A few weeks or months ago (I can't remember which), I decided to make a map of Chicago neighborhoods. I live in Los Angeles and I've made a map of Los Angeles Neighborhoods. After I visited it, I made a map of New York City neighborhoods. I've also made maps of the neighborhoods of Detroit, … Continue reading A Chicago Neighborhoods Map
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No Enclave — Ukrainian Los Angeles
UKRAINE Ukraine (Україна) is the second-largest country in Europe, after Russia. It has a population of 41.2 million, making it the eighth-most populous country in Europe. The nation's capital and its most populous municipality is the ancient city of Kyiv. What's now Ukraine has been inhabited by Homo sapiens since at least 32,000 BCE. The … Continue reading No Enclave — Ukrainian Los Angeles
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Nobody Drives in LA — Silver Lake Stairs – Street View
In the 1920s, Los Angeles boomed. At the beginning of the decade, Los Angeles had a population of 576,673. By the end of the decade, it had more than doubled to 1,238,048. Basically, it went from the size of modern-day Milwaukee to modern-day San Diego in just ten years. Somewhere during that decade, Los Angeles's … Continue reading Nobody Drives in LA — Silver Lake Stairs – Street View
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Foods Invented in Los Angeles
What you are about to read could probably be considered, if you're uncharitable, a "listicle." "But wait," you say, "you hate listicles!" You are correct, and yet here I am, offering you the lowest form of clickbait -- the sort of trash one expects to read in respectable, click-driven mainstream media outlets, not this fair … Continue reading Foods Invented in Los Angeles
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The Brightwell Guide to Incense
INTRODUCTION I love incense. I've been fascinated with it since I was a young child and discovered that my parents had two boxes of cone incense. One was sandalwood and had an image of the Taj Mahal on it. I don't remember the scent of the other, but it had an abstract image of a … Continue reading The Brightwell Guide to Incense
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California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Larchmont Village
INTRODUCTION Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography's map of Larchmont Village, available in art prints and on a variety of merchandise This edition of California Fool's Gold is about Larchmont Village. It was nominated by readers who let me know which communities they'd like me to explore in the comment section. Larchmont Village is not, despite what … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Larchmont Village
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Swinging Doors — Los Angeles’s Early Houses
Say what you will about Los Angeles but it's unlikely that anyone has ever described it in earnest as a "city that never sleeps." It is not, in other words, Barcelona, New York City, New Orleans, or Las Vegas. There are 24-hour businesses in Los Angeles, of course, mostly restaurants. When I was younger, I … Continue reading Swinging Doors — Los Angeles’s Early Houses
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California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Whittier
INTRODUCTION For this chapter of California Fool's Gold, I explored the city of Whittier. Whittier is a city in Southeast Los Angeles (County), separated from the San Gabriel Valley to the north by the Puente Hills and sharing a border with Orange County to the southeast. As of the 2020 Census, it had a population … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Whittier
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Los Angeles’s Corner Drugstores & Independent Pharmacies
The corner drug store isn't what it used to be, although I'm not sure when it stopped. Probably quite a few years before I was born... although there are still a few hanging 'round. I'm talking about the drugstores that Norman Rockwell celebrated in his characteristic manner and Edward Hopper naturally managed to make seem … Continue reading Los Angeles’s Corner Drugstores & Independent Pharmacies
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1972 in Music — 50 Years Later
Happy New Year! It's now 2022. That means -- assuming my math is correct -- it's been 50 years since it was 1972. And so, as I do ever year, I've made a playlist of music from that year -- not just my favorite eight tracks or anything like that -- a playlist of ALL … Continue reading 1972 in Music — 50 Years Later
Eric Brightwell 