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You could have lunch for 40 cents, in a blimp at Florence & Fig. It was the Zep Diner. The year was 1931. Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library.

After three years of refurbishment, the Theme Building at LAX will officially reopen this Saturday July 10. The most exciting part? The Observation Deck, closed to the public since 9/11 will also be open. If you are an airplane nut like me, this is COOL!…

Coming back home from Boyle Heights earlier this week on one of what’s become my now-rare bike rides,  I was rolling under the Beverly Boulevard bridge over 2nd Street/Glendale Boulevard and upon seeing this ominous and intriguing image pasted up on one of the overpass…

There are full reports of the AMAZING event to come, but for now here is a small taste of what you missed.

Mmmmmmmmm…donuts!

In town for a story about that new Disneyland opening? Working with colleagues at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner? Maybe you stayed here. Across the street.
It was the Case Hotel, at 11th and Broadway. The year was 1955.
Photo from the USC Digital Library