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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — The Three Lives Of Villa Aurora
Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Cats have nine lives. People often experience second or third acts in their lives or careers. Some homes have multiple lives as well, like Villa Aurora, which...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hotel Brevoort, Bohemians’ Outpost on...
Long an entertaining trope for many a movie and stage play, the boarding house for theatrical performers offered an opportunity to gather together a colorful band of characters while at the same time...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Vice Raid and Early TV in Hollywood’s...
The Hollywood Storage Building as seen in Google Earth. Note: This is an encore post from 2021. Originally Los Angeles’ tallest building when opened in 1926, the Hollywood Storage Building at the...
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L.A. Daily Mirror Retro Holiday Shopping Guide
Note: This is an encore post from 2011. I picked up “The Big Picture,” Melba Levick and Stanley Young’s 1988 book about Los Angeles murals, not realizing what a terribly sad book it would be. As Young...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — The Three Lives Of Villa Aurora
Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Cats have nine lives. People often experience second or third acts in their lives or careers. Some homes have multiple lives as well, like Villa Aurora, which...
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