Episode #97: Citrus, Books and Air Rights
02/16/15 • 68 min
Join us this week as we talk with Bill Martinet, a retired employee of the Sunkist corporation, about the year he spent working in the gorgeous, now-demolished Sunkist Building (1935) opposite L.A.‘s Central Library. We’ll also visit with Donald Spivack, former Deputy Chief of Operations and Policy at the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, to learn about the terrible Central Library fire of 1986, and the redevelopment plan that saved the building.
We’ll also discuss the New York Times’ coverage of residential demolitions in Los Angeles, the reopening of the restored programmatic Idle Hour cafe and support for the National Trust’s involvement in the Southwest Museum crisis. All this and more as Kim & Richard usher in the week of February 16th.
Photo: Sunkist Building, Walker & Eisen. 1935
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Welcoming the National Trust to the Southwest Museum table.
See the restored Idle Hour cafe.
L.A. mansionization on the national stage.
Photos of the Sunkist Building (Walker & Eisen, 1935).
Video of the 1986 Central Library fire.
Monthly Sunday LAVA Salon February 2015
Monthly Sunday LAVA Salon March 2015
LAVA Forensic Science Seminar: Hot Lead and Hot Leads: Forensic Firearm / Gang Communication Analysis
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Join us this week as we talk with Bill Martinet, a retired employee of the Sunkist corporation, about the year he spent working in the gorgeous, now-demolished Sunkist Building (1935) opposite L.A.‘s Central Library. We’ll also visit with Donald Spivack, former Deputy Chief of Operations and Policy at the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, to learn about the terrible Central Library fire of 1986, and the redevelopment plan that saved the building.
We’ll also discuss the New York Times’ coverage of residential demolitions in Los Angeles, the reopening of the restored programmatic Idle Hour cafe and support for the National Trust’s involvement in the Southwest Museum crisis. All this and more as Kim & Richard usher in the week of February 16th.
Photo: Sunkist Building, Walker & Eisen. 1935
Closely Watched Trains & URLs for Podcast
Welcoming the National Trust to the Southwest Museum table.
See the restored Idle Hour cafe.
L.A. mansionization on the national stage.
Photos of the Sunkist Building (Walker & Eisen, 1935).
Video of the 1986 Central Library fire.
Monthly Sunday LAVA Salon February 2015
Monthly Sunday LAVA Salon March 2015
LAVA Forensic Science Seminar: Hot Lead and Hot Leads: Forensic Firearm / Gang Communication Analysis
Listen to Episode #97!
https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yces-97.mp3
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Episode #96: Remembering the Trails Restaurant on ole’ Route 66
Our focus this week is on the Trails, a legendary Western-themed Route 66 roadhouse that operated in Duarte, California from 1952-2001. We talk with Duarte City Planner Jason Golding, who shares colorful memories of his first job, as a Trails busboy. We also visit with Larry Moon, co-owner of Pasadena’s Di-No Computers, founded by his father-in-law Sal Cordaro, famed throughout the San Gabriel Valley as the longtime organist in the Trails’ lounge.
We’ll also discuss the last-minute reprieve for Vidiots, a city plaque installed in memory of the infant killed at the Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk and our thoughts on recent development announcements and boosterism along Broadway. All this and more and more as Kim & Richard usher in the week of February 9th, 2015.
Photo: Sal Cordaro album, Nightlife, on DI-NO Records.
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Di-No Computers website.
Vidiots lives.
In memory of Marcello Vasquez.
L.A. Times says Broadway poised for a major revival.
Our newsletter critiquing the Night on Broadway event.
Monthly Sunday LAVA Salon February 2015
LAVA Forensic Science Seminar: Hot Lead and Hot Leads: Forensic Firearm / Gang Communication Analysis
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Episode #98: Preserving the 1980s L.A. Music Scene & Taco Bell #1
Join us this week as we talk with George Redfox, President of the Downey Conservancy, about the grassroots campaign to save the original Taco Bell restaurant building in Downey. We’ll also visit with curators Christina Rice and Wendy Horowitz to learn about their LAPL Central Library exhibit “From Pop to the Pit: LAPL Photo Collection Celebrates the Los Angeles Music Scene, 1978-1989.”
We’ll also discuss the listing of the historic King Eddy Saloon on the market, landmark status for Jack Colker’s 76 Station in Beverly Hills, the $10 a night Airbnb tent on Skid Row and groundbreaking for a residential development on the site of the old Union Rescue Mission on Main Street. All this and more as Kim & Richard usher in the week of February 23rd, 2015.
Photo: San Pedro’s Minutemen (from left to right), Mike Watt, D. Boon and George Hurley. October 28, 1983.
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Landmarking Jack Colker’s 76 Station in Beverly Hills.
$10 nightly rental for a Skid Row tent.
Residential development breaking ground at old Union Rescue Mission site.
King Eddy Saloon sales listing.
Downey Conservancy campaign to save Taco Bell.
Downey Conservancy website.
LAPL photo exhibition, From Pop to the Pit: LAPL Photo Collection Celebrates the Los Angeles Music Scene, 1978-1989.
Christina Rice’s book, Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel.
Wendy Horowitz’ blog post about the Steven Anthony seige.
Monthly Sunday LAVA Salon March 2015
Monthly Sunday LAVA Salon April 2015
LAVA Forensic Science Seminar: Hot Lead and Hot Leads: Forensic Firearm / Gang Communication Analysis
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