by Kim Cooper | Jul 18, 2017 | The Esotouric Blog
Hello there, lover of old Los Angeles and the colorful places where grim fate sets its traps. Have you wondered what’s doing with Thelma Todd’s Beach Cafe, recently sold for a lowball $6 Million and its future uncertain? We sure have. We stopped by this week, and...
by Kim Cooper | Sep 13, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
Early on Thursday we got the word, via a Twitter photo posted by the good folks at DTLA Walking Tours, that Angels Flight Railway had been hit with a major graffiti bomb. The rest of the day was a blur of emails and calls, seeking out the people who could do something...
by Kim Cooper | Aug 18, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
Update March 2024: Be on the look out for the missing Vienna Drugless System sign! History-loving Los Angeles, sit down: we’re about to blow your collective mind. You know, of course, that behind a rolled down grate in the heart of Downtown’s Broadway...
by Kim Cooper | Mar 31, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
In the early morning hours of December 6, 1959 in a handsome Spanish-style mansion in hilly Los Feliz, California, Dr. Harold Perelson took up a hammer and murdered his wife Lillian in her bed, then attempted to kill his sleeping daughter Judy. But his aim was poor,...
by Kim Cooper | Oct 6, 2015 | The Esotouric Blog
Update 10/8/2025: A decade after we wrote this post chronicling the sad state of the empty El Mirador Apartments, there are now (very expensive, less lovely than they used to be) units available for lease. Thanks to Janet “Houses of Hollywood” Grey for taking the tour...
