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Book 'Los Angeles Before the Freeways' captures images of lost architectural gems
In Los Angeles County, freeways are a ubiquitous part of our surroundings. It’s hard to imagine a time when we traveled the ...
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California’s big, storied past gets a nuanced, superbly researched retelling in one volume
A Los Angeles Times business columnist whose previous book subjects include the New Deal and the Hoover Dam, he is neither a booster nor a naysayer, although any honest and thorough history of ...
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CityDig: This 1938 Map Details Every Dramatic Stretch of the 242-Mile-Long Colorado River Aqueduct
As was the case with the Los Angeles Aqueduct (completed in 1913), every inch of route was battled over in courts (and in the papers). In 1928, the Metropolitan Water District was formed for the ...
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California water wars: A century of wrangling over Los Angeles’s water
Just before midnight on March 7, 1928, the St Francis Dam, located roughly 80km (50 miles) inland of Los Angeles, collapsed.
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Bottoms Up! NHM Throws the L.A. Aqueduct a 100th Birthday
Designed by William Mulholland, the Los Angeles Aqueduct is considered ... marks the 100th anniversary of both the L.A. Aqueduct and the Natural History Museum, which the latter is commemorating ...