When Hans Rotter and fellow German immigrants built Alpine Village, the kitschy but fondly regarded slice of Bavaria in Southern California, they had a modest goal. “I needed a place to play soccer,” ...
Alpine Village, a Bavarian-themed commercial complex near Torrance that for decades was the heart of the region’s German American community, has been sold and faces the specter of shuttering, ...
When Hans Rotter and fellow German immigrants built Alpine Village, the kitschy, but fondly regarded slice of Bavaria in Southern California, they had a modest goal. “I needed a place to play soccer,” ...