Paul Greenstein

Paul Greenstein is an independent scholar of Los Angeles and California history. He is lead author (with Lionel Rolfe and Nigey Lennon) of the only book about Llano del Rio’s history, “Bread an Hyacinths: The Rise and Fall of Utopian Los Angeles,” and has been leading tours of the Llano area since the 1980s. He often integrates his research with his expertise in other areas: he has restored dozens of antique cars and motorcycles, and has published articles about those vehicles and the restoration process. His most recent book (co-authored with Dydia DeLyser), draws from Paul’s forty-five years of experience making an restoring neon signs in the first book to tell neon’s history through a focus on Los Angeles

The book was written to benefit the Museum of Neon Art in the pandemic, and is available on their website:

https://store.neonmona.org/collections/books-media/products/preorder-book-neon-a-light-history