Not For Tourists Guide to Los Angeles 2014

692 Pages·2013·69.99 MB·English

by  Not for Tourists

Published and designed by: Not For Tourists, Inc NFT —NOT FOR
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TOURISTS Guide to LOS ANGELES
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www.notfortourists.com
Publisher Writing and Editing
Skyhorse Publishing Meg Favreau
Patricia Glowinski
Creative Direction & Information Design Scott Sendrow
Jane Pirone
Research
Director Jess Bender
Stuart Farr
Graphic Design and Production
Managing Editor Aaron Schielke
Scott Sendrow Sarah Smith
Production Manager Information Systems Manager
Aaron Schielke Juan Molinari
Printed in China
ISBN# 978-1-62636-052-5
eISBN# 978-1-62873-583-3
ISSN 2163-9124 $24.95
Copyright © 2014 by Not For Tourists, Inc.
13th Edition
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we have learned.
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Dear NFT Reader,
Don’t believe the East Coast partisan propaganda. There is a functional mass
transit system in Los Angeles, and we’ll show you how to use it. But the other
side of the country does get one LA stereotype right: we remain a city in love
with the internal combustion engine. It’s not a reciprocal romance—your car
won’t plan the date by itself, and it assuredly never pays for anything while
continuing to suck your bank account dry. But NFT can wing for you. As usual,
the Not For Tourists guide to LA is designed to fit snugly under the driver’s seat,
and be easily retrieved while watching the road. When you’re parked in 405
traffic, you can thank us for the reading material.
But NFT isn’t just for drivers. It’s for anyone who wants to make this somewhat
maddeningly designed, palm tree-peppered concrete jungle a home. We invented
sprawl, y’all, and it’s well nigh impossible to find one’s way around without
good leads. When the Bruins, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Academy Awards
bottleneck traffic, we’ll show you alternate routes. When you find yourself
trapped in the tangled Downtown freeway plug, we’ll show you how to unclog
yourself. And when you don’t feel like driving (or, heavens forfend, your car is
in the shop), we’ll show you the bank branches, grocery stores, and cheap
hangouts that have been hiding out in your neighborhood this whole time.
“It’s a nice place to live,” said Mark Twain, “but I wouldn’t want to visit.” That’s
why, even if you’re just in here for the weekend, we want you to see Los
Angeles through the eyes of savvy Angelenos y Angelenas. There’s a lot to see,
and it’s not all bucolic beaches, bottle-blondes, and lettuce lunches. If LA is a
materialist mecca and the world’s most prolific illusion factory, it’s also the
globe’s most “global” metropolis and we sent some of the smartest, most
curious, most hype-resistant people we know to sup, drink, dance, listen, learn,
browse, play, exercise, relax, shop, visit, mingle, and report on the melting pot
within the melting pot.
Without fail or pause, Los Angeles changes. Thus, while this book is the essence
of our mission, we’re pretty sure this computer thing isn’t a fad, and we also
work hard and late to stay current at www.notfortourists. com. If your favorite
art gallery folds, or you finally find a place in this town with a good deep-dish,
please let us know. NFT never sleeps. As a complement to the book and the
website, we’ve launched our very own swank iPhone apps. The books and the
apps are not mutually exclusive—there are some things that this book will do
best for always, but the iPhone app will serve as our evolving, ready-reference
take on city life. It will geo-locate you anywhere in Los Angeles, and allow you,
dear NFT user, to kvetch to us, directly, instantly, about anything.
Like we always do about this time, we’d like to thank our contributors for their
work. Another flash of the movie-star smile goes to the office staff, for making it
happen. And a final thanks to you, dear reader, for exploring Los Angeles with
us.
Happy navigating,
Jane, Scott, Meg, et al.

Table of Contents
Central LA
Map 1 • Beverly Hills
Map 2 • West Hollywood
Map 3 • Hollywood
Map 4 • Los Feliz
Map 5 • Silver Lake Echo Park Atwater
Map 6 • Miracle Mile / Mid-City.
Map 7 • Hancock Park
Map 8 • Korea Town
Map 9 • Downtown
Map 10 • Baldwin Hills
Map 11 • South Central West
Map 12 • South Central East
Map 13 • Inglewood
Map 14 • Inglewood East / Morningside Park
West Side & the Beach
Map 15 • Pacific Palisades
Map 16 • Brentwood
Map 17 • Bel Air / Holmby Hills
Map 18 • Santa Monica
Map 19 • West LA / Santa Monica East
Map 20 • Westwood / Century City
Map 21 • Venice
Map 22 • Mar Vista
Map 23 • Rancho Park/Palms
Map 24 • Culver City
Map 25 • Marina del Rey / Westchester West
Map 26 • Westchester / Fox Hills Ladera Heights LAX