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LAVA Videos
Broadway On My Mind #17: The Jails of Old Los Angeles
LAVA co-founder Richard Schave invites you to join him, Nathan Marsak, Gordon Pattison, and other special guests for the latest free walking tour in the series Broadway On My Mind. Join us for a walk around Temple and Broadway to the sites of the historic jails of old Los Angeles. You’ll learn about the places where criminals were housed, judged […]
LAVA Sunday Salon March 2017
ABOUT THE MARCHÂ 2017 SALON & WALKING TOUR: Making Sense of Parker Center This edition of the LAVA Sunday Salon and Broadway on My Wind walking tour looks at the Police Facilities Building (Welton Becket & Associates and J. E. Stanton, 1955). Better known as Parker Center or The Glass House, this downtown landmark is facing […]
LAVA Sunday Salon February 2017
ABOUT THE FEBRUARY 2017 SALON & WALKING TOUR: The LAVA Sunday Salon is delighted to welcome back the esteemed poet and educator Suzanne Lummis as she curates a second series of Poem Noir readings. Starting in the basement of Grand Central Market, Suzanne will describe the defining characteristics of this poetry, whose dark themes, atmosphere, […]
LAVA Sunday Salon January 2017
Nathan Marsak On “Lost Romanesque Los Angeles” On the last Sunday of the month during the hours of 2-5pm, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles for the Sunday Salon, featuring a presentation by a LAVA Visionary and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. Immediately after the Salon, a walking […]
Downey’s Googie Phoenix: Harvey’s Broiler 10th Anniversary Restoration Celebration
Esotouric invites you to celebrate one of the most unlikely happy endings in Southern California historic preservation: the restoration of the partially demolished Harvey’s Broiler (Paul B. Clayton, 1958) as Bob’s Big Boy (2009). This event is one of a series of 10th anniversary special event happenings through 2017. For decades, Harvey’s Broiler (later Johnie’s […]
LAVA Sunday Salon October 2016
On the last Sunday of each month during the hours of noon-2pm, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor or an attendee, we recommend […]
LAVA Sunday Salon September 2016
On the last Sunday of each month during the hours of noon-2pm, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor or an attendee, we recommend […]
LAVA Sunday Salon August 2016
On the last Sunday of each month during the hours of noon-2pm, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor or an attendee, we recommend […]
Pereira in Peril: LACMA Campus (1965)
Please join architectural and Southern California historians Alan Hess and Richard Schave for the second in their series of free architectural site visits and talks, “Pereira in Peril.” Come explore the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (William L. Pereira, 1965), and learn about the proposed redevelopment of the campus and the inherent threat this […]
Broadway On My Mind #16: Lost Tunnels
LAVA co-founder Richard Schave invites you to join him, Nathan Marsak, Gordon Pattison, and other special guests for the latest free walking tour in the series Broadway On My Mind. Tour attendees will gather in the basement of Grand Central Market following the LAVA Sunday Salon,. We’ll begin with a brief slide show, We’ll begin with a brief slide show, then […]
Broadway On My Mind #15: Hill Street
LAVA co-founder Richard Schave invites you to join him and other special guests for the latest free walking tour in the series Broadway On My Mind. Tour attendees will gather in the basement of Grand Central Market following the LAVA Sunday Salon,. We’ll begin with a brief slide show, then set out to explore lost […]
LAVA Sunday Salon July 2016
On the last Sunday of each month during the hours of noon-2pm, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor or an attendee, we recommend […]
LAVA Sunday Salon June 2016
On the last Sunday of each month during the hours of noon-2pm, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor or an attendee, we recommend […]
Broadway On My Mind #14: Hill Street
LAVA co-founder Richard Schave invites you to join Nathan Marsak and other special guests for the latest free walking tour in the series Broadway On My Mind. Tour attendees will gather in the basement of Grand Central Market following the LAVA Sunday Salon,. We’ll begin with a brief slide show, then set out to explore […]
LAVA Salon May 2016
Dateline, Los Angeles LAVA Sunday Salon returns from hiatus! New location: Grand Central Market (basement level). On the last Sunday of each month during the hours of noon-2pm, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #13 June 2016
LAVA co-founder Richard Schave invites you to join Nathan Marsak and other special guests for the latest free walking tour in the series Broadway On My Mind. Tour attendees will gather in the basement of Grand Central Market following the LAVA Sunday Salon, which features a talk by Nathan Marsak on old Bunker Hill and […]
