Charles Phoenix's Disneyland Tour of Downtown Los Angeles

[doncordova4]

Echo Park<3

[RozeyPalmer]

Good Lord...how long is this tour??

[sweetbabih500]

bin there done tat

[sideslide23]

I was hopping that it was Phoenix Arizona.

[jekkeru]

I live right outside of Downtown L.A., but my parents' paranoia for my safety has kept me from fully exploring the area. Since my bus ride home goes through Old Chinatown, I recognized the street in the video and my day at jury duty allowed me to visit city hall and the sunken Mall - ever since I was a kid I'd been wondering what the colorful structure was. Now I really want to grab my bike and explore Downtown more thoroughly.

[neverwasapunk16]

I am exactly like you ,except without all the parent paranoia . I explored pretty much all of L.A including downtown on my Skateboard. I can map quest all of L.A in my head including the bad parts. lol

[HunterMann]

Excellent tour.... Charles deserves a national heritage award!

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Great video!

Love it!!

George Vreeland Hill

[steveo6890]

very cool video nice work

[norcatur]

Wow! So nice. Thank you!

[Dirishiis]

I cannot wait to go on the next tour. I've been waiting a YEAR to get my calendar free. Hurry up Charles!

[mizzglammie]

i been here b4

[merryrogue]

Great video! It was really well-edited and gave us a wonderful taste of Charles' tours.

I think his next one's in November. Wish I had the cash for it.

[S2tyle]

I love L.A. too

lol

[psphotographer]

The video brought back a ton of memories. I lived in a house only 2 blocks north of the Bob Baker Puppet Theater in the Echo Park neighborhood back in the early 1960s. I also used to go to Chinatown and Cliftons. What a cool video!!

[GreenMarble]

That must have been amazing to see everything develop in and around Disney.

[splashgal7898]

ok...that video was weird...but it must of took you millions of years to edit it!!!

jk jk jk

[angelcore]

I am super impressed by this video and upset I missed the tour

also on a sad note

Sammy (the Carol Ave dog) has died

If you decide to do this again - please let me know

[SENSIDOG]

I have been going to clifton's and china town since i was hours old. I was born at the french hospital in down town next to china town. This tour by Charles Phoenix has a very special place in my hart. Thank you for making this show available via youtube.

[quickattack]

wow, that was awesome. thanks for uploading.

[lkillinger]

WOW! Wow. I didn't realize, that day in Panama City, FL, that the nice man my husband & I gave beads and dubloons to after the mardi gras parade, was THIS talented and insanely interesting person!! You are a riot. We are going to have to come to LA just to see you again.  Do you still do the tours?

[thegoodfaery]

Hey, that was really nice!

[denny906]

Los Angeles is my favorite city in america.

[spineboy]

Except that Los Angeles isn't a city - it's a fricken HUGE suburb

[bettypug]

Does anyone know what the music is playing through this clip, after the violins bit

[hop0409]

i live in a loft in downtown los angeles...and i never get tired of the sights down here! great video!

[DolisDestiny]

i want to go to LA :((((

[TadAllagash]

Very cool. Reminds me of Reyner Banham's "Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles" video. Look for it on Google Video, but he did a travelogue of the city in 1971 (?) and he uncovers amazing things too.

LA is a very cool city. SO much history that most people never get around to discovering because they're too busy trying to get discovered themselves.

But born-here Angelinos know and video's like Charlie's do this city a great service.

[shinyjebus]

Wonderful! Nicely done. Thanks.

[flortuta]

i mean..if u consider the whole niggaz part of the gangsta capital of world and hollywood

[flortuta]

as i can see many brazilians here xD

neva mind..by what i kno bou L.A..

this video is Gay

xD

[doidao47]

i prefer new york, i'm brazilian

[Magicstticks]

I live in La county 30 min. from downtown

[ronscott7]

They did Cliftons....now this is a great tour!!

[DorfoGuitar]

i'm brazilian and i want to visit this town. In my opinion, LA is the more incredible city in USA

[BiggestWeirdo]

and why so misunderstood?

[bobthemans]

nice video

[saintfletcher]

I never thought I'd want to see LA but now I do. Charles, in your wit, you pit warmth in presentation and show humanity in the city which is not a place, but many diversities. I can imagine LA to be a nice place to live now.

[DesertlistenerAZ]

I believe this wideo is a must see for everyone (LA FANS)! Such great information on LA, from the past. Do you have information regarding the Los Angeles Greyhound Station in downtown LA? I think it would be neat to see information about the station. Again thanks for the great videos you have shared with us all who LOVE LA!

[MAYO689]

He is SO funny! I wish he would come on vacation with us!  I have a couple of his books and I can't believe I just happened to see this video...brilliant stuff. BIG fan... thanks for the memories!!

[granodemostasa]

and what of: the cathederal, the death star, and dodger stadium?

[hermanaA]

thank you so much for sharing this! i love my city and i appreciate those who try to keep its history alive.

[mindreader]

Great stuff. Big fan of Charles' work. Thank you for making a video of his tour in such a creative and interesting way. Dana Law

[klpeekl2000]

This video is absolutly the most beautiful, magical, special video ive ever seen. Even though ive never been on the tour i felt like i got to know charles pheonix, hes an amazing human being with an amazing cause. Great video. You should do a video about Disneyland now.

[videomandw]

I live NW Indiana but I love LA and go out there every chance I get. This video brought back lots of memories of places I visited there. Great Job!! Thanks,

David Welch

[iamdigito]

Wow...most people that visit LA don't hit the obscure spots that he covered in the video. I'm glad you enjoyed our City for what it really is...a hidden treasure.

[DanHarkless]

Very cool. Thanks for capturing this character and his entertaining perspective. The melancholy music kind of seemed to make him out to be a sad figure, though. Also, you cheated with the use of the footage of the Seattle "Century 21" monorail. :-) (Ah well, at least Disney's were based on the Alweg design.)

[dashblankdash]

fantastic! I live in LA, and I felt like I was seeing it new...

[jeanniewellercooper]

The film by itself was beautifully done, and how fantastic to see Charles Phoenix do his tour. Thank you so much for posting this for us.

[neverbody]

Oops. The bus interiors were of the old bus, rounded roof with rounded split rear window. Exteriors are of a newer bus. The old one barely made it up the hill to Carroll Ave.

[neverbody]

WE got a ride in a way more crappier bus than shown! Much rounder and funkier.

[Bluefairy513]

Been there, done that! It's so nice to see it again!

[abbycat14]

I went on this tour during its first run and this is a very accurate video about the entire experience. I'm so glad I got to go before I left L.A. Great work!

[floriegray]

OUTSTANDING video. Thanks so much for this lovely piece of art.

[aquamelina]

I want to go on his tour SO BAD!

[mxferraro]

it was satisfying and mysterious, just like macaroni and cheese. and the music was perfect.

[LCCorporatepoet]

Bravo! I went on the tour a while back and this film totally captures the fun and energy of Charles' world!

[paullayton]

love it!

[redban]

amazing work again dude. Big fan.

[peymon]

great work~ i'm going to take his tour next weekend~*