Historic landmarks by the likes of Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey and a noted Midcentury retreat by architect Ray Kappe have been lost. Here's our residential architecture list, to be updated regularly.
Altadena seemed like a secret just outside the reaches of Los Angeles. “I felt it was like back home — peaceful and calm and a little secluded,” said Shirley Taylor, who was raised in North ...
Crystal Dedeaux and her 81-year-old mother Virginia peer from the car window and watch what is left of their west Altadena neighborhood ... the couple passed historic Craftsman homes, ’50s ...
Thousands of Los Angeles families lost their homes ... with a number of historic houses used in iconic movies and TV series threatened or destroyed. That includes the Altadena mansion seen ...
As wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles, Altadena, one of the city’s historic Black neighborhoods, is facing catastrophic destruction. The Eaton Fire has spread rapidly throughout the area ...
Amongst the thousands of acres set aflame by the Los Angeles wildfires, Altadena ... a historic & large Black community,” one user wrote on X. “Stories of generational Black-owned homes ...
According to Pastor George Hurtt, most of New Revelation’s parishioners live in Altadena. The city is home to a historic Black population whose ancestors fled the Jim Crow system of racial ...
The Eaton Fire has devastated many of Altadena’s residents, including the city’s sizable and historic Black community ... where they have owned homes for generations. Denise and Adonis Jones, a Black ...
For many, it's not just the loss of their homes but it's also the loss of their community. Among the ashes in Altadena includes the community’s history of acceptance and diversity.