For those not born in LA, the first moments of arriving in the city typically result in some cognitive dissonance. Especially the closer you get to Hollywood. Yes, the tourist hub of the city is a bit more in-your-face and raw than the silver screen leads you to believe. But you can’t fault anyone for […]
Updated: April 2024 It’s May 18th and everyone knows what that means! Okay, so you probably don’t, but allow us to illuminate you: it’s International Museum Day! As the name suggests, this day is aimed at honoring the spirit of museums the world over. And what better way to do that than list off some […]
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. Southern California beaches could be a bit riskier this summer. A state-of-the-art shark alert system manned and monitored by a skeleton team in Long Beach is running out of funding. With California unable to contribute, researchers are turning to the private sector […]
Now these are some numbers that look familiar. The housing market has spent a couple of months in the wake of the holidays stretching out of hibernation. But March’s nearly straight run of surges brings us back to very familiar territory. Maybe painfully familiar for buyers. It was a month that saw neighborhoods surging further […]
Are you having deja vu? We’re having deja vu. But it’s understandable; Spanish Colonial Revival architecture is awfully similar to Mission Revival architecture, which we covered in our Los Angeles Architecture 101 series last May. And somewhere, an architect is fantasizing about strangling us for the oversimplification. In our defense, experts will surely agree that […]
All photos: Top Billing Entertainment One could be forgiven for wanting to lapse into song and dance when strolling down the topiary-lined streets of Glendora Village. But despite its splendor, Glendora is far from a Hollywood musical (literally about 35 miles give or take). Yet, there is one hallowed building where you’re not only free […]
February’s come and gone and we have to say it wasn’t quite the expected mad dash deeper into seller’s territory. Typically, when we see a nearly unanimous drop toward the buyer’s favor like what we witnessed in January, it’s just the beginning of the slingshot being pulled back. The next month is almost always a […]
Featured image credit: Los Angeles In our ongoing series about LA’s diverse architecture, we’ve focused on clear styles that have been fairly easy to identify through their distinction. Georgian Revival architecture allows us no such luxury. Not only is it a callback to a pre-defined architecture style (as is the case with any of the […]
Featured image credit: THylbom Angelenos know the name Baldwin well. You’ll find it plastered all across the cityscape. Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Park, Baldwin Avenue, Baldwin Lake, Lucky Baldwin’s Pub… it’s everywhere. Yet the namesake of these diverse locations is a character few Angelenos could identify today, despite coast-to-coast recognition in his time. Newspapers printed the […]
It’s that time of year again in Los Angeles. Hummingbirds are shooting across impossibly blue skies. Fragrant rain-nourished flowers are blooming in bountiful bouquets of vibrant color. And the sun is kissing everything it sees with its refreshing radiance. If this isn’t the perfect time for afternoon tea Los Angeles devoteas crave, then you’re just […]
