Friday, October 28, 2016

"Jolly Joseph" and LA's First Coffee Shop

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For the next few minutes, try to imagine getting a bad coffee craving in LA's early days. There was no Intelligentsia, no Stumptown, n...
Monday, October 17, 2016

Joan of Arc in Chinatown: A Brief History of Los Angeles' French Hospital

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Jeanne d'Arc in front of the French Hospital (now the Pacific Alliance Medical Center) The first hospital in Los Angeles, St. Vin...
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Friday, September 30, 2016

The Busiest Undertaker Ever: Victor Ponet

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The Morrison Hotel, located in Ponet Square, immortalized in album cover art.  (Bet you didn't see THAT coming!) Once u...
Friday, September 23, 2016

Blended: The Larronde/Etchemendy Family

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237 North Hope Street (can you believe this was torn down for a DWP building ?!) Some people believe that single parents and stepfam...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Welcome to the French Museum of Los Angeles/Bienvenue à la Musée des Français à Los Angeles

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Today is my birthday. What I would like to do is go to a museum. Specifically, a museum that tells Frenchtown's countless stories. ...
Friday, September 2, 2016

The Frenchmen of the Pico House

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Every Los Angeles local knows who Pio Pico was. Most are aware of the Pico House Hotel, which (miraculously) has survived to the presen...
Monday, August 22, 2016

Wake Up, Sheeple! Part 2: The Sentous Brothers and LA Live

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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...
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