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Episode #97: Citrus, Books and Air Rights
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Episode #97: Citrus, Books and Air Rights

Join us this week as we talk with Bill Martinet, a retired employee of the Sunkist corporation, about the year he spent working in the gorgeous, now-demolished Sunkist Building (1935) opposite L.A.‘s Central Library. We’ll also visit with Donald Spivack, former Deputy Chief of Operations and Policy at the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, to learn about the terrible Central Library fire of 1986, and the redevelopment plan that saved the building.

We’ll also discuss the New York Times’ coverage of residential demolitions in Los Angeles, the reopening of the restored programmatic Idle Hour cafe and support for the National Trust’s involvement in the Southwest Museum crisis. All this and more as Kim & Richard usher in the week of February 16th.

Photo: Sunkist Building, Walker & Eisen. 1935

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Welcoming the National Trust to the Southwest Museum table.

See the restored Idle Hour cafe.

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Photos of the Sunkist Building (Walker & Eisen, 1935).

Video of the 1986 Central Library fire.

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You Can't Eat the Sunshine
You Can’t Eat the Sunshine is the podcast of Esotouric, the offbeat Los Angeles company that turns the notion of guided bus tours on its ear. Each week, join Kim Cooper and Richard Schave on their Southern California adventures, as they visit with fascinating characters for wide-ranging interviews that reveal the myths, contradictions, inspirations and passions of the place. There’s never been a city quite like Los Angeles. Tune in if you’d like to find out why.