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Secret Stairs: Part 1 - Montecito Heights

Last weekend Penelope and I went on an interesting urban hike through a series of hidden staircases in Montecito Heights. We found the hike in an awesome book gifted to us by Pen's mom called Secret Stairs: A walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles by Charles Fleming. The book is packed with hikes in different LA neighborhoods that take the reader up and down a series of staircases hidden away in plain sight.

We really enjoyed our first hike through Montecito Heights. I dragged along my camera and tripod and made some HDR photographs:

Secret Stairways Montecito Heights

Fallen Stairs #### Fallen Stairs

Purple Flowers, Billboard and Abandoned Mechanic #### Purple Flowers, Billboard and Abandoned Mechanic

Downtown Los Angeles From Montecito Heights #### Downtown Los Angeles From Montecito Heights

Whitewashed Garages #### Whitewashed Garages

Park View #### Park View

Painted Skull Shrine #### Painted Skull Shrine

Montecito Heights #### Montecito Heights

Stairway Through a Field #### Stairway Through a Field

Downtown Los Angeles #### Downtown Los Angeles

Secret Stairway #### Secret Stairway

Mural #### Mural

9 ft. 9 in. Clearance #### 9 ft. 9 in. Clearance

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Friday, June 3rd, 2011 at 3rd:46:19 PM

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