What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I am a 3rd generation New Yorker on both sides of the family.  I grew up in NJ, about 30 minutes outside the city, my 88 year old Grandma Pearl Rose still lives in the Bronx (and walks everywhere), and both my parents and both their…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connections? I was born in New York City, and I spent the first 8 years of my life on the Upper WestSide. My dad is a “business man”, and my mom owned a tiny second floor knitting shop. With busy parents, I had a nanny and would…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I was born and lived in Hollywood until 4th grade, when we moved to the valley (Van Nuys and Studio City). I moved to NYC after graduating from Cornell in 2005 and am now back living in Chinatown after a break for grad school in 2008-10….

What’s your historical connection to Los Angeles and New York? I moved to Los Angeles from Boston, MA in 2003. I was working as a graphic designer/office manager/PR for a small avant garde extreme music record label called Hydra Head records. The two partners had decided to move to Los Angeles and I was along…

What’s your historical connection to Los Angeles and New York? I can appreciate the history in both cities, though less so the infrastructure. I find that both cities value their physical history so little. The mansion used in the most iconic film of its time, Sunset Boulevard (and also the first Getty owned property in…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I was born in Valencia, and didn’t even make it to visit NYC until 2005—my boyfriend surprised me with a trip for NYE.  Ironically enough, I got extreme food poisoning the first night, yet I still decided at one point I’d live in NYC. I then…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I was born in the Valley of the great-1-8, then moved to the Westside in 4th grade, and then came to NYC freshman year of college to attend NYU in 2003.  My current lifestyle: NYC > LA > NYC every 6 weeks. Describe your experience in…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I moved to Los Angeles in 2003 in a very romanticized way after a 6 week roadtrip cross-country from Boston. I had that feeling that dreams grew on trees and mine were ripe for the picking. I remember driving down Sunset Blvd for the first time…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? LA and NYC have been my homes for the past decade and I’ve coast hopped three times now. First from the east coast – Upstate New York – via an extended cross country drive in a stuffed Ford Taurus. The fashion industry and the general thought…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York City connection? I was raised in Fort Greene, Brooklyn as a third generation, first born daughter.  When I was 17, I met my boyfriend and we were together for 3.5 years long distance. As he wanted to be a screenwriter in 2006 after college, he moved to…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I grew up in a small town in Southwestern Florida, which needless to say gave me my fill of gorgeous and tranquil. Busy and crowded was the next thing to check off of my list!  I moved to New York City in 2001 – in short,…

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I went to Archer—it was a rigid environment where all of the liberals sent their kids, and it built a strong foundation, but Gallatin (where I went to college ultimately at NYU) provided a great opportunity to focus on whatever I wanted—which ended up being travel…