A Dashiell Hammett Evening
Dashiell Hammett is remembered for both for his contributions to hard-boiled crime fiction and his stand against McCarthyism. Join Hammett scholar and granddaughter Julie M. Rivett as she explores her grandfather’s controversial political life, his relationship with Lillian Hellman, and the decades of consequent troubles that have tangled Hammett’s estate. Don’t miss this rare opportunity […]
The LAVA Salon — Jim Tully: A Hobo in Hollywood
OTHER TULLY EVENTS: Laughter in Hell screening at the American Cinematheque (October 10); Bonnie Cashin Lecture at UCLA Special Collections (October 11); Jim Tully’s Hollywood walking tour (October 14). ABOUT JIM TULLY: The son of an Irish ditch-digger, Ohio-born Jim Tully (1886-1947) hit the road in 1901, spending most of his teenage years in the company […]
The LAVA Salon at Musso & Frank — That Side of Paradise: Dorothy Parker & F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Garden of Allah
On Monday, July 23, you are invited to join writers Adrienne Crew and David Kipen for a lively, informative and sometimes heartbreaking inquiry into the experiences of Dorothy Parker and F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood, as they searched for that elusive thing: a means by which a gifted writer could work in the remunerative field […]
LAVA Salon at Musso & Frank – Raymond Chandler’s Underworld with John Buntin
Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go. . . On Monday, April 30, you are invited to join John Buntin, author of L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City, for a fresh look at the Los Angeles underworld of the 1920s and ‘30s. This is the culture which informs noir […]
The LAVA Salon at Musso & Frank featuring Dan Fante
The Boys In The Back Room For much of the mid-20th Century, to rub shoulders with America’s greatest novelists and screenwriters, one needed merely to go to the corner of Cherokee Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard. Here, within the tight triangle of the Writer’s Guild offices, Musso & Frank Grill and the Stanley Rose Bookshop, flowed […]
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LAVA Salon Video Template
On the last Sunday of each month, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor or an attendee, we recommend Salon attendance as an introduction […]
LAVA Salon Video Template
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
Include A Restoration Option For The Pershing Square Design Competition
The following people have shared their opinion that the Pershing Square design competition should include a restoration option. In response to their messages, the Pershing Square Restoration Society was invited to meet with representatives of Pershing Square Renew and Council District 14, and informed that a restoration option will NOT be included for a public […]
Crossing the L.A. River on the Sixth Street Bridge
A drive over the Sixth Street bridge from Downtown into Boyle Heights at dusk in the final weeks of the bridge’s existence. A long good-bye. Youtube Channel link for Drive Over Sixth Street Bridge
Port of Los Angeles Archives In Danger
Sign The Petition! The Port of Los Angeles Archives Need Your Help Port of Los Angeles Archives Building, 2010-15 In early 2015, the Port of Los Angeles clandestinely closed its archival facilities and ended its program to preserve and protect its historic records. These estimated 25,000 linear feet of historic material now face: Lack of […]
Saving Angels Flight
Since 1901. . . Angels Flight Needs Your Help A Los Angeles Original It’s so much fun to ride and has so much historical significance that we think of it as a novelty sometimes. It’s actually an important economic link. Mark Murphy, executive director of the downtown theater REDCAT What You Should Know About Angels […]
Brother Pancake’s invocation for the Reopening of Clifton’s Cafeteria
Poor Clifton’s Cafeteria! The Downtown L.A. landmark hasn’t even reopened yet after its four year, multi-million dollar restoration / reinvention, yet it’s already received a blistering review from Megan Koester, a comedienne who attended the VIP press preview. But the trouble with Clifton’s isn’t that it’s been closed for 1446 days (and didn’t re-open as planned […]
Joan Jobe Smith on Go-Go Dancing and Charles Bukowski at the LAVA Sunday Salon April 2015
On the last Sunday of each month, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles, for a structured Salon featuring formal presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor or an attendee, we recommend Salon attendance as an introduction to this […]
LAVA visits Ernest Batchelder’s Dutch Chocolate Shoppe
To watch this video on YouTube, click here.
