Esotouric's Secret Los AngelesHow have we never noticed this great 1963 East LA dingbat just up Ford Boulevard from East Side Ice Co. and Texas Donuts before?! The rare script + numeral address treatment of "Seven 30" is really sweet. #signgeeks #thisplacematters
On our Downtown Los Angeles is for Booklovers tour, we tramped into Pershing Square, up filthy steps and along a tall green fence, then suddenly it was Christmas time! There isn't much of Ricardo Legorreta's park design left, but this vista is a fine one. #DTLA #thisplacematters
As the apartment buildings, SRO hotels and converted mansions where its patrons live are demolished or illegally listed on Airbnb, the magnificent Catalina Liquor still stands, a beacon of hope in a profoundly corrupt city. #signgeeks #thisplacematters #backlitplastic
RIP to 12217 Rosecrans Avenue, Norwalk, the Jack and Madeline Thomas Residence. The prettiest house in town, it's doomed to be demolished for a business park. #esotouricroadtrip #thisplacematters https://www.facebook.com/groups/1042279032495297/permalink/6364459193610561/?mibextid=DcJ9fc
Vintage Norwalk, California | The Norwalk Planning Commission approved the demolition of this house yesterday, to be replaced with a 2 story commercial building
The Norwalk Planning Commission approved the demolition of this house yesterday, to be replaced with a 2 story commercial building. Does anyone know some history on this house? Located on Rosecrans...
On The Run gay history tour, our guests whip out cell phone flashlights to illuminate the thrilling pornographic graffiti in the toilet of the King Eddy Cellar speakeasy. John Fante was here, taking notes for "Ask the Dust!" #esotouricroadtrip #DTLA #ThisPlaceMatters
On the Alvarado Terrace & South Bonnie Brae Tract tour (next offered on April 22), hopeful signs of restoration and grim demolition by neglect exist side by side. Can this historic block be saved?
https://esotouric.com/event/alvarado-terrace-spring-2023/
#esotouricroadtrip #thisplacematters
https://esotouric.com/event/alvarado-terrace-spring-2023/
#esotouricroadtrip #thisplacematters
From the alley, the destruction of the Leimert Park landmarks is painful to see. This all could have been preserved and used for another century, instead of getting trucked to the landfill. #esotouricroadtrip #thisplacematters
One last chance to snag a souvenir from the Heritage Square museum gift shop (originally the Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot) and Richard's birthday tour group sets off along the Arroyo, where surprise guests have secrets to spill. #esotouricroadtrip #thisplacematters
Emerald City town hall, the prettiest utilities building on the Eastside. #esotouricroadtrip #signgeeks #thisplacematters
On Richard's birthday tour, Gordon Pattison brought us to tears at Heritage Square talking about his family's Bunker Hill mansions The Castle and The Salt Box, declared landmarks and moved here to be restored, but destroyed by arson. #esotouricroadtrip #thisplacematters