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In 1953, US-66, US-99, and US-101 met at the Four-Level Interchange. Of these, only the 101 remains an active highway route. Courtesy of the Automobile Club of Southern California Archives.
Our first interstate highway system once linked Southern California to the nation with concrete pavement and black-and-white shields.
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Rockhaven in La Crescenta is unique among other mental institutions of its time largely because of Richards' feminist mission for a sanitarium where female patients would be treated with respect and dignity.
In 2013, Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne - eyeing the park's oversized orange spheres and the oversized tower - called Pershing Square "a perfectly depressing symbol of L.A.'s neglected public realm."
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"The man with the hoe is gone. Six hundred thousand of him left the fields of America last year," observed the Los Angeles Times in April of 1918.…
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For decades, this building was the lone county museum, dedicated to history, science, and art, until it could not contain all the county's artistic and scientific treasures.
Produce Stand at LA County USC Medical Center I Photo Courtesy of Community Services Unlimited., Inc
Roy Choi's anticipated healthy fast food restaurant is the latest in what some are saying is a new "food renaissance" in South L.A. Not only in terms of places to eat, but where to buy it, and how to prepare it. But home grown co-ops and raw vegan rest...
Families Become Homeowners
The Mutual Self-Help Housing Program is a nationwide program that helps low-income families purchase homes with labor equity. By building their own homes, residents in the Coachella Valley realize their American Dream.
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This week, L.A. Letters spotlights Willowbrook's unique combination of agrarian history, diverse architectural styles, longtime residents and forthcoming…
Families Building Homes
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The Mutual Self-Help program is a "process that creates a sense of ownership."
Diagonal streets in 1939 aerial photograph of Los Angeles show clashing grids. Courtesy of the California Historical Society Collection, USC Libraries.
Navigating a difficult summer on an uncelebrated boulevard became a matter of life and death.
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If you ever want to experience loneliness in the midst of a metropolis, take a trip to the Hotel Cecil in downtown.
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The Long Beach LGBTQ Center focuses their new yoga program on creating a safe, comfortable space for trans and differently-bodied queers and allies.
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