Updates: The architecturally significant houses destroyed in L.A.’s fires
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.
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After the Eaton Fire, these Altadena residents return — with despair and hope — to homes in ruins
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 ...
The New York Times1mon
Shattered in the Fire: A Historic Black Haven
She purchased a three-bedroom Craftsman on Las Flores ... a Black enclave within Altadena is in peril, after Ms. Taylor and many other residents lost homes in the blistering Eaton fire.
Los Angeles Times20d
Against all odds, Black residents built something remarkable in Altadena. Then the fire came
The four-bedroom home on Highview Avenue that ... Veronica Jones, the former chair of the Altadena Town Council, president of the Altadena Historical Society and lifelong Altadenan, said she ...
Los Angeles Daily News1mon
Altadena’s historic Black community pulls together after destructive Eaton fire
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 ...
Wall Street Journal23d
Los Angeles Fires Ravaged a Historic Black Neighborhood. Now Residents Wonder Who Will Return.
Some 81% of Black households in Altadena own homes, compared with 32% across Los Angeles County. Median home values for Altadena’s Black households were $961,000 in 2023, compared with $677,700 ...
CBS News26d
Eaton Fire devastates historic Black community: "A history book just lit on fire"
When she spoke to CBS News on Thursday, her first morning back in Los Angeles after evacuating to a family friend's home in Nevada, Richard-Craven had not yet been able to visit Altadena since the ...
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After the Eaton Fire, these Altadena residents return — with despair and hope — to homes in ruins
Altadena, California (CNN ... Riding away, the couple passed historic Craftsman homes, ’50s bungalows and a Victorian house on the corner – all up in flames. From the road, she frantically ...