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Part I is here. Part II is here. As a teen in the 1980s I sat through no small quantity of “youth culture” pictures. Most were terrible. Some were great (Repo Man); some were so-bad-they’re-great (Valley Girl); and some were objectively terrible, and yet absolute genius (Surf II). Some were a cut above, like 1984’sContinue reading “Bunker Hill of the Comet: Bunkerpocalypse, Pt. III”

Part I, detailing the evacuated, Venusian-menaced Bunker Hill of 1954 in Target Earth, is here. People who own Marsak’s Guide to Bunker Hill have sometimes asked how did you get all those shots of Bunker Hill devoid of any sign of life? In my years of architectural photography I have worked to shoot structures withContinue reading “Bunkerpocalypse! Part II”

One of the benefits of loving Bunker Hill is seeing the area depicted on screen. Bunker Hill appeared in early comedies, and later, in television programs, but the Hill is best known for its supporting role in all those moody postwar films noir. Bunker Hill-in-the-movies is of course covered in Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, andContinue reading “Bunker Hill in the Apocalypse”

Three years ago today, I published this post, Robert Frank Goes to Bunker Hill. The most recent issue of photography ‘zine Dog Food is Robert Frank-themed, wonderful in general, but includes a particularly nifty spread called “Anatomy of a Shooting on Bunker Hill” excerpted from my post: If you’re a completist and collect all thingsContinue reading “Robert Frank/Bunker Hill in Dog Food”

After Bunker Hill’s first inhabitants migrated west, the Hill became an enclave of bohemian writers, visionary artists, and vanguard spiritualists. Right? It was, after all, home to the likes of Anna May Wong, Leo Politi, and John Fante; the book Bunker Hill, Los Angeles has a whole section dedicated to its more famed denizens, includingContinue reading “The Bunker Hill Fascist”

October is upon us—the time to celebrate all things dark, and weird, and similarly wonderful. The perfect reading material for such times involves, of course, tales of murder and mayhem. And…Bunker Hill. Gosh, if only there was a publication about the twisted tales of terror from atop Bunker Hill… Huzzah! Bunker Noir! Bunker Noir! isContinue reading “Bunker Noir! On Sale!”

Couple Octobers ago, I wrote this post about former Bunker Hill resident James Oviatt, because at the time there was to be a tour of the Oviatt Building’s famed Olive Street penthouse, focusing specifically on its spookiness. Well, the time has come for me to inform you that this season is similarly graced by aContinue reading “Haunted History of the Oviatt Penthouse!”

Make sure you read Part One! Make sure you read Part Two! And now, for your edification and delectation (and as a shameless plug for Marsak’s Guide to Bunker Hill, on sale!) may I present the third and final installment of Bunker Hill Then-and-Nows: The Modern Years— I trust you have enjoyed these last threeContinue reading “Bunker Hill Then-and Now: Pt. III”

As promised, more then-and-nows! Part I of our three-part then-and-now extravaganza can be enjoyed by clicking here (and there’s a Part III as well). I’ll admit, these then-and-now posts serve a twofold purpose: to broaden the discussion regarding contemporary Bunker Hill, certainly, but also to whet your appetite for exploring modern Bunker Hill’s structures, whichContinue reading “Bunker Hill Then-and-Now: Pt. II”

(Part II is here, Part III is here) Who doesn’t love a good then-and-now photo comparison? (If you hang around this blog, I’m gonna say you do at least). When I moved to Los Angeles thirty years ago, one of my first windows into Old LA was Gernot Kuehn’s Views of Los Angeles, an incredibleContinue reading “Bunker Hill Then-and-Now: Pt. I”