May 31, 2007
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DESIGN
Sparkling gems in Pacific Palisades
PACIFIC PALISADES has been a cool escape from Los Angeles noise, grit and heat ever since Sunset Boulevard was extended to reach the beach in the 1920s. It offered the ocean views of Malibu, the canyon hideaways of landlocked Hollywood Hills and a cloistered playground for Beverly Hills movie stars. The enclave, one of Southern California's most treasured locales, also became a palette for pioneering architects who embraced the distinctive topography with experimental glass houses. More...
THE CALIFORNIA GARDEN
Silk oak, a towering beauty that's a bit of a wallflower
IT'S the flowering, towering tree that's blooming all over town right now. Few know its name or how it came to settle alongside so many freeways and on city streets. With its showy orange-gold blooms and fern-like leaves, the silk oak just may be L.A.'s best-known unknown tree. More...
THE SCOUT: AUCTION
Streamlined for Disney
Kem Weber (1889-1963), one architect of the Streamline Moderne style, was responsible for designing much of Walt Disney's Burbank animation studios in the 1930s. More...
THE SCOUT
Ford-Brady showroom opens with a sample sale
The Ford-Brady showroom certainly knows how to throw a party. More...
MAN OF THE HOUSE
Truly, it's a funny, knock-knock world
NEXT time you have a moment, ask yourself this: How much honesty does my life have? Is my work mostly truthful and rewarding? In my personal life, can I level with my friends? Do my kids think I'm a fraud? More...
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