#  @esotouric Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles posts on X about los angeles, money, los, murder the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::112220166/interactions)  - [--] Week [-----] +336% - [--] Month [------] +30% - [--] Months [-------] +137% - [--] Year [-------] -66% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::112220166/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] -22% - [--] Month [---] +44% - [--] Months [---] +70% - [--] Year [---] -82% ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::112220166/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.03% - [--] Month [------] +0.33% - [--] Months [------] +2% - [--] Year [------] +3.40% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::112220166/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [finance](/list/finance) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [stocks](/list/stocks) [countries](/list/countries) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [ncaa football](/list/ncaa-football) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [la liga](/list/la-liga) **Social topic influence** [los angeles](/topic/los-angeles) #2946, [money](/topic/money), [los](/topic/los), [murder](/topic/murder), [has been](/topic/has-been), [homes](/topic/homes), [in the](/topic/in-the), [to the](/topic/to-the), [cafe](/topic/cafe), [if you](/topic/if-you) **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@latimes](/creator/undefined) [@emptylosangeles](/creator/undefined) [@filmthepolicela](/creator/undefined) [@resedaforall](/creator/undefined) [@unrigla](/creator/undefined) [@laconservancy](/creator/undefined) [@lataco](/creator/undefined) [@cohensite](/creator/undefined) [@hugoforcd13](/creator/undefined) [@meghanncuniff](/creator/undefined) [@curbed](/creator/undefined) [@rooflesser](/creator/undefined) [@fuelgrannie](/creator/undefined) [@ladorkout](/creator/undefined) [@artdecola](/creator/undefined) [@johngonzalesla1](/creator/undefined) [@laist](/creator/undefined) [@shoton35mm](/creator/undefined) [@cd1losangeles](/creator/undefined) [@slufty](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Civic (CVC)](/topic/civic) [April (APRIL)](/topic/april) [Treasure (MAGIC)](/topic/treasure) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Scoop: Los Angeles Councilmember Nithya Raman who sits on the powerful PLUM Committee seeks to demolish her [----] Silver Lake residence Will she withdraw the application now that she's running for Mayor of Los Angeles https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResults/774938 http://esotouric.substack.com/nithyaraman https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResults/774938 http://esotouric.substack.com/nithyaraman" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/2020291336004596224) 2026-02-08T00:19Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements "Curren Price's handpicked successor Jose Ugarte settling with Ethics Commission for failure to disclose income on form 700s. Interesting to see a Mitch O'Farrell PAC on the client list in light of the sketchy PLUM vote NOT to landmark Selma Las Palmas. https://ethics.lacity.gov/pdf/agenda/2026/February/20260218-Item5-Stipulation-Ugarte.pdf https://ethics.lacity.gov/pdf/agenda/2026/February/20260218-Item5-Stipulation-Ugarte.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/2022469189001511150) 2026-02-14T00:33Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements "About the Selma Las Palmas apartments [--] rent stabilized units sitting vacant and tagged in the heart of Hollywood. https://esotouric.substack.com/p/currenprice3 https://esotouric.substack.com/p/currenprice3" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/2022470084627960099) 2026-02-14T00:36Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements "There's a cool new neighborhood history mural from @tapia.323 going up at Daly and Broadway in Lincoln Heights featuring low riders Honest Abe and a snappy crocodilian representing the Lincoln Park Alligator Farm" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/2022488710676431178) 2026-02-14T01:50Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements "Today Victorian Los Angeles lives in Angelino Heights. but all is not as it seems Join us for a most revealing and amusing walk "above the fly and dust line" featuring the lovely homes where curious L.A. characters made history. https://esotouric.com/event/angelino-heights-winter-2026/ https://esotouric.com/event/angelino-heights-winter-2026/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/2022707389884141757) 2026-02-14T16:19Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements "Public corruption has gutted Los Angeles leaving citizens vulnerable to predatory abuse from our "leaders" and scammers and the only mayoral candidate making a big deal of it is former realty TV villain / Palisades Fire victim @spencerpratt. Without a robust press we all die" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/2023141733970907447) 2026-02-15T21:05Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements "@ResedaforAll @LukeRodriguez75 So grateful we were able to be a voice for the librarians and patrons and come out against Antonio Villaraigosa austerity budget. This campaign was maybe the 1st to flood CMs' email inboxes with public feedback--back when they read their own emails https://web.archive.org/web/20080919091727/http://www.savelapl.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080919091727/http://www.savelapl.org/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/2023609897116742053) 2026-02-17T04:06Z 14.6K followers, [--] engagements "@sherlyholmes We always recommend marmalade and other jarred treats from E. Waldo Ward @WaldoWard the 4th generation jam masters in Sierra Madre. Plus a visit to their retro factory & barn museum is a joy" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1065086502869196802) 2018-11-21T03:36Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@DavidZahniser but do you have tweezers and a magnifying glass" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1132458886072422401) 2019-05-26T01:30Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements "Soaking up the atmosphere in the beautifully restored Formosa Cafe" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1140845008062259200) 2019-06-18T04:53Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@LATSeema @LATBermudez Please poke it with a finger and make a short video to share. We so want to hear what your old chimes sound like" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1146927813917724674) 2019-07-04T23:44Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements "Soto Hill fire burning black over El Sereno against the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center on Cal State LA. #mydayinla #lafd" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1182752471078207489) 2019-10-11T20:18Z 14.6K followers, [--] engagements "@sherlyholmes Jay Bharat in Artesia with an after supper stroll to see the Virgin Mary appearing in the sidewalk" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1231295842314620928) 2020-02-22T19:12Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@sherlyholmes Tuesday tea time at the Huntington Library when all the scholars come out of their cubbies to feast on Trader Joe's cookies and trade book nerd gossip and we scope out the free book shelf to see what goodies the departing overseas folk don't want to carry home" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1261867536414457860) 2020-05-17T03:53Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@LaurelRosenhall how can we provide comment asking these terrible things be banned Political nonprofits are a major part of the unfolding public corruption investigation in Los Angeles City Hall" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1268607674259656705) 2020-06-04T18:16Z 14.6K followers, [--] engagements "RT @MerrileeHeifetz: Octavia E. Butler who died in [----] is a NYT Bestselling author. This was one of her life goals. Thank you all for making it happen" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1301329714011762690) 2020-09-03T01:22Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Join us on a virtual visit to the Dutch Chocolate Shop a masterpiece of 1910s restaurant design hidden behind an ugly metal grate in the heart of Downtown L.A. We'll zoom in close revealing its secrets. The 10/3 webinar can be viewed live or for a week. https://esotouric.com/event/chocolate-shop-10-2020/ https://esotouric.com/event/chocolate-shop-10-2020/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1310260412181557250) 2020-09-27T16:50Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Jose Reyes Meza's mosaic murals for Pan American Bank [----]. They are so beautiful and hopeful. "Our Past Our Present and Our Future." #mydayinla #esotouricroadtrip" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1313680020078915584) 2020-10-07T03:18Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Sunday morning berry clafoutis just before it deflated. Hope all of November is as sweet #mydayinla" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1322951553402040321) 2020-11-01T17:20Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "RIP Elisa Lam. This memorial installation just up from the Hotel Cecil was seen from the window of our Hotel Horrors tour bus on March [--] 2013" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1360259628525789185) 2021-02-12T16:09Z 14.6K followers, [--] engagements "@LaurelRosenhall @CalMatters Congratulations and good news for L.A. readers and the Times" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1454166061121556484) 2021-10-29T19:19Z 14.6K followers, [--] engagements "And how profoundly pathetic is it that the Los Angeles Times has no coverage of what happened in court with Jose Huizar and his billionaire owners Is it any wonder that corruption has rotted City Hall from the girders to the Lindbergh Beacon Thanks @Law360 from a broken LA" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1501063998556364803) 2022-03-08T05:15Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements "@LATSeema @Law360 @finneganLAT @DavidZahniser Broken That stuff is in the indictments the Feds submitted to the court and was old news when it showed up in the paper. Where is coverage of what happened in Judge Walters court today Why was nobody live tweeting from the courthouse Its 10pmis there a story coming" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1501074329844346880) 2022-03-08T05:56Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements "WHOA things are getting hairy at the Rec and Parks Commission hearing as GM Michael Shull tries to explain how Jose Huizars dissolved Pershing Square Renew non-profit provided no $ for park renovations and their files are not available. Lynn Alvarez: Lesson learned there"" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1527341277334761472) 2022-05-19T17:31Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@GregoryYYee @LAFD What is this building and how many people were inside it Look at these LADBS complaints for unpermitted work converting a warehouse into a hostel: Zimas has it still zoned [----] - Industrial - Light Manufacturing - One Story https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResults/732493 https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResults/732493" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1527495448831086592) 2022-05-20T03:44Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements "@AdrianRiskin Exploit unfortunately is the key word as NCs are also being weaponized by the development lobby. This astroturfing discourages community involvement and makes all NCs less effective" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1614335982807191553) 2023-01-14T18:57Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@theCindyCarcamo @CrystalCoveSP @latimes Lucky you--the best beach for a long tidepool walk (go right as the tide falls to access the cave). You're already there but for future reference we usually snag picnic fixings at Wholesome Choice market in Irvine. Look out for the hungry grackles in the parking lot" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1622767737302056961) 2023-02-07T01:22Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements "Yikes Usually when a Mayoral appointment is withdrawn the reasons are opaque. But Josh Nadel's nomination to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners got serious NC push back. https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfmfa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=23-1200-S6 https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfmfa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=23-1200-S6" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1628975928155029504) 2023-02-24T04:31Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "@KnockDotLA @JonnyPeltz @AdrianRiskin" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1628976569854365696) 2023-02-24T04:34Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "We hope Rocio is enjoying her retirement on her terms. Here's @breijor_they with an illustrated feature about the stall's rich history. https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news/how-downtown-l-a-s-chiles-secos-has-been-supplying-angelenos-with-mole-pastes-for-a-half-century-092320 https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news/how-downtown-l-a-s-chiles-secos-has-been-supplying-angelenos-with-mole-pastes-for-a-half-century-092320" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1644577639397752834) 2023-04-08T05:47Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements "@breijOR_THEY We appreciate you telling their story. We did too on our Grand Central Market webinar during lockdown. And Huell Howser did in in [----] https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/tag/grand-central-market/ https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/tag/grand-central-market/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1644719598259040257) 2023-04-08T15:11Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements "@breijOR_THEY Thank you so much--what a wonderful piece We're looking forward to the next chapter for Chiles Secos" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1645836566827503617) 2023-04-11T17:09Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements "decision to retire how GCM helped them stay open through the pandemic--and a planned revival of the mole business We really like the voice the @latimesfood section is giving to things that matter to Angelenos. 2/2 https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2023-04-11/chiles-secos-grand-central-market-closes https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2023-04-11/chiles-secos-grand-central-market-closes" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1645839501342941184) 2023-04-11T17:21Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "@jos_tucker @breijOR_THEY @timeoutla @GrandCentralMkt Do you remember the tortilla conveyer belt machine against the south wall We were hypnotized by it" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1645848995401723905) 2023-04-11T17:59Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "As Mayor Karen Bass floats budget millions to use hotels for people experiencing homelessness we'd like to know why city inspectors didn't shut down blighted Skid Row Housing Trust properties in [----]. These buildings should have been cleaned up then. https://esotouric.com/skidrowhousingtrust https://esotouric.com/skidrowhousingtrust" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1648750105535860736) 2023-04-19T18:07Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "Maybe the most important thing weve ever written & wed appreciate RTs from those who care about LA's unhoused. @KnockDotLA @AdrianRiskin @KtownforAll @HousingHumanRt @marvistavoice @fxma_la @JTOWNACTION @RoofLesser @lincolnhtsintel @kristylovich @PplsCityCouncil @JonnyPeltz" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1648793649919201284) 2023-04-19T21:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Barrington Plaza Tenant Association has sued to halt the scam Ellis Act evictions by Douglas Emmett. We hope it goes to trial and L.A. learns how many illegal Airbnbs were in this RSO building--and if the last fire started in one https://files.constantcontact.com/551b6ba7001/1c91d574-9b25-4289-85f1-cb8f1a40e3d8.pdf https://www.bptenants.org/ https://files.constantcontact.com/551b6ba7001/1c91d574-9b25-4289-85f1-cb8f1a40e3d8.pdf https://www.bptenants.org/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1668332899807162369) 2023-06-12T19:02Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "@Erk2000 You should definitely get involved with your local big tree advocates. They have these amazing devices to measure height and spread from ground level. There is one recently dedicated in the rose garden at the Huntington an impressive Queensland kauri: . https://huntington.org/verso/seeing-forest-trees https://huntington.org/verso/seeing-forest-trees" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1697670246629511437) 2023-09-01T17:58Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements "@KennethTuran One of our preservation pals went in low with a drone and found what looks like an ownership smoking gun. It's lovely footage too. https://esotouric.substack.com/p/marilyndronescape https://esotouric.substack.com/p/marilyndronescape" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1705090852287283598) 2023-09-22T05:25Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "So Douglas Emmett whose illegal Airbnbs were exposed in a fatal fire lied about the city requiring sprinklers & no reporter called LADBS to confirm the "reason" for mass eviction of RSO Barrington Plaza tenants. LA deserves better. https://www.emptylosangeles.com/post/barrington-plaza-update-the-landlord-lied https://x.com/esotouric/status/1297661443374895105 Whatever happened with the investigation into the fatal Barrington Plaza fire and the witness statements about AirBnB misuse of the RSO apartments https://www.emptylosangeles.com/post/barrington-plaza-update-the-landlord-lied" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1730689695796142144) 2023-12-01T20:45Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements "RIP to Alexis Smith whose terrazzo tribute to Raymond Chandler's early detective stories is one of our favorite things about MacArthur Park and a reminder that public art doesn't have to be a dumbed down eyesore. https://www.artforum.com/news/alexis-smith-dies-19492024-545853/ https://www.artforum.com/news/alexis-smith-dies-19492024-545853/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1744769640214265911) 2024-01-09T17:14Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "We hear that a multi-agency task force is being created to investigate last night's enormous fireworks incident in Little Tokyo. https://x.com/chaos_sleeps/status/1749328333215809735 https://x.com/chaos_sleeps/status/1749328333215809735" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1749496027718250970) 2024-01-22T18:15Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "Lucy's El Adobe Caf opposite Paramount Studios shuttered due to a family dispute in [----] but Lucy's daughter Patricia Casado says she plans to reopen. We were very sad to see this sweet spot heavily tagged and hope it will get some love and welcome patrons soon" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1758271596702453987) 2024-02-15T23:26Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "@hitsamty From the prime historic RSO real estate we monitor it's never safe to assume it's occupied. Drill down into individual buildings and you might be surprised" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1790040776912625724) 2024-05-13T15:25Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "And how did zillionaire developer Eri Kroh of Sandstone Properties anticipate the zoning would change when he spent $42M to aquire the property It just didnt make sense. But that was before public records activist Adrian Riskin of the Michael Kohlhaas blog got interested" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800719041646252416) 2024-06-12T02:37Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "In [----] he obtained emails from Gil Cedillos office that reveal exactly how Sandstone hit the real estate jackpot. Thanks @AdrianRiskin https://michaelkohlhaas.org/wp/2020/03/07/ever-wonder-how-one-of-these-super-sized-construction-projects-downtown-gets-built-here-is-an-unprecedented-look-into-how-city-councilmembers-and-developers-work-as-partners-to-subvert-and/ https://michaelkohlhaas.org/wp/2020/03/07/ever-wonder-how-one-of-these-super-sized-construction-projects-downtown-gets-built-here-is-an-unprecedented-look-into-how-city-councilmembers-and-developers-work-as-partners-to-subvert-and/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800719189700960257) 2024-06-12T02:38Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@AdrianRiskin The infuriating answer is that Gil Cedillos staff worked overtime to look after the developer even when it meant telling the Mayors office to back off on discussions about turning the warehouse into much-needed homeless housing" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800719278792204536) 2024-06-12T02:38Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@AdrianRiskin The talking points that planning director Gerald Gubatan used when encouraging the zealot Ken Bernstein at City Planning to break up the HPOZ were written by Sandstones lobbyists. So were the City Council motions submitted by Gil Cedillo" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800719340951716067) 2024-06-12T02:38Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@AdrianRiskin All Cedillo had to do was whip out a pen and sign his name and a neighborhoods doom was sealed. ha ha or was it Okay back to 2020" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800719465602257367) 2024-06-12T02:39Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@AdrianRiskin Anyone who cares about the wretched state of our beloved Los Angeles the demolitions and tent encampments illegal Airbnbs and unaffordable rents squandered HHH funds the filth and the cruelty should read the blog post describing these emails & possibly the emails as well" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800719650025881812) 2024-06-12T02:39Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@AdrianRiskin To get a taste of how special this block is and why its entirely unsuitable for the enormous tower and sign district requested by Sandstones lobbyists and provided by their friendly councilman let the Cranky Preservationist take you on a tour. