History, Los Angeles County

A bit of editorializing (like, when does a blog not editorialize?) and a wish for the New Year. Historical societies all over Los Angeles Co...

I neglect the north shamefully, mainly because I never get up there. But what does that matter, with pictures all over the internet? Today...

A post from guest Blogger Debra Ann Pawlak Sidney Patrick Grauman loved nothing better than to put on a show. When ticket-buying patrons cam...

Today's mosaic is at another Palos Verdes school: Miraleste Intermediate in Rancho Palos Verdes. And it's probably the last PV schoo...

The six-story Culver Hotel opened in early September of  1924. A celebratory crowd of 8000 attended the grand opening, according to the Lo...

Except for the giant corrugated pipe, you'd never know you were in LA, would you? Or even in the 21st century? A path to this viewing sp...

First, the exit from the old lobby. In ye olden days--1923 and on up to the late 1980s--guests entered the Biltmore from 5th Street, and af...

This five-by-nine foot mosaic represents about 360 hours of work by Girl Scout Troop 603, during the 2005-2006 school year. The girls worked...

Finding schools in Palos Verdes is no easy task. Private or public, they are hidden away on winding roads, in dips and valleys, shrouded by ...

And by the way, when did Westchester become Playa Vista and why? Does it sound more exotic? I like the community but I think Aero Vista migh...