Tuesday, December 27, 2022

The Mining Magnate and the Monastery

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Joseph Louis Giroux was a Montrealer by birth, but finished his schooling in Illinois and started his mining career in Utah. Accompanying hi...
Monday, November 28, 2022

The Great French Amusement Park LA Lost

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Everyone loves France. Well, most everyone does.  If France wasn't so beloved, "French girl style" wouldn't be trending on...
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Sunday, November 27, 2022

The French Weekly, The French Library, Pierre Prévotière, and Amaury Mars

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Pierre Prévotière was an attorney from Paris.  Arriving in the US in 1900 at age 24, he made his way to Los Angeles by 1906. A newspaper exc...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Saloons, Suicides, and Chop Suey: The Long-Lost Jennette Block

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When Philippe Garnier clawed his way back from bankruptcy , he commissioned three buildings in the Plaza. The Garnier Block survives, housin...
Tuesday, September 6, 2022

What Is Going On with the Culver Chateau?

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  The Culver Chateau  I recently found out the  Culver Chateau , said to be built long ago by a French immigrant, may be slated for demoliti...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Charles Chandeau Gets Caught

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Although I don’t often tell the tales of people who were only briefly in LA, this one was too good not to share. Every year, Hollywood hopef...
Thursday, July 14, 2022

Bastille Day in Old LA

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On this day in 1789, the French Revolution began. I an pretty open about having a complicated relationship with La Fête Nationale/Bastille D...