We’d all assumed the Big One would be an earthquake,” writes Joy Press—“never imagined that Mother Nature might have a different apocalypse scripted for this city.” ...
They all now wonder if the Altadena they knew can be ... Riding away, the couple passed historic Craftsman homes, ’50s bungalows and a Victorian house on the corner – all up in flames.
Historic landmarks by the likes of Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey and a noted Midcentury retreat by architect Ray Kappe have been lost. Here's our residential architecture list, to be updated regularly.
“Their dream was to build a house, and Altadena was the place they could ... It was founded by the late artist and craftsman Jirayr Zorthian, who was a boy when his family fled the Armenian ...
ALTADENA, Calif. – A miracle amid the ash and rubble left behind by one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history. Video has surfaced of an Altadena homeowner returning to his ...
ALTADENA, Calif ... water pressure as professional and inmate firefighters fire-hosed the community of Craftsman bungalows, Tudor homes, midcentury modern structures and Spanish-style ...
She purchased a three-bedroom Craftsman on Las Flores Drive for ... The median sale price of a house in Altadena is now nearly $1.3 million, a figure that few longtime residents could afford.