RIP Los Angeles blogs Los Angeles one demolition permit at a time.https://www.riplosangeles.comhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/thirty-posts-now-whathttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/thirty-posts-now-whatThirty posts in thirty days: done. The destruction of Los Angeles's architectural heritage continues, of course. Nathan will too — just at a pace that allows him to finish his next book.Sun, 01 Oct 2023 03:50:12 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-jardinette-apartments-will-they-return-from-the-deadhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-jardinette-apartments-will-they-return-from-the-deadThe Jardinette Apartments at 5128 Marathon Street are among the most architecturally significant structures in Los Angeles — a 1928 Neutra masterpiece, emptied seven years ago and left to rot.Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:02:03 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/orion-housing-even-worsehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/orion-housing-even-worseA follow-up to the Tripalink post: Orion Housing markets to Chinese nationals, has been cited by HUD for discrimination, and produces developments that somehow make Tripalink look tasteful.Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:56:03 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/tripalink-worst-thing-everhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/tripalink-worst-thing-everTripalink builds housing marketed exclusively to Chinese nationals, has been cited by HUD for discrimination, and produces interiors of staggering awfulness. Nathan lets the pictures do the talking.Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:47:28 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1412-n-mariposahttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1412-n-mariposaThe forthcoming development at 1412 North Mariposa is, for once, actually affordable housing — but that doesn't make watching a century-old East Hollywood street lose its character any easier.Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:07:15 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-fairfax-has-fallenhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-fairfax-has-fallenThe renderings are in for what replaces 849 North Detroit, Jules George Koppel's 1928 Spanish house in the Fairfax district. They are, as predicted, soul-crushingly, unrelentingly awful.Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:03:50 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1346-and-1332-north-fairfaxhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1346-and-1332-north-fairfaxThree 1919 storybook cottages on North Fairfax — the kind that could have stepped out of a fairy tale — are coming down to make way for something considerably less enchanting.Sun, 24 Sep 2023 23:53:12 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1449-51-echo-park-avehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1449-51-echo-park-aveCharles Wiggers built 1449–51 Echo Park Avenue in early 1914. A century later, a giant view-blocking rectangle is slated to land dead-center in a block of irreplaceable vintage charm.Sat, 23 Sep 2023 21:09:30 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/926-932-938-so-kingsleyhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/926-932-938-so-kingsleyThree vintage homes at 926, 932, and 938 South Kingsley Drive — a snapshot of what Old Los Angeles looked like, as recently as last year. Take a look while you still can.Sat, 23 Sep 2023 02:03:16 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/208-n-crescent-dr-beverly-hillshttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/208-n-crescent-dr-beverly-hillsA modest, vaguely storybook, half-timbered house in Beverly Hills — the kind of graceful understatement money used to buy — is headed out. Beverly Hills isn't what it used to be.Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:30:33 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1321-bates-avehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1321-bates-aveA wooded 1907 cottage on Bates Avenue — the kind of house a kid walks past on the way to Thomas Starr King — has a demolition permit and nowhere to go.Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:05:17 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/957-963-and-967-arapahoehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/957-963-and-967-arapahoeThe City's Determination has come down for 957, 963, and 967 Arapahoe in Koreatown. Three vintage structures shall become one large beige nothing. Without further ado.Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:47:28 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-house-at-1408-w-35th-st-and-then-somehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-house-at-1408-w-35th-st-and-then-someHere's a house at 1408 West 35th Street. It was built in 1907. And then some — because there's always more to the story when a century-old home lands in a developer's crosshairs.Tue, 19 Sep 2023 02:43:27 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/la-cienega-motel-1725-so-la-cienegahttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/la-cienega-motel-1725-so-la-cienegaIt makes Nathan sad when any 1946 motel is demolished. The La Cienega Motel may have been remodeled away from its original glory, but it's still a piece of postwar Los Angeles — and it's still going down.Sun, 17 Sep 2023 23:34:06 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/trebek-s-househttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/trebek-s-houseAlex Trebek's former home — the 1923 Walter P. Story estate at 3405 Fryman Road in Studio City, a masterwork of Spanish architecture with genuine historical pedigree — was demolished while nobody was looking.Sun, 17 Sep 2023 02:44:33 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/fire-on-east-fourthhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/fire-on-east-fourthNot all historic structures fall to demolition permits. On East Fourth Street, a pattern of fires — linked to negligence, misfeasance, and one very litigious building owner — is doing the job instead.Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:55:45 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/old-glendalehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/old-glendaleTwo craftsman bungalows on Glendale Avenue were incorporated into the Glendale Studios compound rather than demolished — until now. In their place: a beige studio development by New York's East End Capital.Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:50:19 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/meet-553-north-heliotropehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/meet-553-north-heliotrope553 North Heliotrope has been minding her own business since 1914, when Albert Beach Crist designed and built her. Meet her now, before Los Angeles decides she's in the way.Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:35:21 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-fairfax-must-fallhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-fairfax-must-fall849 North Detroit is a 1928 Spanish Colonial Revival home built by Mrs. Catherine Mason — one of the little houses that lends the Fairfax district its grace and charm. Emphasis on 'stood.'Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:00:47 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1809-n-van-nesshttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1809-n-van-nessAn elegant 1911 home on North Van Ness, on a street replete with gorgeously maintained vintage houses, falls to the logic of Senator Wiener's anti-homeowner legislation.Mon, 11 Sep 2023 21:13:28 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/remembering-santa-monicahttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/remembering-santa-monicaRemember when Santa Monica was cute? Quaint, charming, full of old-world delight? Good thing voters elected Queen Anne-hating cultural terrorists, or someone might have had to look at a charming old building.Mon, 11 Sep 2023 00:22:09 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/art-deco-picohttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/art-deco-picoPico Palace, a 1939 Art Deco bowling alley designed by master architect William Douglas Lee, sits just west of Crescent Heights at 6081 West Pico — and it's about to hit the landfill.Sun, 10 Sep 2023 01:52:53 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-bungalows-of-hyde-park-must-be-sacrificedhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-bungalows-of-hyde-park-must-be-sacrificedA 1912 California bungalow at 6315 South Brynhurst in Hyde Park — front porch, heritage trees, backyard for an orange tree — is exactly the kind of house a YIMBY loves to hate. And demolish.Sat, 09 Sep 2023 03:00:36 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-lost-art-deco-of-baldwin-hillshttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-lost-art-deco-of-baldwin-hillsBefore the Victorians of West Adams get all the attention, someone should record the Art Deco structures that once dotted Baldwin Hills — those cool old buildings you'd spot from the car and say 'hey, that's neat.' Used to.Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:21:56 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/marilyn-s-househttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/marilyn-s-houseAn update on the ownership mystery surrounding Marilyn Monroe's former Brentwood home — a striking 1929 Spanish house at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive with a demolition permit and a very secretive new owner.Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:44:49 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1820-north-berendo-must-diehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1820-north-berendo-must-dieIn the stately pines of Los Feliz sits an elegant 1907 home at 1820 North Berendo. Single-family homes, of course, must be destroyed — so says the City of Los Angeles.Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:46:06 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/2656-s-magnoliahttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/2656-s-magnoliaThe 2600 block of South Magnolia is a festival of two-story Edwardians, each more magnificent than the last — a rare surviving streetscape of old Los Angeles. For now.Mon, 04 Sep 2023 19:20:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/say-goodbye-to-old-westwoodhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/say-goodbye-to-old-westwoodA 1936 Hollywood Regency home in Westwood — graceful, elegant, irreplaceable — is being erased for a 56-foot, 11-unit multifamily. Senator Wiener assures us this is better for the environment.Sun, 03 Sep 2023 22:42:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1531-south-sawtelle-bundy-lock-and-keyhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1531-south-sawtelle-bundy-lock-and-keyBundy's Lock & Key has called South Sawtelle home since 1947 — and the building itself predates 1905. Both the beloved business and its pre-Victorian structure are headed to the landfill.Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:22:13 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/thirty-posts-in-thirty-dayshttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/thirty-posts-in-thirty-daysRIP Los Angeles returns after an 18-month absence — the demolitions didn't stop, the City didn't develop a sane policy, and Nathan is back with thirty posts in thirty days to prove it.Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:31:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-first-new-post-in-a-very-long-timehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-first-new-post-in-a-very-long-timeNathan Marsak returns to RIP Los Angeles after an absence — having been 'abducted by evil developers' — to find the destruction of Los Angeles's architectural heritage very much ongoing.Sun, 06 Aug 2023 01:54:53 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cecil-is-the-city-s-faulthttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cecil-is-the-city-s-faultWhere the story goes sideways is all on our end. The Office of Historic Resources was given materials by the developer with which to determine the validity of painting over the eighty-year-old sign. Thu, 21 Apr 2022 02:48:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cecil-s-ghosthttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cecil-s-ghostWhich, to be correct, is not truly a ghost sign, as it _still_ advertises the famed, magnificent Hotel Cecil. It is the grandest of our great painted palimpsests, originally added to the wall in 1924Tue, 19 Apr 2022 02:28:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/b-nai-b-rith-846-south-union-avehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/b-nai-b-rith-846-south-union-aveI revere the Catholic faith. I believe the Church to have had a vastly civilizing influence on humanity, as society now considers statue destruction and church burning the ideal Sunday outing. Wed, 23 Feb 2022 02:40:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/4544-los-feliz-blvdhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/4544-los-feliz-blvdSo, it’s been a while here at RIP Los Angeles. Is that because the Powers That Be stopped tearing down everything that makes Los Angeles special? Certainly not. In fact, the opposite. We’ve watchedFri, 21 Jan 2022 03:34:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/354-north-avenue-53https://www.riplosangeles.com/post/354-north-avenue-53You know, not everything is about the demolition of our built environment in toto. (Like, say, [the razing of an entire Whittlesey Sometimes it’s more subtle. Over in Highland Park, there’s a house. Mon, 17 Jan 2022 03:32:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/3967-beverly-and-friendshttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/3967-beverly-and-friendsThere’s a very special part of the world. Beverly Boulevard. You go ahead and cross town on (shudder) the freeways; or traverse the city on, Santa Monica (bless your heart); I go in for cruising BeverThu, 11 Feb 2021 04:11:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/a-word-or-two-on-densityhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/a-word-or-two-on-densityI am forever fascinated by GrowLA’s. They are first-tier density cheerleaders, fervently committed to tearing down any and all Los Angeles and replacing it with vast swaths of multi-units. Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:11:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/easing-back-into-it-via-915-s-grand-viewhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/easing-back-into-it-via-915-s-grand-viewCan’t believe it’s been nigh on four months since I’ve posted. I must beg your forgiveness—in September we birthed the Bunker Hill book with Angel City Press thereafter doing lots of publicity, while Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:21:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/an-appeal-to-reason-at-1537-south-wilton-plhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/an-appeal-to-reason-at-1537-south-wilton-plSay you’re living peacefully in your vintage home on your block of gracious low-slung craftsmans when some developer decides to tear down the house next door to put something grossly out-of-scaleSat, 05 Sep 2020 02:25:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/10912-west-blix-st-no-hollywoodhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/10912-west-blix-st-no-hollywoodUp in the Valley there’s an indication as to how we used to live.Low slung structures, lots of open space. Cool shade from the towering trees.This is of course a rare, precious, disappearing commoditySat, 29 Aug 2020 03:49:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1138-wilshire-blvdhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1138-wilshire-blvdSo, as you might imagine, it and its corner neighbors are due to be replaced by a Newport Beach development concern called PacTen Partners (so named because its partners were all athletes at PacTenTue, 25 Aug 2020 03:04:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/taix-and-the-cityhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/taix-and-the-citySo you may remember my “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Taix* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)” post from September. Of course, since you read this blog, you’ve probably already seen the recently-Tue, 26 May 2020 03:32:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/3525-south-bronson-avehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/3525-south-bronson-aveThat’s right, it came from somewhere else. Figueroa south of downtown used to be full of grand homes, once upon a time (like, say, this one). And Martin Bekins’s house at 1341 South Figueroa St, builtMon, 20 Apr 2020 03:20:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-in-reports-of-the-death-of-the-white-log-coffee-shop-have-beenhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-in-reports-of-the-death-of-the-white-log-coffee-shop-have-beenArchitectural historian Nathan Marsak loves Los Angeles, and hates to see important buildings neglected and abused, whether by slumlord owners or