The Yesteryard app
A guide that taps you on the shoulder.
Keep your phone in your pocket as you walk. When you reach a place worth noticing, it tells you about it. If there’s an episode, the story plays.
01
See what’s nearby
A map of places worth stopping at, sorted by kind. In Venice Beach that means the canals, the murals and the beach.
Near you
- Muscle Beach VeniceMuscle Beach & the courts
- 'Morning Shot': the Jim Morrison muralMurals & public art
- Venice Beach courts: basketball & paddle tennisMuscle Beach & the courts
02
A tap on the shoulder
When you reach a place, you get a notification with a photo and a line about it. You don’t need headphones or a set route.
Saturday, November 1
4:12
Windward Circle: the lost lagoon
This traffic circle was Kinney's lagoon. The 6-ft aluminium torso in the middle is Robert Graham's 'Venice Torso', installed in 2007.
Abbot Kinney mural
Rip Cronk's four-storey Abbot Kinney. Tobacco money built this town: Kinney got the marshy half of the land (by a coin toss, says legend) and opened Venice on 4 July 1905.
03
Read more if you want
Each place has its own page, with photos and their credits, some background, directions, and space for your own notes.
04
Hear the story on the spot
On an episode’s walk, each part plays as you reach its stop, with a photo of what used to be there.
You’re at stop 2
Windward Circle: the lost lagoon
0:200:52
Then on to stop 3
05
A record of your day
Each day gets a page with where you went, where you stopped, and your notes and photos. You can group days into trips and share them.
The Venice Beach screens use the app’s real places and this episode’s stops. The place page and the day’s recap are real screens from the beta, from test walks abroad.
Where it works
Los Angeles first: 8 places, 26 walks, and 8 routes by bike, Metro and bus.
Your location
Your location stays on your phone. The app only uses it while you’re out, to know when you’ve arrived. Privacy
Get it
- iPhone: in beta now, through Apple’s TestFlight. Join the list and we’ll send you an invite.
- Android: coming later. Join the list to hear first.