T on August 30th, 2009

Last month I wrote about the movie (500) Days of Summer, and how it showcased many of downtown LA’s historic buildings (and on top of that, it’s a fun movie!) So when I saw on the Los Angeles Conservancy’s facebook page that they’d be leading a tour of many of the shooting locations, I wanted [...]

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T on August 1st, 2009

When you think of grand old Victorian homes, San Francisco’s Alamo Square often comes to mind.  But San Francisco didn’t have the market cornered on these architectural treats. Los Angeles had quite a bit of them as well.  We’ve lost the ones that stood on Bunker Hill. But a good number of them still stand [...]

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T on July 18th, 2009

I think I’ve admitted before that I used to be a snob when it came to big city architecture. Living near New York and Chicago, I thought they had cornered the market on great buildings, especially skyscrapers. But having explored Downtown LA through numerous Conservancy tours, I’ve developed a special appreciation for the buildings of [...]

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T on July 12th, 2009

I’ve wanted to take this LA Conservancy tour for a while – and when this weekend provided an opportunity to do so, I took it.
The cool thing about Broadway is that it can be experienced in many different ways.  Back in the winter, I explored it on a cursory weekday walk.  In May and June [...]

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