#76: John Lautner’s JW Schaffer House (Montrose)
February 27, 2022
One of the great homes that John Lautner designed in the ‘40s, the Schaffer house blends into its wooded surroundings as if it had always been there.
#75: Lincoln Theater (South LA) | Black History Month
February 24, 2022
From its opening in 1927 'til 1962, the Lincoln Theater was the biggest venue on Central Avenue catering to the Black community in LA.
#74: 28th Street YMCA (Paul Revere Williams – South LA) | Black History Month
February 20, 2022
A vital community center and gathering place for Black Angelenos, and a major early building by legendary architect Paul Revere Williams
#73: McCarty Memorial Christian Church (West Adams) | Black History Month
February 17, 2022
A fine example of gothic church architecture, McCarty Memorial also tells us a lot about how West Adams became a majority-Black neighborhood
#72: Dunbar Hotel (South LA) / Hotel Somerville | Black History Month
February 14, 2022
The hub of Central Avenue's vibrant jazz scene in the late '20s through the early '50s, the Dunbar Hotel hosted everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Thurgood Marshall to Joe Louis, and served as a symbol of Black achievement during the Jim Crow era
#71: 27th Street Historic District | Black History Month
February 10, 2022
The century-old Victorian and craftsman homes of the 27th Street Historic District have housed generations of minority communities in LA – including a large population of African Americans during the heyday of Central Avenue
#70: Golden State Mutual Building (South LA) | Black History Month
February 5, 2022
The original headquarters of one of the most successful African-American-owned businesses west of the Mississippi, and an anchor of the Black community around Central Ave. in the late 1920s - '40s
#69: Second Baptist Church (South LA) | Black History Month
February 2, 2022
A center of Black community life since 1926, Second Baptist Church has hosted MLK, Malcolm X & James Baldwin, and is an early work of noted LA architect Paul R. Williams
#68: Montecito Apartments (Hollywood)
January 30, 2022
Standing tall in Hollywood since 1931, this art deco high-rise once housed Gene Hackman, Montgomery Clift, Mickey Rooney and Ronald Reagan
#67: John Lautner’s Harpel House (Hollywood Hills)
January 28, 2022
A triumph of light and space for mid-century modernist John Lautner, the Harpel House pointed the way to his later masterworks
#66: Hollywood Argyle Apartments (Hollywood)
January 23, 2022
While this 1920s Hollywood apartment building is anything but glamorous, its story says a lot about the development of Hollywood over the past century.
#65: Woodbury-Story House (Altadena)
January 21, 2022
This 1882 mansion was the home of Altadena's founding Woodbury family, and later expanded by a prominent pump organ vendor
#64: Malibu Historic District
January 16, 2022
Malibu’s famous Surfrider Beach was the birthplace of modern surfing, and witnessed important moments in Chumash, Spanish & American history
#63: La Laguna de San Gabriel (San Gabriel)
January 9, 2022
An imaginative playground of concrete dragons, whales and octopi created by master artisan Benjamin Dominguez
#54 – #62: Historic Sites on the Rose Parade Route in Pasadena
December 29, 2021
All eyes are on Pasadena this week for the Rose Parade. Get to know the historic buildings that line the route of Pasadena's Rose Parade, a new year's day tradition since 1890.