Frenchtown Confidential

If you were on the Esotouric bus on September 7 , you were probably just as horrified as I was to see the French Hospital behind demolition...

Regular readers may recall that 11 months ago, I received word that Jeanne d'Arc, who had stood guard outside the French Hospital/Pacifi...

Eugene Meyer - another cousin of Don Solomon Lazard - was born in Alsace in 1842, and came to Los Angeles at age 21 to work for Lazard's...

We've met "Don Solomon" Lazard . Today we'll meet his cousin and onetime business partner. Maurice Kremer was born in Fr...

For two and a half years, I have been trying to unravel the mystery of what happened to the French Benevolent Society. Read Part 1 here . ...

I started this blog in May of 2016. Since then, I have come into contact with quite a few history buffs, preservationists, and French Sout...

How do you make a nerdy history blogger panic? Make her favorite landmark disappear. A couple of days ago, I reported that the Jeanne d...

ENGLISH Missing:  One French national hero. Female, age 54. Approximately 10 feet tall including the base. Last seen in front of the for...

A previous entry was about Frenchtown's own Renaissance woman, Dr. Kate Brousseau . Today, we get to meet her father, Julius - an impres...

The Pacific Alliance Medical Center, formerly the French Hospital , is closing next month . Putting aside the fate of one of the last surv...

Dear KCET/Lost LA: I like you guys. I really do. But this is the SECOND time you've gotten mustard up my nose (French idiom - you guys...

Continuing the theme of French sailors who settled in Los Angeles... The Roundhouse, circa 1865. Alexandre's "Roundhous...

I have been seriously researching Los Angeles' Frenchtown for two and a half years. I created this blog to share its stories and keep th...

In Southern Chinatown, just up the street from Philippe the Original, is an area called Naud Junction. Even Google Maps specifies it as such...

Jeanne d'Arc in front of the French Hospital (now the Pacific Alliance Medical Center) The first hospital in Los Angeles, St. Vin...

Today is my birthday. What I would like to do is go to a museum. Specifically, a museum that tells Frenchtown's countless stories. ...

It's hard to believe that the pocket of downtown containing the LA Convention Center, Staples Center, and LA Live was ever quiet and rur...

I love music more than life itself, and have been to many, MANY shows. Consequently, I know Southern California venues pretty well. I was ...