History, Los Angeles County

I have been meaning to post this for a bit--it was written for my Baby Boomer Book blog , but it belongs here as well, since it is full of...

The new Los Angeles City Hall was dedicated on April 26, 1928. There was a huge parade with 32,000 marchers (!) 34 bands, and a Hollywood...

To all those back east suffering through another polar blast. . . gosh, I'm sorry.  I could say I thought of you this afternoon when ...

Remember when Trashy Lingerie showed up on La Cienega in the early 70s? Where did they come up with that name? Or the Apple Pan, for tha...

If you think you've seen this glider picture before, you're right and you've got a great memory.  It was 2010 that I first bl...

This week's Mosaic Monday site was featured in Westways Magazine last June, in a story about the first few mini-parks, or parklets, o...

Today's featured mosaic is in Chatsworth, at the Nordhoff Metro Station of the Orange Line. Anne Marie Karlsen designed the 27-foot-lo...

Today's mosaic is an opportunistic piece.  p I was going to point out that the Norton Simon Museum facade is, in fact, a mosaic. It do...

Went looking for a Christmas-themed mosaic for this week--and found this lovely book of mosaics designed to celebrate the poem, "The ...

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