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Farmers Insurance Building
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Home on the Ranch
It has been said that the Ranch House is a twentieth-century invention of the American West. Its trademark rustic appearance –- often with broad porches, shake roofs, and rambling floor plans -– conjured a nostalgic image of rural living that encouraged people to believe they weren’t just buying a house, they were buying a lifestyle. […] -
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Chase Bank/Lytton Savings, Hollywood (Demolished)
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I-110 Flyover
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Taix
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Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study
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Study: Preservation Positive Report PDF
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1960-1970: Imperial California
Southern Californians sensed that the astonishing future they had eagerly anticipated since the 1920s had finally arrived in the 1960s. The boom of the 1950s had been the launching pad; by 1964 California became the largest state in the union; its aerospace, oil, electronics, tourist, and entertainment industries dominated the nation; its economy became one […] -
Curating the City: Legacy Businesses
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Greta Grossman
One of Modernism’s unsung heroes, Greta Magnusson Grossman was one of the few female professionals to play an integral role in the Los Angeles Modern movement... -
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 […] -
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Schindler Spec Houses