Where a teen rock journalist became ‘Almost Famous’ – Cameron Crowe recounts San Diego past
Cameron Crowe and Kate Hudson at the Magnolia Theatre, beneath a projected photo of him interviewing Kris Kristofferson. (Photo by Peter Blackstock/Times of San Diego) For Cameron Crowe, all roads lead back to San Diego. He was onstage Thursday night at the Magnolia in El Cajon, speaking with actres
In San Pedro, The Modest Modernism Of Edward H. Fickett, $1.2M
Edward H. Fickett [1916-1999] was a prolific L.A. architect—whose reputation was—until recently, very much under the radar, probably because he was responsible for designing over 50,000 tract homes that would eventually cover the L.A. basin in the post-WWII building boom. As such, Fickett was succes
San Diego’s sunlit silent-era mystery: Viola Dana before Hollywood
Title: Viola Dana Abstract/medium: 1 negative: glass; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Date 1900. (Photo via Wikipedia/public domain) Long before movie stars filled red carpets, a few of them might have been kicking up sand right here in San Diego. Among the early screen talents who may have worked here was Vi
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