Beaudry: I found your post to be very interesting, even though it was Mark L's grandfather who started all this!
Ethereal: Regarding your interest in Sunset Blvd -- a very long time ago, I was a very casual acquaintance with a person who would eventually write the book on Sunset Blvd! Or at least, write
a book on Sunset Blvd...
It's still
available at Amazon. Maybe you already own it!
Last year she started a blog about Los Angeles locales, but unfortunately she seems to have abandoned it. The
site is still up, though.