LAVA Salon May 2015
The Photography of Kristin Bedford: Race, History & the Divine Los Angeles-based photographer Kristin Bedford will be presenting her series of photographs about the legacy of the African-American religious leader Father Divine. The body of work delves into issues of race, American religious history, and the mystery of enduring faith. Father Divine, known to his […]
LAVA Salon April 2015
Join poet and memoirist Joan Jobe Smith for an afternoon of poetry & storytelling at the LAVA Sunday Salon. The newly published Tales of An Ancient Go-Go Girl by long-time Long Beach, California resident Joan Jobe Smith, is a picaresque True Tale, a 50-year Glotessey spanning the 1965 Los Angeles Watts Riots, near death at […]
LAVA Salon March 2015
Architectural Historian Nathan Marsak, the LAVA Visionary of the Year for 2015, presents on the forgotten architectural landscape of nineteenth-century Los Angeles—a lost world whose most salient impulse was toward the imposing, rough-hewn blocks of the Romanesque. The common narrative regarding the visual development of early Los Angeles usually involves the native vernacular of the pueblo, […]
LAVA Salon February 2015
Join LAVA Visionary and art historian Dr. Paul Koudounaris, author of “Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures and Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs” and “The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses” for a very special presentation inaugurating the relaunch of the monthly LAVA Sunday Salon at Library Bar. Demonically-Possessed Cats with Dr. Paul Koudounaris […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #12 August 2014
Join us the latest installment of The Flaneur & The City: Broadway On My Mind walking tour series. (This tour series was originally titled Broadway Streetscape Master Plan Awareness walking tour.)  About This Tour: This month’s tour will be the fourth of several tours which focus on the architect Robert Brown Young, whose career spans the […]
LAVA Salon August 2014
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Salon July 2014
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #11 July 2014
Join us the latest installment of The Flaneur & The City: Broadway On My Mind walking tour series. (This tour series was originally titled Broadway Streetscape Master Plan Awareness walking tour.)  About This Tour: This month’s tour will be the third of several tours which focus on the architect Robert Brown Young, whose career spans the […]
LAVA Salon June 2014
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #10 June 2014
Join us the latest installment of The Flaneur & The City: Broadway On My Mind walking tour series. (This tour series was originally titled Broadway Streetscape Master Plan Awareness walking tour.) About This Tour: This month’s tour will be the second of several tours which focus on the architect Robert Brown Young, whose career spans the […]
LAVA Salon May 2014
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #9 May 2014
Join us the latest installment of The Flaneur & The City: Broadway On My Mind walking tour series. (This tour series was originally titled Broadway Streetscape Master Plan Awareness walking tour.) About This Tour: This month’s tour will be the first of several tours which focus on the architect, Robert Brown Young, whose career spans […]
LAVA Salon April 2014
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #8 April 2014
Due to circumstances beyond our control, this tour was canceled. Youtube Channel link for Broadway On My Mind Walking Tour Series
LAVA Sunday Salon March 2014
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #7 March 30th 2014
This tour will focus on buildings designed by Claud Beelman around 8th & Broadway. Our goal with these tours is to explore the history of the built environment on Broadway, while seeking to understand the scope of the work of Strategy One, Phase One of the Broadway Streetscape Master Plan and the “Road Diet,” which has […]
LAVA Sunday Salon February 2014
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #6 February 23rd 2014
Join us as we restart the post-Salon walking tour series with the new year. February will bring John Parkinson back into focus as we take a stroll down “Parkinson Alley,” that stretch of West 5th Street stretching from Spring through Broadway and Hill which is thick with examples of this iconic Los Angeles architect’s work. […]
LAVA Sunday Salon January 2014
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Sunday Salon December 2013
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Sunday Salon November 2013
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #5 November 2013
This month’s installment of the Broadway On My Mind walking tour features Poem Noir. We will walk north on Broadway, observing some significant structures before making a base at Third Street. The tour will migrate between Grand Central Market, Angels Flight and the Bradbury Building, with topics including the market’s opening in 1917, a remarkable […]
LAVA Sunday Salon October 2013
STREET CLOSURE ALERT: The Rock n’ Roll Half Marathon is scheduled from 7am-1pm in downtown Los Angeles on the day of the Salon. Please read on for routing suggestions to avoid delays and frustration. Here is a map of the road closures for the marathon, and a listing of street opening times in the marathon’s wake. Thoughts on […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #4 October 27th, 2013
Join us the latest installment of The Flaneur & The City: Broadway On My Mind walking tour #4. (This tour series was originally titled Broadway Streetscape Master Plan Awareness walking tour.) The tour will focus entirely on the history of the development of Bullocks department store starting at 7th & Broadway, up west along 7th to […]
