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On Bunker Hill is the exclusive distributor of vintage Downtown Los Angeles photos from the George Mann Archives. Come explore the portfolio here.

A 1947project Exclusive: nine incredible large format photos of the Historic Core circa 1903-10, for just $18 postpaid. To get your set, click here.

Visit Off Bunker Hill, an online discussion of the weird old L.A. that's not there anymore. Recommended reading: "Bunker Hill, a Los Angeles Landmark Recorded in Words and Pictures" by Arnold Hylen

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Until we migrate all the old posts to the new site, visit the 1947project archives here

Kim edits Scram, a journal of unpopular culture

Nathan's book, "Los Angeles Neon"

Larry has a pretty good idea who killed the Black Dahlia... and an even better idea of who didn't

Joan has a nicer collection of vintage cosmetics than you'll ever find, so don't even try.

Kim and Nathan with the Crime Bus

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7 Days in L.A. - the most interesting guided tours

ModCom Saves Buildings

Los Angeles Time Machines, surviving and historic restaurants

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LA Observed

Film Noir Foundation & Noir City Fest

Larry Harnisch's Daily Mirror Crime History Blog

Alan K. Rode, Writer and Film Noir Polymath

Cemetery Guidebook "The Stars of Hollywood Forever"

Karie Bible's Cemetery Tour and Film Radar

Life and Death in L.A. crime film blog

L.A. Times seeks our "L.A. Noire" expertise

Los Angeles Magazine's "Ask Chris" digs Nathan Marsak's "L.A. Noire" game time travel trip

August 2006: Los Angeles Magazine proclaims the Crime Bus Tours among the best of L.A.!

"[One] of the best true crime sites on the Net." -Rolling Stone

CourtTV: The Bus Ride To Hell, And Back

Video: G4's Blair Butler on the Crime Bus

Wheels of misfortune: Bus tours Dahlia haunts

Pasadena Weekly cover story: Killer Ride

Pasadena Star-News: Sunny streets, deadly pasts

L.A. Times: Perfect Year For A Slay Ride

The Downtown News Rides the Crime Bus

CBS.com rides along on the Crime Bus

Michael Linder of KNX Newsradio visits 1947project

Click for THE CASE OF THE WALING WRISTWATCH: As heard on KPCC radio's Pacific Drift LA noir episode

RAVIN' NATHAN ALERT: Hear the Podcast of the 1947project radio feature by Chris Vallance for BBC5

L.A. Times interview

The L.A. Blogging Tinderbox

The LAist interview

The 8763 Wonderland interview

"Brilliantly, unhealthily obsessed... We can't imagine our daily routine without it." -LAist..."Imaginative and ambitious." -Rodger Jacobs... "L.A.'s best blog-noir." -LAVoice... "1947project is much more than just a blog. It is fantastic literature which just happens to be presented in the blog format. If you're a fan of noir, or just a proud Angeleno, you're going to love it." -Wil Weaton