A modest proposal for solving the Oceanwide Plaza graffiti tower and Dodger Stadium transit problems: The Jose Huizar Memorial Public Corruption Gondola1mo ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Grand Central Market legacy vendor Chiles Secos has quietly shuttered, after 48 years of service. Sending love and thanks to the Lopez-Armendariz family for all they gave L.A.1yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Angels Flight Railway, the lovely landmark funicular that belongs to all of Los Angeles, has been tagged in the middle of the day.1yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Thanksgiving greetings from the ghost of Skid Row past! The big man with the sweet smile is George Koines, head chef at the Union Rescue Mission, and he wishes you a full belly and good fellowship, not just today, but always. (Posted in memory of URM historian Liz Mooradian.)1yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Red Alert! According to Nextdoor, three priceless Glendale-Hyperion Bridge streetlights have been stolen by a group of men using a battery operated saw over the weekend! These beauties belong to us all. Please contact us if you see them, and keep an eye on the survivors.2yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
It's Corpse Flower bloom watch again at the Huntington Gardens. Current status: impressive without being disgusting5yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
A weird new addition to the Melrose Hill historic district is this sidewalk shark. We assume the same creative person who is building the bamboo tree house at Oxford and Marathon installed it.2yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Happening now: a Facebook livestream from potter's field in Boyle Heights of the County's Burial of the Unclaimed Dead of 2019. Once again, the service is closed to the public, with so much space for community mourners who want to be here.1yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
A victim of the weekend's heat: a beautiful mature Coral Tree exploded on the campus of Cal State LA. Healthy wood, no sign of rot.3yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Happy 100th birthday to Los Angeles writer (and longtime postal worker) Charles Bukowski3yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
See's Candy turns 100 in November, and today the original shop at 135 Western Avenue got a plaque3yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
A Pico-Union Queen Anne Victorian captured in 1965 and today (1515 South Hoover Street)1yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
The haunted dolls and giant skeletons would make a great Hallowe'en display anywhere, but this Downey house faces the north wall of the Rancho Los Amigos rehabilitation center, which means the patients can enjoy the scary view from their treatment rooms.2yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
I'm raising monarch butterflies from wild-gathered El Sereno eggs, and this beauty just hatched3yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
As Gary Leonard captures this view of the tacky transformation of the Hotel Cecil, LADBS has issued an order to comply (effective May 3) for the code violation Sign installed without a valid building permit.2yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Ten years ago today, we lost the original Clifton's Cafeteria, as the Downtown Los Angeles icon closed to become something else. It was a Sunday and we were all crying, patrons and staff. We thought we were crying for a cafeteria, but now it seems it was for Los Angeles itself.2yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Today is Silent Movie Day, and the historic Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley filming location got a plaque in Hollywood. After the crowds faded away, a little tramp checked his messages.2yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
After dozens of arson fires and the destruction of many L.A. landmarks, City Council moves to create an ordinance forcing property owners who hoard vacant, blighted properties to render them secure and fire safe. Too late for the Heather Apartments at left but it's a start.2yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Dozens of Angelenos turned out in the pouring rain to pay their respects to the unclaimed souls who died in the county in 20164yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Gary Leonard shoots as Echo Park's House of Spirits sign comes down. Museum of Neon Art will restore and find it a new home in the neighborhood.4yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Waiting out the sudden downpour under the bleachers at Cal State L.A.5yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Tory DiPietro's neon public art installation The Light at the End of the Tunnel — Heart of Los Angeles - before (9 months ago) and after (now)1yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Happy Brutalist Xmas from the gingerbread Bonaventure Hotel in the hotel's lobby4yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Imperial Mammoth sculpture is placed at the La Brea Tar Pits, winter 1967.5yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Effective immediately, Councilman Jose Huizar is not longer chair, or even a member, of the most powerful committee on the Los Angeles City Council, Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM)5yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
View from the great L.A. real estate boom: ad for house moving services, 19244yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
R.I.P. EDWARD HOLLENBECK RESIDENCE 436 SOUTH BOYLE AVENUE (1906-2023) KILLED BY CIVIC INACTION IN CD 14, WHERE PEOPLE FEEL NOBODY CARES6mo ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngelesPreserved
Farewell to the Bob Baker Marionette Theater, closing today after 55 years - open house until 5pm at 1345 W. 1st St.5yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Aerial view from the Downtown railyards towards Hollywood, circa 19266yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
LAFD extinguishing a trash chute fire at the Rosslyn Hotel Annex in Downtown L.A.5yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
On Zuma Beach after the fire, the high tides are marked with charcoal and ash5yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
A very sad update about the Waring Avenue bungalow court in Hollywood1yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngelesPreserved
Worrying application submitted for 2528 E 1st Street, Boyle Heights, to erect 51 affordable units on the site of an existing 1924 bungalow court and 1930 store built the lawn of a 1905 Craftsman. In a city of vacant lots, why destroy all this?1yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngelesPreserved
Tenant Mosaic Church has destroyed the polychrome interiors of South Pasadena's Rialto Theatre, and we want to cry. Also, they're having mask-free singalongs inside. (pics: Libby Cline-Birmingham, 2021, Walt Mancini, 2015, top right, Pasadena Star-News)2yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngelesPreserved
Spotted techs wiring LEDs in the Triforium's vintage glass prisms, so Joseph Young's musical sculpture could light up tonight5yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Red Alert! According to Nextdoor, three priceless Glendale-Hyperion Bridge streetlights have been stolen by a group of men using a battery operated saw over the weekend! These beauties belong to us all. Please contact us if you see them, and keep an eye on the survivors.2yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngelesPreserved
Fidel Castro hung in effigy at Hollywood Blvd. and Vine, 1961. (UCLA, Los Angeles Times photo)4yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Young Adult Librarian Vi Ha and Teen'Scape patrons made a magnificent Christmas tree for beneath the dome at LAPL Central Library.6yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
LAFD Fights Electrical Fire at Downtown L.A.'s Tower Theatre - soon to be an Apple Store (photo: Doug Dunn)6yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
New chain-link suicide prevention fence ruins the beauty of Pasadena's National Register Colorado Street bridge.6yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
An unexpected visitor on a cold L.A. day: this handsome tarantula decided to hang out on the stucco and catch some rays4yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Charming new cautionary signage at Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights5yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Lost landmark alert: During construction of Frank Gehry's Grand Avenue Project, Los Angeles historic resource Air Raid Siren No. 93 was removed without notice. Its present whereabouts are unknown. Bring it back!2yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngelesPreserved
RIP 4021 Radford automotive service station, keeping the San Fernando Valley's wheels spinning since 1938. A developer wants to build a 6-story mixed use project on the parcel.2yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngelesPreserved
Where is Vermonica? Sheila Klein’s installation of historic Los Angeles streetlights (created years before Chris Burden’s Urban Light at LACMA) has been mysteriously removed. The artist is concerned and so are we.6yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Central Library and Church of the Open Door (Jesus Saves) - L.A. City Archives, 19386yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Exploring Sybil Brand, the derelict mid-century modern women's prison overlooking the 7106yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
El Cid's iconic facade, built to look like a jail in 1925, is half demolished7yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Preservation hiccup: Angels Flight is experiencing mechanical problems and is not running. Maybe Thursday.7yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/LosAngeles
[My LA event] Benefit for cutting-edge Criminalistics research - 2011 Hollywood Fire Devil case presentation 1/22/177yr ⋅ esotouric_tours ⋅ r/Screenwriting
