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 | Oct 31, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
The South Park neighborhood around the Los Angeles Convention Center is positively lousy with new development projects, and some charming commercial structures are being lost around historic Automobile Row. This afternoon, we paid our last respects to The Hartwell...
by Kim Cooper | Sep 16, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
PETITION: Mayor Eric Garcetti, Fill the Vacant Seat on the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission. On Thursday afternoon, September 15, 2016 an SRO crowd gathered in room 1010 of Los Angeles City Hall for the final hearing in the historic-cultural monument...
by Kim Cooper | Jul 11, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
FOR MORE ON LACMA, L.A. TIMES BUILDINGS, ETC. SCROLL DOWN TO PRESS CLIPS OUR PEREIRA IN PERIL ACTIVISM: On October 6, 2023, we called on the Los Angeles County Supervisors to halt LACMA construction and audit the project, after architect Peter Zumthor repudiated it as...
by Kim Cooper | May 7, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
Most Saturdays, we host a few dozen “gentle riders” on the Esotouric tour bus, revealing the lost lore of Los Angeles through visits to landmarks both notable and obscure. Because most of our passengers are Southland locals, we don’t offer tours during the...
