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Jogging the collective memory of Los Angeles through social media since 2009. Some people think LA has no history. They just don't know where to look.
“There’s No Dinner Finer Than Thrifty’s Eighty-Niner!”
A Thrifty’s appreciation post on this #ThanksgivingDay. The LA Times’ “Where to Dine: Thanksgiving” (1950):
A Thrifty’s appreciation post on this #ThanksgivingDay. The LA Times’ “Where to Dine: Thanksgiving” (1950):
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“There’s No Dinner Finer Than Thrifty’s Eighty-Niner!”
A Thrifty’s appreciation post on this #ThanksgivingDay. The LA Times’ “Where to Dine: Thanksgiving” (1950):
A Thrifty’s appreciation post on this #ThanksgivingDay. The LA Times’ “Where to Dine: Thanksgiving” (1950):
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🦃 Happy Thanksgiving! Did you know the wild turkey has fossil roots in L.A.? #TarPits researchers uncovered nearly 12,000 bones of a now-extinct turkey species from the Ice Age!
Discover which turkeys walked the same ground we do today: bit.ly/TarPitsTurke...
Discover which turkeys walked the same ground we do today: bit.ly/TarPitsTurke...
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🦃 Happy Thanksgiving! Did you know the wild turkey has fossil roots in L.A.? #TarPits researchers uncovered nearly 12,000 bones of a now-extinct turkey species from the Ice Age!
Discover which turkeys walked the same ground we do today: bit.ly/TarPitsTurke...
Discover which turkeys walked the same ground we do today: bit.ly/TarPitsTurke...
The Gold Rush Steak House at the legendary Madonna Inn is all dressed up for the holidays (this was my first time having dinner here)! #madonnainn #california
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Gold Rush Steak House at the legendary Madonna Inn is all dressed up for the holidays (this was my first time having dinner here)! #madonnainn #california
Dec 5 & 6: As part of its “Radical Histories: Chicano Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum” exhibit, the Huntington Library is hosting a 2-day conference -> www.huntington.org/event/histor... #ChicanoHistory
Historias Radicales: Latinx Identity and History in Southern California | The Huntington
This 2-day conference examines important topics related to Chicana/o communities in Southern California, including border politics, social justice movements, and identity.
www.huntington.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Dec 5 & 6: As part of its “Radical Histories: Chicano Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum” exhibit, the Huntington Library is hosting a 2-day conference -> www.huntington.org/event/histor... #ChicanoHistory
ICYMI: "The Stahl House stayed in the Stahl family for decades. Now, for the first time in its history, the Stahl House is for sale." @archpaper.com: www.archpaper.com/2025/11/stah... #casestudyhouses #PierreKoenig #StahlHouse
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
ICYMI: "The Stahl House stayed in the Stahl family for decades. Now, for the first time in its history, the Stahl House is for sale." @archpaper.com: www.archpaper.com/2025/11/stah... #casestudyhouses #PierreKoenig #StahlHouse
Have been in Sacramento for the last couple of days. A few images of #Toypurina & #BiddyMason from the California Museum exhibit “Women Inspire: California Women Changing Our World” (californiamuseum.org/exhibitions/...). #womenshistory #MuseumSky #CAHistory
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Have been in Sacramento for the last couple of days. A few images of #Toypurina & #BiddyMason from the California Museum exhibit “Women Inspire: California Women Changing Our World” (californiamuseum.org/exhibitions/...). #womenshistory #MuseumSky #CAHistory
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Lopez: On RFK's 100th birthday, the Koreatown memorial honoring his legacy is a neglected mess
Commentary: On RFK's 100th birthday, the Koreatown memorial honoring his legacy is a neglected mess
Members of the Kennedy family and the artist who created the RFK monument plead for LAUSD to refurbish and protect vandalized memorial.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Lopez: On RFK's 100th birthday, the Koreatown memorial honoring his legacy is a neglected mess
Sat @ 9am: The 20th Annual Great Los Angeles Walk kicks off in Pershing Square. Spend the Saturday before Thanksgiving with @franklinavenue.bsky.social as he leads this walk down the full length of #WilshireBlvd (about 15+ miles). greatlawalk.blogspot.com #glaw #greatLAWalk #WalkinginLA
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sat @ 9am: The 20th Annual Great Los Angeles Walk kicks off in Pershing Square. Spend the Saturday before Thanksgiving with @franklinavenue.bsky.social as he leads this walk down the full length of #WilshireBlvd (about 15+ miles). greatlawalk.blogspot.com #glaw #greatLAWalk #WalkinginLA
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📺 “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles”
Sat 11/22, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a specially curated best of “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles” (1964–9) featuring Angels Flight, Clifton’s Cafeteria, Sunset Blvd., the long-lost landmarks Hollywood Ranch Market and Beverly Park, and other iconic places. Free! ucla.in/4921qo0
Sat 11/22, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a specially curated best of “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles” (1964–9) featuring Angels Flight, Clifton’s Cafeteria, Sunset Blvd., the long-lost landmarks Hollywood Ranch Market and Beverly Park, and other iconic places. Free! ucla.in/4921qo0
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
📺 “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles”
Sat 11/22, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a specially curated best of “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles” (1964–9) featuring Angels Flight, Clifton’s Cafeteria, Sunset Blvd., the long-lost landmarks Hollywood Ranch Market and Beverly Park, and other iconic places. Free! ucla.in/4921qo0
Sat 11/22, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a specially curated best of “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles” (1964–9) featuring Angels Flight, Clifton’s Cafeteria, Sunset Blvd., the long-lost landmarks Hollywood Ranch Market and Beverly Park, and other iconic places. Free! ucla.in/4921qo0
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Wonderful news!
