Ever wanted to research more about the apartment/house you live in? Wonder when it was built, who built it, who lived there and more? The Los Angeles Conservancy has updated their website with a Historical Research Guide which has step by step instructions on how to undertake such a task. I've been somewhat successful in researching my apartment, work and boss' house just for kicks. The interesting part (I think) is to see the original certificates of occupancy which you can request for a nominal fee through the Department of Building and Safety. Think about it...most of us live in older structures that have been around for numerous years, imagine the stuff the four walls around us have seen.
Happy Hunting!!!
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And all the rooms they smell like diesel
And you take on the dreams of the ones who've slept there
And I'm lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...
- From Tom Wait's "9th and Hennepin"
Posted by: | December 10, 2005 at 10:29 AM