by Kim Cooper | Dec 29, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
Gentle reader… As we slam the door on 2016, it’s time for that annual Esotouric tradition: our very opinionated list of the past year’s Top Los Angeles Historic Preservation Stories. Because preservation is never as simple as buildings being lost forever or rescued...
by Kim Cooper | Dec 11, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
On December 11, 1866, Cristobal Aguilar, the Mayor of Los Angeles, a town of about 5000 souls still recovering from the brutal upsets of the Mexican-American War, signed an ordinance concerning a swampy patch of land due South-West of the Plaza: “Lots from Nos. 1 to...
by Kim Cooper | Dec 6, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
Earlier this year, we had the opportunity to tour the historic Boys Republic school, situated on the Rancho Santa Ana Del Chino, near the modern cities of Chino and Chino Hills. (Here is an early ranch map, here a modern aerial view.) It was on this site in September...
by Kim Cooper | Jul 1, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
You have to get up pretty early in the morning to see a 121-year-old Victorian duplex moved across the road, and luckily for you, we do. We arrived at First and Soto Streets to find the crew from Brandt House & Building Movers staging the dirt in front of the...
by Kim Cooper | Jun 28, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
PEABODY-WERDEN HOUSE UPDATES August 2025: LAFD tweets: Structure Fire – Now Out 08/11/2025 INC#0352 Structure Fire – Now Out; INC#0352; 07:08AM; 110 S Soto St; https://bit.ly/45s2XA1; #BoyleHeights; Two-story, boarded-up, Craftsman-style home with light...
