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FAQs: Wyvernwood vs. "New Wyvernwood"
The City of Los Angeles will soon decide whether to allow the demolition of Wyvernwood, the city’s first large-scale garden apartment community. Wyvernwood’s current owner, Miami-based Fifteen Group, seeks to replace the historic community with a $2 billion mixed-use development known as the Boyle Heights Mixed-Use Community Project (or “New Wyvernwood”). Not surprisingly, the project’s […] -
1940-1950: The Modern Commercial City in War and Peace
By 1940, the grip of the Great Depression was loosening. Rumors of the European and Asian wars engulfing the United States grew, fueling a build-up of aircraft plants and military bases. The coming war would propel Los Angeles into the future, but the City of Angels already had a head start in that direction. Los […] -
2022 People + Places Book List for Kids
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community
La Habra Heights
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Place
Fairfax High School
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Innes House
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Ambassador Hotel (Demolished)
One of Los Angeles' defining historic sites, the Ambassador fueled development of Wilshire Boulevard and housed the world-famous Cocoanut Grove. -
Preservation Perspectives: Meet the 2024 L.A. City Council Candidates
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Place
Church of the Epiphany
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Explanation of LGBTQ Terms
One of the key challenges in understanding LGBTQ history is deciphering changes in word choice and language over time. Words that are common among community members and scholars today may have had vastly different meanings (or not existed at all) in the past. We recognize that there are many different interpretations of, and a sensitivity […] -
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Lincoln Heights Landmarks