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Boarded Up in Los Feliz...But Not Empty Yet
If you don’t want to live next to urban blight and have a generous housing budget, the neighborhoods closest to Griffith Park are a good bet.
Jul 30
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Speculation, Blight, and Fire Revisited
On this day three years ago, I delved into the demolition by neglect of 570 North Normandie Avenue, which burned after just two months of being left…
Jul 26
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A Nightmare on New Hampshire Avenue
Over a year ago, the elegant El Patio apartment building at 114 South New Hampshire Avenue began to accumulate code enforcement complaints. Three months…
Jul 21
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Scorched House in Studio City...and WTF, ZIMAS
The intersection of Carpenter Avenue and Moorpark Street is in Studio City, but it’s close enough to North Hollywood that I wasn’t terribly surprised to…
Jul 14
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Three Empty Houses ALMOST Burned Down on the 4th
Three early-20th-century houses stand empty on East 22nd Street in Central-Alameda.
Jul 7
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June 2026
Those Yellow Houses in Westlake Burned Again
Six months ago, I wondered why an incident that received an LAFD response wasn’t on LAFD’s Alerts page.
Jun 22
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Nobody Got the Address Right on the Benton Way Fire
LAFD and various news outlets (that I will NOT be linking to) reported a carport fire at 214 Benton Way.
Jun 14
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1885 Cottage Burns in Echo Park
“Scout” lives in Echo Park/Filipinotown and helps out around the community.
Jun 14
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May 2026
Hey LAHD, What Do You Even DO Around Here?
In theory, the Los Angeles Housing Department is responsible for “[solving] unmet housing needs…[balancing] services that regulate and assist both…
May 31
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Scorched in Silver Lake
No neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles is immune to demolition by neglect.
May 29
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Eunisses' Team Ignored Another Information Request. Is Anyone Surprised?
If you’ve been here for a while, you might possibly remember that two years ago I submitted a CPRA request regarding a planned project in Westlake that…
May 16
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An Occupied Building Burns on Hope Street
1225 South Hope Street, home to a Bluebird Office Supplies store, wasn’t vacant.
May 14
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