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1984 Olympics: Mapping the LA venues that shaped the games
In 1978, Los Angeles agreed to host the 1984 Summer Olympics and, as described in the official report of the games, a small, secretive organizing committee formed to oversee the delivery and ...
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The booster campaigns that sold Los Angeles - Curbed LA
The “ booster era ” of Los Angeles spanned roughly 40 years, from 1885 to 1925. Over these pivotal decades, rough-hewn and optimistic pioneering city leaders worked with creative writers, real ...
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The meaning of noir—and 13 of the genre’s best films - Curbed LA
13 of the best noir films set in Los Angeles Laced with corruption in the 1940s and ’50s, LA became the birthplace for the literary and cinematic style ...
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41 Photos Inside Andy Samberg and Joanna Newsom's ... - Curbed LA
Yesterday, we heard that actor/comedian Andy Samberg and musician Joanna Newsom have purchased Moorcrest, the famed 1920s house where Mary Astor and Charlie Chaplin once lived. Today, thanks to the ...
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‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ filming locations, mapped
James Cameron 's 1991 sci-fi classic Terminator 2: Judgment Day boasts one of the most frightening visions of Los Angeles ever committed to film. As Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) watches a ...
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Los Angeles architecture: An illustrated guide - Curbed LA
An illustrated guide to Los Angeles architecture Get to know LA’s signature styles, from Craftsman to Googie ...
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What’s the best way to evacuate Los Angeles? - Curbed LA
What’s the best way to evacuate Los Angeles? When a wildfire or earthquake strikes, cars can’t be the only option ...
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Los Angeles history 101 - Curbed LA
Moving to a new city can be hard, especially an unwieldy, disjointed, sprawling metropolis like Los Angeles. One thing that helps ties all Angelenos together? Talking about things we know! We talk ...
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Ernest Batchelder: Southern California’s masterful tile maker
From red Spanish Colonial rooftops to vibrant mosaics to rose pink bathroom vanities, Southern California is filled with tile. Whether big or small, monochromatic or multi-hued, tiles are ...
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These 1920s apartments inspired one of the best noir films ever made
These 1920s apartments inspired one of the best noir films ever made For the set of In a Lonely Place, director Nicholas Ray recreated one of his first Hollywood homes ...
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The 1963 fight against Los Angeles’s white-only neighborhoods - Curbed LA
In the summer of ’63, black students led protests against the South Bay’s white-only neighborhoods Thousands of demonstrators flooded Torrance—and were confronted by angry white homeowners ...
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The neon sign maker that lit up California - Curbed LA
The neon sign maker that lit up California Electrical Products Corp. dominated the West Coast sign industry, then it disappeared. This map documents some of its last remaining signs ...