[dropcap style="book"]F[/dropcap]rom 1979 to 1990 my father’s Jewish bookstore, J. Roth/Bookseller, was located in a small neighborhood known as Pico-Robertson. Squeezed between Mid-City/Carthay Circle and Beverly Hills/West L.A., it was once a quiet residential...
Laurence Roth | Sep 20, 2013
The last time I was in Los Angeles I made a point of driving by 9427 West Pico Boulevard, the location of my father’s Jewish bookstore from 1979 to 1990. It was located in a small neighborhood known as Pico-Robertson, an area squeezed between Mid-City/Carthay...
Laurence Roth | Jul 17, 2013
Like many folks I play hooky from my work routine by ghost walking on “street view” in Google Maps, touring places I’ve been to or plan to see. So when I get the urge to revisit my father’s bookstore I can do what I’m doing as I write this: gazing at the Google...
Laurence Roth | Jul 16, 2013