These units are known as “dingbat”-style apartments — and that’s not a slight, that’s what they’re called apparently because of the midcentury-esque visual motifs on their exterior. Many even have a ...

Hermann Zapf, the German font designer who died Sunday, believed his famous Zapf Dingbats font should be used sparingly. Though Zapf Dingbats, which broke big when Apple integrated it into 1986’s ...

When Los Angeles County added more than 3 million residents between the 1940s and ‘60s, small developers and mom-and-pop property owners built dingbats to keep up with the demand. The two- or ...

There are buildings scattered across Southern California that could pancake at any minute. At the same time, there is a deep shortage of housing in the region. One developer has carved out a unique ...

When architect and writer Wendy Gilmartin was in her early 20s, she lived in West Hollywood in what’s known as a dingbat apartment. While she fondly remembered the lighting and wood floors, she ...

Before Apple’s LaserWriter Plus printer came along, the only exposure the general public would have had to the word “dingbat” was Archie Bunker’s use of it to insult his wife, Edith in the 1970s ...

With our Frank Gehry buildings and iconic downtown landmarks, Angelenos know great architecture when they see it. Or at least great architecture in the sense of what's conventionally accepted as ...

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A new pizza place has opened on a foodie corridor next to a downtown Lexington university. Dingbats Pizza quietly opened its garage door at 471 Jefferson St. on Oct. 22. The restaurant features pizza ...