Architectural Tour of the Artsy Los Angeles Neighborhood of Silver Lake
by Scott S. Smith“Los Angeles has the world’s most diverse architecture because people came here wanting to do what wasn’t allowed or encouraged elsewhere,” said More …
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7 Tours Unique to Los Angeles
by Emily MantheiAn underrated treasure in Los Angeles is its unique architecture, from experimental Richard Neutra- and Frank Gehry-designed homes in hillside neighborhoods to the More …
What To Do in Southern California
by Alyssa Schwartz One of the best ways to travel back to those golden days of Charlie Chaplin and Errol Flynn is on an architecture More …
Architecture Is The Rising Star In Downtown Los Angeles
by Scott Smith “Los Angeles has the most diverse architecture of any American city because people from all over the world came here and began More …
Postcard from LA: Johnny Depp rubs shoulders with a once-faded old dame
By Lindy Percival Massino points out evidence of this urban renewal during a five-hour tour run by the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. Waved off More …
Hollywood’s Adventure In Architecture
By Steven S. Smith Architectural historian and author Laura Massino of Architecture Tours L.A. www.architecturetoursla.com (323/464-7868) is working hard to raise the city’s profile by More …
When in Los Angeles…
By Judy Colbert Laura Massino will lead you in a choice of six architectural tours of the city ranging from two-three hours (for $75-$80) to More …
Silver Lake tour shows off LA’s bricolage of architectural styles
by Simmone Howell Our guide and driver is Laura Massino Smith, an art historian and ex-New Yorker who fell in love with LA’s bricolage of More …
The Fresh Face of Downtown L.A.
By Rachel WillPhotographs by Jessica Sample THE NEXT DAY I meet Laura Massino Smith for an architecture tour of Downtown. I’m typically not one for More …
Destination Modernism
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