Los Angeles is less than 150 years old yet in that short time a great deal has been built and torn down. And while most cities suffer the loss of classic old cinemas, Victorian hotels and grand

Lost Los Angeles

Los Angeles is less than 150 years old yet in that short time a great deal has been built and torn down. And while most cities suffer the loss of classic old cinemas, Victorian hotels and grand railroad stations, Los Angeles has lost those and much more. It has seen the passing of major industries, film companies, film lots, hills, airfields, piers and a speedway.Â In Los Angeles, citrus groves have come and gone, oil derricks have sprung up in their place and been replaced by housing tracts. The movie industry moved in from New York and Chicago, expanded, contracted and then sold off their lots. National radio stations chose the area around Sunset & Vine to build grand art deco studios which were soon vacated. Abbot Kinneyâ€™s vision of a Venetian suburb was largely filled in after the banks eroded.There is an extraordinary variety of losses from this unique city: the Ambassador Hotel, Barker Brothers, Beverly Hills Speedway, Chaplin Airfield, the community in Chavez Ravine, The City of Los Angeles train, Church of the Open Door, Fort Moore Hill, the MGM backlots, La Grande Station, Pan Pacific Stadium, Casa Don Vincente Lugo, County Records Building, the Egyptian marquee, Helms and Van de Kamp bakeries, Wrigley Field, Sears, Jayne Mansfieldâ€™s Pink Palace, the Temple Block and the Zanja Madre.
Country USA
Brand Pavilion Books
Manufacturer Pavilion Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 62786
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2014-12-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781909815599

Country	USA
Brand	Pavilion Books
Manufacturer	Pavilion Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	62786
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2014-12-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781909815599

Lost Los Angeles

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