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A 1922 photo shows a Chautauqua tent in Temescal Canyon selling tickets to a concert by opera singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink
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Dreamers built a 1920s utopia in the Palisades. How remnants of that Chautauqua movement survived the fire

The Chautauqua movement came to Pacific Palisades a century ago with a vision of healthy living. Much of the settlement has been lost to time, but some buildings managed to survive, even through the flames.

A rendering shows a rebuilt Wayfarers Chapel, Lloyd Wright's glass-and-timber structure surrounded by newly planted trees.
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Lloyd Wright’s Wayfarers Chapel: Inside the rescue of a national landmark

Manhattan Beach, CA - April 08: Paul and Caitlin Goncalves pose for a portrait in their kitchen on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 in Manhattan Beach, CA. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times)
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They loved the beach too much to move. The solution? A sleek home and ADU upgrade

A stroll on Main Street A man walks in front of the Italian Hall (Julius Webster Krause, 1908) at 644 N. Main St. Across Macy Street to the north, the towered building at 700 North Main is the Oscar Macy block (Abram Moses Edelman, 1888). All structures on the triangle shaped lot on which the Macy Block stood were demolished and replaced by a Standard Oil filling station in 1956; the Italian Hall Remains

Lost L.A. comes to life in reissued book about the city before freeways forever changed it

An assortment of store-made plant arrangements, store designed-outdoor furniture and local artisan pottery is seen at Acme 5 Lifestyle in Santa Monica, Calif., on May 15, 2025. (Alisha Jucevic/For The Times)
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10 of the best places to buy patio furniture in L.A.

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They spent $830,000 on a Silver Lake ADU, building a showstopper on a steep hillside

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The 34 coolest, kitschiest, most fascinating motels in California

Inside the colorful, over-the-top home of L.A.’s maximalist queen — and her fave tips

L.A.’s Terminal Island buildings listed among America’s 11 most endangered historic places

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Caitlin Villarreal, her cat Zuse, and their Hollywood penthouse in the Whitley Heights.

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She transformed a historic Hollywood penthouse into a ‘sanctuary’ with secondhand gems

A magical Mediterranean-style penthouse, rumored to have been rented by Stevie Nicks in 1971, offers a safe place to land for entrepreneur Caitlin Villarreal.

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