And oh, are you ever wistful for the years of yore, for a Los Angeles that surely cherished civilized silences and decent darkness. Its place as L.A.’s sky-piercing beam was taken by the Lindbergh beacon atop L.A. City Hall. The tallest building in L.A. streamed the strongest light in L.A. for 60 miles in any direction, revolving six times every minute. Los Angeles,” blinked out “L A” in Morse code over and over, for wayward pilots. Some time in the 1990s, it was put on display — still unplugged — at the Tom Bradley terminal at Los Angeles International Airport.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 06, 2021 12:02 UTC