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Saturday, May 29, 2021 · 12:00 PM PDTIf you asked a random sampling of Angelenos to name a mountainous municipal green space, most would say Griffith Park. But its smaller easterly neighbor Elysian Park, ten years older than Griffith, is equally packed with history, intrigue, beauty ...
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 · 12:00 PM PDTThe greatest historic preservation loss in Los Angeles was the 1960s eminent domain seizure of Bunker Hill, with almost 150 acres of homes, hotels and businesses demolished for a failed redevelopment scheme. While City Hall smeared the doomed neig...
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Saturday, May 15, 2021 · 12:00 PM PDT
Long before the industrial neighborhood between Little Tokyo and the Los Angeles River was discovered by loft dwellers who made it into an Arts District, the historic center of the city has attracted visual artists. Some were commissioned to dec... -
Saturday, May 8, 2021 · 12:00 PM PDTEsotouric Presents: Fourth & Main, Downtown Los Angeles’ Most Fascinating Intersection
Every tourist in Los Angeles knows to visit Hollywood and Vine on the Walk of Fame. But when Los Angeles was young, the corner a visitor must not miss was Four... -
Saturday, May 1, 2021 · 12:00 PM PDTIf you've ever driven the Pearblossom Highway (138) between Palmdale and Victorville, you probably wondered about the tall river rock pillars standing near the hamlet of Llano. These are the ruins of a hotel that was the public center of an extra...
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Saturday, April 24, 2021 · 12:00 PM PDTIt isn’t always fun or pretty, but Los Angeles is probably the most interesting city in America—and Downtown is the most interesting part of Los Angeles.
Join Esotouric, L.A.'s most eclectic sightseeing tour company, for an immersive cultural, ar... -
Saturday, April 17, 2021 · 12:00 PM PDT
Wilshire is among the most beautiful boulevards in Los Angeles, and it’s richly layered in history, oddities and historic preservation lore, too.
Join Esotouric, L.A.'s most eclectic sightseeing tour company, for a time travel trip along Wilshi... -
Saturday, April 10, 2021 · 12:00 PM PDTMany years ago, cultural historian Kim Cooper began collecting offbeat news stories to feature on her 1947project blog. As the blog grew and evolved into Esotouric’s true crime history tours, certain neighborhoods positively glowed with layer upon...
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On-demandBefore Jack Kerouac, before Charles Bukowski, there was John Fante, author of “Ask the Dust” (1939) and three other novels featuring Downtown Los Angeles and Arturo Bandini, his outspoken, hot tempered, sentimental, ambitious and unforgettable alt... -
Saturday, April 3, 2021 · 12:00 PM PDTBefore Jack Kerouac, before Charles Bukowski, there was John Fante, author of “Ask the Dust” (1939) and three other novels featuring Downtown Los Angeles and Arturo Bandini, his outspoken, hot tempered, sentimental, ambitious and unforgettable alt...
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Saturday, March 27, 2021 · 12:00 PM PDTLos Angeles is a young city, and for much of its history has been more interested in growth than in preserving what’s already here.
But in the 1970s, a new idea began to take root: the aging, unfashionable Art Deco buildings in Downtown, Hollywoo... -
On-demandJoin Esotouric, L.A.'s most eclectic sightseeing tour company, for a celebration and virtual exploration of the influential Modernist architecture of Paul R. Williams, featuring four Angelenos who have been profoundly influenced by it: photographe...
