The Al Larson Boat Shop (ALBS) is among the longest-running businesses at the Port of Los Angeles, and one of the few remaining that relate to its rich tradition of shipbuilding and repair.
Photo courtesy El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument
This monumental mural by acclaimed artist and muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was deemed too controversial and was whitewashed within a few short years of its unveiling.
Built on its own pier extending into the east side of Fish Harbor, this site housed the Los Angeles Yacht Club until 1993. The Yacht Club was the longest-operating recreational facility on Terminal Island.
A twenty-five acre hillside campus with thirty-two separate historic buildings dating from 1902 to 1952, mostly in the Craftsman and Spanish Colonial Revival styles.
Before his name was attached to historic icons like City Hall and Union Station, John Parkinson designed the most luxurious department store west of the Mississippi.
Early postcard image of the Bob and Dolores Hope Estate. Lake County Museum CORBIS.
An iconic example of the roadside vernacular architecture that was especially popular in California and designed to capture the attention of passing motorists, the flagship location of the Brown Derby was actually built in the shape of a hat.