Westwood's Village Theater to be run by American Cinematheque upon 2027 reopening
Westwood’s Village Theater to be run by American Cinematheque upon 2027 reopening
The American Cinematheque will run the historic Village Theater as filmmaker Jason Reitman and more than 30 directors raise funds for a $25-million restoration.
www.latimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Wonderful news!
“One incentive to write about Southern California was that it was so neglected,” [Esther McCoy] remarked. “It was a place that was not taken seriously. And, damn it, I wanted it to be taken seriously.” eastofborneo.org/articles/wri...
#Architectural historian Esther McCoy was born #OTD in 1904.
#Architectural historian Esther McCoy was born #OTD in 1904.
Writing Home
Writer Esther McCoy (1904–89) arrived in Los Angeles in 1932 and reckoned it was the wrong place to be. She stayed, however, and for over fifty years her sharp-eyed writing explored the radical politi...
eastofborneo.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“One incentive to write about Southern California was that it was so neglected,” [Esther McCoy] remarked. “It was a place that was not taken seriously. And, damn it, I wanted it to be taken seriously.” eastofborneo.org/articles/wri...
#Architectural historian Esther McCoy was born #OTD in 1904.
#Architectural historian Esther McCoy was born #OTD in 1904.
Today @ 12pm: The Cultural Landscape Foundation's free webinar “Elevating & Interpreting #Chicano History" www.tclf.org/elevating-an...
"This program is associated with the #TCLF report & digital exhibition 'Landslide 2024'...about public protest sites that have shaped American attitudes & ideals."
"This program is associated with the #TCLF report & digital exhibition 'Landslide 2024'...about public protest sites that have shaped American attitudes & ideals."
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Today @ 12pm: The Cultural Landscape Foundation's free webinar “Elevating & Interpreting #Chicano History" www.tclf.org/elevating-an...
"This program is associated with the #TCLF report & digital exhibition 'Landslide 2024'...about public protest sites that have shaped American attitudes & ideals."
"This program is associated with the #TCLF report & digital exhibition 'Landslide 2024'...about public protest sites that have shaped American attitudes & ideals."
Nov 17, 1984: Police arrive to the Hollywood Palladium during The Ramones & Black Flag concert. Photo by Gary Leonard, via @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social. tessa2.lapl.org/digital/coll...
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Nov 17, 1984: Police arrive to the Hollywood Palladium during The Ramones & Black Flag concert. Photo by Gary Leonard, via @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social. tessa2.lapl.org/digital/coll...