LAVA Sunday Salon September 2013
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #3 September 2013
Tour guide is Richard Schave (Esotouric/LAVA). We will be walking along South Broadway, between 9th and 8th Streets, focusing on the theaters as well as the original retail stores along the block. This month we will be joined by Poet/Real Estate Broker, Ed Rosenthal, for both insights and some verse on Broadway and the changing […]
LAVA Sunday Salon August 2013
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #2 August 25 2013
Tour guides are Nick Matonak (Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation), Mike the PoeT and Richard Schave (Esotouric/LAVA). We will be walking along South Broadway, between 6th and 8th Streets. Youtube Channel link for August 2013 Broadway On My Mind Walking Tour
LAVA Sunday Salon July 2013
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the last Sunday of […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #1 July 2013
Tour guides are Nick Matonak (Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation), Mike the PoeT and Richard Schave (Esotouric/LAVA). We will be walking along South Broadway, between 6th and 8th Streets, with a focus on the following locations: Wurlitzer Building St. Vincent Court Palace Theater Yorkshire Apartments Youtube Channel link for July 2013 Broadway On My Mind […]
LAVA Sunday Salon June 2013
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the […]
LAVA Sunday Salon May 2013
Join LAVA for our revived free monthly Sunday Salon series. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles Theatre. On the […]
LAVA Sunday Salon April 2013
On the last Sunday of each month, LAVAÂ welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. Please note that there will be no LAVA Sunday Salon on April 28, 2013, due to the transportation and access […]
LAVA Sunday Salon March 2013
Join LAVA for our second free monthly Sunday Salon since November 2011. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles […]
LAVA Sunday Salon February 2013
Join LAVA for our first free monthly Sunday Salon since November 2011. We return to South Broadway, to the mezzanine of Les Noces du Figaro, which was recently opened by the family behind Figaro Bistro in Los Feliz. This handsome space was formerly Schaber’s Cafeteria (Charles F. Plummer, 1928), and the mezzanine features wonderful views of the Los Angeles […]
Clifton’s Unveiling
On the evening of February 7, 2012, the “modern” metal grate that was applied to the historic 1935 facade of Clifton’s Cafeteria circa 1962 was removed in advance of the next day’s press conference about plans for the building’s restoration. This video shows stills of the removal process, and the unveiling itself.
The LAVA Salon at Musso & Frank featuring Dan Fante
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon November 2011
On the last Sunday of each month, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor or an attendee, we recommend Salon attendance as an introduction […]
LAVA Sunday Salon September 2011
p>On the last Sunday of each month, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor […]
LAVA Sunday Salon August 2011
On the last Sunday of each month, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor […]
LAVA Sunday Salon June 2011
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon July 2011
On the last Sunday of each month, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor […]
LAVA Sunday Salon May 2011
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon April 2011
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon March 2011
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon February 2011
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon January 2011
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon December 2010
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon November 2010
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon October 2010
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon September 2010
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon August 2010
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon July 2010
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon June 2010
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon April 2010
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
LAVA Sunday Salon March 2010
On the last Sunday of the month starting in March 2010, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles (noon-2pm), for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA […]
Broadway On My Mind Walking Tours
Broadway On My Mind #17: The Jails of Old Los Angeles
LAVA co-founder Richard Schave invites you to join him, Nathan Marsak, Gordon Pattison, and other special guests for the latest free walking tour in the series Broadway On My Mind. Join us for a walk around Temple and Broadway to the sites of the historic jails of old Los Angeles. You’ll learn about the places where criminals were housed, judged […]
Pereira in Peril: LACMA Campus (1965)
Please join architectural and Southern California historians Alan Hess and Richard Schave for the second in their series of free architectural site visits and talks, “Pereira in Peril.” Come explore the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (William L. Pereira, 1965), and learn about the proposed redevelopment of the campus and the inherent threat this […]
Broadway On My Mind #16: Lost Tunnels
LAVA co-founder Richard Schave invites you to join him, Nathan Marsak, Gordon Pattison, and other special guests for the latest free walking tour in the series Broadway On My Mind. Tour attendees will gather in the basement of Grand Central Market following the LAVA Sunday Salon,. We’ll begin with a brief slide show, We’ll begin with a brief slide show, then […]
