nickcarr
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Liquor in Yermo
Yermo, CA. When the freeway bypassed the town in the 1960s, 90% of the town’s businesses closed.
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Prince of the Valley
If Prince had a ranch house in the Valley.
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Whenever I’m over by Warner Brothers, I love seeing this delightful row of storybook homes on Hollywood Way in Burbank. Built in the 1940s, they’re located just outside what used to be known as the Columbia Ranch backlot, now the Warner Bros Ranch. Although legends abound that they had something to do with Walt Disney…
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Beverly Farms to Beverly Hills
As a kid, I grew up a few towns over from Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, an extremely wealthy community comprised of old New England money and ancient sprawling estates that would put the Clue mansion to shame. Beverly Hills, California, was named after Beverly Farms. Was it because developer Burton Green appreciated its history? Did he…