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Lost Opportunities.
I once wrote about The McKinley Home for Boys (1920-1960) which stood on the present day land of Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks. It was torn down when the Ventura Freeway plowed through.The powers that be (bankers, developers, councilmen) decreed a shopping center to be the the only economically viable usage for that land. What…
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Advertising For Church and Everlasting Life
A friend told me he had gone for drinks in Glassell Park at a bar in a restored building, a renovated Spanish traditional like they once had all over Los Angeles. I was curious if I could find out anything about the history of 3501 Eagle Rock Blvd. in the Los Angeles Times. I went…
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The Nest Nightmare.
A few months ago, our HVAC company, Around the Clock, told me they would install a free Nest Learning Thermostat in our home. Free. And there was also a $185 LADWP gift card that would be sent for registering the device with the utility. The tech came to our home. He installed the beautiful modern…
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House Hunting in 1999.
23 years ago, I was 36, living with Danny in a spacious two-bedroom on the third floor of a well-maintained elevator building in Studio City overlooking the Los Angeles River and paying $950 a month. I worked in documentary television and hopped from $1200 a week jobs easily and without fear of unemployment. I had…
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Van Nuys as Subject
Artsy has a number of artworks for sale, some quite expensive (over $2,000), with Van Nuys as the subject. The variety of mediums and styles is fascinating.
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Two Family House Designs: 1928
Matot Construction Co. produced many thousands of homes in the Western United States in the 1920s. In a 1928 book of designs, there are many homes which feature styles characteristic of Los Angeles neighborhoods, the little bungalows in Spanish, Tudor or Colonial which used to dot the streets all over our city, especially in the…
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