Frenchtown Confidential
Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.
Monday, November 8, 2021
BREAKING: Gless Farmhouse At Risk!
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I was shocked and dismayed to hear from my pals at Esotouric that the landmarked 1887 Gless farmhouse just flipped. I had to see it to beli...
Thursday, October 14, 2021
A Very Brief History of French Bakeries in Old Los Angeles
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Once upon a time, a long long time ago by Los Angeles standards, the city was just a tiny pueblo that lacked a proper bakery. You might assu...
Sunday, October 10, 2021
Erasing Frenchtown in Maps
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I have been mapping historic French LA for 8.5 years. It's harder than it looks. Among the many, MANY changes to the street grid, the in...
Thursday, October 7, 2021
The French Hospital in Maps
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I've previously covered the French Hospital 's long history, so I won't rehash it here. The building was originally a two-story...
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Saturday, August 28, 2021
Standing Up to City Council
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Los Angeles is just as corrupt now as it was when Frank Shaw's goons were harassing reformers like Clifford Clinton. Regular readers kno...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The Mysterious Michel Clos
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Per the request of new reader Lauren M., I have been looking into Mike Clos, brother of Adelina Clos Leonis. Unfortunately, he’s a little tr...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Do You Hear the People Sing?
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On this day in 1789, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille to free political prisoners and raided the Hotel des Invalides in search of weapon...
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