Author Archives: Nathan Marsak

Out now! Two years in the making, Marsak’s Guide to Bunker Hill is the only illustrated guidebook to each and every intriguing structure atop today’s post-redevelopment Bunker Hill. You see, after Bunker Hill, Los Angeles and its companion Bunker Noir!, I thought it high time that—à la eponymous guidebooks like those of Murray, Baedeker, Fodor,Continue reading “NEW! Marsak’s Guide to Bunker Hill!”

Spectrum showed up at the Flight the other day, where esteemed anchor Jada Montemarano asked some questions about what it is and why it’s great. Take a look here! On a related note, I also hold forth on the Flight in a video from some years ago, here:

This weekend being the LA Times Festival of Books, I expect to see you cavorting about the panels and performances but, amid your gambolling, please don’t forget to cavort on over to the Angel City Press tent (Booth #119, near the Tommy Trojan statue) and pay me a visit on either (or both) Saturday andContinue reading “Festival of Books—This Weekend!”

Poking about the internet today, I found this new-to-me movie posted by the Office of Image Archaeology. It’s pretty neat! The uploading fellow said if you know any locations post ’em in the comments, which I commenced on to doing, but then, ended up here. The film has some nice shots of Hollywood, and theContinue reading “A New Movie!”

Happy Presidents’ Day! Yes, I know it’s really Washington’s Birthday (it irks me George is not celebrated specifically, he being my first cousin) but, I’ll accept it. After all, who morphed Washington’s Birthday into Presidents’ Day? The mighty Angeleno, that’s who: among those many things invented in Los Angeles, Presidents’ Day is among them, asContinue reading “The President of Bunker Hill”

So I’m on the Instagram, when there on the page of forgottenmadness_la, was this post. FMLA noted that the nifty image was part of a LIFE magazine feature titled “Ugly America,” shot by Walter Sanders. I flew immediately to the greater collection, archived at Google Arts & Culture, here. I am deeply indebted to FMLAContinue reading “A New Trove of Bunker Hill”

There is, course, no better way to ring in the holiday season than with a three-hour tour, specifically, one focused on serial killers, bar brawls, gangster abductions, desecrated cemeteries, and other horrible happenings. Oh, and a subterranean race of Lizard Men. Two weeks from today—Saturday, December 17th—the good folk at Esotouric are hosting the BunkerContinue reading “Bunker Noir TOUR!”

Quick, how many former residents of Bunker Hill have appeared on United States currency? I can hear you now yelling “ooo! ooo! DeWitt Clinton!” but sorry Horshack, no, and you’re way off. We’re talking about a woman, and on a coin. At which point you wise up and say “ahhhh, right—because I read this, IContinue reading “Bunker Hill—Home of the Stars!”

First, one must establish what gift is best, in this spookiest of holiday seasons—the answer being a copy of Bunker Noir!, of course, replete as it is with horrible horrors, terrible terrors, and all manner of wacky weirdness. Now, you may purchase copies directly from me, and I have as well made them available viaContinue reading “Where Can You Buy the Perfect Hallowe’en Gift?”

UPDATE! Due to overwhelming demand, the ADSLA has added ANOTHER tour! Yes, tickets for a November 6th ‘encore tour’ are now available. Buy soon: we anticipate them to sell out rapidly! Click here! https://artdecola.org/events-calendar/spooky-oviatt-tour-2022-encore It is the Spooky Month! There’s certainly no dearth of spookified going-ons around town, but if I may make a suggestion:Continue reading “A Haunted History of the Oviatt Penthouse!”