L.A.’s Koreatown is home to one of the city’s most interesting historical buildings. Chapman Plaza, originally known as the Chapman Park Market, is located in the heart of this vibrant neighborhood. It is an historic retail center that occupies 50,000 square feet of space on West 6th Street and Alexandria Avenue. Built in 1929, the…
Not many locals know that L.A.’s treasured Griffith Park was once the site of a major public housing project. Well, let’s dial back the clock to post-WWII. Military vets are returning home and a baby boom is just about to begin! From 1946 to 1954, a bustling pop-up village, complete with Quonset-hut homes and gardens…
Drive a certain stretch of the 134 (Ventura) freeway, heading east between Glendale and Pasadena (just opposite the Figueroa exit), and you can’t miss it. And if you grew up in the northeastern section of the San Fernando Valley, you’ve seen it your whole life. It’s the actual “Eagle Rock”—a name you most likely associate…
This is a peaceful place. There is serenity in the breeze blowing through the many native oaks and waving palm trees. There is beauty in the brick pathways, the colorful tiles, wrought iron railings, rock walls, and ivy-covered fences. This is Rockhaven. Once upon a time, the Foothills and the Crescenta Valley were known as…
In 1925, Walt and Roy Disney needed more animation studio space. They put down a deposit of a few hundred dollars on a large lot in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. In January of 1926, they moved into the newly renamed Walt Disney Studios located at 2719 Hyperion Avenue. Over the next…
