ARCADIA Arcadia sign and Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography's map of Arcadia, available on art prints and a variety of merchandise Arcadia is a Los Angeles County community in the northern part of the San Gabriel Valley surrounded by Sierra Madre, Monrovia, Mayflower Village, Irwindale, El Monte, North El Monte, Temple City, East San Gabriel, East … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Arcadia, The San Gabriel Valley’s Community of Homes
Author: Eric Brightwell
Eric Brightwell is an essayist, rambler, explorer, cartographer, and guerrilla gardener. He lives in Los Angeles, not because he was born here, but because he chose to... for all of the things for which its famous: its verticality, its mass transit, its diversity, its schools, its liminal spaces, its architecture, its wildlife, its museums, its night markets, its cinemas, its theaters, its enclaves, its restaurants, its bars, its libraries, &c
California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Angeleno Heights
ANGELENO HEIGHTS Angeleno Heights is a neighborhood in Mideast Los Angeles (or "MELA"). After Bunker Hill (which is no longer suburban), Angeleno Heights is one of the city's oldest suburbs. After the Victorian homes of Bunker Hill were razed in the 1950s, Angeleno Heights became the largest concentration of Victorian homes, or "painted ladies" in … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Angeleno Heights
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California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Orange, Orange County’s Plaza City
INTRO This blog entry is about the City of Orange, a town located in North Orange County, California. I was joined on my visit by long-time Orange residents and fans, Alex Graham (of The Internal Tulips) and Song Le Graham, whose contributions greatly contributed to this entry. Orange completely surrounds the city of Villa Park … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Orange, Orange County’s Plaza City
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California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Mar Vista
INTRODUCTION Mar Vista is a Westside neighborhood surrounded by Santa Monica, Sawtelle, Rancho Park, Palms, Culver City, Westside Village, and Venice. Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography's official map of Mar Vista, available on art prints and a variety of merchandise. CHARACTER AND DISTRICTS Within Mar Vista are several smaller neighborhoods, including Westdale (between National Blvd, … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Mar Vista
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Xu DaRocha, Andre Miripolsky and Timothee de Price Exhibit at Gallery Lorenzo
If you're in or around Los Angeles tonight, you should definitely check out the opening of the Gallery Lorenzo in Melrose. Eric's Blog interviewee and my favorite LA artist, Xu DaRocha, is exhibiting her five-painting Fold series along with works by Andre Miripolsky and Timothee de Price. There will also be live music and it should be … Continue reading Xu DaRocha, Andre Miripolsky and Timothee de Price Exhibit at Gallery Lorenzo
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Jay Silverheels – Happy American Indian Heritage Month
Jay Silverheels was a Kanien'kehá:ka actor born Harold J. Smith on May 26th, 1912. He was born on the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation reservation, the most populous First Nation in Canada, and the only nation in which all six Iroquois nations live together. He was the third of eleven children born to Major … Continue reading Jay Silverheels – Happy American Indian Heritage Month
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California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Garden Grove, The City of Youth and Ambition
This Southern CA-area episode is about Garden Grove, which I journeyed to with Garden Grove native Tita Ortega. Pendersleigh & Sons' Official Map of Orange County Garden Grove is is located in North Orange County. In fact, it was whilst living in Garden Grove in 1888 thatR.Q. Wickham launched the political movement that would lead … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Garden Grove, The City of Youth and Ambition
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Ray Mala – Hollywood’s First Native American Star
Ray Mala was an Inupiat actor born in Candle, Alaska on December 27th, 1906. In 1925 Mala made his way to Edendale and got a job as a cameraman with Fox Film Corporation, which relocated the following year to Movietone City, in modern Century City. In 1932, Mala was featured as an actor in Edwin … Continue reading Ray Mala – Hollywood’s First Native American Star
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Red Wing and Young Deer, the First Couple of Native American Silent Film
Cast and Crew Members at Inceville in Santa Monica, circa 1915 Before the emergence of Hollywood and the studio system, moviemaking was something of a free-for-all, open to anyone that could afford it. In the US, that privileged group was almost exclusively white and male. Roles for minorities were usually crudely stereotypical, minor, and liable … Continue reading Red Wing and Young Deer, the First Couple of Native American Silent Film
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California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Los Feliz, Mideast Los Angeles’s Pill Hill
Pendersleigh & Sons' Official Map of Los Feliz Los Feliz is a neighborhood in Mideast Los Angeles (MELA) and Hollywood area, neighbored by Beachwood Canyon, Griffith Park, Atwater Village, Silver Lake, Franklin Hills, Sunset Junction, Little Armenia, Thai Town, and Franklin Village. Most Anglos pronounce the name of the neighborhood "Loss Filas" or "Los Filas" … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Los Feliz, Mideast Los Angeles’s Pill Hill
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