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Can't make the date for the Esotouric tour on your wish list? Private versions of many walks are available weekdays and Sundays, and when we're all yours we can do an even deeper dive on aspects of Los Angeles history that intrigue you. For options, visit https://esotouric.com/giftcertificate/

Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles 8h ago

Scoop from Julia Wick on L.A. Material's launch: Nithya Raman joined Mayor's race after Karen Bass took away the one fun thing on her plate, her AQMD work. Bass hasn't replaced her, so why? Rat-fucking from a City Hall insider who wanted Raman mad and in? https://lamaterial.com/p/five-days-that-blew-up-the-l-a-mayoral-race

Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles 20h ago

The Hotel Cecil's elevators might always be stigmatized after that creepy video circulated of the missing Elisa Lam talking to nobody. But this week, Rev. Dylan Littlefield reports work is being done to fix the long-stalled 1957 Oliver & Williams car. Yay! https://achaplainslife.substack.com/p/life-on-the-rise-at-the-hotel-cecil

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Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles 21h ago

Background on this incredibly important council matter, one which could potentially create blighted historic buildings across Los Angeles, but which our elected officials refused to weigh in on with even a sentence of debate: https://esotouric.substack.com/p/barrybuilding

Brentwood Billionaire Blight, or: Don't Demolish the landmarked Barry Building for Nothing

Watch now | The Barry Building is suffering demolition by neglect, and now an obscure commission says it can be demolished. Community members have appeared.

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Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles 21h ago

What happened when City Council voted to demo the Barry Building, then sent it back to PLUM, where Bob Blumenfield & Nithya Raman yapped thru public comment? They blew the case to benefit the billionaire Mungers, painting a bullseye on every LA landmark. https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/32412-timed-out-the-city-councils-barry-building-blunder-and-the-death-of-authority

Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles 1d ago

Have you been yearning to see the lost Gower Gulch Medicine Show Caravan one more time? Now you can have your very own miniature of the coolest strip mall sign in Hollywood history: Kieran Wright aka Small Scale LA just released an edition of three. https://www.smallscalela.com/purchase/p/gower

Our visit to the scene of a great cultural loss. RIP Gower Gulch Medicine Show Caravan! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqgw4jbIG6k

Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles 1d ago

In March 2016, Farmacia Y Botanica Million Dollar (Broadway's most fascinating store) closed after 47 years. We just got a peek inside the long-shuttered space and found a cool relic from Downtown's golden age. Come see!
https://youtube.com/shorts/JtsJ1PqmBiI

Do You Remember Farmacia y Botanica Million Dollar on Broadway?

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Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles 1d ago

Here’s Jonathan Shaw’s appearance at the Litfest at King Eddy Saloon, honoring Charles Bukowski in a farewell to the greatest Skid Row bar, itself wrecked by redevelopment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyYGM0LfaBQ&t=1190s

Lit Fest at the King Eddy: Fante, Shaw & Ortega

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Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles 1d ago

Coolest auction of the season is Potter & Potter's "Scab Vendor: Rare Tattoo Flash and Underground Art from the Collection of Jonathan Shaw," featuring some wild pieces from the sailor-serving parlors of the Long Beach Pike, erased by redevelopment. https://auction.potterauctions.com/auctions/potter-potter/scab-vendor-rare-tattoo-flash-and-underground-art-from-the-collection-of-jonathan-shaw-22528/catalog?search=pike&sort=Highest%20Price

Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles 2d ago

Saturday, a very special walk! Step in the time machine bound for lost Bunker Hill, in the company of native son Gordon Pattison and neighborhood historian Nathan Marsak. You'll cry at what the redevelopment clods took from us--and marvel at what remains. https://esotouric.com/event/bunker-hill-dead-and-alive-2026/

BUNKER HILL, DEAD AND ALIVE

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