Get a great overview of downtown L.A. history and architecture, from the eighteenth century to the present.

As an architect, architecture critic, historian, author, educator, and preservationist, Hess has elevated the roadside and commercial architecture of post-World War II to its rightful place in the canon of architectural history. He has done so by taking seriously the hidden, forgotten, neglected, and unsung places that helped define postwar living.  Coffee shops, ranch houses, […]

Morgan, Walls & Clements played a leading role in creating the architectural landscape of early Los Angeles...