Los Angeles in the 1930s: the WPA guide to the City of Angels
Describes a pivotal moment in Los Angeles history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West, and F. Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and associations--and the mystique--for which the City of Angels is still known. Los Angeles in the 1930s a guide to the contemporary culture, with...
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| Summary: | Describes a pivotal moment in Los Angeles history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West, and F. Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and associations--and the mystique--for which the City of Angels is still known. Los Angeles in the 1930s a guide to the contemporary culture, with a brief L.A. history, revisiting the Spanish colonial period, the Mexican period, the brief California Republic, and finally American sovereignty |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-419) and index |
| Physical Description: | LXVIII, 433 S., [32] Bl. zahlr. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9780520268838 |
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Contents
Page
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS........... ix
LIST OF MAPS............ . . . xiii
THE WPA GUIDE TO RENAISSANCE FLORENCE,
OR A WRITER S PARADISE. BY DAVID KIPEN..... xix
PREFACE 1941............... xxxi
GENERAL INFORMATION........... xxxiii
HOTEL AND OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS....... xli
RESTAURANTS.............. xliii
NIGHT CLUBS.............. xlvii
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.......... li
CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS......... lvii
Part I. Los Angeles: A General Survey
The Contemporary Scene.......... 3
Natural Setting............. 10
Pueblo to Metropolis........... 24
Education............... 61
Religion................ 67
The Movies............... 73
Radio................. 98
The Arts................ 103
The Business of Pleasure.......... 134
Part II. Los Angeles Points of Interest
Downtown Los Angeles.......... . 145
The Industrial Section........... 161
The North and East Sections......... 169
Page
The Northwest Section..........176
The Wilshire and West Sections.......181
The Southwest Section..........187
Part III. Neighboring Cities
Beverly Hills ............. 197
Glendale............... 206
The Harbor: San Pedro and Wilmington..... 214
Hollywood............... 227
Long Beach and Signal Hill......... 238
Pasadena..............• 254
Santa Monica............. 265
Part IV. The Country Around Los Angeles
TOUR 1 Los Angeles-San Marino-Arcadia-Monrovia-Azusa-
Claremont-Upland-San Bernardino-Arrowhead Hot
Springs-Lake Arrowhead-Big Bear Lake-Pine Knot
Village [N. Main St., Macy St., Mission Rd., Hunting-
ton Dr., N., US 66, State 18].......277
TOUR 1A South Pasadena-Pasadena - Flintridge - La Canada -
Mount Wilson Observatory [Fair Oaks Ave., At-
lanta St., Arroyo Dr., La Canada-Verdugo Rd., State
118, Foothill Blvd., Haskell St., Angeles Crest Highway,
State 2, Mount Wilson Rd.].......295
TOUR IB Azusa-Angeles National Forest-Pine Flats-Crystal Lake
[State 39, Crystal Lake Rd.].......301
TOUR 2 Los Angeles-Monterey Park-Pomona-Ontario-Colton
- Redlands - Beaumont - Banning - Palm Springs -
Cathedral City-Indio [N. Main St., Aliso St., Ramona
Blvd., US 99, State m]........305
I OUR 3 Los Angeles - Alhambra - El Monte - Puente - Pomona
-Ontario-Riverside-Perris-Elsinore-Corona-Ana-
heim - Norwalk - Downey - Southgate - Los Angeles
[Valley Blvd., US 60, US 395, State 71, State 18, State
10, Alameda St.]..........321
TOUR 4 Los Angeles - Belvedere - Montebello - Whittier - Ful-
lerton-Anaheim-Santa Ana-Tustin-Irvine-Capis-
trano-Doheny Park [US 101]...... . 339
Page
TOUR 5 Los Angeles-Culver City-Venice-Redondo-Wilmington
-Long Beach-Seal Beach-Huntington Beach-New-
port-Balboa-Laguna Beach-Doheny Park [Wash-
ington Blvd., Venice Speedway, Vista del Mar, US
101A] . . . . .........351
TOUR 5A Wilmington-Santa Catalina Island [By Boat] • • • 367
1 OUR 6 Los Angeles - Hollywood - Sherman Oaks - Tarzana -
Girard-Topanga Canyon-Topanga Beach-Castel-
lammare-Santa Monica [US ioi, Sunset Blvd., Ca-
huenga Ave., Ventura Blvd., Topanga Canyon Rd.,
US ioiA]............379
TOUR 7 Los Angeles - Burbank - San Fernando - Palmdale - Big
Pines-San Bernardino [US 6, State 138, Big Pines
Rd., US 66] • •.........387
Part V. Appendices
Chronology.............. 405
Selective Bibliography........... 413
Index................ 421
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