On moving to Los Angeles thirty-some years ago, the first thing I did was set out looking for Old L.A. — driving around downtown with Hylen’s Los Angeles Before the Freeways in my lap, like some sort of phantom Thomas Guide.
Finding examples of this seminal, indispensable book has always been a tall order (with only 600 copies printed by Dawson’s Books in 1981) so I made it my task to reproduce the thing, a decades-long journey culminating in its re-release this month.
Read all about it by clicking this link!
https://bunkerhilllosangeles.com/2025/03/01/huge-news-new-book-los-angeles-before-the-freeways/
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