Warner Studios: Part One, the Movie Museum
by I was over at Warner Bros. Studios having lunch with two friends when the one who works there suggested we go to the Warner movie …
Category: Art in Los Angeles
Throwback to ’70s and ’80s arcade games at Retrocade in Union Station
Imagine this challenge: convert a train ticketing hall with 40-foot-high ceilings into one of those dark digital game arcades from way back when. Or convert …
A million dollar home with a blue bottle garden for lawn replacement
The design of this front garden breaks almost every rule of conventional garden design. The woman who owns this home told me that she decided …
The historic La Placita church has fresh paint on its 204th birthday
The cornerstone for the church commonly called “La Placita” church in the historic district of the Pueblo of Los Angeles was laid by Franciscan Luis …
Happy 200th Birthday, Avila Adobe on historic Olvera Street
The Avila Adobe is the oldest surviving home in Los Angeles. (The nearby La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles, more commonly …
A quick visit to the Southwest Museum’s exhibition of native American pottery
The Southwest Museum in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles was founded in 1907 by one of the smartest, most uninhibited and fun men …
Hollywood and Vine for stars and tile murals in the Red Line Metro Station
Hollywood and Vine is among the most famous intersections in the country. Those two street names suggest glamour and glitz and movie stars. While the …
Lotus Festival, dragon boats, turtles in Echo Park
Changes at the Lotus Festival this year: many more vendor booths in Echo Park and fewer dragon boats racing. And it appears that the Los …
The Pacific-Asia Museum appears almost abandoned
Wandering through the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, I wondered about the details of the agreement that handed this museum over to University of Southern …
Golden poppies at the East L.A. Metro station
For someone who spent most of her adult life living on the West Side of Los Angeles, a trip on the Metro Gold Line to …