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  • Eric Mercado

    Research Editor

    Mercado has been research editor at Los Angeles since 1995, where he oversees the research department and manages the editorial interns. His primary job, however, is making sure no mistakes creep into the magazine. Mercado, a former reporter at Eastern Group Publications in East L.A., served as associate research editor at LA Weekly before coming to Los Angeles.

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Googie Maps

Posted on 5/15/2013 9:31:00 AM by Eric Mercado
Decades before the Google Street View car roamed your neighborhood, pop art icon Ed Ruscha provided his own panoramic take of the famous boulevard Read More

Sisyphus Rising

Posted on 4/18/2013 1:06:00 PM by Eric Mercado
A trip down memory lane at the “Music Box Steps.” Read More

UPDATE: James Dean's Last Stop

Posted on 3/27/2013 10:47:00 AM by Eric Mercado
Reader Nikki Sloan tells us how she stumbled upon the General Store where James Dean was last seen. Read More

Reader Show and Tell: James Dean’s Last Stop

Posted on 3/26/2013 10:56:00 AM by Eric Mercado
Inspired by our February Time Frame, which featured a shot of James Dean filling the tank of his Porsche on the day he died, Los Angeles magazine reader Nicolette Sloan shares her own photo memorializing the actor Read More

Keep on Ticking

Posted on 3/21/2013 10:07:00 AM by Eric Mercado
Built in 1928 by the architect behind the Orpheum, the Wiltern, and El Capitan, the Warner Brothers Theater helped save the fledgling studio, which had been locked out by larger exhibitors. Read More

Ghost Rider

Posted on 2/14/2013 11:10:00 AM by Eric Mercado
The gas station where James Dean filled up before his last ride—then and now Read More

Cross Eyed

Posted on 1/21/2013 2:13:00 PM by Eric Mercado
As it did with so many things worth preserving here, L.A. destroyed much of the original El Pueblo and reimagined it an indigenous stone’s throw away. Read More

Let's Pretend We Have Winter in L.A.

Posted on 12/18/2012 1:19:00 PM by Eric Mercado
Winters in L.A. hardly deserve the seasonal title. But down in L.A. County's equivalent of the South Pole—i.e., Long Beach—the folks behind a permanently stationary ocean liner have created a wonderland for both kids and adults. Read More

Bumpy Ride

Posted on 12/17/2012 1:30:00 PM by Eric Mercado
Since it first landed on Bunker Hill, Angels Flight has had its share of ups and down Read More

Fountain Head

Posted on 11/1/2012 10:49:00 AM by Eric Mercado
Back when everyone knew him as Barry, young Barack Obama was just another cool kid discovering Marx and Nietzsche at Occidental College... Read More

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