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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.
I too was memorized by "Autumn: The Chestnut Gatherers" by Georges Lacombe (took a photo of the museum text so that i could remember the name :). Recorded a video as i loved viewing it as the harp played in the background.
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I too was memorized by "Autumn: The Chestnut Gatherers" by Georges Lacombe (took a photo of the museum text so that i could remember the name :). Recorded a video as i loved viewing it as the harp played in the background.
ICYMI: "Is there still hope for the Cinerama Dome? New permit request filed with city of L.A." -> www.latimes.com/california/n...
The Cinerama Dome closed during the pandemic. Will it reopen soon?
Your morning catch-up: Prop. 50 passes, new permitting suggests Cinerama Dome will reopen soon, and more big stories.
www.latimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
ICYMI: "Is there still hope for the Cinerama Dome? New permit request filed with city of L.A." -> www.latimes.com/california/n...
A retelling of LA’s #waterhistory courtesy of Comedy Central’s Drunk History (2015), in which actor Jack Black plays #WilliamMulholland: youtu.be/70X-40Lj3QI?... #LAAqueduct
Drunk History - Solving Los Angeles's Water Crisis (ft. Jack Black)
YouTube video by Comedy Central
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November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A retelling of LA’s #waterhistory courtesy of Comedy Central’s Drunk History (2015), in which actor Jack Black plays #WilliamMulholland: youtu.be/70X-40Lj3QI?... #LAAqueduct
The Dodgers' parade route then (1960) and now (2025).
The 1960 map is from a Barker's Bros ad in the LA Times and the 2025 map is courtesy of @ladotofficial.bsky.social -> ladot.lacity.gov/dotnews/2025... #Dodgers #LosAngeles #ThenandNow
The 1960 map is from a Barker's Bros ad in the LA Times and the 2025 map is courtesy of @ladotofficial.bsky.social -> ladot.lacity.gov/dotnews/2025... #Dodgers #LosAngeles #ThenandNow
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Dodgers' parade route then (1960) and now (2025).
The 1960 map is from a Barker's Bros ad in the LA Times and the 2025 map is courtesy of @ladotofficial.bsky.social -> ladot.lacity.gov/dotnews/2025... #Dodgers #LosAngeles #ThenandNow
The 1960 map is from a Barker's Bros ad in the LA Times and the 2025 map is courtesy of @ladotofficial.bsky.social -> ladot.lacity.gov/dotnews/2025... #Dodgers #LosAngeles #ThenandNow
In her column, Thompson suggested the home at 6335 N. Figueroa was #haunted (by "what once happened"). Musicians responded & announced the haunted sounds had been replaced with “modern music that may be ‘out of this world,' but strictly of humor origin.”
The home was demolished in the late 1960s.
The home was demolished in the late 1960s.
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
In her column, Thompson suggested the home at 6335 N. Figueroa was #haunted (by "what once happened"). Musicians responded & announced the haunted sounds had been replaced with “modern music that may be ‘out of this world,' but strictly of humor origin.”
The home was demolished in the late 1960s.
The home was demolished in the late 1960s.
Nelda Thompson was an award-winning features & society editor for the Northeast Newspapers (the company operated handful of #northeastLA publications). In the Eagle Rock Sentinel, she penned this #Halloween column 60 years ago that romanticized the old & not-so-old homes lost to freeway development.
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Nelda Thompson was an award-winning features & society editor for the Northeast Newspapers (the company operated handful of #northeastLA publications). In the Eagle Rock Sentinel, she penned this #Halloween column 60 years ago that romanticized the old & not-so-old homes lost to freeway development.