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Cm-yzes26a4 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Cm-yzes26a4" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800719736352944545) 2024-06-12T02:40Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@AdrianRiskin Youll see beauty surprises sorrow and a very special slice of sidewalk along the way. Open your eyes friends Terrible people are bleeding Los Angeles dry with their Sacramento-style policy savvy and lack of compassion and some of them will retire with government pensions" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800719848781353274) 2024-06-12T02:40Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@AdrianRiskin Theyre destroying our neighborhoods and shortening our neighbors lives. But we dont have to settle for this twisted lack of representation. The only question is how much longer will YOU stand for it" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800720069204586594) 2024-06-12T02:41Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@AdrianRiskin Four years later has anything improved in Pico-Union Well self storage is better than an empty building. And now when you feel like hearing from the Cranky Preservationist you can take a ride on @AngelsFlight at the end of the week and pick his cranky brain" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800720491252212173) 2024-06-12T02:43Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@JohnGonzalesLA1 @Jakeladeveloper Glad this interesting empty building in the Pico-Union HPOZ won't stay empty. Storage space is definitely and Gil Cedillo's c. [----] scheme was quite a stretch. We really miss @AdrianRiskin's investigative work. This was a wild 'un https://michaelkohlhaas.org/2020/03/07/ever-wonder-how-one-of-these-super-sized-construction-projects-downtown-gets-built-here-is-an-unprecedented-look-into-how-city-councilmembers-and-developers-work-as-partners-to-subvert-and/ https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800716967193752001 March 2020: Cranky Preservationist Nathan Marsak asked" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800722629021863942) 2024-06-12T02:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@lila_seidman And cats" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1834260491277140360) 2024-09-12T15:59Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements "Charles Bukowski was young once and he was a real Westlake barfly. The stories he collected in these lost years would become his most powerful work in middle age. On November [--] join us on a trek to Hank + Jane Land where beauty and ugliness are one https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/ https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1857209764868227356) 2024-11-14T23:51Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "On Saturday's Charles Bukowski's Westlake walking tour we'll reveal the most profoundly gorgeous spooky thing we've discovered in [--] years of Hank research: a mystic link to the British Romantic poets in the gritty heart of barfly Los Angeles https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/ https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1858576113502744613) 2024-11-18T18:20Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "Jane Cooney Baker was a once-beautiful barfly with a quick wit and a self destructive streak. When Charles Bukowski met her she made him suffer--but in the pain he found all he needed to become a great writer. Saturday's tour is For Jane With Love. https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/ https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1858940163474551260) 2024-11-19T18:27Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Saturday's tour is a spiritual pilgrimage in the lurching footsteps of a young Charles Bukowski a born writer with no ideas. He found his voice in the seedy old man bars of the Westlake District and in the arms of the lady barfly who would be his muse. https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/ https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1860090634440478914) 2024-11-22T22:39Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Bundle up bookworm and join us this brisk morning on a Charles Bukowski tour through the historic Westlake district in search of literary touchstones memorable hangovers randy firemen and the hidden keys that unlock a great Los Angeles love story. https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/ https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1860355537067737595) 2024-11-23T16:11Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "YES Tim McOsker moves to initiate a Historic Cultural Monument designation for the Tuna Street shops neglected remnants of Terminal Island's Japanese American Fishing Village threatened with demolition by the Port of LA for shipping container storage. https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2024/07/11/historic-tuna-street/54725 https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2024/07/11/historic-tuna-street/54725" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1889853319486775396) 2025-02-13T01:45Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements "On a misty drizzly day we're prepping Saturday's Film Noir / Real Noir walking tour through Downtown Los Angeles to uncover the gritty culture and aging landmarks that inspired mid-century screenwriters to craft tales of suckers hooked by amoral dames. https://esotouric.com/event/film-noir-winter-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/film-noir-winter-2025/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1890148432507216352) 2025-02-13T21:17Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements "Newsletter: Save the Pink Magnolia in the Demolition Threatened Las Palmas Apartments. plus councilmember Curren Price is back in court. https://esotouric.substack.com/pinkmagnolia https://esotouric.substack.com/pinkmagnolia" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1890267123131510847) 2025-02-14T05:09Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements "below. You can also tip us on Venmo (@Esotouric) or here: Your support helps us look out for Los Angeles and we thank youAnd while we hate to see good housing taken off the market and (10/18) https://esotouric-bus-adventures.myshopify.com/products/esotouric-donation-page https://esotouric-bus-adventures.myshopify.com/products/esotouric-donation-page" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1890270001866956930) 2025-02-14T05:21Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements "demolished we are strong supporters of the green policy of reusing historic building materials and have advocated with elected officials to consider implementing a deconstruction ordinance like San Antonios. We appreciate that Harridge has extend this unusual salvage (11/18)" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1890270003276169352) 2025-02-14T05:21Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements "down to the Clara Shortridge Foltz criminal courthouse at 8:30 tomorrow to attend the latest criminal proceeding for councilmember Curren Price in Department [--] on the 3rd floor. (Should you wish to attend be aware that there are major street closures around the (13/18)" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1890270008770720213) 2025-02-14T05:21Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements "Civic Center for this weekends Skyline Festival rave impacting Hill and Broadway between Temple and First.)Price has been charged by the District Attorney with theft by embezzlement perjury and conflict of interest in a case that directly involves the Las Palmas (14/18)" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1890270009978679679) 2025-02-14T05:21Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements "Wonder what's been going on with the Oceanwide Plaza debacle There's a court hearing on 2/24 about millions owed to debtor Lendlease and the recent sale of the stalled Ko-Olina resort parcels in Hawaii. https://beachvillarealtyllc.com/blog.aspxblogid=3816 https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18688718/86/lendlease-us-construction-inc-v-china-oceanwide-holdings-limited/ https://beachvillarealtyllc.com/blog.aspxblogid=3816 https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18688718/86/lendlease-us-construction-inc-v-china-oceanwide-holdings-limited/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1891386259752284187) 2025-02-17T07:16Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements "Thank you preservation pals There are now [--] comments asking the Board of Supervisors to honor the EIR and protect the huge Rusty Leaf Fig trees at Rancho Los Amigos You can still send a message of support until 4pm. More info: https://esotouric.substack.com/figtrees https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/199992.pdf https://esotouric.substack.com/figtrees https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/199992.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1891549092112629974) 2025-02-17T18:03Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements "See a lost world of cheap apartments and creative Angelenos having a blast: [--] Watts from Nowhere the documentary about legendary Silver Lake pirate radio station KBLT premieres Saturday night at Quixote. Watch the trailer https://vimeo.com/1042039420 https://slamdance2025.eventive.org/schedule/6799a4712fd33ce61da84389 https://vimeo.com/1042039420 https://slamdance2025.eventive.org/schedule/6799a4712fd33ce61da84389" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1892284572936626381) 2025-02-19T18:46Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements "@writerkathymcd @EunissesH @TheEastsiderLA @LAConservancy Again Oh no Did they hit Carroll Avenue too or just Edgeware this time Who is still buying stolen copper in Los Angeles in violation of the law" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1892615357871096261) 2025-02-20T16:40Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements "Read more with links at https://esotouric.substack.com/morgancamera https://esotouric.substack.com/morgancamera" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1893003190229930392) 2025-02-21T18:21Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements "No tour this weekend but were back on 3/1 with our flagship true crime outing The Real Black Dahlia. Learn how this unfortunate victim of postwar violence reveals so much about Los Angeles and a lost culture of transient postwar youth. https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-winter-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-winter-2025/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1893011292111401220) 2025-02-21T18:53Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements "Who is advising Karen Bass and why not fire them before firing Fire Chief Kristin Crowley We were concerned last April when the Mayor went on KNX to confidently express her ignorance of Oceanwide Plaza and LA Grand ownership and Jose Huizar's case. https://esotouric.substack.com/karenbass https://esotouric.substack.com/karenbass" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1893168265381454322) 2025-02-22T05:17Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements "April 2024: Karen Bass is confused about something big" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1893170442254590295) 2025-02-22T05:26Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements "The Save the Tiles campaign goes national as CBS Weekend News re-airs Alys Martinez' local story about efforts to remove a magnificent Mayan style Batchelder fireplace before the Army Corps' bulldozers arrive. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-look-at-the-effort-to-save-historic-tiles-from-the-l-a-wildfires/ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-look-at-the-effort-to-save-historic-tiles-from-the-l-a-wildfires/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1894099068068008184) 2025-02-24T18:56Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements "Today at 10am the Cultural Heritage Commission has on its agenda discussion of designating Boney Island a protected City landmark. @_ClaraHarter http://ens.lacity.org/pln/heritage/plnheritage1217187205_03202025.pdf http://ens.lacity.org/pln/heritage/plnheritage1217187205_03202025.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1902716106814750913) 2025-03-20T13:37Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "What is going on with the Ysabel Jurado Council District [--] staff contact page No information available in fact Access Denied" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1938720695451820334) 2025-06-27T22:06Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@writerkathymcd @LACity @cd1losangeles @TheEastsiderLA @LAConservancy @LATACO @LAist @kcalnews Ugh Is the block with undergrounded power dark too" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1939734115525566808) 2025-06-30T17:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "It's only a report back. and they often get lost in the City Hall weeds but maybe just maybe Los Angeles can have herds of FIRE GOATS to munch dry brush https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfmfa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=25-0749 https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfmfa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=25-0749" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1940561850384765256) 2025-07-03T00:02Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "We advocated for them in [----] https://web.archive.org/web/20071219191103/https://www.petitiononline.com/firegoat/petition.html https://www.1947project.com/2007/05/21/come-meet-frankie-the-fire-goat-the-ashettes/ https://web.archive.org/web/20071219191103/https://www.petitiononline.com/firegoat/petition.html https://www.1947project.com/2007/05/21/come-meet-frankie-the-fire-goat-the-ashettes/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1940562710409969965) 2025-07-03T00:06Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "@campadrenews Cute repurposing of an old Dairy Queen https://www.roadarch.com/eateries/dq6.html https://www.roadarch.com/eateries/dq6.html" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1943349415592497427) 2025-07-10T16:39Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "@campadrenews We wanna hop off and look for horned toads" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1943455702519103762) 2025-07-10T23:42Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements ""Castle of Enchantment" (2025) a film partly inspired by the ruined Hollywood folk art landscape featured in our newsletter will have its premiere at Night Gallery/Sidecar on Friday. Do you believe demolitions feed ghosts We do https://vimeo.com/1107291381fl=pl&fe=sh http://esotouric.substack.com/castle https://vimeo.com/1107291381fl=pl&fe=sh http://esotouric.substack.com/castle" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1965657184773316709) 2025-09-10T06:02Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "SB79 disproportionately impacts Los Angeles which is already reeling from unchecked land use corruption money laundering vacant building hoards unlicensed predatory rehabs and care homes jail realignment the fires and LADWP hacking. It's not urban planning: it's war on us" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1976703238553715086) 2025-10-10T17:35Z 14.4K followers, 62.4K engagements "The proposal to fence MacArthur Park at a cost of at least $2.3 Milliona concept not brought to the community for open discussion but buried in an obscure agenda that would likely have passed without public notice if we had not seen it over the weekendis tone deaf and alarming" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1978181606650376543) 2025-10-14T19:30Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Only a few weeks ago MacArthur Park was used as a prop by Federal law enforcement seeking to portray the lawns playgrounds and lake as being too dangerous for law abiding Angelenos to enjoy. Yes Westlake and MacArthur Park have drug abuse and homelessness problems" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1978181608159985883) 2025-10-14T19:30Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "There are views to die for atop the very tall new Hollywood Forever Gower Mausoleum by Lehrer Architects and Arquitectura y Diseo. See it now before the landscaping fills in" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1979411014845358422) 2025-10-18T04:55Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@bobbyfijan It's not crazy: it's public corruption. If business people won't use their resources to reverse this blatant manipulation of the housing market how is Los Angeles going to make it Meanwhile preservationists map the empty buildings. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewermid=1o9HbMpGQU8GDVu-4W5KC-zbUG_gQCao&ll=34.0086945027762%2C-118.40992744999997&z=10 https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewermid=1o9HbMpGQU8GDVu-4W5KC-zbUG_gQCao&ll=34.0086945027762%2C-118.40992744999997&z=10" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1979575161071538226) 2025-10-18T15:47Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@Molson_Hart Oceanwide Plaza is EB-5 visa fraud halted when the dirty councilmember who could be relied on to rubber stamp dirty real estate deals got raided by the Feds and the Chinese government stopped allowing money to flow to Los Angeles. Karen Bass doesn't know the players sadly" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1980036689692426375) 2025-10-19T22:21Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@otter401 Aside from talking about this on Twitter what are you folks doing to document the crisis for your industry and to try to do something about it Giving up on Los Angeles is a luxury not all can afford. @emptylosangeles will give you a channel if you want to talk. @moseskagan" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1980040843148030316) 2025-10-19T22:38Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@RickCarusoLA @washingtonpost Rick every citizen advocate who is in the trenches fighting the machine knows that it is not about the elected officials but the unelected perpetual bureaucrats who make the incoming councilmembers mayor and commissioners dance like marionettes. Do you know this" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1980340060651417928) 2025-10-20T18:27Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "The citizens of Glendale are ripping their lazy Mayor and City Council a new one for letting San Diego based Merlone Geier jam through the massive Sears project without the promised public amenity park no toxic remediation and no preserved facade. