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See the historic party-house of Charles Lummis, museum founder
Architecture around Los Angeles / Highland Park / Los Angeles

See the historic party-house of Charles Lummis, museum founder

carollightwoodby carollightwoodFebruary 24, 2016August 14, 2020

While perhaps he is best-known today as the man who built a stone house by hand in Los Angeles between 1897 and 1910, Charles Lummis …

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Sky high Perch restaurant overlooking the Slut Parade in Pershing Square L.A.
Architecture around Los Angeles / Downtown

Sky high Perch restaurant overlooking the Slut Parade in Pershing Square L.A.

carollightwoodby carollightwoodOctober 4, 2015April 1, 2021

My special birthday request this year was to go to the Perch restaurant overlooking Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles for brunch. It is one …

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Flying men, pink balls and a fountain on the way to the new Broad Museum
Architecture around Los Angeles / Art in Los Angeles / Downtown Los Angeles / Los Angeles

Flying men, pink balls and a fountain on the way to the new Broad Museum

carollightwoodby carollightwoodSeptember 27, 2015April 9, 2021

I decided to take the Metro to the brand new Broad (rhymes with road) Museum in downtown Los Angeles. But not all art in L.A. …

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Moderne/Art Deco buildings in downtown L.A. are now mostly living spaces for the rich and movie stars
Architecture around Los Angeles / Art in Los Angeles / Downtown / Downtown Los Angeles

Moderne/Art Deco buildings in downtown L.A. are now mostly living spaces for the rich and movie stars

carollightwoodby carollightwoodApril 8, 2015October 29, 2025

In the go-go years of the 1920s and early 1930s Art Moderne (or as it is also known, Art Deco) became the architecture of choice …

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Who built the Santa Barbara Mission Church?  Why the Chumash natives, of course. (Not the Franciscan friars.)
Architecture around Los Angeles / Beach Cities

Who built the Santa Barbara Mission Church? Why the Chumash natives, of course. (Not the Franciscan friars.)

carollightwoodby carollightwoodMarch 24, 2015March 31, 2024

I fell into a very surprising conversation with a young-ish woman in the bookstore of the Santa Barbara Mission, as I was photographing some of …

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Bells ring on the hour at St. Andrew’s Church in Pasadena
Architecture around Los Angeles / Pasadena

Bells ring on the hour at St. Andrew’s Church in Pasadena

carollightwoodby carollightwoodFebruary 1, 2015July 28, 2020

One of the first things I noticed when I was living in Budapest in 1991 were the church bells that rang throughout the city every …

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A winter walk in Arroyo Seco in Pasadena–lots of sunshine, no snow
Architecture around Los Angeles / Pasadena

A winter walk in Arroyo Seco in Pasadena–lots of sunshine, no snow

carollightwoodby carollightwoodJanuary 24, 2015July 27, 2020

On Martin Luther King Day I decided to take a walk in the Lower Arroyo Seco park.  Unlike Brookside Park (about a mile or so …

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Tour the famous old Castle Green in Pasadena in December.
Architecture around Los Angeles / Pasadena

Tour the famous old Castle Green in Pasadena in December.

carollightwoodby carollightwoodDecember 3, 2014July 26, 2020

You learn something new every day.   I always thought the amazing Castle Green in Old Town Pasadena was an apartment building.  Why?  Because when …

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The Getty Villa in Malibu is a perfect escape for leisurely lunch, Roman art and 4 gardens
Architecture around Los Angeles / Los Angeles Gardens

The Getty Villa in Malibu is a perfect escape for leisurely lunch, Roman art and 4 gardens

carollightwoodby carollightwoodNovember 19, 2014July 25, 2020

Today in Southern California it is warm and sunny–a perfect day to drive out to the Getty Villa in a canyon facing the Pacific in …

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Few empty seats at the Los Angeles Grand Central Market–the old now stands cheek by jowl with new eateries!
Architecture around Los Angeles / Downtown / Downtown Los Angeles

Few empty seats at the Los Angeles Grand Central Market–the old now stands cheek by jowl with new eateries!

carollightwoodby carollightwoodJune 19, 2014July 20, 2020

As recently as 3 years ago I stopped by the Grand Central Market in downtown L.A. to take some photos.  The scene was so depressing. …

Few empty seats at the Los Angeles Grand Central Market–the old now stands cheek by jowl with new eateries! Read More

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