Frenchtown Confidential

Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Godissart's of Hollywood

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When you hear "Hollywood" and "makeup" in the same sentence, who do you think of? Max Factor, whose building now houses ...

The Masselins and the Miracle Mile

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Northern California's gold fields attracted prospectors from around the world, including France. Some unsuccessful Frenchmen left for Lo...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

The Kafkaesque Nature of Requesting Information in Los Angeles

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(Dear readers - feel free to disregard this entry unless you are especially interested in transparency. This topic is a bit too complex to d...
Thursday, March 23, 2023

April in Paris...in Sherman Oaks?

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 If you're on Twitter and aren't following  LAPL's Photos account , you're missing some great pictures of old LA. And you ma...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

"That Simple, Friendly House Front"

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Prudent Beaudry was wealthy and successful. But he, personally, didn't spend all that much on himself. He did take a vacation once, in ...
Saturday, February 11, 2023

Let's Visit Beaudry's Block!

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Regular readers may already know that Prudent Beaudry owned a commercial building,  which his brother Victor remodeled into Southern Califor...
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C.C. de Vere
I'm a native Angeleno and my primary ethnicity is French. Searching for my own roots led me to discover a long-ignored French community in my native Southern California. Now I'm telling its stories.
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