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=M5qEaKssUP0 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=M5qEaKssUP0" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1980853357322596789) 2025-10-22T04:26Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "HOLY SHIT Glendale just voted against the Sears project because it's objectively lousy and the developer showed contempt for the community. Merlone Geier's rep yells "SEE YOU IN COURT" chuckles Satanically and storms out of the meeting. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=M5qEaKssUP0 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=M5qEaKssUP0" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1980873090507952166) 2025-10-22T05:45Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Empty Los Angeles picks up on disgruntled commercial real estate professionals complaining they can't get certificates of occupancy for large new developments in L.A. Could we see a Jello Biafra-style mayoral candidate calling for a Board of Bribery https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/a-brand-new-building-has-been-empty https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/a-brand-new-building-has-been-empty" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1981194550787133608) 2025-10-23T03:02Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "File under: Empty Los Angeles. In [----] the RSO [----] triplex at [----] S Figueroa sold for $555k. Tenants gone it gets an abate order. ED1 project supposedly in the works. Good bones LADBS portal On fire https://citizen.com/-OcE80u_RhhMcDBHezAB https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResultsbyPinpin=105B201%20%201391 https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/6427-S-Figueroa-St-90003/home/7272399 https://citizen.com/-OcE80u_RhhMcDBHezAB https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResultsbyPinpin=105B201%20%201391" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1981405361891684821) 2025-10-23T17:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Yimby Slack downvoters don't want to know what was said by Glendale City Council before voting no on Sears. They'd rather people think it was only about Art Deco aesthetics and not about the developer being arrogant and the project objectively terrible. https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1oeclq5/comment/nl0m3z6/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1oeclq5/comment/nl0m3z6/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1981510771482997049) 2025-10-23T23:59Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@ResedaforAll @WhosThatCop Eunisses Hernandez was humiliated by this trickery. Does she have juice with the Mayor who needs her support to fence MacArthur Park before the Olympics" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1981859180165443779) 2025-10-24T23:03Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "City seeks developers for its neglected property including [--] years vacant Wilton Ave. Craftsman formerly foster youth housing which L.A. monetized as a scuzzy filming location contributing to blight and fires down the block. https://esotouric.substack.com/p/wilton https://therealdeal.com/la/2025/10/28/los-angeles-hunts-for-developers-for-city-owned-lots/ https://esotouric.substack.com/p/wilton https://therealdeal.com/la/2025/10/28/los-angeles-hunts-for-developers-for-city-owned-lots/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1983224550625051103) 2025-10-28T17:29Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Another perfectly good Los Angeles home doomed to fall for $mall lot $ubdivision. Can [----] Hyperion (and all the fruit trees) be moved to Altadena instead of smashed and sent to the dump https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/1046-Hyperion-Ave-90029/home/7059800 https://planning.lacity.gov/pdiscaseinfo/search/casenumber/AA-2025-6006-VPM-SL-HCA https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/1046-Hyperion-Ave-90029/home/7059800 https://planning.lacity.gov/pdiscaseinfo/search/casenumber/AA-2025-6006-VPM-SL-HCA" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1983334725860384843) 2025-10-29T00:47Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "On October [--] we shared a link on our social media channels to an apparently advertorial post on Pasadena Now about a huge senior housing development with no address listed that claimed to be on a parking lot but which was clearly sitting on the site of" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1983654355325841498) 2025-10-29T21:57Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "where the brown office building is at the left of the rendering. This is true. but it's not the whole story and the artist did not make a mistake. Here's what we've found as shared in the Closely Watched Trains section of our latest preservation newsletter:" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1983654358442242458) 2025-10-29T21:57Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Dig this: South Pasadenas City Manager Armin Chaparyan slipped a massive unannounced change onto page [--] of the [---] page agenda for a special June [--] [----] City Council meeting about the [----] Housing Element Annual Progress Report" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1983654360342261948) 2025-10-29T21:57Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@UnrigLA This mardi gras skeleton imprisoned in the burned out shell at 4th & Broadway represents Jose Huizar according to Chateau Broadway artist S.C. Mero We always say hi" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1984296229338259872) 2025-10-31T16:27Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Our Kim Cooper shared weird tales of real life Los Angeles mummies on LAist's Morning Edition lovely Willa Rhodes and dastardly Elmer McCurdy: https://laist.com/news/la-history/spooky-la-stories-halloween-spirit https://laist.com/news/la-history/spooky-la-stories-halloween-spirit" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1984455535262081178) 2025-11-01T03:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Walk ups are welcome for today's deep history stroll through Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights. Hear the grim tale of the zombie councilman rage at the railroad's neglected mass grave marvel at mysteries revealed meet the carnies and so much more. https://esotouric.com/event/evergreen-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/evergreen-fall-2025/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1984635291202912649) 2025-11-01T14:55Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Hallowe'en is when the veil is thin and for folks in Altadena and Pacific Palisades the ghosts of their sweet destroyed towns are rattling chains worth heeding. If L.A.'s "leaders" won't accept responsibility then what https://www.instagram.com/p/DQiKzR5D2zD/img_index=1 https://www.instagram.com/p/DQkbpv1knMe/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DQiKzR5D2zD/img_index=1 https://www.instagram.com/p/DQkbpv1knMe/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1985152906526613651) 2025-11-03T01:11Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Help [---] Menlo Ave. (1908) is a lovely Edwardian house zoned as a hotel whose owner wants to demolish or flip it as a tear down. How about moving her to Altadena instead https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/946-950-Menlo-Ave-Los-Angeles-CA/38175262/ https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/946-950-Menlo-Ave-Los-Angeles-CA/38175262/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1985172325495619826) 2025-11-03T02:28Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "We turned Shelby Eidsons comment into a social media post with a graphic illustrating the section that read The JPL administrator shared that there was a massive amount of explosives on site and that if the fire reached the campus there would be a blast" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1985530889489817752) 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "that would impact everyone within a 10-mile radius. This blast would not only cause a large explosion and shock waves but also massive vapor plumes. Our post spread widely especially among the Altadena diaspora" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1985530890894917641) 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "To our surprise JPLs social media accounts posted in our comment section with an extremely strong denial; we updated our post to direct concerned readers to their response" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1985530892857852144) 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "JPL further denied Eidsons claims and the validity of our post in an October [--] feature story in @LATaco titled Fact Check: If The Eaton Fire Reached The Jet Propulsion Lab Would It Have Caused A [--] Mile Explosion https://lataco.com/eaton-fire-jet-propulsion-lab https://lataco.com/eaton-fire-jet-propulsion-lab" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1985530895131111478) 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "A number of people who saw our post asked where they could read Eidsons independent report which was not available anywhere online. We wanted to read it too" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1985530897609932812) 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "We learned about her methodology and intentions in going out to the first responder community to get their account of the Eaton fire response the alarming facts revealed by her interviews and her hope that there can be a transparent accounting of what happened at JPL" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1985530899489034499) 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "The most beautiful tire plant in the world is all tarted up like a gift for Los Angeles. Happy Citadel Outlets Decoration Season" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1986149213529645154) 2025-11-05T19:10Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "At 10am it's a Very Brady Cultural Heritage Commission Hearing with consideration of the Brady Bunch house production set simulacrum interior remodel plus King Taco #1 and the brutalist Sunkist Building. All owner nominated and likely to move forward. http://ens.lacity.org/pln/heritage/plnheritage1217192695_11062025.pdf http://ens.lacity.org/pln/heritage/plnheritage1217192695_11062025.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1986479321700335806) 2025-11-06T17:02Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "A rare South LA bungalow court with its original built-ins just listed. These cozy early 1920s multi-family properties were built quickly and flipped as investments and [---] years later they're still such nice places to live. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1462-W-53rd-St-Los-Angeles-CA/38308974/ https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1462-W-53rd-St-Los-Angeles-CA/38308974/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1986626173372408247) 2025-11-07T02:46Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@neo_antiquarian @marymcnamara We don't pretend to have deep knowledge of San Francisco politics but if their City Hall is anything like L.A.'s installing a naive idealistic inexperienced outsider into an office that demands efficient functionality is a recipe for empowering a shadow government" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1986916791680159804) 2025-11-07T22:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Bunker Hill historian (and Angels Flight operator) Nathan Marsak debunks the myth that Big Oil and GM killed L.A.'s streetcar. Maybe the real conspiracy is all the misinformation spewed by people who should have known better. https://bunkerhilllosangeles.com/2025/11/02/no-everyone-there-was-no-los-angeles-streetcar-conspiracy/ https://bunkerhilllosangeles.com/2025/11/02/no-everyone-there-was-no-los-angeles-streetcar-conspiracy/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1986949871610503292) 2025-11-08T00:12Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Walk ups are welcome for today's Highland Park Arroyo Time Travel Trip walking tour. We depart Lummis House at 10:30am to discover a rich vein of weird history and happy historic preservation stories--something we all can use right now. https://esotouric.com/event/arroyo-time-travel-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/arroyo-time-travel-fall-2025/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1987191362970918938) 2025-11-08T16:11Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Empty Los Angeles highlights vacant Franklin Village housing The Carmen Ave. co-living pod with reported home-shares is across from the illegal Airbnbs in RSO units from Robin Urevich's reporting. Where is the City Attorney https://www.propublica.org/article/los-angeles-olympics-illegal-vacation-rentals-airbnb-crackdown https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/three-concerning-properties-around/comments https://www.propublica.org/article/los-angeles-olympics-illegal-vacation-rentals-airbnb-crackdown https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/three-concerning-properties-around/comments" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1987590691078504574) 2025-11-09T18:38Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Burbank preservation pals: there's an opening on the Heritage Commission to serve through July [----]. How refreshing to see an open call for an important position that is entirely the Mayor's purview in Los Angeles. https://www.burbankca.gov/newsroom/-/newsdetail/20124/heritage-commission-vacancy-1 https://www.burbankca.gov/newsroom/-/newsdetail/20124/heritage-commission-vacancy-1" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1987604920875499830) 2025-11-09T19:35Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Tut-inspired Egyptomania hit Southern California multi-family development hard then faded fast. A hundred years on in the Golden Hour Westlake on the Nile (1925) still looks like a million bucks. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/206-S-Coronado-St-Los-Angeles-CA-90057/2079208076_zpid/ https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/206-S-Coronado-St-Los-Angeles-CA-90057/2079208076_zpid/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1987726078522384478) 2025-11-10T03:36Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@Noah__Goldberg The LA subreddit is subject to such disruptive Yimby brigading that we had to create a separate sub for posts about historic preservation. Have you messaged the mods about this Maybe one mod set it as misinformation but they don't all think it should be policy" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1987952358496813498) 2025-11-10T18:35Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@Noah__Goldberg At least you know what they're doing and why. The pro development brigading is only obvious to the mods victims and the admins and creates a false impression of how people on that sub respond to preservation matters. Someone should report on this ; )" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1987973655910125775) 2025-11-10T20:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@tuseigiamorto Looks like they got a demo permit WITH NO SIGN OFF FROM OFFICE OF HISTORIC RESOURCES. This is one of the oldest buildings in LA. Please contact Office of Historic Resources and ask them to halt demo and properly assess the landmark https://planning.lacity.gov/contact/staff-directory https://frenchtownconfidential.blogspot.com/2025/11/immediate-demolition-threat-to-french.htmlm=1 https://planning.lacity.gov/contact/staff-directory https://frenchtownconfidential.blogspot.com/2025/11/immediate-demolition-threat-to-french.htmlm=1" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1987990017009135958) 2025-11-10T21:05Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@jacobpierceLA @Noah__Goldberg Well if they have anything to do with the historic built environment feel free to post to https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngelesPreserved/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngelesPreserved/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1988069188670476339) 2025-11-11T02:20Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@austinbeutner In one year the cost to illuminate City Hall as a civic honor has increased $1024. Can you tell us why https://x.com/esotouric/status/1986472502957343070 A year ago the cost to the General Services Fund to symbolically illuminate Los Angeles City Hall for one night was $438. It is now $1462. What has changed https://t.co/Xs1ibsfSR6 https://t.co/SIhLXcNEm2 https://x.com/esotouric/status/1986472502957343070 A year ago the cost to the General Services Fund to symbolically illuminate Los Angeles City Hall for one night was $438. It is now $1462. What has changed" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1988069900620099729) 2025-11-11T02:22Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "OHR fast tracked Hollywood Heritage's landmark nomination for the vacant unsecured Hollywood Center Motel--first hearing will be December [--]. But the compound is in grave and immediate danger now--tell councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez to protect it https://esotouric.substack.com/metalshutters https://esotouric.substack.com/metalshutters" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1989031183523672470) 2025-11-13T18:02Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "RIP to Robert Silverstein who took the Hollywood Millennium fight to the California Supreme Court and exposed how City Council and Eric Garcettis Planning Department were prepared to put Angelenos lives at risk if enough money was on the table. As Millennium Partners formally withdraws its $1B Capitol Records project https://t.co/gMD4E5rTUU we're reupping our October [----] newsletter from the awkward PLUM hearing when it actually died. https://t.co/Vl0aQMDJvM. This is just putting the stinking corpse back in its box. https://t.co/6nISPdykXU As Millennium Partners formally withdraws its $1B" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1989381759751065615) 2025-11-14T17:15Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "We are grateful for his work and believe that if the Los Angeles Times had given it the coverage it deserved Hollywood would not today be a blighted zone of vacant properties hoarded by speculators. http://esotouric.substack.com/millennium http://esotouric.substack.com/millennium" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1989381761424666784) 2025-11-14T17:15Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "The Rudolph Valentino / Doris Duke house Falcon Lair was demolished in [----] but Wallace Neff's original garage / apartment survived. Demo was recently sought--but now the whole compound is back on the market with garage intact https://hiltonhyland.com/property/1436-bella-dr/ https://myloveofoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2012/05/hollywood-at-home-rudolph-valentinos.html https://hiltonhyland.com/property/1436-bella-dr/ https://myloveofoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2012/05/hollywood-at-home-rudolph-valentinos.html" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1989398516880543893) 2025-11-14T18:22Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "No Alvarado Terrance and South Bonnie Brae Tract walk today for obvious reasons but we'll be back next week in the footsteps of Beth Short the victim in the unsolved Black Dahlia murder case. And Thanksgiving Saturday it's the all new Hollywood Noir tour" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1989748436246434027) 2025-11-15T17:32Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "A little kid in the ice cream aisle alerted us to Thursday's spectacular rainbow over San Marino and it was worth rushing out to see. Here's to rainy days and what comes after" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1989787671632515505) 2025-11-15T20:08Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Here's a rare and thrilling piece of lost Los Angeles theater signage: the animated Follies showgirl demonstrating a legs akimbo headstand who once caught the eye at 