Times' new feature on LA history

Photographs from the Huntington Library Above, the Shorb home, torn down by Henry Huntington to make way for his mansion.

Lost L.A. Today's Home section introduces a new feature by Sam Watters. The first installment looks at the history of the Huntington estate in San Marino. The Shorb home after extensive remodeling. Watters writes: When the current mortgage crisis ends, someone is going to make big bucks. Probably developers. They'll buy up houses at bargain prices, tear them down, put in a subdivision and start hawking mortgages. The L.A. investor's rule: It's never about the house; it's about the land. Few knew this better than speculator Henry E. Huntington. Daily Mirror readers will recall an earlier post on Huntington's project.