History, Los Angeles County

OK, this is just a short little post to inform you that Friday--October 25, 2013--at the Aquarium of the Pacific at 1 pm, there will be a ...

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...

The Grand Avenue Project involves the lot across the street from the Disney Concert Hall. What to do with it? No one has presented a plan ...

The Pan American Bank is not just a building with beautiful mosaics. Unlike so many of the mid-century banks we've featured here--the ...

Ah, the good old days. When the poor sent their children out barefoot to sell newspapers on street corners, instead of coddling the little...

. . . that are not Halloween-related. Like old movies? How about old movies screened on the roof of the Union Rescue Mission ? LAVA--the L...

Halloween's a big holiday for historical societies, and Long Beach is no exception. On October 26, 2013 HSLB hosts their annual Cemet...

George is the snowy egret. Not that he knows that. Nor does anyone else, I suppose, since I just made his name up. The park is Averill Pa...

Haunted Hayride and Purgatory Sideshow  at Griffith Park's Old Zoo Based on Actual Events! Apparently--or at least, according...

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...