Monday, Apr 04, 2016
Underground LA: Exploring the city’s hidden haunts
by EllaBuchan
The glitz, gloss and glamour of Hollywood is all very well, but to find the real Los Angeles you have to scratch beneath the surface, open unmarked doors and wander down unassuming alleyways. From hidden boozers to secret rooftop gardens and a network of tunnels used during Prohibition, here’s how to see underground LA.
Underground LA | Mystery Pier Books
The cottage exterior of Mystery Pier Books © Mystery Pier Books
Mystery Pier Books.
Duck down a stone staircase off Sunset Strip and wind down a dimly lit passage to reach this charming cottage framed by blooms. This literary treasure trove is famed for its range of first editions and antiquarian books, counting Johnny Depp, Daniel Craig and Martin Scorcese among its customers.
This shop is so incredible they ought to charge admission ---
I've died and gone to heaven.Here's to a long, long friendship ---
Wow! Amazing shop! Now I have to learn how to read ---
More a museum and place of treasure than a shop. A dream.
This bookshop possesses great artistry. Harvey & Louis are raconteurs, bon vivants & bookmen of the highest element.
I could spend a lifetime here!
I've been to bookshops all over the world, and Mystery Pier is by far the best ---
Home from home. ---
Mystery Pier Books is like the most wonderful museum, except you get to buy the exhibits.
A delight!
From the moment I walked through the door, I found magic on the shelves of Mystery Pier Books ---
A must for every L.A. visit ---
Mystery Pier has single-handedly turned me into a collector of First Editions -- If I'm lying I'm flying!!! This bookshop possesses great artistry. Harvey & Louis are raconteurs, bon vivant & bookmen of the highest element ---
I love it here!
With much gratitude ---
I could spend days here! ---
I LOVE the shop!