Screenshot of podcast landing page.

Empty Los Angeles: The Podcast

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Trash fire burning at 749 Kohler Street, a two-story brick industrial building.

RIP Kohler Street...For the THIRD TIME

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Paul Landacre's rustic cabin, perched on a hill in Echo Park.

The Printmaker's Cabin

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Screenshot of permit application for the Garfield Building to be retrofitted and converted into a hotel.

Garfield Building Update: The Ball is Rolling!

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LAFD fighting a fire at the Hollywood Playhouse in 2022.

The Play's The Thing...Except in Hollywood

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226 W. Manchester Avenue, a single-story building painted black with a red barrel tile roof and tagging.

Two Empty Restaurants on Manchester Avenue

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Screenshot of LADBS code enforcement problems regarding Betty's Diner. Most common is "abandoned or vacant building left open to the public".

Bye Bye, Betty's Diner

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The Pacific Dining Car, a one-story wood framed building with a red tile roof, with tents along its front wall.

Latest Fire: The Pacific Dining Car

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119-121 N. Mathews Street, a small yellow duplex, taken in 2022.

The Flipper and the Corpse

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Screenshot of KTLA story on massive Kohler Street fire, showing very tall flames against a dark sky.

RIP Kohler Street

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6401 Camellia Avenue, a 1940 single-story bungalow, on fire.

Damn It, ANOTHER House Fire?!

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Street view capture of 1422 S. St. Andrews Place, a yellow/beige three-story Craftsman multifamily home with a gray roof.

Four Fires in Four Empty Buildings in Ten Days

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Street View of 3455 W. 8th Street, a boarded-up, defaced one-story former Korean restaurant.

Up in Flames in Koreatown

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Google Maps screenshot of 425 N. Lake Street, a two-story white Craftsman house flanked by mature trees, before the fire

Fire in Filipinotown

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718 W. 30th Street, a yellow two-story 1905 Craftsman home, on fire late at night.

Requiem for 718 W. 30th Street

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Google Street View of 4215-4221 Maycrest Avenue, aka the Maycrest Bungalows, an eight-unit Tudor Revival bungalow court dating to 1925 and empty since 1991.

Emptied Decades Ago and In Imminent Danger: Save The Maycrest Bungalow Court!

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Street view of the boarded-up 1895 Peabody Werden house.

Speak Up for the Peabody-Werden House!

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320 South Soto Street burning down, with a fire truck nearby.

The Blighted Burger Stand Burned...Again

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Picture of the blighted midcentury campus at 1111 W. 6th Street, with trash and heavy tagging.

Oh, We Noticed, All Right, Part 2 *Updated 8/8*

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Photograph of 320 South Soto Street, a blighted and heavily tagged former burger restaurant.

From Burgers to Blight in Boyle Heights: This Would Never Happen in Hancock Park

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Screenshot of seven empty, heavily vandalized, and blighted RSO bungalow court units at 5212 Melrose Avenue.

Open Letter to Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez

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Image of a backlit plastic cross over a stained glass window at the former B'nai B'rith Lodge. The elaborate Batchelder tile facade is shown up close.

Why The F@#$ is Catholic Charities Improperly Demolishing B'nai B'rith Lodge with NO Replacement Project or Demo Fencing Ahead of their Court Date?

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Picture of the Modernist Jardinette Apartments, courtesy of Wikimedia user Junkyardsparkle

Things are Looking Up at the Jardinette Apartments *Updated 4/21*

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Three pictures of construction messes and damage at the Sachs Apartments

The Sachs Situation Sucks, Part 2

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Screenshot of email promising to deliver requested documents by "the end of the day, Friday, March 29."

Hey Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, Your Pants Are On Fire

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Misadventures in CPRA Requests

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Screenshot of video clip showing the 7 heavily vandalized bungalow units at 5212 Melrose.

Why is Hugo Soto-Martinez Allowing Demolition of 7 RSO bungalow court units at 5212 Melrose With NO Replacement Project?

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Revolting email from the Venice Chamber of Commerce, bragging about securing an alcohol license and Conditional Use Permit despite the Waldorf/Venice V being RSO housing

Rules For Thee, But Not For Me: How the Waldorf Was Lost

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Side view of the former Waldorf Hotel, an early 20th century white building, with a fire escape. Venice Beach is in the background.

ACTION ALERT: Save the Waldorf's 36 RSO Units!

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Image of 1432-1434 South Beverly Drive, a two-story Spanish duplex surrounded by mature landscaping.

Civic Corruption and a Doomed Duplex

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Picture of framed, but not completed, 5-story tower flanked by two smaller buildings.

Why You Can't Trust Developers

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Screenshot of the warrant issued for Shray Goel's arrest in California, charging him with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Image uploaded to Scribd by Allie Conti.

The Scam and the Indictment

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Stires Staircase Bungalow Court, ten small bungalows in two rows facing a narrow courtyard, with severely pruned mature trees and a wide lawn. Image courtesy of Silver Lake Heritage.

Have No Faith: The City Doesn't Give a #$%! About RSO Renters

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Screenshot showing considerable vandalism on the roof of the empty and unsecured Wilshire Professional Building

Wasting Away on Wilshire Boulevard

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Screenshot of LA Public Press' headline for article on renoviction

The Horrors of Renoviction

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Two Homes Empty Since 2017

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The 1928 Jardinette Apartments, taken by Wikimedia user Junkyardsparkle

WTF Is Happening to the Jardinette Apartments?

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Screenshot from property listing boasting that tenants were Ellis Act evicted more than 5 years ago. Sickening, isn't it?

Ellis Act Stories, Chapter 2: Three Buildings on Sunset Boulevard

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Google Street View image of 8809 Sunland Boulevard, a small Midcentury Modern doctor's office. When the picture was taken in 2021, it had been repurposed as a marijuana dispensary.

The Blighted Medical Building

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Picture shows a distressed small house in a dead yard with a chain link fence, a mature tree, and multiple trash bins.

There's an Empty House Rotting on a Venice Canal

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