12 photos shot by Ansel Adams of 1940s Los Angeles
Pictures of everyday places and people in vintage LA A renowned photographer and documentarian of the West, Ansel Adams is known for his photos of Yosemite and the Japanese internment camp Manzanar, but he also supported himself through a number [...]
Activists stage takeover of Metro station to demand a better rider experience
A Silver Line station under the 110 freeway is temporarily transformed with more trees, lights, and staff Imagine Los Angeles’s transit stations filled with leafy trees and greenery, bustling with street vendors, illuminated by brighter light fixtures, and equipped with [...]
Winsome midcentury ranch in La Cañada Flintridge asking $955K
Awash in rustic charm On the market for the first time in five decades, this cutie-patootie can be found on La Cañada’s aptly named Palm Drive, about a mile northwest of Descanso Gardens. Built in 1947, the Western-flavored ranch house [...]
LA proposes putting ‘anti-displacement’ zones around luxury development
The zones would extend for one mile around new market-rate or “luxury” residential buildings that contain no affordable units. | AFP via Getty Images It’s aimed at helping renters in a one-mile radius around new buildings The Los Angeles City [...]
1920s Spanish Colonial with fantastic Art Deco tile asking $1.3M in Glendale
Other highlights include an elegant magnesite staircase, stenciled-beam ceilings, built-ins, and a milk-delivery door We can usually find something of value in an old LA house of any era. But there’s something extra-fascinating, dare we say even poignant, about a [...]
John Lautner’s sexy Wolff Residence back on the market asking $6.5M
The angular fortress above the Sunset Strip was built in 1961 Now up for grabs in the Hollywood Hills West is John Lautner’s Wolff Residence. Built in 1961, the home was commissioned by interior decorator Marco Wolff, Jr., who asked [...]
6 open houses to check out around LA this weekend
Including a 1930s pink palace in Pacific Palisades with Old Hollywood pedigree Welcome to another edition of our weekly series rounding up open houses to check out over the weekend, because who doesn’t love a little real estate gawking? This [...]
City sets street vending fees in English. Where were the translators?
AP Hearings presented a challenge for vendors because there were either no translation services, or not enough LA city leaders approved new street vending permitting fees Wednesday at one of the first public meetings on the issue where many street [...]