"Built in 1959 & designed by Harry Londelius Jr., the Dilling Street home was chosen by producers for its close proximity to the studio and its look — the kind of distinctive #midcentury house viewers could easily imagine an architect like Mike Brady living in." laist.com/news/los-ang... #BradyBunch
Here’s the story: The ‘Brady Bunch’ house could become an LA monument
The Studio City house has been nominated as a historic-cultural monument.
laist.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Built in 1959 & designed by Harry Londelius Jr., the Dilling Street home was chosen by producers for its close proximity to the studio and its look — the kind of distinctive #midcentury house viewers could easily imagine an architect like Mike Brady living in." laist.com/news/los-ang... #BradyBunch
Dec 6 @ 2pm: "Stages of Our Stories: 60 Years of Asian American Theater at East West Players" features excerpts from 6 of EWP's landmark plays. @jamuseum.bsky.social -> www.janm.org/events/2025-... #LAThtr #LittleTokyo #AAPI
From #EastWestPlayers archive (www.eastwestplayers.org/production-h... ):
From #EastWestPlayers archive (www.eastwestplayers.org/production-h... ):
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Dec 6 @ 2pm: "Stages of Our Stories: 60 Years of Asian American Theater at East West Players" features excerpts from 6 of EWP's landmark plays. @jamuseum.bsky.social -> www.janm.org/events/2025-... #LAThtr #LittleTokyo #AAPI
From #EastWestPlayers archive (www.eastwestplayers.org/production-h... ):
From #EastWestPlayers archive (www.eastwestplayers.org/production-h... ):
Wed–Sat: Cal State LA’s production of “This Land” written by Evangeline Ordaz. www.calstatela.edu/al/theatre-a... #LAThtr #LosAngeles
“Over 150 years, four families w/ ancestry in different parts of the world make their home on one particular plot of Southern California land now known as #Watts.”
“Over 150 years, four families w/ ancestry in different parts of the world make their home on one particular plot of Southern California land now known as #Watts.”
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Wed–Sat: Cal State LA’s production of “This Land” written by Evangeline Ordaz. www.calstatela.edu/al/theatre-a... #LAThtr #LosAngeles
“Over 150 years, four families w/ ancestry in different parts of the world make their home on one particular plot of Southern California land now known as #Watts.”
“Over 150 years, four families w/ ancestry in different parts of the world make their home on one particular plot of Southern California land now known as #Watts.”
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The opening of an all-Native group art exhibition inside L.A. City Hall was filled with heartfelt thanks and celebrations from First Nations members and city council members alike.
The full story: lataco.com/indigenous-l...
By Héctor Zaldívar
The full story: lataco.com/indigenous-l...
By Héctor Zaldívar
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The opening of an all-Native group art exhibition inside L.A. City Hall was filled with heartfelt thanks and celebrations from First Nations members and city council members alike.
The full story: lataco.com/indigenous-l...
By Héctor Zaldívar
The full story: lataco.com/indigenous-l...
By Héctor Zaldívar
Thinking about Tom Hatten (born Nov 14, 1926) on what would’ve been his 99th birthday. My love of #oldmovies is a direct result of watching KTLA's Family Film Festival on Saturday afternoons.
Hatten discussing "The Long, Long Trailer," #LucilleBall & #DesiArnaz: youtu.be/3aUaUCJJaHQ?... #FilmSky
Hatten discussing "The Long, Long Trailer," #LucilleBall & #DesiArnaz: youtu.be/3aUaUCJJaHQ?... #FilmSky
Tom Hatten screening "The Long, Long Trailer"
YouTube video by We Love Movie Hosts
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November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thinking about Tom Hatten (born Nov 14, 1926) on what would’ve been his 99th birthday. My love of #oldmovies is a direct result of watching KTLA's Family Film Festival on Saturday afternoons.
Hatten discussing "The Long, Long Trailer," #LucilleBall & #DesiArnaz: youtu.be/3aUaUCJJaHQ?... #FilmSky
Hatten discussing "The Long, Long Trailer," #LucilleBall & #DesiArnaz: youtu.be/3aUaUCJJaHQ?... #FilmSky
The Edwin Booth Family Collection is located in CSUN Library’s Special Collections. @csunlibrary.bsky.social acquired the collection from Edwin Booth's great-granddaughter Edwina Booth Cutting (1918–1985), who lived in the #SanFernandoValley.
library.csun.edu/sca/peek-sta... #theatrehistory
library.csun.edu/sca/peek-sta... #theatrehistory
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The Edwin Booth Family Collection is located in CSUN Library’s Special Collections. @csunlibrary.bsky.social acquired the collection from Edwin Booth's great-granddaughter Edwina Booth Cutting (1918–1985), who lived in the #SanFernandoValley.
library.csun.edu/sca/peek-sta... #theatrehistory
library.csun.edu/sca/peek-sta... #theatrehistory
"It was wildly successful from day one, and residents were excited to have their images added to the @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social’s permanent collection. Shades of L.A. became a model for libraries across the country." Los Angeles Sentinel: lasentinel.net/lapl-photo-e...
