Availability....

AVAILABLE NOW;

***RENTED***- 11th floor One Bedroom unit, 820 sq ft, south/east corner unit, overlooking Wilshire Blvd with views out to Catalina Island, $1850/month.***RENTED***

AVAILABLE mid-December;

***RENTED***- 5th floor One Bedroom unit, 820 sq ft, south/east corner unit, overlooking Wilshire Blvd & RFK Inspiration Park, $1750/month.***RENTED***

Coming AVAILABLE in January;

***RENTED***- 14th floor (the top!) One Bedroom unit, 820 sq ft, south/east corner unit, Brazilian mahogany details, $1900/month.***RENTED***

Bring Back...

... the original Brown Derby restaurant! What an iconic image and someone should start a campaign to bring this gem back to life and historically accurate. Just look at that image... the Derby could do a booming business today, here in Wilshire Center/Koreatown. Who would not want to be seen going into 'The 'Brown Derby'!?! And yes, that is the Gaylord to the right of the Brown Derby and behind both, sits the Evanston. I like the 'London Shop, Shoppe for Men, Known the World Over' also, where today houses our EYEMAX optical shop on the street level of the Gaylord. Just where did that 'The Brown Derby' neon sign, sitting on top, go??? BRING BACK THE DERBY...

Too Late For Fall...

This past Saturday, we drove up to both Big Bear Lake and Lake Arrowhead to catch the last of the Fall colors and boy was it the last of the Fall colors as seen by the sad, few red leaves left on these trees! Yes, there in the background on the slope is SNOW! Already!?! It was still worth the drive as it was a beautiful, crisp, sunny day with temps in the high 40's to mid 50's while we traipsed along merrily checking out the shops and getting a late lunch. By the time we left in the early evening the temperature had already dipped down to 43 degrees. Brrrrrrrrrrrrr...

Gaylord tenants and fellow Angelenos, it is only a 1.5- 2 hours drive from the Gaylord to these top of the mountain resorts, depending on traffic. And, you are taken away to a whole different, reinvigorating environment. This time we took the back way up from Mentone, on the 38 highway and the views were stunningly spectacular. Back in the 1920's, when the Gaylord first opened, many of its' residents would drive up to Lake Arrowhead (just imagine how long that drive would have taken back then and what the road would have looked like) for a getaway from the city life, so continue the tradition and get out and up there! 

Soon and Now...

Coming AVAILABLE before the Thanksgiving holiday;

- One Bedroom unit, 11th floor, 820 sq ft, south/east corner unit, overlooking Wilshire Blvd with views out to Catalina Island, $1850/month.

AVAILABLE NOW;

***RENTED***- One Bedroom unit, 8th floor, 820 sq ft, south/east corner unit, overlooking Wilshire Blvd & RFK Inspiration Park, $1800/month.***RENTED***

Photo, above, french doors leading into the dining room in one of our units, from 1932 (Photo courtesy of USC Digital Library). 

Two Views...

... with the Gaylord. Both from 1947 and courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library. The top photo is part of the Security Pacific National Bank Collection and the bottom photo comes from the Blackstock Negative Collection. In the top photo, the Gaylord is in the center, but look at the Texaco gas station on the right, at the corner of Wilshire Blvd & New Hampshire... what a beauty! If you had to pull into this station to fill up you would not mind so much shelling out all of your money with a structure like that to look at (and clean!). Why can't they make gas stations look like that again?

'Master'ful One Bedroom...

Coming AVAILABLE for a November 13th move-in date;

***RENTED***- One Bedroom, 4th floor, 1050 sq ft, north, south & west exposures, $1775/month.***RENTED***

Scenes, with Joaquin Phoenix, for Paul Thomas Anderson's masterful film, 'The Master' were shot in and outside of this unit. AND, you get to view the 'HOLLYWOOD' sign from your bedroom window. Live in a part of film history!

Dia de los Muertos...

It is that time of year to remember AND CELEBRATE those loved ones who have passed on, during Dia de los Muertos. With its' roots in Latin America, people from all walks of life join in on the celebration, officially starting on the 1st of November and ending on November 2nd. The largest of festivities in the L.A. area took place this past Saturday at the Hollywood Forever cemetery (photos above, from my day there). It was especially poignant for me, this year, after losing my mother this past December and she surely would have participated! You can still join in on the festivities with upcoming events this weekend in San Pedro, Santa Monica, at Olvera Street in downtown L.A. and at MoLAA in Long Beach. Get online to look up these events as well as many others taking place throughout SoCal and the inland empire.