by Kim Cooper | Aug 22, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
If you’ve spent any time cruising the surface streets of Alhambra, you’ve encountered the gorgeous Art Deco neon pole signs that mark the city boundaries.You see ALHAMBRA when entering town and COME AGAIN SOON on your way out. One of these 1930s-era signs...
by Kim Cooper | Aug 10, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
[Update: we live tweeted the contentious hearing. Scroll down to the bottom of the post to read our tweets about what happened.] We’ve just learned that the art studio at 5518 Franklin Avenue where the influential graphic artist, educator and social justice...
by Kim Cooper | Jul 15, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
Richard Schave looks on The Eagle Tree, November 2019 It’s always unpleasant to break the news that a significant cultural landmark is in trouble. During a pandemic, it feels cruel. But we can’t sit on this information any longer: Compton’s landmark...
by Kim Cooper | Jun 27, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
One of our favorite genres of photography is architecture shot on slide film by vacationing or itinerant college professors. The images they capture as lecture illustrations aren’t necessarily fine art, but they always present different angles on familiar...
by Kim Cooper | Jun 19, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
A SOLUTION FOR HOMELESSNESS: A NEW LOS ANGELES COUNTY “POOR” FARM By Colleen Adair Fliedner Author of the Rancho Los Amigos Centennial History Book The words “poor farm” generally conjure up images of Oliver Twist and filthy almshouses, where half-starved men, women...