the savage public. Follow him on his urban adventuresMon, 13 Apr 2020 01:09:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-in-don-t-f-with-my-bunker-hill-retaining-wall-episode-25https://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-in-don-t-f-with-my-bunker-hill-retaining-wall-episode-25Architectural historian Nathan Marsak loves Los Angeles, and hates to see important buildings neglected and abused, whether by slumlord owners or the savage public. Follow him on his urban adventures Tue, 17 Mar 2020 01:18:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-meets-the-l-a-preservation-imp-episode-21https://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-meets-the-l-a-preservation-imp-episode-21Episode 21 finds Nathan in an obscure corner of Ernest Batchelder’s 1914 Dutch Chocolate Shop in Downtown Los Angeles, researching the stylistic differences between the tile master’s catalog output, Tue, 10 Mar 2020 01:51:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-and-the-mystery-of-the-shrinking-hpoz-at-1330-w-pico-aka-the-albanyhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-and-the-mystery-of-the-shrinking-hpoz-at-1330-w-pico-aka-the-albanyArchitectural historian Nathan Marsak loves Los Angeles, and hates to see important buildings neglected and abused, whether by slumlord owners or the savage public. Follow him on his urban adventures Sun, 08 Mar 2020 02:28:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-and-friends-in-save-700-normandie-avenue-koreatown-s-little-new-yorkhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-and-friends-in-save-700-normandie-avenue-koreatown-s-little-new-yorkEpisode 23 finds Nathan on the 700 block of South Normandie, where his wee L.A. Preservation Imp has lured him to see the greatest interbellum street in all of Los Angeles.Unfortunately, this gorgeousSat, 07 Mar 2020 02:33:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-in-what-the-hell-happened-to-the-pantages-neon-episode-22https://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-in-what-the-hell-happened-to-the-pantages-neon-episode-22Episode 22 finds Nathan in front of the Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, to confirm the terrible rumors that have been circulating on social media since Saturday, 2/29/2020. Wed, 04 Mar 2020 02:42:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-3-beauties-bite-the-dust-episode-20https://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-cranky-preservationist-3-beauties-bite-the-dust-episode-20Episode 20 finds Nathan back in Pico-Union, a disenfranchised community of immigrants and renters that is experiencing unprecedented development-fueled displacement & demolition. 2700 blck W FrancisMon, 02 Mar 2020 03:05:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/third-strike-wisemanhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/third-strike-wisemanWiseman, Messrs. Cohanzad, but whoever you are, you have done this for the last time. On behalf of Los Angeles, enough is enough. As Marsellus Wallace says to Butch, you’ve lost your LA privileges. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 02:55:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1517-23-w-8th-sthttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1517-23-w-8th-stThey won’t be happy until every shingled building in Los Angeles is gone. I mean, they’re kind of obsessed with them. They who? Everybody. Both sides of the political spectrum. Social engineers onThu, 09 Jan 2020 03:34:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/4201-s-crenshaw-3600-w-stockerhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/4201-s-crenshaw-3600-w-stockerDown on Crenshaw there’s The Liquor Bank, which is my kind of place to make a withdrawal. And appropriately named because it is, in fact, an old bank. Look closely, see the ship on the sign pylon? Sat, 04 Jan 2020 03:49:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/4629-4651-w-maubert-avehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/4629-4651-w-maubert-aveHere’s something that came over the transom, not in the form of some Planning Department notice, but via social media. The properties in question are buildings at 4629 West Maubert Avenue:Thu, 28 Nov 2019 01:46:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1529-n-winona-blvdhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1529-n-winona-blvdJust a quick post, didn’t want this gorgeous 1913 G. L. Synder-designed Hollywood home to fly under the radar. You know what has character? A beautiful old Craftsman lurking behind the Wed, 20 Nov 2019 03:14:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/933-s-gramercy-plhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/933-s-gramercy-plThis seven-room, 1,840sf Craftsman bungalow was built in the spring of 1912, in the Country Club Park tract, by the contracting team of Peter J. Schulte & William J. Wisler. Wisler was the owner.Thu, 14 Nov 2019 03:29:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/361-n-citrus-avehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/361-n-citrus-aveI get it.  We have private property rights.  If I have the money to outbid a museum to buy a Tintoretto or an Edward Hopper, and then go home and toss it in the fireplace, more power to me.  