Rural Hollywood

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....

The Farmer’s Daughter

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,...

Laurel Canyon Legacy

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...

Venetian First, Angeleno Second

from The LA Times As Venice booms, some residents wonder whether L.A. is holding them back by Sarah Parvini There are few places so ingrained in the identity of Los Angeles as Venice — the quirky artistic vibe, the bustling boardwalk and the designer real estate. For...

Ruscha Does Sunset

from LAist How Ed Ruscha Photographed Every Building On The Sunset Strip BY JULIA WICK For his iconic book “Every Building on the Sunset Strip”, Ruscha used a motorized camera to shoot a “long picture” of the Sunset Strip. (Via YouTube)...