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Mr. Lara at the Tea Room

Two of my fondest memories about Wilshire Boulevard involve a building that was thankfully saved, the Bullocks Wilshire ...

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Following the Models at Bullocks

I grew up in Los Angeles. My family and my aunt and uncle’s family lived on Plymouth near 3rd Street and 6th and A...

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My Favorite Spot

Bullocks Wilshire was a favorite spot to shop. Thirty years ago when I moved to L.A. from New York, I loved to shop ther...

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1966

I came to California in 1966 so I have no memory of growing up here, but have heard dozens of friends talk about their e...

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Modeling at the Bullocks Wilshire Tea Room

I worked about 3-4 blocks from Bullocks Wilshire on Shatto Place. At lunchtime, my two co-workers and I loved to walk ov...

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Saw Ella at the Cocoanut Grove

I remember Bullocks Wilshire, since I attended First Baptist Church — late 1930s, early ’40s. Where to go fo...

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Four Days That Made an Impression

I was transferred to Los Angeles in 1999 from Washington, D.C. to work at the 2000 Democratic National Convention. I had...

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Watching History Being Demolished

Growing up as a child in the ’80s in Los Angeles, I never realized the importance of the Ambassador Hotel. I passe...

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Prom 1987 at the Ambassador Hotel

I celebrated my Belmont High School prom in 1987 at the Ambassador Hotel.

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Filming at the Ambassador

I worked on a movie that shot some scenes at the Ambassador Hotel — I am originally from a small town and I have a...

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Playing with the Cocoanut Grove Orchestra

I remember the Ambassador Hotel, May Company, Petersen Museum (formerly Ohrbach’s, which had the best Japanese res...

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Commander Unander

I remember going to cotillion at the Ebell and on a lucky night getting to go out for ice cream sundaes at what was then...