by Kim Cooper | Dec 4, 2019 | The Esotouric Blog
Yesterday in Los Angeles City Hall, our Richard Schave (representing the nonprofit Save LACMA and the LACMA Lovers League’s 1850+ petitioners) and Save LACMA board president Rob Hollman gave public comment against the granting of city-owned air rights over...
by Kim Cooper | Oct 19, 2019 | The Esotouric Blog
If you’ve followed Esotouric for any time at all, you know that we’re big fans of William L. Pereira’s civic and commercial architecture, and have advocated for the preservation of such endangered buildings as the Metropolitan Water District HQ, Los...
by Kim Cooper | May 13, 2019 | The Esotouric Blog
TO SIGN THE LACMA LOVERS LEAGUE PETITION, click here. For several years, through our Pereira in Peril campaign, we have been part of a small and disparate collection of preservationists, architecture critics and Miracle Mile community members concerned about the...
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 | Jul 7, 2017 | The Esotouric Blog
Update, November 2019: The Marciano Art Foundation has closed, and all 70 visitor-facing staff members were fired, after they announced their intention to unionize. File under: when a “landmark” isn’t actually landmarked, property owners can make...
