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Mary Pickford. Photo courtesy of the California State Library.
In early Hollywood, women outnumbered men as stars; they also wrote, publicized, directed, edited, and produced films in numbers unequaled until the 1980s – or beyond.
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Los Angeles is often identified with Hollywood, but there's more to the entertainment industry than its facade of movie stars and blockbuster films.
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Los Angeles appears to be about the surfaces, but it's really about the depths.
Iron Sprawl
Los Angeles used iron to grow out, not up — the steel rails of trolley lines spawned countless suburbs.
Round House, ca. 1885. While still the Garden of Paradise or soon after, the Old Round House veranda and porch were enclosed with siding, turning it into a 12-sided structure. Photograph courtesy of California Historical Society Collection, USC Libraries
In the 1850s-70s, an elaborately themed garden surrounded the town's most eccentric building, the Round House.
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The Neighborhood Data for Social Change is a free and publicly available online platform that combines raw data with ongoing stories and visualization tools like digital mapping.
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As of 2013, Los Angeles was the most rent-burdened city in the entire nation.
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This first wave of gentrification did not displace many people, but then the second phase happened.
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Since 2013, Leadership for Urban Renewal Network has created sustainable communities through promoting and building places that meet the diverse needs of residents.
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Through its annual Affordable Housing Bus Tour, Sacramento Housing Alliance facilitates discussions and plans for affordable housing by showing community members real, tangible examples of how affordable housing works in their communities.
The Dodgers and White Sox line up for the national anthem before game 3 of the 1959 World Series.
The Dodgers then called home the cavernous Coliseum, which seated more than 92,000. They beat the White Sox four games to two.
San Diego Freeway
Freeways once represented L.A.'s best hope for the future, as these photos illustrate.
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