by Kim Cooper | Sep 15, 2021 | The Esotouric Blog
On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, the powerful PLUM Committee of the Los Angeles City Council convened a Special Meeting to quickly rule on the fates of a number of potential Historic-Cultural Monument designations recently approved by the Cultural Heritage Commission....
by Kim Cooper | Jun 15, 2021 | The Esotouric Blog
IT LOOKS BAD, BUT IT’S STILL NOT TOO LATE: Click here to sign the petition & here for the Cranky Preservationist’s Chili Bowl video. SAD NEWS: DEMOLITION PERMIT ISSUED – FEBRUARY 3, 2022. We have been checking daily to see if the December 2020...
by Kim Cooper | Jan 20, 2021 | The Esotouric Blog
(photo by architectural historian Michael R. Corbett, from SAFER’s appeal) Update after the hearing: read all about it here. In November 2018, the FBI raided the City Hall offices of Councilmember Jose Huizar. He has been charged with 34 counts of racketeering,...
by Kim Cooper | Nov 6, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
Our newest special newsletter edition for subscribers is out now, featuring a virtual visit to the non-public spaces of the Baltimore Hotel in old Skid Row. (We also have a free newsletter packed with local historic preservation news and musings.) The hotel has been...
by Kim Cooper | Sep 4, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
Our newest special newsletter edition for subscribers is out today, featuring a fascinating artifact that’s tucked away in a non-public area of the Morgan, Walls and Clements’ 1927 Mayan Theatre on Hill Street downtown. (We also have a free newsletter...
