Bunker Hill, Los Angeles

Greetings, my friend.

By now I trust you are familiar with the book Bunker Hill, Los Angeles. In all likelihood you even own said book (or by some chance you do not, a sorry state you must thus remedy immediately).

When compiling my book, I was informed by the publisher that the Hill’s vaster quantity of vice and murder and generalized noir, which I intended to dutifully include, was…too much. 

As such, I compiled those particular historical tidbits into a handy-dandy easily-digestible pulp magazine, in the style of the great lost pulp mags of yore, for your edification and delecation. 

Its name is Bunker Noir! and it’s a hoot. She’s a full-color, 56-page, 12×9” crime & weirdness extravaganza. Every inch of it Bunker Hill. We cover the Klansmen, serial killers, fatal bar brawls, and ancient lizard men that make the Hill special. 

They should in theory be all printed and ready for you by the end of next week, in my hands about the 18th, I’m told. Check back here for its printing progress and how to purchase. If you really want to keep on top of its publication, get sent a message when it’s hot off the presses! Do that by signing up here on Substack.

Limited edition, so don’t miss out!

I’m not sure if the review is a good one or not, but like they say, there’s no such thing as bad press…but more importantly:

To have my name, along with those of Chandler and Fante, in a printed publication embedded amongst Chinese characters, is a blessing too meaningful to describe. (And that my book was rightfully transformed into a 450-page, 6×12″ edition is an absolute joy.)

Join me tomorrow at noon for a rollicking cavalcade of Bunker Hill wackiness! Sign up here!

This Saturday at 3:00pm, Hennessey + Ingalls Art and Architecture Bookstore will host the esteemed Frances Anderton, and me, talking Bunker Hill.

Frances Anderton, I don’t have to tell you, is the real deal. And author of Grand Illusion.

Register for the event here.

On Saturday, November 14, I’ll be showing slides and talking Bunker Hill for the good folk of the Society of Architectural Historians, Southern California Chapter:

Details about attending may be had here.

You may read the article in its entirety by turning to page nine of this issue.

One thing, though. I most assuredly did not say I hung around “Grand Central Library.”

TOMORROW!

Yes, tomorrow, Sunday 18 October at 3:00pm, an online virtual event, AKA an hour of slides of cool stuff you likely haven’t seen before, so come check it out:

The Lost Legacy of Art Deco and Modern Architecture on Bunker Hill

The architectural landscape of old Bunker Hill, before being bulldozed in the 1960s and redeveloped, is often thought of as only filled with florid Queen Anne Victorian houses and sprawling clapboard Edwardian apartment buildings.  But it was much more than that—there existed Art Deco, Late Moderne, and Modern structures intermingled among the gingerbread, too.  In this presentation, developed specially for the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles, historian Nathan Marsak will take you up onto pre-redevelopment Bunker Hill to investigate some of the demolished treasures built between 1925-1955 that once stood in Los Angeles’s first suburb. 

Get your tickets here:

https://artdecola.org/events-calendar/bunker-hill-los-angeles-the-essence-of-sunshine-and-noir-a-virtual-book-talk-with-author-nathan-marsak

That is correct. Vroman‘s—Southern California’s oldest and largest independent bookstore—is having an event:

Next Monday, October 5th. You may register for said event by clicking here. I’ll be Powerpointing my way through lots of cool slides, taking questions, throwing glitter, the works. See you there!

The Great Book Launch of 2020 is upon us! Now normally we’d all be somewhere with wine and cheese, but this time you have to consume your own wine and cheese. (But hey, at least you get to be in your jammies.) It’s free! Watch me pontificate on Powerpoint! Ask me questions! Drink all the wine and eat all the cheese without anyone judging you! Tonight at 6:00!

Register for this this event by clicking here.