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Empty Los Angeles: The Podcast

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877 N. Bunker Hill Ave., an unfinished apartment building, burning down on 9/13/24.

Destruction and Displacement in Chinatown

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6743 Irvine Avenue, burned down to the studs and actively on fire, behind two silver SUVs.

What Happened to 6743 Irvine Avenue?

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217 E. Vernon, a three-story wood framed building under construction, being extinguished by firefighters.

From Upzoned to Up In Flames

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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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Screenshot from KCAL news report, showing 1200 Industrial Street on fire, with the fire being fought from the roof of the Olympia Hotel SRO next door.

RIP Kohler Street...Again

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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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1027 N. Heliotrope Drive, a two-story Craftsman house, before and after a 2020 fire.

If You Really Loved LA, You Wouldn't Let It Burn

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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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Screenshot of 500 Lucas Avenue, a beige and cream Gothic medical building. Signage above the doors reads "Eye & Ear Hospital Building".

Dr. Jesberg and the Derailed Adaptation

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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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1432 N. Detroit Street, a Spanish-style bungalow, fenced off from the street.

The Burning of Los Angeles

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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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Drone shot of 1025 S. Crenshaw Blvd., a one-story commercial property, showing holes in the roof, heavy tagging, trash, and overgrown weeds.

The Forgotten Landmark Rotting on Crenshaw

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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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Boarded Up in Hancock Park

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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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Screenshot of civil suit against Airbnb host Vladyslav Yurov, who with some helpers and LLCs, is being sued by the city under California's Unfair Competition law.

Dear City Attorney Hydee Feldstein-Soto,

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Screenshot of proposed site plan for subdivision of Scott Avenue Court, showing two duplex-style units in the bungalow court converted into single-unit dwellings.

Will The Owner's Plan Bungle a Bungalow Court?

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8779 South Hobart Boulevard, a single-story Spanish-style house behind a chain-link fence and on a lot with overgrown vegetation.

The House on Hobart Boulevard

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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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Listing photo showing 9300 and 9302 Exposition Boulevard, two postwar bungalow-style homes.

Why Should Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Demolition of Developer-Owned Buildings?

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7406 S. Figueroa Street, a two-story apartment building, boarded up and on fire against the night sky.

Why Empty Buildings are EVERYONE's Business

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"We need to talk" superimposed over an image of the California State Capitol Building.

Open Letter to the California Senate: AB 2580 Is Seriously Flawed

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Photograph of the Stires Staircase Bungalow Court, ten white Spanish-style bungalows flanking a staircase. This was taken before demolition but after the mature trees had most of their branches cut down.

Ten Little Bungalows

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Screenshot of 1765 Vista del Mar Avenue in Hollywood burning down around 1:30 am on June 8, 2024. The Hollywood Tower's neon sign is visible in the background.

Empty RSO Housing, Public Corruption, and Fire: Hell Is Other People

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Holland Hotel, a decrepit four-story red brick building, with the nearby Hotel Mayfair in the background

The Holland Hotel Has Been Empty for HOW Long?! *Updated 6/6*

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Screenshot of 1816 N. Wilton Pl., a white two-story Craftsman house with boarded-up windows, a red roof, and red front steps, before it burned down

LAHD Neglected A 1911 Bungalow to Death

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Screenshot of one of three problematic properties on West View Street.

Are Hostels Hostile?

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Picture of 7-story Hollywood Arts Collective under construction on the left, dwarfing two-story Cielo Hotel on the right.

Did Construction Of An Affordable Housing Complex Damage a Neighboring Hotel?

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Street View, dated July 2017, of the "Melrose Hostel", aka four misappropriated apartments.

Is This Hollywood Hostel Even Legal?

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Screenshot of Westside Current article referenced in post.

1200+ City-Owned Project Homekey Units Vacant For Two Years

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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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Screenshot of permit and inspection report for 10800 Otsego Street, showing four recent closed complaints

The Battle of Otsego Street, Part 2

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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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The Santa Monica Sears is Coming Back...as Sci-Fi World!

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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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Empty Since 1991 and Under Attack *Updated 9/10*

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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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Screenshot of 109-111 S Union Ave, a two-story cottage in poor condition.

Why Is This Cottage Empty?

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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 Sachs apartments' Peerspace listing

The Sachs Situation Sucks, Part 1

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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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Time Is Running Out for Venice's Artists

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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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Chart showing Douglas Emmett Inc.'s political expenditures: $566,000 for Traci Park, $250,000 opposing Karen Bass, $200,000 opposing Faisal Gill, $50,000 against Measure ULA, $50,000 to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce PAC, and $50,000 opposing Danielle Sandoval.

Who's Buying Who?

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Twelve of the 18 bungalow duplexes on Grand View Avenue, backing up to an alley filled with trash. Courtesy of Steve Lucero/The Artery.

36 RSO Units Gone

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Screenshot of 10936 Otsego Street, a Spanish-style cottage with a fence, boarded up windows, and obvious signs of neglect.

The Battle Of Otsego Street

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Photo courtesy of the LA Times. Shows a tagger spray painting the heavily tagged Oceanwide Plaza tower. Five stories are visible.

LA Has Drawn The Tower

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Screenshot of the icon for "The Housing Terminology Playbook" in white letters on a green background, crossed by "Not So Fast" in black letters.

Awesome? Are You Sure About That?

