by Kim Cooper | Jun 14, 2023 | The Esotouric Blog
Even though the matter of the Times Mirror Square / Historic-Cultural Monument was officially deemed “Council action final” on 12/07/2018, we keep that hoping new indictments will finally blow the lid off the obviously corrupt vote. This vote would result...
by Kim Cooper | Dec 28, 2021 | The Esotouric Blog
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9/25/23 – With the announcement that the Monastery of the Angels is now being pitched to market rate developers as a clean slate that can be 100% demolished, we call for a halt to the RFP process directed by a commercial real estate agent...
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 | Oct 5, 2019 | The Esotouric Blog
We had the opportunity today to attend a small ceremony in which a section of sculptor Lee Lawrie’s Well of the Scribes fountain was unveiled in the Rare Books room of Los Angeles Public Library. View this post on Instagram Fifty years lost, now...
by Kim Cooper | Jan 1, 2019 | The Esotouric Blog
Gentle reader… As we slam the door on 2018, 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...