4th & Main Streets. Source: LAPD Foot patrol ca. 1947-1950 L.A. City Archives. https://calisphere.org/item/5c8874ff9415ace89badeee5251e470d/ https://calisphere.org/item/5c8874ff9415ace89badeee5251e470d/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1989883410941464725) 2025-11-16T02:29Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "By popular demand we've got an Xmas week date for Know Your DTLA featuring a rare visit to the Batchelder tiled interior of the Dutch Chocolate Shop plus two turn of the century hotel basements with nefarious and alluring tunnel systems. We expect it to sell out" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990597491902050578) 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Tours listed through April including walks that celebrate silent film locations lost & surviving Bunker Hill architecture mummified Old West outlaw Elmer McCurdy's museum Olvera Street preservation pals Hollywood Noir Valentines Day in Angelino Heights and much more" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990597493265215696) 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "And now back to the courthouse that sits kitty corner from City Hall and the expected start to a week-long hotly anticipated pre-trial hearing in the public corruption case of The People of the State of California vs. Curren de Mille Price Jr" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990597496075382893) 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Unlike recent Federal prosecutions of Councilmembers Jose Huizar and Mark Ridley-Thomas this case is brought by the District Attorney with evidence considered by an investigative Grand Jury comprised of local citizens who have a vested interest in Los Angeles" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990597498168328474) 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "We arrived early at the Department [--] courtroom on the 3rd floor for the 8:30am bell and watched the hallway fill up first with a smattering of reporters then a wave of witnesses uniformed cops waiting to go into other courtrooms press and observers" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990597500726895024) 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "There was a palpable buzz that had been absent at prior hearings. It definitely seemed as if 2+ years after Price was indicted wed finally get to hear Deputy D.A. Casey Higgins make his case and wed cleared our calendar to be available all week and into the next" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990597502069060059) 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "This was the Councilmembers first public appearance since October [--] when he collapsed at a press event for the outrageously costly and fiscally irresponsible Convention Center expansion project in his district and was taken away by ambulance" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990597504757580245) 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "In the crowded hallway in a blue suit with a [--] lapel badge representing the district hes alleged to have sold out Price appeared hale and hearty and warmly greeted numerous people who were waiting to be allowed into the courtroom" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990597506003317230) 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements ".and supervising a Deputy Chief of Staff (Jose Ugarte) who is himself running for the Council seat while facing ethics charges for undisclosed lobbying activity" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990606831027421567) 2025-11-18T02:23Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Federal Judge David O. Carter just described the revelation that the Lincoln Safe Sleep Village camping site in Prices district has been operating at half capacity. @aaronschrank @LAist https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/fraud-safe-sleep-encampment-campground-urban-alchemy-lahsa-capacity-carter-homelessness https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/fraud-safe-sleep-encampment-campground-urban-alchemy-lahsa-capacity-carter-homelessness" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990607580029464719) 2025-11-18T02:26Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "A search for LADBS letters sent to the correct CD9 room number (420 natch) returned exactly one demolition application notification to tear down the 4-car garage behind a [----] rent stabilized multi-family building on West 42nd Street" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990613217425699053) 2025-11-18T02:49Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "We had to go back in time on the Internet Archive to find Prices true room number. Shortly after he was elected in [----] Price launched a private website not hosted on the machine branded with his office slogan The New Ninth. http://lacity.gov https://web.archive.org/web/20150209053829/http://www.the-new-ninth.com/ http://lacity.gov https://web.archive.org/web/20150209053829/http://www.the-new-ninth.com/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990613410414014480) 2025-11-18T02:49Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "On the south side the active machine shop warehouse and vacant lots sold for $7 Million to NOCHA [--] LLC. Both LLCs are managed by Raymond Saviss" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990623177253531910) 2025-11-18T03:28Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "There are no demolitions presently sought on the S side. On the N side only [--] of the [--] houses have pending demolitions while permitting drags on for a proposed NEW [--] STORY WITH ROOF DECK [---] UNITS (100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING) MIXE-USE APARTMENT (sic) https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PcisPermitDetailid1=23010&id2=10000&id3=01470 https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PcisPermitDetailid1=23010&id2=10000&id3=01470" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990623460817817712) 2025-11-18T03:29Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "The asks: Proper notification for these proposed demolitions to the council office Neighborhood Council and neighbors Proper legal signage Since a CPRA request delivered ZERO full house demos in Curren Price's CD9 LADBS must PUBLISH these demolition applications online" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990624878479958221) 2025-11-18T03:35Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "And we want a motion to ban the demolition of existing housing in cases where there is no approved new project. Because holy smokes you dopes Los Angeles has so much housing squatted by speculators that nobody can live in legally @emptylosangeles https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngelesPreserved/wiki/index/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngelesPreserved/wiki/index/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990625298761859133) 2025-11-18T03:37Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Nowhere in Yaroslavskys remarks was any mention of the serious charges hanging over Prices head or the question of if he is capable of honestly representing his constituents. More than two years since Price was indicted no Councilmember dares utter the word corruption" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990626193549443238) 2025-11-18T03:40Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "They could hold a line but the gentlemens agreement is too powerful. https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18447-vote-trading-alive-and-well-at-la-s-city-hall https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18447-vote-trading-alive-and-well-at-la-s-city-hall" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990626253070827775) 2025-11-18T03:40Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Barry Building/Dutton's update: as expected the angels of death (Karen Bass appointees Board of Building and Safety Commission) rejected the appeal validating the Munger family's demolition by neglect. They can finish destroying it now. No landmark is safe in Los Angeles" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1990983149489406202) 2025-11-19T03:19Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Perfect miniature Silver Lake castle in the mist" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1991344825426477464) 2025-11-20T03:16Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "The disrespect with which American law enforcement and hospital staff treat people they perceive to be experiencing homelessness has apparently claimed the life of a great American troubadour Todd Snider. This Land is Our Land: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=nzpEy1udlRw https://www.reddit.com/r/Utah/comments/1oxxzin/story_todd_snider_who_canceled_tour_after_alleged/ https://www.youtube.com/watchv=nzpEy1udlRw https://www.reddit.com/r/Utah/comments/1oxxzin/story_todd_snider_who_canceled_tour_after_alleged/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1991591024343581090) 2025-11-20T19:34Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@la_dorkout Somehow Nancy Paulikas found her way in--we've always wondered how. An accessible public trail would be a great memorial. What did security do Did you call the cops https://abc7.com/post/woman-who-went-missing-by-lacma-in-2016-confirmed-dead-by-coroner/4973277/ https://abc7.com/post/woman-who-went-missing-by-lacma-in-2016-confirmed-dead-by-coroner/4973277/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1991642387215769942) 2025-11-20T22:58Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Saturday on The Real Black Dahlia tour we'll explore the strange link betweenRaymond Chandler's worst ever case of writer's block and the 22-year-old drifter whose kidnapping and murder would haunt him for the rest of his life. https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-fall-2025/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1991707730563006628) 2025-11-21T03:18Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Hollywood Boulevard just got a little uglier with the senseless whitewashing of the Hollywood Downtowner Motel. And while the County's contractors made this mess it's the City's fault for refusing to designate landmarks and demanding citizens volunteer to nominate them" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1992051017509466331) 2025-11-22T02:02Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "New from Empty Los Angeles: neighbors sound the alarm about the long vacant bee-filled() 123-135 San Vicente Boulevard housing held off-market for speculation since [----]. Why can't Santa Monicans live in the Courtyard Apartments Historic District https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/prime-real-estate-ellis-acted-in https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/prime-real-estate-ellis-acted-in" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1992072420157698417) 2025-11-22T03:27Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "You've still got time to sign up for The Real Black Dahlia tour departing from Grand Central Market at 10:30am on a walk in search of the mysterious Beth Short and the lost post war Downtown Los Angeles that is revealed by her murder investigation. https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-fall-2025/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1992267688677351734) 2025-11-22T16:23Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "How thrilling to see the chalk pounce pattern on the Earl Carroll Theatre showing where the restored neon portrait of Beryl Wallace will go. When this iconic Hollywood sign is turned back on we hope it's the start of a new golden age of neon heritage and cultural revival" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1992739660813291786) 2025-11-23T23:38Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "It's Christmas time again in Pershing Square but you won't be able to capture this dreamy reflection of the Biltmore Hotel in the decommissioned Ricardo Legorreta fountain: a City worker is pumping the rain out just out of frame. The park needs a water feature so badly" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1992801034620768722) 2025-11-24T03:42Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "This was a kick: encountered a riot of red-crowned parrots in San Marino as they tried out a tree decided it wouldn't do and then dive bombed us" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1992824118543323277) 2025-11-24T05:14Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "Downtown LA is lousy with vacant buildings many with absentee owners. Healthy Housing Foundation does care but the City won't turn on the juice for [--] RSO units. Meanwhile neighbor Gabe is mapping the empty buildings: whoa 30.7% of the Historic Core https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/historic-core-resident-documents https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/historic-core-resident-documents" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1993448641353465939) 2025-11-25T22:36Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "Twenty years ago we started giving tours about L.A. landmarks true crime and the mystery writers and screenwriters who mined human tragedy for their plots. It all comes together on the new HOLLYWOOD NOIR. Join us Saturday for the ultimate Esotouric tour https://esotouric.com/event/hollywood-noir-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/hollywood-noir-fall-2025/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1993462241577123909) 2025-11-25T23:30Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Depraved Landlord wants to demolish [--] RSO units built in [----] and [----] at Normandie and San Marino for a new TOC towerwhat about the tenants In a city of vacant lots and empty mini malls existing affordable housing should not be destroyed for profit. https://planning.lacity.gov/pdiscaseinfo/search/casenumber/ENV-2025-6548-EAF https://planning.lacity.gov/pdiscaseinfo/search/casenumber/ENV-2025-6548-EAF" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1993494133487616421) 2025-11-26T01:36Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@YAppelbaum Among preservation minded affordable housing advocates in Los Angeles there is a strong belief that the ugly new buildings--and man are they are ugly--are a deliberate attempt to circumvent any future effort to landmark or protect these commercial investment properties" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1993498363510288583) 2025-11-26T01:53Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "If Los Angeles had done something about how Steven Taylor was using empty RSO buildings to grow his real estate empire. .maybe elected officials wouldn't be tied up in what sure looks like a massive fraud on the taxpayers. https://laist.com/news/secretive-27-million-property-deal-to-add-homeless-beds-now-under-federal-investigation https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17081-steven-taylor-may-be-the-most-despicable-landlord-in-los-angeles https://laist.com/news/secretive-27-million-property-deal-to-add-homeless-beds-now-under-federal-investigation" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1993883338550202405) 2025-11-27T03:23Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@NOlympicsLA Still so angry that nobody in Los Angeles City Hall would tell the speculator who bought Cornelius Johnson's house to demolish it that he could not kill the Olympic Oak that the black gold medalist received in the Nazi games. Unserious #LA28. RIP tree https://esotouric.com/olympicoak/ https://esotouric.com/olympicoak/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994095117582651443) 2025-11-27T17:24Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@dondisappoints @loomdoop @SAJE_ShiftPower @emptylosangeles is mapping identified vacant buildings or places that are renting by the night in violation of the RSO regulations. Yimbys don't seem interested at all. Frustrating" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994169520416784801) 2025-11-27T22:20Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@dondisappoints @loomdoop @SAJE_ShiftPower In Los Angeles the City Attorney's office has a firewall between complaints about STRs--some from honest operators whose registration #s are used by scammers--and the prosecutors. But it went after this guy who scammed Airbnb with fake damage claims. https://esotouric.substack.com/p/vladbnb https://esotouric.substack.com/p/vladbnb" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994204814142570998) 2025-11-28T00:40Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@Augustus__J @loomdoop Dunno where you live but Los Angeles is lousy with empty buildings. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewermid=1o9HbMpGQU8GDVu-4W5KC-zbUG_gQCao&ll=34.0086945027762%2C-118.40992744999997&z=10 https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewermid=1o9HbMpGQU8GDVu-4W5KC-zbUG_gQCao&ll=34.0086945027762%2C-118.40992744999997&z=10" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994288591506427990) 2025-11-28T06:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@ArmandDoma "Duplex" is a scam--the so-called duplexes they are building in Los Angeles are massive twin blocks flush to the sidewalk that often operate as unlicensed rehabs and homeless shelters with bunk bed dorms. Extremely dangerous for the vulnerable populations the landlords exploit" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994501593849630844) 2025-11-28T20:20Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@katewillett This was the housing model she'd been using when Beth Short was picked up by a stranger and became the victim in the Black Dahlia murder. Nobody reported her missing because she was between bunk bed crash pads paid by the night" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994502059606118453) 2025-11-28T20:22Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@walterpols @ArmandDoma That's not housing it's speculative vacancy that demolished housing and has sat empty with a certificate of occupancy for years. Los Angeles is "in demand" for speculation. Angelenos are leaving unable to find housing while sufficient units are held vacant off market" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994527296380981258) 2025-11-28T22:02Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@walterpols @ArmandDoma And there is rampant construction of dense housing in Los Angeles so we don't know where you get this not supposed to build angle. What's missing is sensible city planning and honest descriptions of proposed new projects. Some "duplex"" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994527871612981626) 2025-11-28T22:04Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@walterpols @ArmandDoma Yeah there is actually. US Census says 111K units held empty and many more have been identified by housing advocates investigating the status of specific buildings. Plus illegal Airbnbs are everywhere and City Attorney ignores them. https://www.propublica.org/article/los-angeles-housing-rent-controlled-apartments-vacation-rentals https://www.propublica.org/article/los-angeles-housing-rent-controlled-apartments-vacation-rentals" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994530178408878561) 2025-11-28T22:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "@walterpols @ArmandDoma Are you in Los Angeles Why are you spreading misinformation about our empty building crisis" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994530570488222043) 2025-11-28T22:15Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Yimby. Pretending there is no vacant speculation crisis in expensive real estate markets and calling citizens who express concern based on actual knowledge of empty buildings nasty names is policy. Tech and real estate interests want us to shut up so they can profit off lies. @esotouric @ArmandDoma Thats simply not true. There is no magical wealth of empty buildings being held off the market from renters in LA. Just pure weirdo crackpot conspiracy theory @esotouric @ArmandDoma Thats simply not true. There is no magical wealth of empty buildings being held off the market from renters in LA." [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994531783355109799) 2025-11-28T22:20Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Tomorrow morning were debuting a brand new tour that feels like an old friend" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994615125278691613) 2025-11-29T03:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Hollywood Noir weaves together elements of [--] years of work seeking to reveal an untold L.A. history its darkness & light time capsule places associated with iconic books and films the true crimes that inspired them in celebration of the remarkable city where it all happened" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994615126549565830) 2025-11-29T03:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "We got the Anne Friedberg Award because we give tours about Raymond Chandler James M. Cain and Film Noir but also because" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994615133671477335) 2025-11-29T03:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements ".our work has evolved to include exposs of modern day Noir crimes committed by dirty politicians and crooked real estate developerscrimes that too often involve demolition of the landmarks from L.A.s golden age of Noir" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994615135198220581) 2025-11-29T03:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Hollywood Noir New tour debuts today featuring wild true tales of courageous citizens who stood up to the City Hall racket lost girls in peril mini golf sex magic assassins preservation and the politician who asked Charles Bukowski out on a date. https://esotouric.com/event/hollywood-noir-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/hollywood-noir-fall-2025/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994799353165484152) 2025-11-29T16:03Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "At the sign of the Pink Elephant When Charles Bukowski's lawyer said the next DUI would be hard to beat their delivery service kept his keyboard clacking into the night" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1994825446522016018) 2025-11-29T17:47Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@prem_thakker Sabrina Carpenter brought down the Mayor of New York City ferchrissake" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1995976273987076138) 2025-12-02T22:00Z 14.4K followers, 19.9K engagements "@CohenSite Kinda gross Joe. Corruption exposed by Robert Silverstein's Hollywood Community Plan win should have led to a hard reset in City Hall. Using fake population stats to justify upzoning led to unstable EB-5 visa hotels RSO apartment demolitions and the present state of blight" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1996285225882837224) 2025-12-03T18:27Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "First Look: inside the restored Stanley Burke's / Corky's Googie coffee shop (Armt & Davis 1958) that's now a Chick-fil-A plus please participate in Thursday's CHC hearing to help save the Hollywood Center Motel from demolition by neglect. Video at http://esotouric.substack.com/stanleyburkes http://esotouric.substack.com/stanleyburkes" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1996429424267563157) 2025-12-04T04:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Diddy must be dead inside if he really put a hit on 2pac and Biggie at Greenblatt's Deli--the friendliest place on the Sunset Strip RIP x3" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1996458114124833104) 2025-12-04T05:54Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "Preservation pal Damian Sullivan is hot on the case of the Foxy's toaster caper and he won't stop until he gets the dirt on WHY diners can no longer prepare slices to their liking at every booth https://www.facebook.com/groups/121746434527264/permalink/25284784061130154 https://www.facebook.com/groups/121746434527264/permalink/25284784061130154" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1996766793059414430) 2025-12-05T02:21Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "@coconutH2O We complain because we care. We're extremely active on and offline as civic boosters investigative journalists preservationists and lovers of the city. Have you heard about houses moving to Altadena We've been helping there and in many other places. https://esotouric.com/historicpreservation/ https://esotouric.com/historicpreservation/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1997046143315071185) 2025-12-05T20:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Psst You look like the type who appreciates a bargain. SAVE with $25 tickets on Saturday's Hotel Horrors & Main Street Vice history architecture and true crime tour. Come discover a lost world of all-night kicks low-life amusements tattoo parlors freak shows mummified human bodies both sacred and profane and weird crimes that clotted Main Streets tenderloin until the prudes in City Hall took it all away. Sign up and join us for a time travel trip: https://esotouric.com/event/main-st-vice-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/main-st-vice-fall-2025/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1997047812232765913) 2025-12-05T20:57Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "@hearinladotcom @netflix @warnerbros We hear they couldn't make a deal to buy the Warner Theater on Hollywood Boulevard (same longtime owners as the Dome) and that's why they did that sketchy stuff and bought the Egyptian from the American Cinematheque despite Netflix exec Ted Sarandos sitting on the AC board" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1997087501258051684) 2025-12-05T23:35Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Strange hobbies of the 'oughts: take a live fish dry it off coat it in an arcane concoction then add gold lead. Your house guests will be astonished https://archive.org/details/cu31924089480218/page/410/mode/1upq=%22to+gild+live+fish%22 https://archive.org/details/cu31924089480218/page/410/mode/1upq=%22to+gild+live+fish%22" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1997116613796286604) 2025-12-06T01:31Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "How checked out does an operator of one of the East Pasadena motels on Route [--] need to be to do THIS on the cusp of the Mother Road's centennial Oh Hi-way Host neon blade sign we loved you so https://eastofallen.com/2025/12/03/route-66-in-east-pasadena-classic-hi-way-host-motel-sign-gone/ https://eastofallen.com/2025/12/03/route-66-in-east-pasadena-classic-hi-way-host-motel-sign-gone/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1997864972286832672) 2025-12-08T03:05Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "that had mysteriously flown under the radar of elected officials fans neighbors community groups and the press. Whoever that person is they changed history" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1998410488926065058) 2025-12-09T15:12Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "We wonder if scooping all local outlets on the Marilyn Monroe house demolition in September [----] influenced the Murdoch familys News Corp in its decision to expand its reach to California. @californiapost" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1998410491081941408) 2025-12-09T15:12Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements "Greetings all who are freaking out about Netflix slurping up more than its share of the media ecosystem. We raised the alarm in [----] after Ted Sarandos and the American Cinematheque board ran the nonprofit into the ground "saved" it by selling the Egyptian Theatre to Netflix. https://esotouric.com/egyptiantheatre/ https://esotouric.com/egyptiantheatre/" [X Link](https://x.com/esotouric/status/1998548610993270874) 2025-12-10T00:21Z 14.4K followers, 20.5K engagements Limited data mode. 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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @latimes @emptylosangeles @filmthepolicela @resedaforall @unrigla @laconservancy @lataco @cohensite @hugoforcd13 @meghanncuniff @curbed @rooflesser @fuelgrannie @ladorkout @artdecola @johngonzalesla1 @laist @shoton35mm @cd1losangeles @slufty
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"Scoop: Los Angeles Councilmember Nithya Raman who sits on the powerful PLUM Committee seeks to demolish her [----] Silver Lake residence Will she withdraw the application now that she's running for Mayor of Los Angeles https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResults/774938 http://esotouric.substack.com/nithyaraman https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResults/774938 http://esotouric.substack.com/nithyaraman"
X Link 2026-02-08T00:19Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Curren Price's handpicked successor Jose Ugarte settling with Ethics Commission for failure to disclose income on form 700s. Interesting to see a Mitch O'Farrell PAC on the client list in light of the sketchy PLUM vote NOT to landmark Selma Las Palmas. https://ethics.lacity.gov/pdf/agenda/2026/February/20260218-Item5-Stipulation-Ugarte.pdf https://ethics.lacity.gov/pdf/agenda/2026/February/20260218-Item5-Stipulation-Ugarte.pdf"
X Link 2026-02-14T00:33Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements
"About the Selma Las Palmas apartments [--] rent stabilized units sitting vacant and tagged in the heart of Hollywood. https://esotouric.substack.com/p/currenprice3 https://esotouric.substack.com/p/currenprice3"
X Link 2026-02-14T00:36Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements
"There's a cool new neighborhood history mural from @tapia.323 going up at Daly and Broadway in Lincoln Heights featuring low riders Honest Abe and a snappy crocodilian representing the Lincoln Park Alligator Farm"
X Link 2026-02-14T01:50Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Today Victorian Los Angeles lives in Angelino Heights. but all is not as it seems Join us for a most revealing and amusing walk "above the fly and dust line" featuring the lovely homes where curious L.A. characters made history. https://esotouric.com/event/angelino-heights-winter-2026/ https://esotouric.com/event/angelino-heights-winter-2026/"
X Link 2026-02-14T16:19Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Public corruption has gutted Los Angeles leaving citizens vulnerable to predatory abuse from our "leaders" and scammers and the only mayoral candidate making a big deal of it is former realty TV villain / Palisades Fire victim @spencerpratt. Without a robust press we all die"
X Link 2026-02-15T21:05Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements
"@ResedaforAll @LukeRodriguez75 So grateful we were able to be a voice for the librarians and patrons and come out against Antonio Villaraigosa austerity budget. This campaign was maybe the 1st to flood CMs' email inboxes with public feedback--back when they read their own emails https://web.archive.org/web/20080919091727/http://www.savelapl.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080919091727/http://www.savelapl.org/"
X Link 2026-02-17T04:06Z 14.6K followers, [--] engagements
"@sherlyholmes We always recommend marmalade and other jarred treats from E. Waldo Ward @WaldoWard the 4th generation jam masters in Sierra Madre. Plus a visit to their retro factory & barn museum is a joy"
X Link 2018-11-21T03:36Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@DavidZahniser but do you have tweezers and a magnifying glass"
X Link 2019-05-26T01:30Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Soaking up the atmosphere in the beautifully restored Formosa Cafe"
X Link 2019-06-18T04:53Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@LATSeema @LATBermudez Please poke it with a finger and make a short video to share. We so want to hear what your old chimes sound like"
X Link 2019-07-04T23:44Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Soto Hill fire burning black over El Sereno against the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center on Cal State LA. #mydayinla #lafd"
X Link 2019-10-11T20:18Z 14.6K followers, [--] engagements
"@sherlyholmes Jay Bharat in Artesia with an after supper stroll to see the Virgin Mary appearing in the sidewalk"
X Link 2020-02-22T19:12Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@sherlyholmes Tuesday tea time at the Huntington Library when all the scholars come out of their cubbies to feast on Trader Joe's cookies and trade book nerd gossip and we scope out the free book shelf to see what goodies the departing overseas folk don't want to carry home"
X Link 2020-05-17T03:53Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@LaurelRosenhall how can we provide comment asking these terrible things be banned Political nonprofits are a major part of the unfolding public corruption investigation in Los Angeles City Hall"
X Link 2020-06-04T18:16Z 14.6K followers, [--] engagements
"RT @MerrileeHeifetz: Octavia E. Butler who died in [----] is a NYT Bestselling author. This was one of her life goals. Thank you all for making it happen"
X Link 2020-09-03T01:22Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Join us on a virtual visit to the Dutch Chocolate Shop a masterpiece of 1910s restaurant design hidden behind an ugly metal grate in the heart of Downtown L.A. We'll zoom in close revealing its secrets. The 10/3 webinar can be viewed live or for a week. https://esotouric.com/event/chocolate-shop-10-2020/ https://esotouric.com/event/chocolate-shop-10-2020/"
X Link 2020-09-27T16:50Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Jose Reyes Meza's mosaic murals for Pan American Bank [----]. They are so beautiful and hopeful. "Our Past Our Present and Our Future." #mydayinla #esotouricroadtrip"
X Link 2020-10-07T03:18Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Sunday morning berry clafoutis just before it deflated. Hope all of November is as sweet #mydayinla"
X Link 2020-11-01T17:20Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"RIP Elisa Lam. This memorial installation just up from the Hotel Cecil was seen from the window of our Hotel Horrors tour bus on March [--] 2013"
X Link 2021-02-12T16:09Z 14.6K followers, [--] engagements
"@LaurelRosenhall @CalMatters Congratulations and good news for L.A. readers and the Times"
X Link 2021-10-29T19:19Z 14.6K followers, [--] engagements
"And how profoundly pathetic is it that the Los Angeles Times has no coverage of what happened in court with Jose Huizar and his billionaire owners Is it any wonder that corruption has rotted City Hall from the girders to the Lindbergh Beacon Thanks @Law360 from a broken LA"
X Link 2022-03-08T05:15Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@LATSeema @Law360 @finneganLAT @DavidZahniser Broken That stuff is in the indictments the Feds submitted to the court and was old news when it showed up in the paper. Where is coverage of what happened in Judge Walters court today Why was nobody live tweeting from the courthouse Its 10pmis there a story coming"
X Link 2022-03-08T05:56Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements
"WHOA things are getting hairy at the Rec and Parks Commission hearing as GM Michael Shull tries to explain how Jose Huizars dissolved Pershing Square Renew non-profit provided no $ for park renovations and their files are not available. Lynn Alvarez: Lesson learned there""
X Link 2022-05-19T17:31Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@GregoryYYee @LAFD What is this building and how many people were inside it Look at these LADBS complaints for unpermitted work converting a warehouse into a hostel: Zimas has it still zoned [----] - Industrial - Light Manufacturing - One Story https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResults/732493 https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResults/732493"
X Link 2022-05-20T03:44Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@AdrianRiskin Exploit unfortunately is the key word as NCs are also being weaponized by the development lobby. This astroturfing discourages community involvement and makes all NCs less effective"
X Link 2023-01-14T18:57Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@theCindyCarcamo @CrystalCoveSP @latimes Lucky you--the best beach for a long tidepool walk (go right as the tide falls to access the cave). You're already there but for future reference we usually snag picnic fixings at Wholesome Choice market in Irvine. Look out for the hungry grackles in the parking lot"
X Link 2023-02-07T01:22Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Yikes Usually when a Mayoral appointment is withdrawn the reasons are opaque. But Josh Nadel's nomination to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners got serious NC push back. https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfmfa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=23-1200-S6 https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfmfa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=23-1200-S6"
X Link 2023-02-24T04:31Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@KnockDotLA @JonnyPeltz @AdrianRiskin"
X Link 2023-02-24T04:34Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"We hope Rocio is enjoying her retirement on her terms. Here's @breijor_they with an illustrated feature about the stall's rich history. https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news/how-downtown-l-a-s-chiles-secos-has-been-supplying-angelenos-with-mole-pastes-for-a-half-century-092320 https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news/how-downtown-l-a-s-chiles-secos-has-been-supplying-angelenos-with-mole-pastes-for-a-half-century-092320"
X Link 2023-04-08T05:47Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@breijOR_THEY We appreciate you telling their story. We did too on our Grand Central Market webinar during lockdown. And Huell Howser did in in [----] https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/tag/grand-central-market/ https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/tag/grand-central-market/"
X Link 2023-04-08T15:11Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@breijOR_THEY Thank you so much--what a wonderful piece We're looking forward to the next chapter for Chiles Secos"
X Link 2023-04-11T17:09Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements
"decision to retire how GCM helped them stay open through the pandemic--and a planned revival of the mole business We really like the voice the @latimesfood section is giving to things that matter to Angelenos. 2/2 https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2023-04-11/chiles-secos-grand-central-market-closes https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2023-04-11/chiles-secos-grand-central-market-closes"
X Link 2023-04-11T17:21Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@jos_tucker @breijOR_THEY @timeoutla @GrandCentralMkt Do you remember the tortilla conveyer belt machine against the south wall We were hypnotized by it"
X Link 2023-04-11T17:59Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"As Mayor Karen Bass floats budget millions to use hotels for people experiencing homelessness we'd like to know why city inspectors didn't shut down blighted Skid Row Housing Trust properties in [----]. These buildings should have been cleaned up then. https://esotouric.com/skidrowhousingtrust https://esotouric.com/skidrowhousingtrust"
X Link 2023-04-19T18:07Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Maybe the most important thing weve ever written & wed appreciate RTs from those who care about LA's unhoused. @KnockDotLA @AdrianRiskin @KtownforAll @HousingHumanRt @marvistavoice @fxma_la @JTOWNACTION @RoofLesser @lincolnhtsintel @kristylovich @PplsCityCouncil @JonnyPeltz"
X Link 2023-04-19T21:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Barrington Plaza Tenant Association has sued to halt the scam Ellis Act evictions by Douglas Emmett. We hope it goes to trial and L.A. learns how many illegal Airbnbs were in this RSO building--and if the last fire started in one https://files.constantcontact.com/551b6ba7001/1c91d574-9b25-4289-85f1-cb8f1a40e3d8.pdf https://www.bptenants.org/ https://files.constantcontact.com/551b6ba7001/1c91d574-9b25-4289-85f1-cb8f1a40e3d8.pdf https://www.bptenants.org/"
X Link 2023-06-12T19:02Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@Erk2000 You should definitely get involved with your local big tree advocates. They have these amazing devices to measure height and spread from ground level. There is one recently dedicated in the rose garden at the Huntington an impressive Queensland kauri: . https://huntington.org/verso/seeing-forest-trees https://huntington.org/verso/seeing-forest-trees"
X Link 2023-09-01T17:58Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@KennethTuran One of our preservation pals went in low with a drone and found what looks like an ownership smoking gun. It's lovely footage too. https://esotouric.substack.com/p/marilyndronescape https://esotouric.substack.com/p/marilyndronescape"