Sun, 10 Nov 2019 03:41:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/13921-vanowen-st-van-nuyshttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/13921-vanowen-st-van-nuysThe continued abhorrence of anything lo-slung and lo-density requires these be replaced with, as you might imagine, vastly increased height and density, and because density proponents will tell youFri, 01 Nov 2019 01:08:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/3755-s-canfield-ave-palmshttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/3755-s-canfield-ave-palmstwo-story six-unit apartment building was designed by engineer J. Doherty in the spring of 1962, and will be gone soon, which is a shame, as there aren’t a whole lot left in area that reek so of 1962.Thu, 31 Oct 2019 01:25:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1844-n-alexandria-avehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1844-n-alexandria-aveThis handsome Los Feliz house was built in 1912. She needs a little love, but don’t we all? Like my aunt Gladys, nothing a coat of paint can’t fix. Sat, 19 Oct 2019 01:29:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/on-another-notehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/on-another-noteWhen the people of Budapest have a piece of Soviet-era architecture, like Kossuth Square 4-6 (Béla Pintér, 1972), which they deem…_inappropriate_, especially in a landscape as great as Kossuth SquareThu, 17 Oct 2019 03:34:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/too-ugly-for-a-yimbyhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/too-ugly-for-a-yimbyI was on the last week and came across something that made me ask, _can a developer make a building so ugly even a YIMBY can’t love it? analogous to the old test o’ faith can God make a rock that he Mon, 14 Oct 2019 02:56:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/10555-bloomfield-street-toluca-lakehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/10555-bloomfield-street-toluca-lakeThe social engineers insist it’s green because, despite the fact that with this density comes, say, overburdened resources, emissions from outflow stacks, the Urban Heat Island, car sitting in trafficSun, 06 Oct 2019 02:49:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/magnolia-updatehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/magnolia-updateI had based my tale of 1238 on the application at Planning for the 36-unit that was being plopped on the site; the demo permit I linked to in the text was issued back in July. Was contacted by an Sat, 05 Oct 2019 02:47:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/what-in-the-actual-hell-los-angeleshttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/what-in-the-actual-hell-los-angelesCouple days ago I posted about the forthcoming loss of an unpresuming little stuccoed side-gabled number which nobody's going to shed a tear over. Well, I will, and you should too. . . Tue, 01 Oct 2019 02:13:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/226-n-berendo-sthttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/226-n-berendo-stMy Lord, who stuccos a house anymore? Seriously, I thought that nonsense disappeared years ago, like kids selling crack or approaching you to replace your pea stone with tar macadam.Sat, 28 Sep 2019 02:54:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-face-of-the-ellis-acthttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-face-of-the-ellis-actAh, you thought you were going to see the faces of those souls cast into the streets by the Ellis Act. Well this isn’t that kind of blog. Sun, 22 Sep 2019 02:21:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1723-n-wilcox-avehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/1723-n-wilcox-avePeople sure hate courtyard living in Hollywood. Or they love it; that is, at least, they love tearing it down.Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:07:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/950-s-wilton-placehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/950-s-wilton-placeIn December of 1916 it is announced that Andre H. Cuenod—a Swiss lumberman who came to Los Angeles in 1891—was putting up this nifty Colonial he’d designed himself. The two-story, Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:26:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-house-of-spiritshttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/the-house-of-spiritsIn February 1958, one Mr. Norman Leibow bought Carmen’s Garage (U. J. Gray, 1924) at 1314 Echo Park Avenue. Leibow tore off the front thirty feet facing Echo Park and rebuilt itFri, 13 Sep 2019 03:23:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/and-we-re-backhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/and-we-re-back We launched and were going gangbusters there for a little while, when all went dark…because the City of Los Angeles decided to halt all demolitions, making this blog obsolete! Well, maybe not. Fri, 13 Sep 2019 02:26:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/let-s-talk-about-taixhttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/let-s-talk-about-taixMore than just a shadow encroaching; that’s doom. Taix Restaurant, at 1911 West Sunset, has not had her demo permit pulled. Yet. But it will happen. Taix is not long for this world.Sat, 07 Sep 2019 00:36:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/pacific-bowling-center-dancing-waters-club-1331-s-pacific-avehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/pacific-bowling-center-dancing-waters-club-1331-s-pacific-aveA nice piece of San Pedro Streamline is going away. And with it, a big chunk of Southland history. Thu, 05 Sep 2019 02:22:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/371-377-north-st-andrews-placehttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/371-377-north-st-andrews-placeFor our first post, we’ll take a look at 371-377 North St. Andrews Place, at the southwest corner of St. Andrews and Elmwood Avenue. Wed, 04 Sep 2019 01:40:00 GMThttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/greetingshttps://www.riplosangeles.com/post/greetingsLos Angeles was sold to me, as she had been to countless others, on the booster’s promise of light and air and orange trees. That I would move here and live in a charming little Spanish Sun, 01 Sep 2019 19:34:00 GMT