Photo Essay: Plunging Into the Biltmore Hotel's Tiled Pool Palace

I haven't written about the Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles yet—despite having taken a tour with the Los Angeles Conservancy—because I just didn't think I had anything to add to the existing reporting.

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Located opposite of Pershing Square—once Downtown LA's "Central Park"—the Beaux Arts-style hotel by Schultze and Weaver gets a lot of press coverage, and for good reason. Today, this architectural masterpiece provides luxury accommodations much as it did back in 1923, when it was the largest hotel west of Chicago.

Photo Essay: A Tour of The Jonathan Club for the Common People

The Jonathan Club always seemed like one of those LA places I'd never get into—so unlikely, in fact, that I never tried and never even added it to my bucket list.

But then the Los Angeles Conservancy hosted public tours at the end of January—and finally, my ship came in.

Photo Essay: Subway Terminal Building, Above Ground

At a get-to-know-you lunch today, a new acquaintance asked me, "So what are the places you haven't been able to get into yet?"

I immediately answered him with, "The tunnels below the Subway Terminal Building."