by Kim Cooper | Jan 2, 2018 | The Esotouric Blog
Gentle reader… As we slam the door on 2017, 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 | Sep 22, 2017 | The Esotouric Blog
Welcome to the sixth in a series of 3-D explorable tours of historic Los Angeles spaces, created by Craig Sauer using cutting-edge Matterport technology. This one is special, as for the first time in our partnership, Craig got us inside a building we’ve been longing...
by Kim Cooper | Sep 7, 2017 | The Esotouric Blog
The total solar eclipse that slashed across the continental US on August 21 provided a great excuse to take our favorite kind of road trip: a few semi-scheduled days roaming the blue highways, seeking out historic Main Streets, graveyards, roadside attractions,...
by Kim Cooper | Jun 26, 2017 | The Esotouric Blog
Update 8/8/2023: On a recent trip to Hill Street, when passing the Subway Terminal Building we were intrigued to see a cherry picker parked under the arch of the long shuttered ticket concourse, with the pendant lamp and mosaic frieze wrapped in protective plastic....
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...
