City Living in the News
This Old House: Best Old House Neighborhoods
Best Place for Movie Fans West Adams, Los Angeles, California March 2010 – Once home to Los Angeles's wealthiest 19th-century bankers and mining execs, West Adams seems like a studio backdrop for...
Variety: Edgy neighborhoods attract frosh buyers
L.A.'s historic core appeals to young industryites June 18, 2008—Despite Los Angeles’ residential real estate market downturn, it’s still not a slam-dunk for young Hollywood’s prospective first-time...
Los Angeles Times: Banking on the Value of History
September 30, 2007—In a city whose population disdains aging, it's more than a little ironic that older homes in designated historic districts have become quite the rage. Twenty-eight years after...
Los Angeles Times: Old? It’s gold
November 19, 2006 — In the name of progress, history is often destroyed. One of the biggest mistakes owners of older homes make is altering or removing original features in the name of home...
LA Weekly: Welcome to Gentrification City
August 23, 2006 — Paul Giannotti couldn’t wait another day to embrace the big city. Bored in his placid corner of the San Fernando Valley, he had been searching for a shorter commute, an apartment...
The New York Times: National Perspectives; Home Prices Are Rising In a Historic Los Angeles Area
July 4, 2004 — In just six months, Kim Watson figures, his house in the West Adams section of Los Angeles has appreciated by $200,000. Though it hasn't been appraised recently, he and his wife,...