2008

When Hollywood Was a Place to ‘Winter’

Everyone in L.A. wishes they’d had the foresight to buy real estate here before California became synonymous with “most expensive homes on the planet.” That was the case 100 years ago, when Hollywood was a little-known rural winter retreat for rich Midwesterners. Check out this entry on the L.A. Times cops and crime blog, The Daily Mirror.  […]

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The Scientologists are Coming

  The long-neglected Alexandra Hotel, straddling Roxbury and the South End at Mass Ave and Washington Street, finally found a new owner: the Church of Scientolgy. The church, looking to increase it’s Boston presence, purchased the 22,000 square foot structure for renovation Following a South End tradition, the Alexandra fell into disrepair shortly after its

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