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Noir Los Angeles is thrilling...
but not if you have to live in it!
May 6, 2020
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The Hotel Cecil is a crime scene, but not the way you think it is.
Two days ago, the Netflix documentary series that we filmed a year ago this week debuted, and today
Feb 13, 2021
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In memory of William J. Kirkpatrick, who came to see the 1932 Olympics, and died in a doorway on Vermont Avenue
The 1932 LAPD crime scene photograph below is circulating online again, as it does periodically, with people sharing it commenting on the beautiful composition and noir details. We hate it.
May 13, 2021
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Let's Talk Taix: The Most Interesting Historic Preservation Battle in a Generation
Mitch O'Farrell's record breaks the record player, and everyone who cares about Los Angeles history needs to pay close attention. Today Taix, tomorrow... the Bradbury Building?
Jun 7, 2021
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The Hotel Cecil is a crime scene, but not the way you think it is.
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Exploring the 1904 Leland Hotel, Skid Row's ghost building that's coming back from the dead
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In Search of... the UFO Abduction Mushrooms of South Los Angeles. Plus: walking tours coming soon!
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The Eagle Tree has fallen
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East LA's Unique Theatre - 4/19/2022: Landmarked at noon and on fire at midnight
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For Marty & Elayne, with love and rage
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Join us this Thursday for The Bizarre B’nai B’rith Lodge Demolition Threat (Free L.A. Preservation Talk #1)
Recently, our preservation pal Steven Luftman wrote one of his fascinating, deeply researched landmark nominations for a gorgeous building in the…
Jun 28
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Saturday morning in Boyle Heights we'll summon forgotten Evergreen Cemetery lore
Gentle reader, 845 days have elapsed since our last in-person event, a Route 66 bus tour that included a stop to explore Fairmount Pioneer Cemetery in…
Jun 24
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Scoop: Relevant Group has gutted the Morrison Hotel... and it's weird
When Jim Morrison and the Doors snapped their illegal album cover photos in an aging Downtown residency hotel, they couldn't imagine how it would be…
Jun 19
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Esotouric Returns! Announcing Four All-New Los Angeles Cultural History Walking Tours
Come explore the secret histories of Evergreen Cemetery, Bunker Hill, the La Brea Tar Pits and old West Adams with more to come
Jun 12
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In Search of... the UFO Abduction Mushrooms of South Los Angeles. Plus: walking tours coming soon!
In our latest post hidden from the rest of the internet, join us at a secret location in South L.A.'s Plains of Id, where giant psychedelic fungi glow…
Jun 9
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Visiting All Our Friends at L.A.'s Bureau of Street Lighting... Vermonica, Air Raid Siren No. 184 and the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Lamps
Some of the coolest pieces of vintage infrastructure are stored for safekeeping just off Route 66 in East Hollywood. Drop in and see for yourself!
May 31
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Bombshell public records exposed in our quest to preserve the Old Trapper's Lodge folk art environment at Pierce College
Why spend $30,000 for a professional opinion on how to safely move these fragile sculptures, then throw 'em into the back of a truck?
May 23
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Karen Bass and the Mysteriously Migrating Marvin Gaye Post Office
or a funny thing happened to H.R. 1496 on the way to the President's desk. How did this soulful bill that was making West Adams proud get sucked into…
May 17
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The Hotel Cecil is a crime scene, but not the way you think it is.
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Exploring the 1904 Leland Hotel, Skid Row's ghost building that's coming back from the dead
7
In Search of... the UFO Abduction Mushrooms of South Los Angeles. Plus: walking tours coming soon!
7
4
The Eagle Tree has fallen
18
East LA's Unique Theatre - 4/19/2022: Landmarked at noon and on fire at midnight
15
6
For Marty & Elayne, with love and rage
6
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