by Kim Cooper | Jan 24, 2023 | The Esotouric Blog
If you’ve ever crossed the Los Angeles River into Boyle Heights, chances are you’ve admired the National Register Sears tower, a combination retail store and warehouse that served the eastside for generations. (Like too many Los Angeles landmarks, today it...
by Kim Cooper | Jul 11, 2022 | The Esotouric Blog
In his 1946 will, the silent film actor William S. Hart left his 254-acre Horseshoe Ranch in Newhall, personal possessions and a trust account “for the benefit of the American public of every race and creed,” to be maintained and administered as a free...
by Kim Cooper | Oct 20, 2021 | The Esotouric Blog
When people ask why we get so involved in historic preservation advocacy, despite the frustrations of fighting a pro-development City Hall that’s under multiple indictments for land use corruption, we answer that we feel called to do the work, want to be of...
by Kim Cooper | May 29, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
We got a tip today from a Glendale resident and Joan Crawford fan who wishes to remain anonymous, and who we’ll call Veda. Veda wanted to be sure we knew that 1143 North Jackson Street, which served as the exterior of Mildred and Bert Pierce’s unhappy...
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...
