L.A. Esoterica 1914-1926 The Al G. Barnes Circus, Barnes Zoo and Barnes City
For those who enjoyed their stay at Venice Pier and the Ship Café, if they wished, they could return toward L.A. on Washington Boulevard and stop by to see the Al G. Barnes Zoo. Al G. Barnes owned a circus. When Abbott Kinney invited him to bring his winter headquarters near the Venice lagoon so […]
L.A. Esoterica 1905-1920 Abbott Kinney and the Cabrillo Ship Café
Before there was a Brown Derby, or any of the dozens of L. A. area restaurants built to look like frogs, dogs, cats, hats, airplanes or doughnuts, THE place for Hollywood stars to be seen in Los Angeles was a dining establishment on Abbot Kinney’s Venice Pier built to look like a Spanish galleon. The […]
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L.A. Esoterica Colonel Griffith Griffith and Griffith Park:
As a society, we tend to either revere or demonize our celebrities, politicians, sports figures, philanthropists, and other public figures. Ignoring the grey areas demanded by the human condition, we determine these people be good or bad, acceptable or unacceptable, hero or villain. Knowing little about who they are in private, we accept at their […]
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