Frenchtown Confidential
Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.
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Sunday, October 18, 2020
Our Names Are On The Street Grid, For Crying Out Loud
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After 7.5 years of mapping about 500 Forgotten French LA sites, I think I have a pretty good idea of what was located where. Most of what w...
Monday, April 9, 2018
The Most Trusted Citizen in 1850s LA was a Jewish Frenchman
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Don Solomon Lazard Imagine, for a moment, that it's the 1850s and you've just arrived in Los Angeles. Los Angeles has only be...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Joseph Mascarel and the Lazard Street Poltergeist
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Despite his gruff, no-nonsense demeanor, former Mayor Joseph Mascarel was not immune to odd occurrences. The September 6, 1889 edition of t...
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