Etan R.
Music omnivore, student of LA history, beer snob and amateur father. Working my way through the canon.
My local LAPL branch, and still my favorite LAPL branch. Added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1987 I’m lucky that my local library happens to[…]
A boomtown turns to a ghost town on the site of the first successful oil well in California
Historic sites in Van Nuys, Downey, Boyle Heights & Toluca Lake: Case Study House No. 1, a library, a hotel for mariachi musicians and more.
The remains of a 19th century adobe, garden, carriage barn, aviary, railroad exhibit and a replica Tongva village hint at an uneasy histor
In which I visit the Catalina Verdugo Adobe, said to be the oldest extant house in Glendale. Situated on land that was once part of a massive Spanish rancho, this adobe was the site of an important 1847 parley that helped end the Mexican-American War in 1847.
Throughout its long history, Rancho Los Encinos was inhabited by Native Americans, Californios, Americans and European immigrants – a true microcosm of the development of LA.
The elaborately detailed Portal of the Folded Wings (1924) was once the entrance to the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. In the '50s it was dedicated as a shrine to aviation, and now houses the remains of many pioneers of the aviation industry. It's also got some unexpected Hollywood connections!
