lamp dates from 1925, and the lamps are from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Each lamp has a small plaque at the bottom detailing what type of lamp it is.

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The art installation was only suppose to be temporary since Klein originally borrowed the lights from a light yard located not far away on Santa Monica Boulevard. But the light poles became so popular, that the art installation became permanent.

Vermonica was installed about fifteen years before Urban Light, another art installation located outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Wilshire Boulevard.

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First Created: 2016-04-24
Last Edited: 2016-04-24


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