#240: E.A.K. Hackett House (Pico-Union)

#240: E.A.K. Hackett House (Pico-Union)

November 19, 2024
The E.A.K. Hackett House is an intact example of a "transitional craftsman" home, bridging the Victorian and craftsman eras of LA architecture. It once housed a prominent figure in LA's religious life. AND: there's a mysterious research conundrum about its provenance...
#238: Grand Central Air Terminal (Glendale)

#238: Grand Central Air Terminal (Glendale)

October 12, 2024
Glendale's Grand Central Air Terminal was the first commercial airport in Los Angeles. While it’s been closed to air traffic since 1959, GCAT’s beautiful terminal building – restored by Disney to its near-original condition – is one of the best-preserved emblems of the birth of commercial aviation in Los Angeles.
#233: Highland Park Masonic Temple

#233: Highland Park Masonic Temple

September 13, 2024
Built in 1923, this handsome brick and terracotta building witnessed 60 years of ritual and fraternity as the Highland Park Masonic Temple. Since 2017, it's housed the music venue the Lodge Room and an adjoining restaurant, Checker Hall. All the original Masonic symbols are still intact, and EVERYWHERE.
#232: Fire Station No. 30 (Downtown)

#232: Fire Station No. 30 (Downtown)

September 1, 2024
Fire Station No. 30 once housed one of LA's two all-Black units during an era when Black and White firefighters were segregated. After a restoration in the 1990s, the old station building was reopened as the African-American Firefighter Museum, dedicated to preserving and retelling the story of Black firefighters in LA and beyond.
#231: Villa Carlotta (Altadena)

#231: Villa Carlotta (Altadena)

August 23, 2024
Villa Carlotta is a fine example of architect Myron Hunt's residential work, and one of Altadena's first homes designed for electricity from the get-go. It was built for Francis R. Welles, who oversaw European operations for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone company for over 30 years.
#230: Mariposa Street Bridge (Burbank)

#230: Mariposa Street Bridge (Burbank)

August 18, 2024
Since 1939, Mariposa Street Bridge has connected the equestrian neighborhoods of Burbank & Glendale with the bridle trails of Griffith Park. It’s a reminder that, even though this is a car town, cowboy culture is still alive in LA.
#223: Rancho Los Alamitos (Long Beach)

#223: Rancho Los Alamitos (Long Beach)

August 6, 2024
Rancho Los Alamitos compresses 150+ years of Los Angeles history into a single site. It went from Tongva village and sacred site, to Spanish land grant, to Yankee cattle and sheep ranch, to the center of a massive agricultural operation, and now a beautifully-preserved educational site, open to the public for free.
#221: Michael White Adobe (San Marino)

#221: Michael White Adobe (San Marino)

July 11, 2024
Constructed ~1845, the Michael White Adobe is one of just 39 historic adobes left in LA County, and the second oldest building in San Marino. Its first owner was a sailor, shipbuilder and rancher who unwittingly took part in some of the most significant events in 19th century Los Angeles history.
#213: Glendora Bougainvillea

#213: Glendora Bougainvillea

June 15, 2024
The Glendora Bougainvillea is the largest planting of the vine in the US, and a living connection to the story of the citrus industry that helped to build LA around the turn of the 20th century.