Local Architect Barbara Bestor’s reconstruction of a shack (the article calls it a cabin) on Lake Shore in the New York Times.
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New York Times
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009Man dies after jumping into Echo Park Lake fully clothed
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009Hum, Man dies after jumping into Echo Park Lake fully clothed.
This could come in handy in the neighborhood, Hipster Bingo!
Personal note: One of the reasons I attended a school formerly housed in a leaky warehouse in Santa Monica.
Archinect.com
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009Are you curious about that big stainless steel flower blooming Downtown? Take a look at the Disney Concert Hall feature at Archinect.com where I’m a News Crew Contributor and the DCH photographer. The latest photos are the first interior shots I’ve been able to get.
architecture
Thursday, April 7th, 2005Echo Park locals in the press: Illustrator Chandler Wood’s fine work shows up again on the LA Weekly cover while Barbara Bestor’s Silver Lake architecture office cum canvas/billboard is in the LA Times. (more…)
Scene of the Crime, Photographs from the LAPD Archive
Tuesday, September 14th, 2004In bookstores now Scene of the Crime, Photographs from the LAPD Archive may be of limited interest to many but beyond the graphic crime scene photos are the eyes of some talented photographers and a view into Los Angeles’ always crime ridden core. As many will recall the photos were first compiled by locals Merrick Morton and Robin Blackman for an exhibit at their now closed storefront gallery Fototeka.
EPHS E-Mail News here
Tuesday, June 1st, 2004With the loss of so many neighborhood homes to unkind remuddles or outright demolition it is nice to get this great news from the Echo Park Historical Society: Bungalow Rescue – The EPHS commends Alina Sanchez and her family for pledging to restore four bungalows, the earliest c. 1911, on Alvarado north of Montana St. (more…)