Look closely for L.A.'s whimsical architecture of yesteryear

"If . . . you found you could buy cakes in a windmill, ices in a gigantic cream can, and flowers in a huge pot, you might begin to wonder whether you had not stepped through a looking glass or taken a toss down a rabbit burrow and could expect Mad Hatter or White Queen to appear . . . "

Steve Harvey

May 18, 2008