A map of Plaza del Valle with rules listed below I was recently a guest on a new podcast, All Valley Everything, hosted by Albert Corado and featuring a rotating cast of co-hosts. For the episode on which I was a guest, the co-host was Veronica Shirley, of Valley Girl Hiking Club. Albert asked me … Continue reading Plaza del Valle & All Valley Everything
Month: October 2023
Houses of the Hallows — The Semi-Tropic Spiritualists and the Semi-Tropic Park
INTRODUCTION Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography's official map of Elysian Heights, available reproduced on a wide variety of merchandise and in art prints of various sizes. The other day, the Los Angeles Public Library posted a short clip of me talking about my map of the Elysian Heights neighborhood — crafted from interview footage shot for … Continue reading Houses of the Hallows — The Semi-Tropic Spiritualists and the Semi-Tropic Park
Nobody Drives in LA — The California Cycleway
INTRODUCTION If, like me, you ride a bicycle in Los Angeles, there’s a good chance that you’ve heard of the fabled California Cycleway — an elevated, wooden bicycle tollway that existed for an all-too-brief moment at the dawn of the 20th Century — before the Age of the Automobile. The California Cycleway is legendary — … Continue reading Nobody Drives in LA — The California Cycleway

