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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — The Gibbons-Del Rio House: Like Stepping...
The Cedric Gibbons home, via Google Street View. Celebrity has often been the cachet for creating style, fashion and cultural trends, especially with the advent of films. Stars wearing a particular...
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Concrete Ideas on Architecture in Pasadena
After watching a crew build the forms and a couple of cement trucks pouring the concrete, I finally saw the completed concrete house at 747 S. Los Robles Ave. in Pasadena. Unfortunately, it’s not...
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The Oviatt Tie
Leave it to Marc Chevalier to come up with this. Marc took the image of one of the glass panels from the Oviatt Building and turned it into a custom necktie, via Zazzle. The tie is $29.95. You can...
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Rediscovering Los Angeles — The Hotel Bella Union/St. Charles Hotel
March 16, 1936: Times artist Charles Owens and columnist Timothy Turner visit the St. Charles Hotel at 314 N. Main, which was formerly the Bella Union Hotel. “This was one of the two best hotels in...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Marion Davies’ Santa Monica Beachside Cottage
Marion Davies’ beach house, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst inherited and erected lavish estates for himself around California like Wyntoon, his Northern...
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Architectural Ramblings
Note: This is a repost of a regular feature I did for the 1947project in 2007 in which I tried to find homes listed in The Times’ Sunday real estate section in 1907. Architectural Ramblings was one of...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: TCM Movie Location Bus Tour Cruises Los...
Over the decades, motion picture producers have unknowingly documented historic and outstanding architecture surrounding Hollywood and Los Angeles while filming their movies. These visual...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — The Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood Party Central
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Once movie studios moved into Hollywood, life changed in the sleepy, little farming community. Easygoing small town life gave way to the jazzy...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Wiltern Theatre Jazzes Up Movie Theater...
The grand opening of what was then the Warner Western Theater, courtesy of Mary Mallory. The history of one street corner can often show the growing pains of a burgeoning city. What started out as...
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From the Vaults —‘While the City Sleeps,’ Part V
This is the last in our series of posts on the 1928 Lon Chaney film “While the City Sleeps.” We have previously looked at the history of the film, the plot (convoluted), the reviews (mixed) the...
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‘While the City Sleeps’— John Bengtson Edition
John Bengtson, who has researched and written so much about early movie locations in Los Angeles, sends this Spence Air Photo of the Civic Center and weighs in on “While the City Sleeps.” Hi Larry –...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — 4418 Vineland Ave. Yesterday and Today
Over the decades, towns and cities undergo great change as they evolve from agrarian societies into metropolitan areas. Multi-unit residential properties, modern office buildings and skyscrapers...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights — Medical Arts Building
Mary went on a field trip to visit the Toluca Plaza building (formerly the Medical Arts Building) for her latest post, but some of her photos got caught in my spam filter. Here they are. This is “Aunt...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Crossroads of the World Welcomes All
The interior of Crossroads of the World, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Long before the Grove or Americana on Brand, the Crossroads of the World existed as a retail center replicating simpler times and...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Clifton’s Cafeteria Offers Food for Thought
Clifton’s Pacific Seas, 618 S. Olive St. Long before kitschy was cool and themed restaurants like tiki bars, Planet Hollywoods and Rainforest Cafes existed, downtown Los Angeles sported eclectically...
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‘Saving Mr. Banks’ on Heritage Square
I was underwhelmed by “Saving Mr. Banks,” but look what I found! It’s Heritage Square, which (for out-of-town readers) is just off the Arroyo Seco Parkway. Here’s Heritage Square as shown on Google...
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What Really Happens in the Bradbury Building — Steampunk Alert!
Here’s what they actually do in the Bradbury Building. This ad popped up after a thrilling round of Words With Friends. Could it be the Bradbury Building? Indeed it is. Isn’t this awesome?
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Sixth Street Chocolate Shop Offers Sweet...
A still from “The Hope Chest,” courtesy of Mary Mallory. Serving both sweet and medicinal purposes, chocolate has been served up as a special treat since at least 1900 BC and continues as a favored...
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Weird Al Gets ‘Tacky’ in Downtown Los Angeles
Weird Al has a new video, “Tacky,” a satire on Pharrell’s “Happy.” The sign for the Los Angeles Theatre is clearly visible in the shots, pegging this as Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. The Los...
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: First National Building Banks On...
Hollywood First National Bank Building, Courtesy of Mary Mallory. Soaring to the skies, displaying confidence in Hollywood’s unlimited future, the First National Building, constructed and opened in...
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