Monthly Archives: January 2011

A Grand Old Mansion in a Grand Old Neighborhood

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

Recently, Curbed LA broke the news that one of the grande dames of Los Angeles mansions has returned to the market, this time at the asking price of $4,500,000. The magnificent home sited on a sloping tree-studded 3/4 acre lot … Continue reading →

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High Glamour in the High Desert – The Apple Valley Inn

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

Even at the giveaway price of $2.75 an acre, most people probably thought Bernard “Bud” Westlund and Newton T. “Newt” Bass were crazy when they began buying up some 22,000 acres of “worthless” high desert land to the east of … Continue reading →

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Laughs From the Past

Posted on January 26, 2011 by
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Rotogravure Sunday

Posted on January 23, 2011 by
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Beautiful Magazine Art

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The Ghost of Mansions Past – A Prehistory of Aaron & Candy Spelling’s Mammoth “Manor”

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Over the last few years a virtual river of virtual ink has been spilled over the sale, or lack thereof, of the gargantuan “Manor” of the late Aaron Spelling and his wife Candy in Holmby Hills, which continues to languish on … Continue reading →

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Casa Verdugo – Old L.A.’s Famous Restaurant “Out Glendale Way”

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

Today, it’s just a house, albeit a charming house, but just a house on an innocuous street in the innocuous L.A. bedroom community of Glendale. These days, passersby might not even give it a second glance, but in the first … Continue reading →

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