The decade of the 1920s transformed Los Angeles. What had been a winter resort for the wealthy and a fresh-air oasis for “invalids” became a true metropolis through sheer will of a few civic leaders — ...
On the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles, workers are putting the finishing touches on the Wilshire Grand, the West Coast’s tallest building. Owned by Korean Air ...
Leave it to Apple to turn a nearly forgotten movie theater downtown Los Angeles into a gleaming new exemplar of historic preservation—not to mention old-fashioned iPhone-era commerce. The 1927 Tower ...
A similar photo to the one above accompanied a Feb. 5, 1927, Los Angeles Times article reporting: Partly cloudy weather with moderate temperature for today was forecast by the Weather Bureau last ...
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On a spring day in early April 1926, more than 6,000 Angelenos swarmed the new 12-story Textile Center Building at 315 East Eighth Street. Designed by famed Los Angeles architect William Douglas Lee, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover home design and luxury real estate. This article is more than 2 years old. The Blair Estate, located in L.A.’s tony ...
It’s the 1920s in Los Angeles, during the height of prohibition, and those close to the family were invited to attend the wake of John Telletino, the former leader of The Collective crime syndicate.
A multimedia documentary that focuses on the day-to-day life of Molly, the protagonist of the story. She lives in Downtown Los Angeles, in the Bunker Hill area and witnesses the transformations of the ...