Los Angeles isn’t particularly well known for its streetlights. Maybe it should be. Not because we have the most streetlights (today that number hovers around 220,000, while Chicago’s ...

Construction is officially underway on a long-anticipated people mover system at Los Angeles International Airport that officials predict will ferry up to 30 million travelers per year between ...

Under this method, tiles were colored using clay slip (a mix of clay and water) and then fired once in a kiln. Most ceramics would then be glazed and fired a second time, but Batchelder preferred ...

From the Coliseum to Dodger Stadium.Just as it had during the 1932 Olympics, the Coliseum played a key role in the 1984 games. It was the site of all track and field events, as well as the venue ...

When the founder of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale first came to see the site in the 1910s, San Fernando Road was "an unpaved road where vehicles mired down when it rained and sank deep in ...

The Long Goodbye American film noir went through a relatively fallow period from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, when the first wave of “neo-noirs” began cropping up in theaters. Robert ...

Absent from Tuesday’s demonstration were the pods Musk had previously said would carry up to 16 passengers at once. The Boring Company had described the pods as part of its Dugout Loop concept ...

LA’s plentiful citrus crop was also used to promote the image of Los Angeles as an abundant, fertile land of healthy, exotic food available to everyone. At the famous Chicago’s World’s Fair ...

But the design in its pure form would not last long. Tar from the La Brea pits began to seep into the reflecting pools, and they were filled within a few years. Alterations and additions further ...

An illustrated guide to Los Angeles architecture The ultimate guide to Los Angeles movie and television filming locations The 20 most iconic buildings in the city, mapped The Case Study houses ...

The Curbed guide to Southern California’s desert From storied ghost towns and and hardy, striking flora to iconic Palm Springs hot spots, we’re celebrating the divine desert landscape in LA ...

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