Christopher Gialanella - President & Publisher, Los Angeles Magazine

Tell me about where we're at today.

All right, so right now we are at the Engine No. 28 restaurant, which is a historic restaurant.

The building itself is actually historic, and it's been around since 1910.

And it's also the home of Los Angeles Magazine.

We're actually on the third floor here.

But the reason why I wanted you to see this space is not only is it magnificent and has a lot of character, it's also part of what we do in the magazine world.

We utilize this for events.

We utilize this for pop-ups.

And you know, when the Dodgers won the World Series, we had a huge event here.

The parade came right down to Figueroa.

So am I added to your list now with all these events? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

That was the fun.

Manny, our chef, was out there making burgers.

I was behind the bar making cocktails, even though I have no idea how to make a cocktail, but the place was packed.

And again, Bringing the community together is what we love to do.

And Los Angeles Magazine

is part of that history of our city.

We are celebrating 65 years.

Our original publisher, Jeff Miller, he started the magazine in Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive back in the early 60s.

And the idea was he wanted to create a magazine that catered to the consumers of la shopping dining travel you name it so he built this magazine up really remarkable guy i never met him but i did meet his widow catherine who is wonderful and you know through the years la magazine has gone through different ownership from fairchild to disney to ms to our media and now um it's privately owned right now by two attorneys in los angeles we kind of wanted to bring it back to L.A. And then my background being in the publishing field, I was at Modern Luxury for 23 years.

And then I had the opportunity to come to Los Angeles and kind of this is an iconic magazine.

So who wouldn't want to really be involved in something like LA Magazine.

And, you know, I also have sister magazines.

We have Orange Coast Magazine down in Orange County, which we're celebrating 50 years.

We had our 50th anniversary.

Tell me about where we're at today.

All right, so right now we are at the Engine No. 28 restaurant, which is a historic restaurant.

The building itself is actually historic, and it's been around since 1910.

And it's also the home of Los Angeles Magazine.

We're actually on the third floor here.

But the reason why I wanted you to see this space is not only is it magnificent and has a lot of character, it's also part of what we do in the magazine world.

We utilize this for events.

We utilize this for pop-ups.

And you know, when the Dodgers won the World Series, we had a huge event here.

The parade came right down to Figueroa.

So am I added to your list now with all these events? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

That was the fun.

Manny, our chef, was out there making burgers.

I was behind the bar making cocktails, even though I have no idea how to make a cocktail, but the place was packed.

And again, Bringing the community together is what we love to do.

And Los Angeles Magazine

is part of that history of our city.

We are celebrating 65 years.

Our original publisher, Jeff Miller, he started the magazine in Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive back in the early 60s.

And the idea was he wanted to create a magazine that catered to the consumers of la shopping dining travel you name it so he built this magazine up really remarkable guy i never met him but i did meet his widow catherine who is wonderful and you know through the years la magazine has gone through different ownership from fairchild to disney to ms to our media and now um it's privately owned right now by two attorneys in los angeles we kind of wanted to bring it back to L.A. And then my background being in the publishing field, I was at Modern Luxury for 23 years.

And then I had the opportunity to come to Los Angeles and kind of this is an iconic magazine.

So who wouldn't want to really be involved in something like LA Magazine.

And, you know, I also have sister magazines.

We have Orange Coast Magazine down in Orange County, which we're celebrating 50 years.

We had our 50th anniversary.