by | Feb 9, 2017 | Los Angeles, Weirdness
from KCET Infernal Machines: The Bombing of the Los Angeles Times and L.A.’s First ‘Crime of the Century’ by Hadley Meares Bombed-out building of the Los Angeles Times at First Street and Broadway, 1910 | Security Pacific National Bank Collection,...
by | Jan 28, 2017 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from KCET The Lost Canals of Venice of America by Nathan Masters Secreted away from the hustle and bustle of the famous boardwalk, the picturesque canals of Venice, California, are one of the seaside community’s hidden charms. But in Venice’s early years,...
by | Jan 24, 2017 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from TimeOut LA Say goodbye to LACMA’s beloved yellow spaghetti installation By Michael Juliano While droves of visitors are busy posing in between the lamp posts of “Urban Light” or pretending to hold up the 340-ton “Levitated Mass” for...
by | Dec 24, 2016 | Los Angeles
from KCET L.A.’s Lost Valley: When Hollywood Was ‘the Pride of the Cahuenga Valley’ by Nathan Masters Panoramic view of Hollywood showing Orchard Street and Orange Drive, circa 1905. Courtesy of the USC Libraries – California Historical Society Collection....
by | Dec 1, 2016 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from LAist How A Seedy Motel Called The Farmer’s Daughter Became A Boutique Hotel BY JULIET BENNETT RYLAH “Flying Bacon” by Jessie Azzarin (Photo via Farmer’s Daughter Hotel) The farmer’s daughter, in fiction, is an attractive,...
by | Oct 29, 2016 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from Vanity Fair An Oral History of Laurel Canyon, the 60s and 70s Music Mecca They made music together, took drugs together, formed bands together, slept together. But none of the legends of the Laurel Canyon scene that flowered in L.A. in the late 60s and early...
