Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Aug 20, 2024If You Really Loved LA, You Wouldn't Let It BurnToday's entry is courtesy of Los Angeles Conservancy President Adrian Scott Fine, who eulogized 1027 N. Heliotrope Drive earlier today on Instagram. The words are Fine's, but the links and bolding are mine: Here’s a before and during tale…of a house...DiscussEast Hollywood
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·May 1, 2024Open Letter to Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez(Image courtesy of Esotouric) Dear Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, What in the hell is wrong with you? Seven desperately needed RSO units in YOUR district are empty (except for a feral cat colony), heavily vandalized, and blighted. The Ellis Act wa...Discusscity negligence
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Apr 17, 2024Things are Looking Up at the Jardinette Apartments *Updated 4/21(Image courtesy of Wikimedia user Junkyardsparkle) Remember last September, when I expressed my concerns about the condition and empty state of Richard Neutra's Modernist masterpiece Jardinette Apartments? There's been some news, and so far, things a...Discussgood news
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Sep 24, 2023What is Happening to the Jardinette Apartments?(Photo courtesy of Wikimedia user Junkyardsparkle) Austrian-born architect Richard Neutra's first commission in the United States has been empty and blighted for years. The Jardinette Apartments, a 1928 modernist courtyard apartment building honored ...DiscussEast Hollywood
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Sep 7, 2023Ellis Act Stories, Chapter 2: Three Buildings on Sunset BoulevardEast Hollywood has been gentrifying for years - so much so that one of the local rags has been trying to make "EaHo" a thing. Cringe-inducing nicknames aside, gentrification can attract real estate speculators who think absolutely nothing of displaci...DiscussEllis Act
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Jul 26, 2023Speculation, Blight, and FireThere's a thing called real estate speculation. The idea is simple enough: somewhat like buying stocks, you buy something you think will increase in value, hold onto it, and sell it when you're able to get the price you want (or when you need money f...DiscussEast Hollywood
