Bunker Hill, Los Angeles

TL;DR — having two parks called Biddy Mason is silly, and stripping the Pershing Square name is wrong.

On Saturday, September 19th, the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles is having a cocktail shindig in the basement speakeasy of Clifton’s.

Yes, I know—the last piece I wrote about the subject, fifteen months ago, was literally titled My Final Words on Cooper Donuts.

Hey all!

It’s 1973.

I’ve been hearing for ten years that Loyola Marymount University was at work on a Chavez Ravine archive project, and last Thursday, the internet lit up with this press release.

The remains of Old Bunker Hill are few and far between.

The World Trade Center!

Come on out Thursday the 23rd, 7pm, to hear me go on about our lost 19th century built environment, the world of Arnold Hylen, and what it took to republish his masterpiece, Los Angeles Before the Freeways.

Greetings fellow Hill fan!