Madelynn Amalfitano

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For the Record

Madelynn Amalfitano
Photos by Julie Pavlowski OLD RECORDS, HUNDREDS OF THEM, ARE SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF THE AVAILABLE counter space in Ryan Paravecchio's kitchen. Some are still in album covers — there are '70s bands such as the Bar-Kays, plus an occasional Kool & the Gang platter — but mostly it's just......

Hollywood Ups and Downs

Madelynn Amalfitano
1886: H.H. Wilcox buys a 120-acre area of Rancho La Brea at $150 per acre and christens it Hollywood. 1889: The main street, Prospect Avenue (later changed to Hollywood Boulevard), is paved. 1893: Vine Street is named after former Senator Cornelius Cole’s vineyard. 1901: French painter Paul DeLongpre builds an......