X Link 2023-09-22T05:25Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"So Douglas Emmett whose illegal Airbnbs were exposed in a fatal fire lied about the city requiring sprinklers & no reporter called LADBS to confirm the "reason" for mass eviction of RSO Barrington Plaza tenants. LA deserves better. https://www.emptylosangeles.com/post/barrington-plaza-update-the-landlord-lied https://x.com/esotouric/status/1297661443374895105 Whatever happened with the investigation into the fatal Barrington Plaza fire and the witness statements about AirBnB misuse of the RSO apartments https://www.emptylosangeles.com/post/barrington-plaza-update-the-landlord-lied"
X Link 2023-12-01T20:45Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements
"RIP to Alexis Smith whose terrazzo tribute to Raymond Chandler's early detective stories is one of our favorite things about MacArthur Park and a reminder that public art doesn't have to be a dumbed down eyesore. https://www.artforum.com/news/alexis-smith-dies-19492024-545853/ https://www.artforum.com/news/alexis-smith-dies-19492024-545853/"
X Link 2024-01-09T17:14Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"We hear that a multi-agency task force is being created to investigate last night's enormous fireworks incident in Little Tokyo. https://x.com/chaos_sleeps/status/1749328333215809735 https://x.com/chaos_sleeps/status/1749328333215809735"
X Link 2024-01-22T18:15Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Lucy's El Adobe Caf opposite Paramount Studios shuttered due to a family dispute in [----] but Lucy's daughter Patricia Casado says she plans to reopen. We were very sad to see this sweet spot heavily tagged and hope it will get some love and welcome patrons soon"
X Link 2024-02-15T23:26Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@hitsamty From the prime historic RSO real estate we monitor it's never safe to assume it's occupied. Drill down into individual buildings and you might be surprised"
X Link 2024-05-13T15:25Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"And how did zillionaire developer Eri Kroh of Sandstone Properties anticipate the zoning would change when he spent $42M to aquire the property It just didnt make sense. But that was before public records activist Adrian Riskin of the Michael Kohlhaas blog got interested"
X Link 2024-06-12T02:37Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"In [----] he obtained emails from Gil Cedillos office that reveal exactly how Sandstone hit the real estate jackpot. Thanks @AdrianRiskin https://michaelkohlhaas.org/wp/2020/03/07/ever-wonder-how-one-of-these-super-sized-construction-projects-downtown-gets-built-here-is-an-unprecedented-look-into-how-city-councilmembers-and-developers-work-as-partners-to-subvert-and/ https://michaelkohlhaas.org/wp/2020/03/07/ever-wonder-how-one-of-these-super-sized-construction-projects-downtown-gets-built-here-is-an-unprecedented-look-into-how-city-councilmembers-and-developers-work-as-partners-to-subvert-and/"
X Link 2024-06-12T02:38Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@AdrianRiskin The infuriating answer is that Gil Cedillos staff worked overtime to look after the developer even when it meant telling the Mayors office to back off on discussions about turning the warehouse into much-needed homeless housing"
X Link 2024-06-12T02:38Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@AdrianRiskin The talking points that planning director Gerald Gubatan used when encouraging the zealot Ken Bernstein at City Planning to break up the HPOZ were written by Sandstones lobbyists. So were the City Council motions submitted by Gil Cedillo"
X Link 2024-06-12T02:38Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@AdrianRiskin All Cedillo had to do was whip out a pen and sign his name and a neighborhoods doom was sealed. ha ha or was it Okay back to 2020"
X Link 2024-06-12T02:39Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@AdrianRiskin Anyone who cares about the wretched state of our beloved Los Angeles the demolitions and tent encampments illegal Airbnbs and unaffordable rents squandered HHH funds the filth and the cruelty should read the blog post describing these emails & possibly the emails as well"
X Link 2024-06-12T02:39Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@AdrianRiskin To get a taste of how special this block is and why its entirely unsuitable for the enormous tower and sign district requested by Sandstones lobbyists and provided by their friendly councilman let the Cranky Preservationist take you on a tour. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Cm-yzes26a4 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Cm-yzes26a4"
X Link 2024-06-12T02:40Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@AdrianRiskin Youll see beauty surprises sorrow and a very special slice of sidewalk along the way. Open your eyes friends Terrible people are bleeding Los Angeles dry with their Sacramento-style policy savvy and lack of compassion and some of them will retire with government pensions"
X Link 2024-06-12T02:40Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@AdrianRiskin Theyre destroying our neighborhoods and shortening our neighbors lives. But we dont have to settle for this twisted lack of representation. The only question is how much longer will YOU stand for it"
X Link 2024-06-12T02:41Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@AdrianRiskin Four years later has anything improved in Pico-Union Well self storage is better than an empty building. And now when you feel like hearing from the Cranky Preservationist you can take a ride on @AngelsFlight at the end of the week and pick his cranky brain"
X Link 2024-06-12T02:43Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@JohnGonzalesLA1 @Jakeladeveloper Glad this interesting empty building in the Pico-Union HPOZ won't stay empty. Storage space is definitely and Gil Cedillo's c. [----] scheme was quite a stretch. We really miss @AdrianRiskin's investigative work. This was a wild 'un https://michaelkohlhaas.org/2020/03/07/ever-wonder-how-one-of-these-super-sized-construction-projects-downtown-gets-built-here-is-an-unprecedented-look-into-how-city-councilmembers-and-developers-work-as-partners-to-subvert-and/ https://x.com/esotouric/status/1800716967193752001 March 2020: Cranky Preservationist Nathan Marsak asked"
X Link 2024-06-12T02:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@lila_seidman And cats"
X Link 2024-09-12T15:59Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Charles Bukowski was young once and he was a real Westlake barfly. The stories he collected in these lost years would become his most powerful work in middle age. On November [--] join us on a trek to Hank + Jane Land where beauty and ugliness are one https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/ https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/"
X Link 2024-11-14T23:51Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"On Saturday's Charles Bukowski's Westlake walking tour we'll reveal the most profoundly gorgeous spooky thing we've discovered in [--] years of Hank research: a mystic link to the British Romantic poets in the gritty heart of barfly Los Angeles https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/ https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/"
X Link 2024-11-18T18:20Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Jane Cooney Baker was a once-beautiful barfly with a quick wit and a self destructive streak. When Charles Bukowski met her she made him suffer--but in the pain he found all he needed to become a great writer. Saturday's tour is For Jane With Love. https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/ https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/"
X Link 2024-11-19T18:27Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Saturday's tour is a spiritual pilgrimage in the lurching footsteps of a young Charles Bukowski a born writer with no ideas. He found his voice in the seedy old man bars of the Westlake District and in the arms of the lady barfly who would be his muse. https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/ https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/"
X Link 2024-11-22T22:39Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Bundle up bookworm and join us this brisk morning on a Charles Bukowski tour through the historic Westlake district in search of literary touchstones memorable hangovers randy firemen and the hidden keys that unlock a great Los Angeles love story. https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/ https://esotouric.com/event/charles-bukowskis-westlake-fall-2024/"
X Link 2024-11-23T16:11Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"YES Tim McOsker moves to initiate a Historic Cultural Monument designation for the Tuna Street shops neglected remnants of Terminal Island's Japanese American Fishing Village threatened with demolition by the Port of LA for shipping container storage. https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2024/07/11/historic-tuna-street/54725 https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2024/07/11/historic-tuna-street/54725"
X Link 2025-02-13T01:45Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"On a misty drizzly day we're prepping Saturday's Film Noir / Real Noir walking tour through Downtown Los Angeles to uncover the gritty culture and aging landmarks that inspired mid-century screenwriters to craft tales of suckers hooked by amoral dames. https://esotouric.com/event/film-noir-winter-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/film-noir-winter-2025/"
X Link 2025-02-13T21:17Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Newsletter: Save the Pink Magnolia in the Demolition Threatened Las Palmas Apartments. plus councilmember Curren Price is back in court. https://esotouric.substack.com/pinkmagnolia https://esotouric.substack.com/pinkmagnolia"
X Link 2025-02-14T05:09Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"below. You can also tip us on Venmo (@Esotouric) or here: Your support helps us look out for Los Angeles and we thank youAnd while we hate to see good housing taken off the market and (10/18) https://esotouric-bus-adventures.myshopify.com/products/esotouric-donation-page https://esotouric-bus-adventures.myshopify.com/products/esotouric-donation-page"
X Link 2025-02-14T05:21Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"demolished we are strong supporters of the green policy of reusing historic building materials and have advocated with elected officials to consider implementing a deconstruction ordinance like San Antonios. We appreciate that Harridge has extend this unusual salvage (11/18)"
X Link 2025-02-14T05:21Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"down to the Clara Shortridge Foltz criminal courthouse at 8:30 tomorrow to attend the latest criminal proceeding for councilmember Curren Price in Department [--] on the 3rd floor. (Should you wish to attend be aware that there are major street closures around the (13/18)"
X Link 2025-02-14T05:21Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Civic Center for this weekends Skyline Festival rave impacting Hill and Broadway between Temple and First.)Price has been charged by the District Attorney with theft by embezzlement perjury and conflict of interest in a case that directly involves the Las Palmas (14/18)"
X Link 2025-02-14T05:21Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Wonder what's been going on with the Oceanwide Plaza debacle There's a court hearing on 2/24 about millions owed to debtor Lendlease and the recent sale of the stalled Ko-Olina resort parcels in Hawaii. https://beachvillarealtyllc.com/blog.aspxblogid=3816 https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18688718/86/lendlease-us-construction-inc-v-china-oceanwide-holdings-limited/ https://beachvillarealtyllc.com/blog.aspxblogid=3816 https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18688718/86/lendlease-us-construction-inc-v-china-oceanwide-holdings-limited/"
X Link 2025-02-17T07:16Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Thank you preservation pals There are now [--] comments asking the Board of Supervisors to honor the EIR and protect the huge Rusty Leaf Fig trees at Rancho Los Amigos You can still send a message of support until 4pm. More info: https://esotouric.substack.com/figtrees https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/199992.pdf https://esotouric.substack.com/figtrees https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/199992.pdf"
X Link 2025-02-17T18:03Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"See a lost world of cheap apartments and creative Angelenos having a blast: [--] Watts from Nowhere the documentary about legendary Silver Lake pirate radio station KBLT premieres Saturday night at Quixote. Watch the trailer https://vimeo.com/1042039420 https://slamdance2025.eventive.org/schedule/6799a4712fd33ce61da84389 https://vimeo.com/1042039420 https://slamdance2025.eventive.org/schedule/6799a4712fd33ce61da84389"
X Link 2025-02-19T18:46Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@writerkathymcd @EunissesH @TheEastsiderLA @LAConservancy Again Oh no Did they hit Carroll Avenue too or just Edgeware this time Who is still buying stolen copper in Los Angeles in violation of the law"
X Link 2025-02-20T16:40Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Read more with links at https://esotouric.substack.com/morgancamera https://esotouric.substack.com/morgancamera"
X Link 2025-02-21T18:21Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"No tour this weekend but were back on 3/1 with our flagship true crime outing The Real Black Dahlia. Learn how this unfortunate victim of postwar violence reveals so much about Los Angeles and a lost culture of transient postwar youth. https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-winter-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-winter-2025/"
X Link 2025-02-21T18:53Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Who is advising Karen Bass and why not fire them before firing Fire Chief Kristin Crowley We were concerned last April when the Mayor went on KNX to confidently express her ignorance of Oceanwide Plaza and LA Grand ownership and Jose Huizar's case. https://esotouric.substack.com/karenbass https://esotouric.substack.com/karenbass"
X Link 2025-02-22T05:17Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"April 2024: Karen Bass is confused about something big"
X Link 2025-02-22T05:26Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"The Save the Tiles campaign goes national as CBS Weekend News re-airs Alys Martinez' local story about efforts to remove a magnificent Mayan style Batchelder fireplace before the Army Corps' bulldozers arrive. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-look-at-the-effort-to-save-historic-tiles-from-the-l-a-wildfires/ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-look-at-the-effort-to-save-historic-tiles-from-the-l-a-wildfires/"
X Link 2025-02-24T18:56Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Today at 10am the Cultural Heritage Commission has on its agenda discussion of designating Boney Island a protected City landmark. @_ClaraHarter http://ens.lacity.org/pln/heritage/plnheritage1217187205_03202025.pdf http://ens.lacity.org/pln/heritage/plnheritage1217187205_03202025.pdf"
X Link 2025-03-20T13:37Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"What is going on with the Ysabel Jurado Council District [--] staff contact page No information available in fact Access Denied"
X Link 2025-06-27T22:06Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@writerkathymcd @LACity @cd1losangeles @TheEastsiderLA @LAConservancy @LATACO @LAist @kcalnews Ugh Is the block with undergrounded power dark too"
X Link 2025-06-30T17:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"It's only a report back. and they often get lost in the City Hall weeds but maybe just maybe Los Angeles can have herds of FIRE GOATS to munch dry brush https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfmfa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=25-0749 https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfmfa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=25-0749"
X Link 2025-07-03T00:02Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"We advocated for them in [----] https://web.archive.org/web/20071219191103/https://www.petitiononline.com/firegoat/petition.html https://www.1947project.com/2007/05/21/come-meet-frankie-the-fire-goat-the-ashettes/ https://web.archive.org/web/20071219191103/https://www.petitiononline.com/firegoat/petition.html https://www.1947project.com/2007/05/21/come-meet-frankie-the-fire-goat-the-ashettes/"
X Link 2025-07-03T00:06Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@campadrenews Cute repurposing of an old Dairy Queen https://www.roadarch.com/eateries/dq6.html https://www.roadarch.com/eateries/dq6.html"
X Link 2025-07-10T16:39Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@campadrenews We wanna hop off and look for horned toads"
X Link 2025-07-10T23:42Z 14.5K followers, [--] engagements
""Castle of Enchantment" (2025) a film partly inspired by the ruined Hollywood folk art landscape featured in our newsletter will have its premiere at Night Gallery/Sidecar on Friday. Do you believe demolitions feed ghosts We do https://vimeo.com/1107291381fl=pl&fe=sh http://esotouric.substack.com/castle https://vimeo.com/1107291381fl=pl&fe=sh http://esotouric.substack.com/castle"
X Link 2025-09-10T06:02Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"SB79 disproportionately impacts Los Angeles which is already reeling from unchecked land use corruption money laundering vacant building hoards unlicensed predatory rehabs and care homes jail realignment the fires and LADWP hacking. It's not urban planning: it's war on us"
X Link 2025-10-10T17:35Z 14.4K followers, 62.4K engagements
"The proposal to fence MacArthur Park at a cost of at least $2.3 Milliona concept not brought to the community for open discussion but buried in an obscure agenda that would likely have passed without public notice if we had not seen it over the weekendis tone deaf and alarming"
X Link 2025-10-14T19:30Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Only a few weeks ago MacArthur Park was used as a prop by Federal law enforcement seeking to portray the lawns playgrounds and lake as being too dangerous for law abiding Angelenos to enjoy. Yes Westlake and MacArthur Park have drug abuse and homelessness problems"
X Link 2025-10-14T19:30Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"There are views to die for atop the very tall new Hollywood Forever Gower Mausoleum by Lehrer Architects and Arquitectura y Diseo. See it now before the landscaping fills in"
X Link 2025-10-18T04:55Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@bobbyfijan It's not crazy: it's public corruption. If business people won't use their resources to reverse this blatant manipulation of the housing market how is Los Angeles going to make it Meanwhile preservationists map the empty buildings. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewermid=1o9HbMpGQU8GDVu-4W5KC-zbUG_gQCao&ll=34.0086945027762%2C-118.40992744999997&z=10 https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewermid=1o9HbMpGQU8GDVu-4W5KC-zbUG_gQCao&ll=34.0086945027762%2C-118.40992744999997&z=10"
X Link 2025-10-18T15:47Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@Molson_Hart Oceanwide Plaza is EB-5 visa fraud halted when the dirty councilmember who could be relied on to rubber stamp dirty real estate deals got raided by the Feds and the Chinese government stopped allowing money to flow to Los Angeles. Karen Bass doesn't know the players sadly"
X Link 2025-10-19T22:21Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@otter401 Aside from talking about this on Twitter what are you folks doing to document the crisis for your industry and to try to do something about it Giving up on Los Angeles is a luxury not all can afford. @emptylosangeles will give you a channel if you want to talk. @moseskagan"
X Link 2025-10-19T22:38Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@RickCarusoLA @washingtonpost Rick every citizen advocate who is in the trenches fighting the machine knows that it is not about the elected officials but the unelected perpetual bureaucrats who make the incoming councilmembers mayor and commissioners dance like marionettes. Do you know this"
X Link 2025-10-20T18:27Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"The citizens of Glendale are ripping their lazy Mayor and City Council a new one for letting San Diego based Merlone Geier jam through the massive Sears project without the promised public amenity park no toxic remediation and no preserved facade. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=M5qEaKssUP0 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=M5qEaKssUP0"
