Life and Death Of and In the Astoria
The Astoria Apartments…the advantages of the city’s tourist hotels with the quiet of the residence section. Plus, at no extra charge to you, grewsome murder.read more
View ArticleThe Elks and Their Annex
Of all the oft-pictured sites of Los Angeles, Angels Flight is certainly up there amongst them, as who doesn’t go for those Oldey-Timey images? There’s probably postcards and ceramic trivets and...
View ArticleLewis the Light, accident preventer
Location: 230 South Olive Street Louis Burgess Greenslade, a native of Devon, England and better known as Lewis, The Light, was already balmy in January 1889, when Doctors Field and Fitch of Bellevue...
View ArticleThe Argyle: A Slow, Steady Decline, Part 1
Situated at the corner of Olive and Second, the Argyle House was built in the 1880s by a Scottish gentleman, and quickly became as respectable a salon (and saloon) as could be found on Bunker Hill....
View ArticleThe Door Busters of Olive Street
Location: 230 South Olive StreetBounced from Della Davis' rooming house for excessive drinking, William Thomas Brown (plasterer, 36) vowed to "get" her. On January 16, 1917 around noon, he broke down...
View ArticleThe Argyle: Wayward Youth, Beatings and the Slit Throat That Wasn't
When we last visited the Argyle, it was the a first rate Bunker Hill rooming house, artists' salon, and night spot besieged by troubled management and unpredictable closings. This week, we turn to...
View ArticleResidence - 221 South Olive Street
The house that stood at 221 South Olive may not have been as ornate as some of its Bunker Hill neighbors, but unlike the homes of Margaret Crocker and L.J. Rose, the residence on Olive survived from...
View ArticleLucinda Andrews meets the Long Beach Car
Location: 240 South Olive Street Date: December 2, 1903read more
View ArticleBaby Needs A New Pair of Pants
Location: 230 South Olive Avenue Date: September 3, 1913Even hardened cops grew misty as they heard the woes of poor Mabel Tracy, the downtown waitress whose every coin earned went into the kitty meant...
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