Tag: Darryl Holter
New book by local shines light on cars and early Los Angeles
Hancock Park resident Darryl Holter, co-owner of Chevalier’s on Larchmont Boulevard, has a new book out. Written with Stephen Gee, the book includes a foreword by erstwhile “Tonight Show” host and car aficionado Jay Leno. The book, “Driving Force: Automobiles and the New American City, 1900-1930,” is packed full of local history gems. Sprinkled with […]
Darryl Holter, CEO of Downtown L.A. Motor Group, moonlights as musician
Darryl Holter used to teach history. Now he is making it. He is credited with being the driving force to turn the Figueroa corridor around after the 1992 riots. When Nick Shammas, his wife Carole’s father, despaired about keeping his dealerships in downtown open after they had been vandalized by rioters, Holter left academia to […]