X Link 2025-10-22T04:26Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"HOLY SHIT Glendale just voted against the Sears project because it's objectively lousy and the developer showed contempt for the community. Merlone Geier's rep yells "SEE YOU IN COURT" chuckles Satanically and storms out of the meeting. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=M5qEaKssUP0 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=M5qEaKssUP0"
X Link 2025-10-22T05:45Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Empty Los Angeles picks up on disgruntled commercial real estate professionals complaining they can't get certificates of occupancy for large new developments in L.A. Could we see a Jello Biafra-style mayoral candidate calling for a Board of Bribery https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/a-brand-new-building-has-been-empty https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/a-brand-new-building-has-been-empty"
X Link 2025-10-23T03:02Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"File under: Empty Los Angeles. In [----] the RSO [----] triplex at [----] S Figueroa sold for $555k. Tenants gone it gets an abate order. ED1 project supposedly in the works. Good bones LADBS portal On fire https://citizen.com/-OcE80u_RhhMcDBHezAB https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResultsbyPinpin=105B201%20%201391 https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/6427-S-Figueroa-St-90003/home/7272399 https://citizen.com/-OcE80u_RhhMcDBHezAB https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PermitResultsbyPinpin=105B201%20%201391"
X Link 2025-10-23T17:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Yimby Slack downvoters don't want to know what was said by Glendale City Council before voting no on Sears. They'd rather people think it was only about Art Deco aesthetics and not about the developer being arrogant and the project objectively terrible. https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1oeclq5/comment/nl0m3z6/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1oeclq5/comment/nl0m3z6/"
X Link 2025-10-23T23:59Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@ResedaforAll @WhosThatCop Eunisses Hernandez was humiliated by this trickery. Does she have juice with the Mayor who needs her support to fence MacArthur Park before the Olympics"
X Link 2025-10-24T23:03Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"City seeks developers for its neglected property including [--] years vacant Wilton Ave. Craftsman formerly foster youth housing which L.A. monetized as a scuzzy filming location contributing to blight and fires down the block. https://esotouric.substack.com/p/wilton https://therealdeal.com/la/2025/10/28/los-angeles-hunts-for-developers-for-city-owned-lots/ https://esotouric.substack.com/p/wilton https://therealdeal.com/la/2025/10/28/los-angeles-hunts-for-developers-for-city-owned-lots/"
X Link 2025-10-28T17:29Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Another perfectly good Los Angeles home doomed to fall for $mall lot $ubdivision. Can [----] Hyperion (and all the fruit trees) be moved to Altadena instead of smashed and sent to the dump https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/1046-Hyperion-Ave-90029/home/7059800 https://planning.lacity.gov/pdiscaseinfo/search/casenumber/AA-2025-6006-VPM-SL-HCA https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/1046-Hyperion-Ave-90029/home/7059800 https://planning.lacity.gov/pdiscaseinfo/search/casenumber/AA-2025-6006-VPM-SL-HCA"
X Link 2025-10-29T00:47Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"On October [--] we shared a link on our social media channels to an apparently advertorial post on Pasadena Now about a huge senior housing development with no address listed that claimed to be on a parking lot but which was clearly sitting on the site of"
X Link 2025-10-29T21:57Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"where the brown office building is at the left of the rendering. This is true. but it's not the whole story and the artist did not make a mistake. Here's what we've found as shared in the Closely Watched Trains section of our latest preservation newsletter:"
X Link 2025-10-29T21:57Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Dig this: South Pasadenas City Manager Armin Chaparyan slipped a massive unannounced change onto page [--] of the [---] page agenda for a special June [--] [----] City Council meeting about the [----] Housing Element Annual Progress Report"
X Link 2025-10-29T21:57Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@UnrigLA This mardi gras skeleton imprisoned in the burned out shell at 4th & Broadway represents Jose Huizar according to Chateau Broadway artist S.C. Mero We always say hi"
X Link 2025-10-31T16:27Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Our Kim Cooper shared weird tales of real life Los Angeles mummies on LAist's Morning Edition lovely Willa Rhodes and dastardly Elmer McCurdy: https://laist.com/news/la-history/spooky-la-stories-halloween-spirit https://laist.com/news/la-history/spooky-la-stories-halloween-spirit"
X Link 2025-11-01T03:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Walk ups are welcome for today's deep history stroll through Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights. Hear the grim tale of the zombie councilman rage at the railroad's neglected mass grave marvel at mysteries revealed meet the carnies and so much more. https://esotouric.com/event/evergreen-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/evergreen-fall-2025/"
X Link 2025-11-01T14:55Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Hallowe'en is when the veil is thin and for folks in Altadena and Pacific Palisades the ghosts of their sweet destroyed towns are rattling chains worth heeding. If L.A.'s "leaders" won't accept responsibility then what https://www.instagram.com/p/DQiKzR5D2zD/img_index=1 https://www.instagram.com/p/DQkbpv1knMe/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DQiKzR5D2zD/img_index=1 https://www.instagram.com/p/DQkbpv1knMe/"
X Link 2025-11-03T01:11Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Help [---] Menlo Ave. (1908) is a lovely Edwardian house zoned as a hotel whose owner wants to demolish or flip it as a tear down. How about moving her to Altadena instead https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/946-950-Menlo-Ave-Los-Angeles-CA/38175262/ https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/946-950-Menlo-Ave-Los-Angeles-CA/38175262/"
X Link 2025-11-03T02:28Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"We turned Shelby Eidsons comment into a social media post with a graphic illustrating the section that read The JPL administrator shared that there was a massive amount of explosives on site and that if the fire reached the campus there would be a blast"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"that would impact everyone within a 10-mile radius. This blast would not only cause a large explosion and shock waves but also massive vapor plumes. Our post spread widely especially among the Altadena diaspora"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"To our surprise JPLs social media accounts posted in our comment section with an extremely strong denial; we updated our post to direct concerned readers to their response"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"JPL further denied Eidsons claims and the validity of our post in an October [--] feature story in @LATaco titled Fact Check: If The Eaton Fire Reached The Jet Propulsion Lab Would It Have Caused A [--] Mile Explosion https://lataco.com/eaton-fire-jet-propulsion-lab https://lataco.com/eaton-fire-jet-propulsion-lab"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"A number of people who saw our post asked where they could read Eidsons independent report which was not available anywhere online. We wanted to read it too"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"We learned about her methodology and intentions in going out to the first responder community to get their account of the Eaton fire response the alarming facts revealed by her interviews and her hope that there can be a transparent accounting of what happened at JPL"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"The most beautiful tire plant in the world is all tarted up like a gift for Los Angeles. Happy Citadel Outlets Decoration Season"
X Link 2025-11-05T19:10Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"At 10am it's a Very Brady Cultural Heritage Commission Hearing with consideration of the Brady Bunch house production set simulacrum interior remodel plus King Taco #1 and the brutalist Sunkist Building. All owner nominated and likely to move forward. http://ens.lacity.org/pln/heritage/plnheritage1217192695_11062025.pdf http://ens.lacity.org/pln/heritage/plnheritage1217192695_11062025.pdf"
X Link 2025-11-06T17:02Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"A rare South LA bungalow court with its original built-ins just listed. These cozy early 1920s multi-family properties were built quickly and flipped as investments and [---] years later they're still such nice places to live. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1462-W-53rd-St-Los-Angeles-CA/38308974/ https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1462-W-53rd-St-Los-Angeles-CA/38308974/"
X Link 2025-11-07T02:46Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@neo_antiquarian @marymcnamara We don't pretend to have deep knowledge of San Francisco politics but if their City Hall is anything like L.A.'s installing a naive idealistic inexperienced outsider into an office that demands efficient functionality is a recipe for empowering a shadow government"
X Link 2025-11-07T22:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Bunker Hill historian (and Angels Flight operator) Nathan Marsak debunks the myth that Big Oil and GM killed L.A.'s streetcar. Maybe the real conspiracy is all the misinformation spewed by people who should have known better. https://bunkerhilllosangeles.com/2025/11/02/no-everyone-there-was-no-los-angeles-streetcar-conspiracy/ https://bunkerhilllosangeles.com/2025/11/02/no-everyone-there-was-no-los-angeles-streetcar-conspiracy/"
X Link 2025-11-08T00:12Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Walk ups are welcome for today's Highland Park Arroyo Time Travel Trip walking tour. We depart Lummis House at 10:30am to discover a rich vein of weird history and happy historic preservation stories--something we all can use right now. https://esotouric.com/event/arroyo-time-travel-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/arroyo-time-travel-fall-2025/"
X Link 2025-11-08T16:11Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Empty Los Angeles highlights vacant Franklin Village housing The Carmen Ave. co-living pod with reported home-shares is across from the illegal Airbnbs in RSO units from Robin Urevich's reporting. Where is the City Attorney https://www.propublica.org/article/los-angeles-olympics-illegal-vacation-rentals-airbnb-crackdown https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/three-concerning-properties-around/comments https://www.propublica.org/article/los-angeles-olympics-illegal-vacation-rentals-airbnb-crackdown https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/three-concerning-properties-around/comments"
X Link 2025-11-09T18:38Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Burbank preservation pals: there's an opening on the Heritage Commission to serve through July [----]. How refreshing to see an open call for an important position that is entirely the Mayor's purview in Los Angeles. https://www.burbankca.gov/newsroom/-/newsdetail/20124/heritage-commission-vacancy-1 https://www.burbankca.gov/newsroom/-/newsdetail/20124/heritage-commission-vacancy-1"
X Link 2025-11-09T19:35Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Tut-inspired Egyptomania hit Southern California multi-family development hard then faded fast. A hundred years on in the Golden Hour Westlake on the Nile (1925) still looks like a million bucks. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/206-S-Coronado-St-Los-Angeles-CA-90057/2079208076_zpid/ https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/206-S-Coronado-St-Los-Angeles-CA-90057/2079208076_zpid/"
X Link 2025-11-10T03:36Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@Noah__Goldberg The LA subreddit is subject to such disruptive Yimby brigading that we had to create a separate sub for posts about historic preservation. Have you messaged the mods about this Maybe one mod set it as misinformation but they don't all think it should be policy"
X Link 2025-11-10T18:35Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@Noah__Goldberg At least you know what they're doing and why. The pro development brigading is only obvious to the mods victims and the admins and creates a false impression of how people on that sub respond to preservation matters. Someone should report on this ; )"
X Link 2025-11-10T20:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@tuseigiamorto Looks like they got a demo permit WITH NO SIGN OFF FROM OFFICE OF HISTORIC RESOURCES. This is one of the oldest buildings in LA. Please contact Office of Historic Resources and ask them to halt demo and properly assess the landmark https://planning.lacity.gov/contact/staff-directory https://frenchtownconfidential.blogspot.com/2025/11/immediate-demolition-threat-to-french.htmlm=1 https://planning.lacity.gov/contact/staff-directory https://frenchtownconfidential.blogspot.com/2025/11/immediate-demolition-threat-to-french.htmlm=1"
X Link 2025-11-10T21:05Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@jacobpierceLA @Noah__Goldberg Well if they have anything to do with the historic built environment feel free to post to https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngelesPreserved/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngelesPreserved/"
X Link 2025-11-11T02:20Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@austinbeutner In one year the cost to illuminate City Hall as a civic honor has increased $1024. Can you tell us why https://x.com/esotouric/status/1986472502957343070 A year ago the cost to the General Services Fund to symbolically illuminate Los Angeles City Hall for one night was $438. It is now $1462. What has changed https://t.co/Xs1ibsfSR6 https://t.co/SIhLXcNEm2 https://x.com/esotouric/status/1986472502957343070 A year ago the cost to the General Services Fund to symbolically illuminate Los Angeles City Hall for one night was $438. It is now $1462. What has changed"
X Link 2025-11-11T02:22Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"OHR fast tracked Hollywood Heritage's landmark nomination for the vacant unsecured Hollywood Center Motel--first hearing will be December [--]. But the compound is in grave and immediate danger now--tell councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez to protect it https://esotouric.substack.com/metalshutters https://esotouric.substack.com/metalshutters"
X Link 2025-11-13T18:02Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"RIP to Robert Silverstein who took the Hollywood Millennium fight to the California Supreme Court and exposed how City Council and Eric Garcettis Planning Department were prepared to put Angelenos lives at risk if enough money was on the table. As Millennium Partners formally withdraws its $1B Capitol Records project https://t.co/gMD4E5rTUU we're reupping our October [----] newsletter from the awkward PLUM hearing when it actually died. https://t.co/Vl0aQMDJvM. This is just putting the stinking corpse back in its box. https://t.co/6nISPdykXU As Millennium Partners formally withdraws its $1B"
X Link 2025-11-14T17:15Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"We are grateful for his work and believe that if the Los Angeles Times had given it the coverage it deserved Hollywood would not today be a blighted zone of vacant properties hoarded by speculators. http://esotouric.substack.com/millennium http://esotouric.substack.com/millennium"
X Link 2025-11-14T17:15Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"The Rudolph Valentino / Doris Duke house Falcon Lair was demolished in [----] but Wallace Neff's original garage / apartment survived. Demo was recently sought--but now the whole compound is back on the market with garage intact https://hiltonhyland.com/property/1436-bella-dr/ https://myloveofoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2012/05/hollywood-at-home-rudolph-valentinos.html https://hiltonhyland.com/property/1436-bella-dr/ https://myloveofoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2012/05/hollywood-at-home-rudolph-valentinos.html"
X Link 2025-11-14T18:22Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"No Alvarado Terrance and South Bonnie Brae Tract walk today for obvious reasons but we'll be back next week in the footsteps of Beth Short the victim in the unsolved Black Dahlia murder case. And Thanksgiving Saturday it's the all new Hollywood Noir tour"
X Link 2025-11-15T17:32Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"A little kid in the ice cream aisle alerted us to Thursday's spectacular rainbow over San Marino and it was worth rushing out to see. Here's to rainy days and what comes after"
X Link 2025-11-15T20:08Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Here's a rare and thrilling piece of lost Los Angeles theater signage: the animated Follies showgirl demonstrating a legs akimbo headstand who once caught the eye at 4th & Main Streets. Source: LAPD Foot patrol ca. 1947-1950 L.A. City Archives. https://calisphere.org/item/5c8874ff9415ace89badeee5251e470d/ https://calisphere.org/item/5c8874ff9415ace89badeee5251e470d/"
X Link 2025-11-16T02:29Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"By popular demand we've got an Xmas week date for Know Your DTLA featuring a rare visit to the Batchelder tiled interior of the Dutch Chocolate Shop plus two turn of the century hotel basements with nefarious and alluring tunnel systems. We expect it to sell out"
X Link 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Tours listed through April including walks that celebrate silent film locations lost & surviving Bunker Hill architecture mummified Old West outlaw Elmer McCurdy's museum Olvera Street preservation pals Hollywood Noir Valentines Day in Angelino Heights and much more"
X Link 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"And now back to the courthouse that sits kitty corner from City Hall and the expected start to a week-long hotly anticipated pre-trial hearing in the public corruption case of The People of the State of California vs. Curren de Mille Price Jr"
X Link 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Unlike recent Federal prosecutions of Councilmembers Jose Huizar and Mark Ridley-Thomas this case is brought by the District Attorney with evidence considered by an investigative Grand Jury comprised of local citizens who have a vested interest in Los Angeles"
X Link 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"We arrived early at the Department [--] courtroom on the 3rd floor for the 8:30am bell and watched the hallway fill up first with a smattering of reporters then a wave of witnesses uniformed cops waiting to go into other courtrooms press and observers"
X Link 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"There was a palpable buzz that had been absent at prior hearings. It definitely seemed as if 2+ years after Price was indicted wed finally get to hear Deputy D.A. Casey Higgins make his case and wed cleared our calendar to be available all week and into the next"
X Link 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"This was the Councilmembers first public appearance since October [--] when he collapsed at a press event for the outrageously costly and fiscally irresponsible Convention Center expansion project in his district and was taken away by ambulance"
X Link 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"In the crowded hallway in a blue suit with a [--] lapel badge representing the district hes alleged to have sold out Price appeared hale and hearty and warmly greeted numerous people who were waiting to be allowed into the courtroom"
X Link 2025-11-18T01:46Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
".and supervising a Deputy Chief of Staff (Jose Ugarte) who is himself running for the Council seat while facing ethics charges for undisclosed lobbying activity"
X Link 2025-11-18T02:23Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Federal Judge David O. Carter just described the revelation that the Lincoln Safe Sleep Village camping site in Prices district has been operating at half capacity. @aaronschrank @LAist https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/fraud-safe-sleep-encampment-campground-urban-alchemy-lahsa-capacity-carter-homelessness https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/fraud-safe-sleep-encampment-campground-urban-alchemy-lahsa-capacity-carter-homelessness"
