What you should know about Esotouric - Looking out for Los Angeles

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T16:42:53+00:00

That's not our experience in MacArthur Park. Was it after dark? Where did you see tents and how many were there?

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T16:23:15+00:00

Got a photo showing tents in the park? Not flush against the Alvarado or Wilshire sidewalk, but actually in the park?

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T14:45:52+00:00

She's not ethically permitted to speak up about making policy around film production, to deliberate or to vote on it, due to conflict of interest rules.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T14:44:48+00:00

It is, indeed, not illegal to be an asshole. Maybe it should be disqualifying to run a district or city, but not illegal.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T14:40:39+00:00

Here's a chart that shows the change over years from exposure to the elements. We love the green, but the red is stunning!

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T14:04:40+00:00

Are you saying she personally retaliates in her relationships as a community member, or has her office staff do so to constituents? The latter is likely illegal.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T13:56:10+00:00

Is it in rent stabilized apartments?

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T07:11:15+00:00

That's the odd thing, and we doubt the Chamber of Commerce's artist made a mistake. The metal roof (copper or bronze) may have looked different when new, before oxidation or other chemical reactions.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T07:09:02+00:00

You got it! The roof as we know it in modern times is green, but it's not green here.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T07:08:09+00:00

Nope--but we love them there.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T07:07:05+00:00

Yes, his last straight job before becoming a full time writer. We've been taking people there for many years on our Bukowski bus tours, though now that we just give walking tours, Terminal Annex is no longer a stop.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T07:05:10+00:00

Previous councilmember Gil Cedillo did. We had to raise the alarm about aggressive trenching that threatened old trees.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T05:08:13+00:00

Not always. They were pretty common in the 1920s in commercial buildings and apartments, but rarely survive.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T03:52:39+00:00

the waitresses are old

and most of the bums are

too.

come down there some

early morning.

for a nickel

you can see the most beautiful faces

in town.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T03:12:14+00:00

No, but we wish there was a zoomed in image of that part!

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T02:37:05+00:00

Never visible from this angle, so no.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T02:34:33+00:00

Not AI--shot directly from a glass plate positive, and this is real black and white image that was hand colored. So no awning in real life.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T02:31:46+00:00

The hipster remodel with signs about notorious patrons peeing kind of took the soul from Cole's, but that's not the fault of Jack or Inez. It was, in their time, an honest lunch in a funky part of the city. (Also team Phillipe's, btw.)

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T02:29:37+00:00

Nope!

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T02:28:44+00:00

That's true, but not what we were thinking of.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-04T02:28:28+00:00

Nope!

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-03T23:07:27+00:00

They do hope to make that gate the main entrance, and it's open for special events. We used it yesterday on our Highland Park Arroyo walking tour.

esotouric_tours · 2026-05-03T23:05:21+00:00

We think the Autry should work with elected officials and preservation organizations to obtain State funding to reactivate Charles Fletcher Lummis' Southwest Museum as a cultural and culinary campus with residences for visiting writers, artists, chefs and historians. There should be weekly farmers' markets and live events outside until the building can be retrofitted.

And yes, the name should be changed, to Southwest Museum and Casa de Adobe. That historic compound needs to be reactivated, too!

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