Come to the Book Launch!

As detailed in my last post, there’s a new book about old LA coming to stores near you (does it have Bunker Hill in it? Of course!)…

And to celebrate, this Saturday March 22nd, we’re having a party! Why should you come to this party? I’ll give you five reasons!

It’s at the Central Library. LAPL Central is a breathtaking structure with some of the most sublime interior spaces in the world. Perhaps you’re yet to see the Leo Politi exhibit, or the No Prior Art show (which features patent models and quack medical devices, and if that isn’t a good time, I don’t know what is).

There will be snacks! The invite reads “light refreshments” (I have no idea what that means, though I assume LAPL has rejected my suggestion of étouffée paired with a good Spätlese) so you won’t go hungry.

Be the first to get the book, fresh out of the shrinkwrap and signed to you no less. (And if you need to pick up a copy of the Bunker Hill book, there are signed copies at the library gift shop.)

Parking is easy and cheap. I’m sure you’re thinking ugh, if I go downtown I’ll have to pay $18 to stackpark in some surface lot but no! Parking in the structure under the library is a snap, and Saturday parking is a one dollar flat rate. (Provided you have a library card, which, of course, you do. But if not, go here; you’ve got two weeks.)

Last but not least, there will be me, presenting a nifty slideshow all about Hylen, his book, and the architectural styles contained therein, which you may watch from the plush confines of the Mark Taper Auditorium.

…and if there were a sixth reason, it would be that you could make a day of it downtown, taking in the area’s other wonders, like Angels Flight, Grand Central Market, the Bradbury Building, the Beaux-Arts marvels of Spring and Broadway, etc. Heck, bring along your copy of Before the Freeways as some sort of phantom Thomas Guide of lost L.A.! Then go have drinks in the revolving Bonaventure bar—you know the drill.

At this point you exclaim where do I sign?! Right here, is where:

That’s right, register above or click the Eventbrite link here.

See you there!