Inside The MacArthur: A Century of Los Angeles
From Elks Lodge No. 99 to the Park Plaza’s late nights, a visit inside the MacArthur reveals a century of extraordinary rooms, changing company and thoughtful restoration.
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Film, food, architecture and neighborhood history. A few favorites from the LA Explained archives.
Architecture
The Wallis: A Love Letter to Beverly Hills
From a marble-lined post office to a performing-arts landmark, the Wallis shows how a public building can find a remarkably good second act.
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Design & Culture
A Night Out, Saved in a Matchbook
Hotels, nightclubs and favorite restaurants, preserved in miniature. What Los Angeles matchbooks can tell us about the city and the evenings we wanted to remember.
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Design & Culture
At Home in Los Angeles: A Kitchen Album
From the Stahl House to the kitchens of Joan Didion, Eartha Kitt and Goldie Hawn, a photographic look at the rooms around our daily rituals. Presented with Don Francisco’s Coffee.
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Food & Drink
The Original Pantry Gets a Second Serving
Inside our preview of the Original Pantry’s return: familiar faces, a century of downtown history and a new purpose supporting Hope the Mission.
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Hidden History
Fred Osborne and the Leap That Nearly Killed Him
In 1926, a Los Angeles stunt flyer rode a motorcycle off a coastal cliff. The newsreel, photographs and newspaper reports tell a more extraordinary story than the famous frame alone.
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People & Culture
Cliff Dorfman’s Los Angeles
The screenwriter and novelist on reinvention, Hollywood history and the city beneath the postcard.
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Architecture
Pasadena, Beyond the Postcard
Historic homes, landmark bridges and the many lives of the Arroyo Seco.
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Architecture
Inside the Jonathan Club
Behind the doors of a Downtown institution, a story of architecture, ambition and a changing city.
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Neighborhoods
Whitley Heights: Hollywood’s Jewel
The hillside enclave where Hollywood’s early stars made themselves at home.
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Film & Design
The Art of the Movie Poster
Inside Propstore’s collection, where cinema history survives in ink, paper and extraordinary design.
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