X Link 2025-11-18T02:26Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"A search for LADBS letters sent to the correct CD9 room number (420 natch) returned exactly one demolition application notification to tear down the 4-car garage behind a [----] rent stabilized multi-family building on West 42nd Street"
X Link 2025-11-18T02:49Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"We had to go back in time on the Internet Archive to find Prices true room number. Shortly after he was elected in [----] Price launched a private website not hosted on the machine branded with his office slogan The New Ninth. http://lacity.gov https://web.archive.org/web/20150209053829/http://www.the-new-ninth.com/ http://lacity.gov https://web.archive.org/web/20150209053829/http://www.the-new-ninth.com/"
X Link 2025-11-18T02:49Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"On the south side the active machine shop warehouse and vacant lots sold for $7 Million to NOCHA [--] LLC. Both LLCs are managed by Raymond Saviss"
X Link 2025-11-18T03:28Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"There are no demolitions presently sought on the S side. On the N side only [--] of the [--] houses have pending demolitions while permitting drags on for a proposed NEW [--] STORY WITH ROOF DECK [---] UNITS (100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING) MIXE-USE APARTMENT (sic) https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PcisPermitDetailid1=23010&id2=10000&id3=01470 https://www.ladbsservices2.lacity.org/OnlineServices/PermitReport/PcisPermitDetailid1=23010&id2=10000&id3=01470"
X Link 2025-11-18T03:29Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"The asks: Proper notification for these proposed demolitions to the council office Neighborhood Council and neighbors Proper legal signage Since a CPRA request delivered ZERO full house demos in Curren Price's CD9 LADBS must PUBLISH these demolition applications online"
X Link 2025-11-18T03:35Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"And we want a motion to ban the demolition of existing housing in cases where there is no approved new project. Because holy smokes you dopes Los Angeles has so much housing squatted by speculators that nobody can live in legally @emptylosangeles https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngelesPreserved/wiki/index/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngelesPreserved/wiki/index/"
X Link 2025-11-18T03:37Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Nowhere in Yaroslavskys remarks was any mention of the serious charges hanging over Prices head or the question of if he is capable of honestly representing his constituents. More than two years since Price was indicted no Councilmember dares utter the word corruption"
X Link 2025-11-18T03:40Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"They could hold a line but the gentlemens agreement is too powerful. https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18447-vote-trading-alive-and-well-at-la-s-city-hall https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18447-vote-trading-alive-and-well-at-la-s-city-hall"
X Link 2025-11-18T03:40Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Barry Building/Dutton's update: as expected the angels of death (Karen Bass appointees Board of Building and Safety Commission) rejected the appeal validating the Munger family's demolition by neglect. They can finish destroying it now. No landmark is safe in Los Angeles"
X Link 2025-11-19T03:19Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Perfect miniature Silver Lake castle in the mist"
X Link 2025-11-20T03:16Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"The disrespect with which American law enforcement and hospital staff treat people they perceive to be experiencing homelessness has apparently claimed the life of a great American troubadour Todd Snider. This Land is Our Land: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=nzpEy1udlRw https://www.reddit.com/r/Utah/comments/1oxxzin/story_todd_snider_who_canceled_tour_after_alleged/ https://www.youtube.com/watchv=nzpEy1udlRw https://www.reddit.com/r/Utah/comments/1oxxzin/story_todd_snider_who_canceled_tour_after_alleged/"
X Link 2025-11-20T19:34Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@la_dorkout Somehow Nancy Paulikas found her way in--we've always wondered how. An accessible public trail would be a great memorial. What did security do Did you call the cops https://abc7.com/post/woman-who-went-missing-by-lacma-in-2016-confirmed-dead-by-coroner/4973277/ https://abc7.com/post/woman-who-went-missing-by-lacma-in-2016-confirmed-dead-by-coroner/4973277/"
X Link 2025-11-20T22:58Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Saturday on The Real Black Dahlia tour we'll explore the strange link betweenRaymond Chandler's worst ever case of writer's block and the 22-year-old drifter whose kidnapping and murder would haunt him for the rest of his life. https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-fall-2025/"
X Link 2025-11-21T03:18Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Hollywood Boulevard just got a little uglier with the senseless whitewashing of the Hollywood Downtowner Motel. And while the County's contractors made this mess it's the City's fault for refusing to designate landmarks and demanding citizens volunteer to nominate them"
X Link 2025-11-22T02:02Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"New from Empty Los Angeles: neighbors sound the alarm about the long vacant bee-filled() 123-135 San Vicente Boulevard housing held off-market for speculation since [----]. Why can't Santa Monicans live in the Courtyard Apartments Historic District https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/prime-real-estate-ellis-acted-in https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/prime-real-estate-ellis-acted-in"
X Link 2025-11-22T03:27Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"You've still got time to sign up for The Real Black Dahlia tour departing from Grand Central Market at 10:30am on a walk in search of the mysterious Beth Short and the lost post war Downtown Los Angeles that is revealed by her murder investigation. https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-fall-2025/"
X Link 2025-11-22T16:23Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"How thrilling to see the chalk pounce pattern on the Earl Carroll Theatre showing where the restored neon portrait of Beryl Wallace will go. When this iconic Hollywood sign is turned back on we hope it's the start of a new golden age of neon heritage and cultural revival"
X Link 2025-11-23T23:38Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"It's Christmas time again in Pershing Square but you won't be able to capture this dreamy reflection of the Biltmore Hotel in the decommissioned Ricardo Legorreta fountain: a City worker is pumping the rain out just out of frame. The park needs a water feature so badly"
X Link 2025-11-24T03:42Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"This was a kick: encountered a riot of red-crowned parrots in San Marino as they tried out a tree decided it wouldn't do and then dive bombed us"
X Link 2025-11-24T05:14Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Downtown LA is lousy with vacant buildings many with absentee owners. Healthy Housing Foundation does care but the City won't turn on the juice for [--] RSO units. Meanwhile neighbor Gabe is mapping the empty buildings: whoa 30.7% of the Historic Core https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/historic-core-resident-documents https://www.emptylosangeles.com/p/historic-core-resident-documents"
X Link 2025-11-25T22:36Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Twenty years ago we started giving tours about L.A. landmarks true crime and the mystery writers and screenwriters who mined human tragedy for their plots. It all comes together on the new HOLLYWOOD NOIR. Join us Saturday for the ultimate Esotouric tour https://esotouric.com/event/hollywood-noir-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/hollywood-noir-fall-2025/"
X Link 2025-11-25T23:30Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Depraved Landlord wants to demolish [--] RSO units built in [----] and [----] at Normandie and San Marino for a new TOC towerwhat about the tenants In a city of vacant lots and empty mini malls existing affordable housing should not be destroyed for profit. https://planning.lacity.gov/pdiscaseinfo/search/casenumber/ENV-2025-6548-EAF https://planning.lacity.gov/pdiscaseinfo/search/casenumber/ENV-2025-6548-EAF"
X Link 2025-11-26T01:36Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@YAppelbaum Among preservation minded affordable housing advocates in Los Angeles there is a strong belief that the ugly new buildings--and man are they are ugly--are a deliberate attempt to circumvent any future effort to landmark or protect these commercial investment properties"
X Link 2025-11-26T01:53Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"If Los Angeles had done something about how Steven Taylor was using empty RSO buildings to grow his real estate empire. .maybe elected officials wouldn't be tied up in what sure looks like a massive fraud on the taxpayers. https://laist.com/news/secretive-27-million-property-deal-to-add-homeless-beds-now-under-federal-investigation https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17081-steven-taylor-may-be-the-most-despicable-landlord-in-los-angeles https://laist.com/news/secretive-27-million-property-deal-to-add-homeless-beds-now-under-federal-investigation"
X Link 2025-11-27T03:23Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@NOlympicsLA Still so angry that nobody in Los Angeles City Hall would tell the speculator who bought Cornelius Johnson's house to demolish it that he could not kill the Olympic Oak that the black gold medalist received in the Nazi games. Unserious #LA28. RIP tree https://esotouric.com/olympicoak/ https://esotouric.com/olympicoak/"
X Link 2025-11-27T17:24Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@dondisappoints @loomdoop @SAJE_ShiftPower @emptylosangeles is mapping identified vacant buildings or places that are renting by the night in violation of the RSO regulations. Yimbys don't seem interested at all. Frustrating"
X Link 2025-11-27T22:20Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@dondisappoints @loomdoop @SAJE_ShiftPower In Los Angeles the City Attorney's office has a firewall between complaints about STRs--some from honest operators whose registration #s are used by scammers--and the prosecutors. But it went after this guy who scammed Airbnb with fake damage claims. https://esotouric.substack.com/p/vladbnb https://esotouric.substack.com/p/vladbnb"
X Link 2025-11-28T00:40Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@Augustus__J @loomdoop Dunno where you live but Los Angeles is lousy with empty buildings. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewermid=1o9HbMpGQU8GDVu-4W5KC-zbUG_gQCao&ll=34.0086945027762%2C-118.40992744999997&z=10 https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewermid=1o9HbMpGQU8GDVu-4W5KC-zbUG_gQCao&ll=34.0086945027762%2C-118.40992744999997&z=10"
X Link 2025-11-28T06:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@ArmandDoma "Duplex" is a scam--the so-called duplexes they are building in Los Angeles are massive twin blocks flush to the sidewalk that often operate as unlicensed rehabs and homeless shelters with bunk bed dorms. Extremely dangerous for the vulnerable populations the landlords exploit"
X Link 2025-11-28T20:20Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@katewillett This was the housing model she'd been using when Beth Short was picked up by a stranger and became the victim in the Black Dahlia murder. Nobody reported her missing because she was between bunk bed crash pads paid by the night"
X Link 2025-11-28T20:22Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@walterpols @ArmandDoma That's not housing it's speculative vacancy that demolished housing and has sat empty with a certificate of occupancy for years. Los Angeles is "in demand" for speculation. Angelenos are leaving unable to find housing while sufficient units are held vacant off market"
X Link 2025-11-28T22:02Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@walterpols @ArmandDoma And there is rampant construction of dense housing in Los Angeles so we don't know where you get this not supposed to build angle. What's missing is sensible city planning and honest descriptions of proposed new projects. Some "duplex""
X Link 2025-11-28T22:04Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@walterpols @ArmandDoma Yeah there is actually. US Census says 111K units held empty and many more have been identified by housing advocates investigating the status of specific buildings. Plus illegal Airbnbs are everywhere and City Attorney ignores them. https://www.propublica.org/article/los-angeles-housing-rent-controlled-apartments-vacation-rentals https://www.propublica.org/article/los-angeles-housing-rent-controlled-apartments-vacation-rentals"
X Link 2025-11-28T22:13Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@walterpols @ArmandDoma Are you in Los Angeles Why are you spreading misinformation about our empty building crisis"
X Link 2025-11-28T22:15Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Yimby. Pretending there is no vacant speculation crisis in expensive real estate markets and calling citizens who express concern based on actual knowledge of empty buildings nasty names is policy. Tech and real estate interests want us to shut up so they can profit off lies. @esotouric @ArmandDoma Thats simply not true. There is no magical wealth of empty buildings being held off the market from renters in LA. Just pure weirdo crackpot conspiracy theory @esotouric @ArmandDoma Thats simply not true. There is no magical wealth of empty buildings being held off the market from renters in LA."
X Link 2025-11-28T22:20Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Tomorrow morning were debuting a brand new tour that feels like an old friend"
X Link 2025-11-29T03:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Hollywood Noir weaves together elements of [--] years of work seeking to reveal an untold L.A. history its darkness & light time capsule places associated with iconic books and films the true crimes that inspired them in celebration of the remarkable city where it all happened"
X Link 2025-11-29T03:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"We got the Anne Friedberg Award because we give tours about Raymond Chandler James M. Cain and Film Noir but also because"
X Link 2025-11-29T03:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
".our work has evolved to include exposs of modern day Noir crimes committed by dirty politicians and crooked real estate developerscrimes that too often involve demolition of the landmarks from L.A.s golden age of Noir"
X Link 2025-11-29T03:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Hollywood Noir New tour debuts today featuring wild true tales of courageous citizens who stood up to the City Hall racket lost girls in peril mini golf sex magic assassins preservation and the politician who asked Charles Bukowski out on a date. https://esotouric.com/event/hollywood-noir-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/hollywood-noir-fall-2025/"
X Link 2025-11-29T16:03Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"At the sign of the Pink Elephant When Charles Bukowski's lawyer said the next DUI would be hard to beat their delivery service kept his keyboard clacking into the night"
X Link 2025-11-29T17:47Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@prem_thakker Sabrina Carpenter brought down the Mayor of New York City ferchrissake"
X Link 2025-12-02T22:00Z 14.4K followers, 19.9K engagements
"@CohenSite Kinda gross Joe. Corruption exposed by Robert Silverstein's Hollywood Community Plan win should have led to a hard reset in City Hall. Using fake population stats to justify upzoning led to unstable EB-5 visa hotels RSO apartment demolitions and the present state of blight"
X Link 2025-12-03T18:27Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"First Look: inside the restored Stanley Burke's / Corky's Googie coffee shop (Armt & Davis 1958) that's now a Chick-fil-A plus please participate in Thursday's CHC hearing to help save the Hollywood Center Motel from demolition by neglect. Video at http://esotouric.substack.com/stanleyburkes http://esotouric.substack.com/stanleyburkes"
X Link 2025-12-04T04:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Diddy must be dead inside if he really put a hit on 2pac and Biggie at Greenblatt's Deli--the friendliest place on the Sunset Strip RIP x3"
X Link 2025-12-04T05:54Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Preservation pal Damian Sullivan is hot on the case of the Foxy's toaster caper and he won't stop until he gets the dirt on WHY diners can no longer prepare slices to their liking at every booth https://www.facebook.com/groups/121746434527264/permalink/25284784061130154 https://www.facebook.com/groups/121746434527264/permalink/25284784061130154"
X Link 2025-12-05T02:21Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@coconutH2O We complain because we care. We're extremely active on and offline as civic boosters investigative journalists preservationists and lovers of the city. Have you heard about houses moving to Altadena We've been helping there and in many other places. https://esotouric.com/historicpreservation/ https://esotouric.com/historicpreservation/"
X Link 2025-12-05T20:51Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Psst You look like the type who appreciates a bargain. SAVE with $25 tickets on Saturday's Hotel Horrors & Main Street Vice history architecture and true crime tour. Come discover a lost world of all-night kicks low-life amusements tattoo parlors freak shows mummified human bodies both sacred and profane and weird crimes that clotted Main Streets tenderloin until the prudes in City Hall took it all away. Sign up and join us for a time travel trip: https://esotouric.com/event/main-st-vice-fall-2025/ https://esotouric.com/event/main-st-vice-fall-2025/"
X Link 2025-12-05T20:57Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@hearinladotcom @netflix @warnerbros We hear they couldn't make a deal to buy the Warner Theater on Hollywood Boulevard (same longtime owners as the Dome) and that's why they did that sketchy stuff and bought the Egyptian from the American Cinematheque despite Netflix exec Ted Sarandos sitting on the AC board"
X Link 2025-12-05T23:35Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Strange hobbies of the 'oughts: take a live fish dry it off coat it in an arcane concoction then add gold lead. Your house guests will be astonished https://archive.org/details/cu31924089480218/page/410/mode/1upq=%22to+gild+live+fish%22 https://archive.org/details/cu31924089480218/page/410/mode/1upq=%22to+gild+live+fish%22"
X Link 2025-12-06T01:31Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"How checked out does an operator of one of the East Pasadena motels on Route [--] need to be to do THIS on the cusp of the Mother Road's centennial Oh Hi-way Host neon blade sign we loved you so https://eastofallen.com/2025/12/03/route-66-in-east-pasadena-classic-hi-way-host-motel-sign-gone/ https://eastofallen.com/2025/12/03/route-66-in-east-pasadena-classic-hi-way-host-motel-sign-gone/"
X Link 2025-12-08T03:05Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"that had mysteriously flown under the radar of elected officials fans neighbors community groups and the press. Whoever that person is they changed history"
X Link 2025-12-09T15:12Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"We wonder if scooping all local outlets on the Marilyn Monroe house demolition in September [----] influenced the Murdoch familys News Corp in its decision to expand its reach to California. @californiapost"
X Link 2025-12-09T15:12Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Greetings all who are freaking out about Netflix slurping up more than its share of the media ecosystem. We raised the alarm in [----] after Ted Sarandos and the American Cinematheque board ran the nonprofit into the ground "saved" it by selling the Egyptian Theatre to Netflix. https://esotouric.com/egyptiantheatre/ https://esotouric.com/egyptiantheatre/"
X Link 2025-12-10T00:21Z 14.4K followers, 20.5K engagements
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