History, Los Angeles County

I've passed this beautiful mosaic a few times, on Raymond Ave.and Holly Street, right across Raymond from the Pasadena Memorial Park bui...

I just learned that the town hit by a tornado in the 5th season of The West Wing (episode "Disaster Relief") was actually represe...

Who remembers Sea Hunt ? I was surprised to learn it only ran for four seasons (1958-1961) because it seemed such a big part of my childho...

Long time no see! I don't want to abandon this blog about Los Angeles history, because I still love the topic. I know that others find ...

Boardner's --on Cherokee, near Hollywood Blvd--has been in business since 1942. The picture at right is recent though. Boardner's ...

The LA Conservancy is offering a special tour of the restored Wilshire Boulevard Temple --a restoration that cost $47.5 million, which sho...

Two items today; First, Johnie's Coffee Shop on Wilshire has been declared a historic-cultural landmark. I have two standout memor...

This post will not be about the Long Beach Airport WPA mosaics, because I've blogged about them before, here and here . No, today...

A roundup of changes in the LA Mosaic community: The former Home Savings and Loan Tower in Pomona--one of the buildings that anchored the...

Charles Phoenix was at Corky's earlier this week (follow his FB page if you love mid-century kitsch) and the place looks wild. Of c...

This comes straight from their email announcement: The Films and Career of Buster Keaton  including his famous Venice Film by Elaina Arche...

So, Studio City . . . besides mosaics, what else you got? Duh. The name is Studio City. So here are some pictures of CBS Studio Center. ...

Shorpy displayed this photo , which originally ran in Look Magazine , of a scene being shot in Culver City for the Dr. Kildare TV show. ...

The 107-year-old Alexandria Hotel holds some secrets. I've written about the hotel's history --a rich tale, because this is a pla...