Broadway On My Mind #15: Hill Street
LAVA co-founder Richard Schave invites you to join him and other special guests for the latest free walking tour in the series Broadway On My Mind. Tour attendees will gather in the basement of Grand Central Market following the LAVA Sunday Salon,. We’ll begin with a brief slide show, then set out to explore lost […]
Broadway On My Mind #14: Hill Street
LAVA co-founder Richard Schave invites you to join Nathan Marsak and other special guests for the latest free walking tour in the series Broadway On My Mind. Tour attendees will gather in the basement of Grand Central Market following the LAVA Sunday Salon,. We’ll begin with a brief slide show, then set out to explore […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #13 June 2016
LAVA co-founder Richard Schave invites you to join Nathan Marsak and other special guests for the latest free walking tour in the series Broadway On My Mind. Tour attendees will gather in the basement of Grand Central Market following the LAVA Sunday Salon, which features a talk by Nathan Marsak on old Bunker Hill and […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #12 August 2014
Join us the latest installment of The Flaneur & The City: Broadway On My Mind walking tour series. (This tour series was originally titled Broadway Streetscape Master Plan Awareness walking tour.)  About This Tour: This month’s tour will be the fourth of several tours which focus on the architect Robert Brown Young, whose career spans the […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #11 July 2014
Join us the latest installment of The Flaneur & The City: Broadway On My Mind walking tour series. (This tour series was originally titled Broadway Streetscape Master Plan Awareness walking tour.)  About This Tour: This month’s tour will be the third of several tours which focus on the architect Robert Brown Young, whose career spans the […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #10 June 2014
Join us the latest installment of The Flaneur & The City: Broadway On My Mind walking tour series. (This tour series was originally titled Broadway Streetscape Master Plan Awareness walking tour.) About This Tour: This month’s tour will be the second of several tours which focus on the architect Robert Brown Young, whose career spans the […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #9 May 2014
Join us the latest installment of The Flaneur & The City: Broadway On My Mind walking tour series. (This tour series was originally titled Broadway Streetscape Master Plan Awareness walking tour.) About This Tour: This month’s tour will be the first of several tours which focus on the architect, Robert Brown Young, whose career spans […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #8 April 2014
Due to circumstances beyond our control, this tour was canceled. Youtube Channel link for Broadway On My Mind Walking Tour Series
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #7 March 30th 2014
This tour will focus on buildings designed by Claud Beelman around 8th & Broadway. Our goal with these tours is to explore the history of the built environment on Broadway, while seeking to understand the scope of the work of Strategy One, Phase One of the Broadway Streetscape Master Plan and the “Road Diet,” which has […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #6 February 23rd 2014
Join us as we restart the post-Salon walking tour series with the new year. February will bring John Parkinson back into focus as we take a stroll down “Parkinson Alley,” that stretch of West 5th Street stretching from Spring through Broadway and Hill which is thick with examples of this iconic Los Angeles architect’s work. […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #5 November 2013
This month’s installment of the Broadway On My Mind walking tour features Poem Noir. We will walk north on Broadway, observing some significant structures before making a base at Third Street. The tour will migrate between Grand Central Market, Angels Flight and the Bradbury Building, with topics including the market’s opening in 1917, a remarkable […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #4 October 27th, 2013
Join us the latest installment of The Flaneur & The City: Broadway On My Mind walking tour #4. (This tour series was originally titled Broadway Streetscape Master Plan Awareness walking tour.) The tour will focus entirely on the history of the development of Bullocks department store starting at 7th & Broadway, up west along 7th to […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #3 September 2013
Tour guide is Richard Schave (Esotouric/LAVA). We will be walking along South Broadway, between 9th and 8th Streets, focusing on the theaters as well as the original retail stores along the block. This month we will be joined by Poet/Real Estate Broker, Ed Rosenthal, for both insights and some verse on Broadway and the changing […]
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #2 August 25 2013
Tour guides are Nick Matonak (Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation), Mike the PoeT and Richard Schave (Esotouric/LAVA). We will be walking along South Broadway, between 6th and 8th Streets. Youtube Channel link for August 2013 Broadway On My Mind Walking Tour
LAVA Broadway on My Mind walking tour #1 July 2013
Tour guides are Nick Matonak (Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation), Mike the PoeT and Richard Schave (Esotouric/LAVA). We will be walking along South Broadway, between 6th and 8th Streets, with a focus on the following locations: Wurlitzer Building St. Vincent Court Palace Theater Yorkshire Apartments Youtube Channel link for July 2013 Broadway On My Mind […]