Curbed LA Is Closing
Getty Images/EyeEm It’s not good-bye — we’re moving to a new home. Dear readers, hate-readers, and vicious commenters, Googie. “Greenmailing.” NIMBYs. (So many NIMBYs!) Ugly buildings. Beautiful buildings. Maps. Maps. Maps. Renderings. Filming locations. Earthquakes. Wildfires. Beyoncé’s house. Jeff Bezos’s house. [...]
Koreatown Craftsman With Lots of Hand-Carved Woodwork Asks $1.5M
A shady front porch beckons from the end of the landscaped walkway. | Photos by Anthony Barcelo Photography, courtesy of Michele Moses/Ernie Carswell and Associates It also has a koi pond. Price: $1,438,000 Location: Koreatown Situated in a pocket of [...]
How to Bribe a Los Angeles Lawmaker
Getty Images/iStockphoto Escorts, cash, and karaoke bars. Editor’s note: FBI agents arrested Los Angeles City Councilmember José Huizar on the morning of June 23 at his home in Boyle Heights in connection with their investigation into corruption at City Hall. [...]
Sun-Dappled Mid-Century Bungalow Asks $899K in Highland Park
The property is well hidden from the street. | Photos by Christine Bullard, courtesy of Alyssa Valentine and Kurt Wisner/Compass The airy abode makes the most of its space. Price: $899,000 Location: Highland Park Tucked into the hills west of [...]
Black Lives Matter Organizers Share How Defunding Police Could Fund a Better L.A.
Melina Abdullah, center, chants after she was detained by police in July 2016 while protesting the deadly police shooting of Redel Jones, a 30-year-old mother of two. | Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images “No one is [...]
Mid-Century Lodge With Ocean and Canyon Views Asks $4.8M in Topanga
Photos by Pablo Rodriguez, courtesy of Michelle Bolotin/Compass Designed in 1963 by noted local architect W. Earl Wear. Price: $4,800,000 Location: Topanga A winding ten-minute drive from Topanga’s famous storybook restaurant Inn of the Seventh Ray, which is once again [...]
1930s Spanish-Style Home With Original Tile Asks $1.4M in Los Feliz
Photos by Suzy Poling, courtesy of Lauren Reichenberg/Compass Plus stained glass and scalloped cabinets. LOCATION: Los Feliz — Sitting on the northeast corner of Los Feliz, 3024 Surry Street is about a block west of the Rowena Reservoir. There was [...]
California Lawmakers, Trying to Stop Evictions, Still Won’t Cancel Rent
Getty Images Under a new bill, tenants would not be evicted for missing rent payments. For years, California has been gripped by a housing-affordability and homelessness crisis, which has only been amplified over the past three months by a global [...]