Was society really more civilized fifty years ago? On May 12, 1959, 22-year-old Robert David Thomas took a "precarious perch" on the parapet of the Broadway Arcade...

Passersby on 7th street likely don't give a second look to this funny-looking little annex on 7th street, a small piece of the Board of Trades building, now SB Main...

The grand opening of Union Station, which turned 70 this week, was almost delayed by the furriest of foes: a gray alley cat named Boots and her three newborn kittens...

On Sunday afternoon, the Jewish Historical Society of Southern California will host Frances Dinkelspiel for a presentation from her book, "Towers of Gold: How One...

When Eugenia Chung and Klaus Schmidt signed a deal to open german restaurant Schmidt's Brauhaus at Olympic and Olive, they took over a building that didn't look...

Another month, another chance to learn about some of Downtown's coolest historic buildings. The Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation offers a three-for-the-price...

On April 1, 1949, Governor Earl Warren and Mayor Fletcher Bowron were on hand as General Petroleum Corporation raised the flag to the top of its new headquarters...