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Lifestyles of the Rich and Richer: What Will the Guess? Brothers Do With the Beautiful Scottish Rite Masonic Temple on Wilshire? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:33 am
Late last month, Guess?-founding brothers Maurice and Paul Marciano announced they'd bought the beautiful Scottish Rite Masonic Temple on Wilshire and planned to turn it into a private art museum. Boo...
The Little Tramp: How Charlie Chaplin Kicked Off a Tudor Trend on the Strip 27 Aug 2013 | 07:59 am
Asking the tough questions, today Wehoville wonders why there are so many Tudor-inspired buildings on and around the Sunset Strip. They don't quite answer the question, but they do share a fun bit of ...
On the Market: 1939 Colonial Revival by Frederick Wallis With Frederick Fisher Studio Asking $2.5 Million 27 Aug 2013 | 07:22 am
As partner in the firm of Norton & Wallis, architect Frederick H. Wallis had a hand in the design of a number of Los Angeles landmarks, including the Greek Theatre, the Los Angeles Theatre, and the Wi...
Apartmentification: Glendale Apartmentification Officially Getting Out of Control 27 Aug 2013 | 05:58 am
Apartment construction is booming all over LA County, but Glendale's got a particularly bad case of rental fever: some 2,000 units are currently under construction there. According to the Glendale New...
Video Interlude: Here's the Proposed New Design for LA's Light Rail Trains 27 Aug 2013 | 05:10 am
To accommodate the expanding Gold Line, Expo Line, and forthcoming Crenshaw Line--and also to replace an aging fleet--Metro is expecting a big order of new light rail trains in a few years. The transi...
Plaza at Santa Monica Watch: Last month Santa Monica selected Rem... 27 Aug 2013 | 03:58 am
Last month Santa Monica selected Rem Koolhaas's design for a major mixed-use development (residential/hotel/office/retail/venue/ plaza/oh my) at Fourth and Arizona. The project is moving swiftly ahead...
State O' The Market: Now's a Good Time to Be a Renter in Los Angeles 27 Aug 2013 | 03:06 am
[Graph via the LA Times] The LA Times has a message for all those people getting discouraged in the attempt to buy their first homes: relax, you might be better off renting. While investors and other ...
Word on the Street: Improving the Awful Walk From Union Station to the Civic 27 Aug 2013 | 01:40 am
As beautiful as Union Station is, it remains somewhat separated from the heart of Downtown by the vehicular moat known as the 101. The city is working to ease the pedestrian connection between the tra...
Sponsored Post: Inside the Quirky Interiors of Fawn Galli 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
In the ongoing series Dyson Design House, we've made it our mission to find the most beautiful and innovative rooms across the country. In this installation, writer and decorator Alexa Stevenson goes ...
Young Guns 2013: Meet the 2013 Curbed Young Guns: Carina Bien-Willner 26 Aug 2013 | 11:39 pm
Curbed Young Guns, now in its first year, aims to identify promising up-and-coming talent (35 and under) in the fields of architecture, interior design, and urban development. For the next few weeks, ...