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Screenshot of Tarek El Moussa's tone-deaf LinkedIn post calling non-flippers "scared".

Go Flip Yourself, Tarek

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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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Picture of tagged bungalow court with overgrown, trash-strewn green space. Photo courtesy of Esotouric.

We Need Housing, Not More Hotels

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Screenshot of Reddit post on long-term vacancies around the city

Oh, We Noticed, All Right.

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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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Screenshot of previous blog entry on Yamashiro, with BUSTED stamped over an antique photograph of the historic palace.

Finally, Some Good News

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Screenshot of ZIMAS map showing 412 East 5th Street, aka the Southern Hotel, on Skid Row

REAP What You Sow

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Barrington Plaza tower with palm trees

Barrington Plaza Update: The Landlord Lied

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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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I Have Some Concerns About Inside Safe

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Screenshot of LA Public Press' headline for article on renoviction

The Horrors of Renoviction

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WDSU News screenshot of a woman holding up a "Neighbors Not Tourists, No Airbnb" sign

Tell City Council: Enough Short-Term Rentals Already!

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Screenshot of updated map with 1,048 black balloons showing home-share citations

Mapped: 1,048 Home-Sharing Citations

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Screenshot from Otsego Tenants Association video stating that unpermitted roofing work was performed in July 2023

"Luxury Villas", My Ass

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1346 North Fairfax Avenue, a 1919 bungalow flanked by mature trees and two taller buildings. The house has burned down. Image courtesy of Google Maps.

Fire on Fairfax

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Two Homes Empty Since 2017

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Graphic for Where Has All the Affordable Housing Gone? exhibit in Venice

Death (of affordable housing) in Venice

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2519 West 4th Street, a beige two-story apartment building next to palm trees and under a blue sky with white clouds.

Doomed In Westlake

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The Hollenbeck house on fire against the night sky, taken by Mr. Smurfy from a window in his own home.

Nine Fires: A Neighbor's Story

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The 1928 Jardinette Apartments, taken by Wikimedia user Junkyardsparkle

WTF Is Happening to the Jardinette Apartments?

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Fire-damaged remains of dilapidated Hollenbeck residence at 436 S. Boyle Ave.

Ignored by the City, Lost Forever

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Screenshot of LA Public Press' main page, including a shocking exposé on "relocating" rent controlled tenants.

You Should Be Reading LA Public Press

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Google Street View screenshot of 5510 S. Manhattan Place, a white bungalow with a gray roof, red porch, and green lawn.

Two City-Owned Homes To Be Sold *Updated 10/18*

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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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Ellis Act Stories, Chapter 1: Kevin

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Entrance of the Spanish Colonial Revival El Mirador apartments, Ellis Acted and left empty for years.

We Need to Talk About the Ellis Act

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Screenshot of LA Times article on lawsuit over short-term party house rentals

It's About Damn Time

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Taix French Restaurant, a single-story French Alpine-style building, taken before the recent bad paint job and removal of plants

What's REALLY Going On With Taix?

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Picture of the March 18, 2022 arson fire at 11057 Hartsook Street, a ten-unit bungalow court.

Greed, Arson, and an HGTV Host

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570 Normandie, a cream-colored three-story home with visible signs of neglect and a demolition permit posted on the fence. Photo by Kim Cooper.

Speculation, Blight, and Fire

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Google Street View of Dunamis House, a large yellow three-story building, in 2022

Graduated! Congrats to Dunamis House!

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Picture of 2040 Rodney Drive, an empty modern apartment complex with chipping paint, thick foliage, and a Dumpster.

29 Units and a Pool, Rotting in Los Feliz

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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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Antique postcard of Yamashiro, a lavish Japanese mansion on a hilltop in Hollywood.

Et Tu, Yamashiro? *UPDATED 7/18*

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Overhead picture of LAPD fireworks explosion, courtesy CBS News. Shows the exploded containment vessel, an overturned car, a tree, power lines, and copious smoke obscuring the rest of the blast damage.

LA Has Repeatedly Failed East 27th Street

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Image of the Doors "Morrison Hotel" album, taken through the painted window of the Morrison Hotel lobby. Rooms were $2.50 in 1969.

Two Residential Hotels, Sans Residents

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Picture of "Pillarhenge", which is an undeveloped lot with over twenty pillars from an abandoned project. The lot is behind construction fencing and has some graffiti tags.

A Future for Pillarhenge

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Redfin listing photo of 1627 Glendale Boulevard, a gray Craftsman bungalow that has been extensively repaired.

Little House off the Freeway (Graduating!)

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Image of the 108 Motel, a beige one-story motel in poor condition, via Google Maps.

The Nuisance Motel

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Image of the closed Boyle Heights Sears store, a Streamline building with a tower and neon signs.

What Will Become of the Boyle Heights Sears?

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Open Letter to Airbnb

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Boarded-up bungalow court on a street with two sapling trees and two parked cars.

The Little Bungalow Court

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A yellow ranch house with overgrown plants and debris in the yard.

Empty, Neglected, and in a Really Nice Neighborhood

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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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Picture of Barrington Plaza, a high-rise apartment complex in Los Angeles, against a blue sky and flanked with tall palm trees.
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Eight Floors Empty for Three Years: Barrington Plaza (Updated 6/12/23)

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Empty, partially demolished buildings on Bunker Hill.

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