LAPL Photo Exhibit Casts New Light on Old Family Photos - Los Angeles Sentinel
LAPL Photo Exhibit Casts New Light on Old Family Photos. The exhibit is designed to bridge the cultural gap in our communities.
lasentinel.net
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"It was wildly successful from day one, and residents were excited to have their images added to the @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social’s permanent collection. Shades of L.A. became a model for libraries across the country." Los Angeles Sentinel: lasentinel.net/lapl-photo-e...
Finally saw @jamuseum.bsky.social's wonderful exhibit "Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community" at ArtCenter.
Cruising J-Town "chronicles how Japanese Americans have played vital roles in countless car scenes across Los Angeles." #RafuShimpo: rafu.com/2025/08/crui... #carculture
Cruising J-Town "chronicles how Japanese Americans have played vital roles in countless car scenes across Los Angeles." #RafuShimpo: rafu.com/2025/08/crui... #carculture
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Finally saw @jamuseum.bsky.social's wonderful exhibit "Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community" at ArtCenter.
Cruising J-Town "chronicles how Japanese Americans have played vital roles in countless car scenes across Los Angeles." #RafuShimpo: rafu.com/2025/08/crui... #carculture
Cruising J-Town "chronicles how Japanese Americans have played vital roles in countless car scenes across Los Angeles." #RafuShimpo: rafu.com/2025/08/crui... #carculture
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🛍️ What do you remember about Valley Plaza? 🛍️
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🛍️ What do you remember about Valley Plaza? 🛍️
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
Opened in 1951, the Valley Plaza "was among the first & largest open-air shopping malls on the West Coast & a major center of commerce. In its heyday, the sprawling complex of suburban bldgs & modernist high-rises drew crowds & even a visit from JFK..." www.latimes.com/business/sto... #retailhistory
'Our stomping ground': Demolition of historic Valley Plaza mall begins
One of the San Fernando Valley’s oldest outdoor shopping malls, Valley Plaza opened in the early 1950s but has fallen on hard times in recent years, prompting complaints from neighbors.
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Opened in 1951, the Valley Plaza "was among the first & largest open-air shopping malls on the West Coast & a major center of commerce. In its heyday, the sprawling complex of suburban bldgs & modernist high-rises drew crowds & even a visit from JFK..." www.latimes.com/business/sto... #retailhistory
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Google Arts & Culture Route 66 Storytelling Hub goes live
The Google Arts & Culture Route 66 Storytelling Hub was recently designated as an official Route 66 Centennial Project sanctioned by the Route 66 Centennial Commission. This new digital experience brings the history, culture and…
The Google Arts & Culture Route 66 Storytelling Hub was recently designated as an official Route 66 Centennial Project sanctioned by the Route 66 Centennial Commission. This new digital experience brings the history, culture and…
Google Arts & Culture Route 66 Storytelling Hub goes live
The Google Arts & Culture Route 66 Storytelling Hub was recently designated as an official Route 66 Centennial Project sanctioned by the Route 66 Centennial Commission. This new digital experience brings the history, culture and communities of America’s Mother Road to life through immersive storytelling, photographs and archival materials. Here's a video about the online project: Here is the…
www.route66news.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Google Arts & Culture Route 66 Storytelling Hub goes live
The Google Arts & Culture Route 66 Storytelling Hub was recently designated as an official Route 66 Centennial Project sanctioned by the Route 66 Centennial Commission. This new digital experience brings the history, culture and…
The Google Arts & Culture Route 66 Storytelling Hub was recently designated as an official Route 66 Centennial Project sanctioned by the Route 66 Centennial Commission. This new digital experience brings the history, culture and…
Nov 11, 1926: Route 66 was officially established 99 years ago today. The initial route between Chicago and downtown Los Angeles was extended to Santa Monica in 1935. #Route66 #MotherRoad
@smpubliclibrary.bsky.social: digital.smpl.org/digital/coll...
@smpubliclibrary.bsky.social: digital.smpl.org/digital/coll...
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Nov 11, 1926: Route 66 was officially established 99 years ago today. The initial route between Chicago and downtown Los Angeles was extended to Santa Monica in 1935. #Route66 #MotherRoad
@smpubliclibrary.bsky.social: digital.smpl.org/digital/coll...
@smpubliclibrary.bsky.social: digital.smpl.org/digital/coll...