This article was written for the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council's โAsk Silver Lake.โ "Ask Silver Lake" is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas youโd like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org. This edition is about the Garbutt House, as … Continue reading Ask Silver Lake — The Garbutt House
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Nobody Drives in LA — Metro’s New Subway Cars Have Arrived in Los Angeles
This past Friday, I was invited, along with a pretty small group, to a sneak peak of Metro's new subway cars last Friday. Of course, I cleared my schedule. The event was scheduled for noon at Wilshire/Western Station. I had a bagel and too much coffee and then headed out the door. To get to … Continue reading Nobody Drives in LA — Metro’s New Subway Cars Have Arrived in Los Angeles
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Ask Silver Lake — Silver Lake’s Mass Transit History
Map depicting Metro routes (in orange) in Silver Lake (Neighborhood Council borders -- Source: Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography) "Ask Silver Lakeโ is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas youโd like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org. โฆโฆโฆ If youโre … Continue reading Ask Silver Lake — Silver Lake’s Mass Transit History
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Ask Silver Lake — Silver Lake’s Historic Film Studios
The following was first published by the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council as part of it's "Ask Silver Lake" column. "Ask Silver Lake" is dedicated to exploring the history of our community. If you have questions or ideas you'd like us to consider, please send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org. Selig Polyscope in Edendale, 1910 We've received a … Continue reading Ask Silver Lake — Silver Lake’s Historic Film Studios
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The Mystery of Princess Leda Amun-Ra, Hollywood’s Legendary Acid Witch
Screenshot of Princess Leda Amun-Ra in The American Dreamer In August of this year, Thomas Lee, son of photographer Bud Lee, contacted me with an intriguing mystery about a colorful Angeleno. Heโd come across my post, Los Angeles Gothic, and wondered whether Iโd ever heard of anything about Princess Leda Amun-Ra and her colorful cohorts. … Continue reading The Mystery of Princess Leda Amun-Ra, Hollywood’s Legendary Acid Witch
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Ask Silver Lake — Music Box Steps Day and Silver Lake’s Stair Stars of the Silver Screen
Thanks, in large part, to its proximity to many early film studios โ Silver Lake has been home to numerous film stars since at least the 1910s. Not all of those stars were human. There was, for example, Tom Mixโs horse, Old Blue, who is rumored to be buried underneath the parking lot in front … Continue reading Ask Silver Lake — Music Box Steps Day and Silver Lake’s Stair Stars of the Silver Screen
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Nobody Drives in LA — A Car Free Los Angeles Podcast
The podcast is finally here! The only podcast about the pressures, perils, and yes, pleasures of car-free and car-lite living in pathologically car-brained Los Angeles. Co-hosts Kyle Rebar and Eric Brightwell chat with guests about their transit journeys and where they are now. I'll post new episodes here with links as we publish them. Follow … Continue reading Nobody Drives in LA — A Car Free Los Angeles Podcast
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No Enclave โ Catalan Los Angeles
11 September is the national day of Catalonia, or โLa Diada.โ Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya) is a stateless Mediterranean nation split between Spain, where it is an autonomous community, and France, where the borders of its Roussillon region correspond roughly with those of the department of Pyrรฉnรฉes-Orientales. Its capital and most populous city, Barcelona, is the … Continue reading No Enclave โ Catalan Los Angeles
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Ask Silver Lake โ LAFD Station No. 56
The following article was written for the Silver Lake Neighborhood Councilโs โAsk Silver Lakeโ series โ โAsk Silver Lakeโ is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas youโd like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org.โ For the sake of full disclosure, this month's … Continue reading Ask Silver Lake โ LAFD Station No. 56
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The Legend of the Clandestine Order of Illuminated Gentlepersons
A reminder, if needed, that the internet isn't all bad. Two months ago, on the LosAngeles subreddit, user suprunkn0wn asked: "Whatโs that one spot in L.A. that you missed where it used to be? The new Amoeba is cool, but the most typical L.A. shit is the fact itโs under apartments and that will always … Continue reading The Legend of the Clandestine Order of Illuminated Gentlepersons
Eric Brightwell 