On April 8, 2010, the City of Los Angeles officially designated the corner of Fifth and Grand at the foot of Bunker Hill as John Fante Square. To watch a film of that ceremony, featuring speakers Councilwoman Jan Perry, Fante Square nominator Richard Schave of Esotouric, John Fante’s children Vickie Fante Cohen, Jim Fante and Dan Fante, his biographer Stephen Cooper, resident of Historic Bunker Hill Gordon Pattison, Tom Hyry from UCLA Special Collection and Louise Steinman of the L.A. Public Library’s Aloud program, click below.
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Upcoming Salons & Seminars
Upcoming Tours
- The Real Black Dahlia — Saturday, January 4
- Lowdown On Downtown – Saturday, January 18
- South LA Road Trip: Hot Rods, Adobes, Googie & Aeropace — Saturday, January 25
- Special Event: The Visionary World of Millard Sheets: Landmarks & Lore of Claremont and Pomona — Sunday, Jan. 26
- Birth Of Noir: James M. Cain’s Southern California Nightmare — Saturday, February 1
- Boyle Heights & Monterey Park: The Hidden Histories of L.A.‘s Melting Pot – Saturday, February 15
- In A Lonely Place: Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles – Saturday, February 22
- Route 66 Road Trip: Roadside Architecture, Citrus, Drive-Ins & Cemeteries – Saturday, February 29th
- Wilshire Boulevard Death Trip Tour — Saturday, March 14
- Special Event: Mansonland — Saturday, March 21
- Blood & Dumplings — Saturday, April 4