by Kim Cooper | Jan 9, 2022 | The Esotouric Blog
There’s something wonderful happening on “The Nickel,” the portion of Fifth Street that connects the gritty Skid Row neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles with the business district to the West: the early 20th century residency hotels whose owners...
by Kim Cooper | Nov 3, 2021 | The Esotouric Blog
Update, January 12, 2022: for instructions on filing a complaint about the ongoing destruction of the Pig ‘N Whistle, click here. On October 23, photos first circulated on social media showing workers on top of the awning of the historic Pig ‘n Whistle...
by Kim Cooper | Jun 15, 2021 | The Esotouric Blog
Click here to sign the petition! On June 15, 2021, Senior Planning Deputy Jason Patrick Douglas from Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin’s office appeared before the PLUM Committee to state Bonin’s objection to the landmarking of the Chili Bowl at...
by Kim Cooper | Mar 25, 2021 | The Esotouric Blog
Our newest special newsletter edition for subscribers is out now. (We also have a free newsletter packed with local historic preservation news and musings.) This month, we take a deep dive into a remarkable artifact held in the research collection of the Pasadena...
by Kim Cooper | Sep 5, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
As history loving Angelenos enter our sixth trying month of shuttered archives and libraries, the Getty Research Institute just dropped a thrilling bombshell with the release of the Research Collections Viewer, an online access tool to high resolution scans of...
