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A & P Market 5413 Wilshire Boulevard, Miracle Mile - aka Food Palace)
A & P Market (Westwood, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company)
A. L. Bath Building (also Willoughby Hotel)
Abbotsford Inn (originally LA College for Young Ladies)
ABC Entertainment Center (1972 - 2003; Century City)
Academy Awards (Pantages Theatre, 1950 - 1960)
Academy Theatre (3141 W. Manchester Blvd)
Adams and Figueroa (1920+)
Adams and Figueroa (1926)
Admiral Theatre (later Vine Theatre, 6321 Hollywood Blvd)
Adohr Creamery (S. La Cienega)
Adohr Milk Farm (1916 - Ventura Blvd and Lindley Ave, SW Corner)
Agricultural Park (Exposition Park)
Air Quality in Los Angeles (1940s to Present)
Al Levy's Grill (617 S. Spring, Downtown LA)
Al Levy's Tavern (1623 N. Vine, later Mike Lyman's Grill, Hollywood)
Al Malakah Temple (Original Shrine Auditorium)
Alex Theatre (216 N. Brand Blvd. - Glendale)
Alfonso & Co. Grocery (Temple and Main)
Alhambra, City of (1890 - 1910)
Alhambra Airfield (1930 - 1946)
Alhambra Hotel & Annex (316 & 323 N. Broadway, adjacent to Broadway Tunnel)
Alligator Farm (aka Los Angeles Alligator Farm, later California Alligator Farm)
Aliso Street (Early 1900s)
Aliso Street Bridge (1877)
Alta Vista Apartments (255 S. Bunker Hill Avenue, above the western end of the 3rd Street Tunnel)
Ambassador Hotel (1921, 3400 Wilshire Blvd)
American Baptist Church (1898 - 28th and Summer St)
American Broadcasting Company (Hollywood)
American Legion Building(2035 N. Highland)
American Storage Building (1928, 3636 Beverly Blvd)
Amestoy Block - Amestoy Building (1887, Main and Market Streets, NE Corner)
Amestoy Ranch (1889 - Rancho Los Encinos)
Amusement Parks (Soutnern California)
Andrés Pico Adobe (1853, aka Rómulo Pico Adobe and Ranchito Rómulo - 10940 Sepulveda Blvd)
Angel Stadium of Anaheim (1966 - originally known as Anaheim Stadium and later Edison International Field)
Angelino Heights (aka Angeleno Heights - both spellings are correct)
Angelino Heights Homes (1890s also Angeleno Heights - both spellings are correct)
Angeles Crest Highway (1929 - 1956, Angeles National Forest)
Angels Flight(1901+; 3rd and Hill streets, SW Corner)
Angels Flight(1937+)
Angels Flight (1949+)
Angels Flight (1996 – Lower Station: 351 S. Hill St; Upper Station: 350 South Grand Ave)
Angels Gate Light (1913 - Present, aka Los Angeles Harbor Lighthouse)
Angelus Hotel (1901, Spring and 4th St - SW Corner)
Angelus Temple (Glendale Blvd and Park Avenue, NE Corner - Echo Park)
Anheuser-Busch Brewery (1953 - Roscoe Blvd and Woodley Ave)
Antler Hotel (ca. 1905, Venice Lagoon)
Arcade Block (aka Syndicate Block, 1912 - Canoga Park)
Arcade Block (1940s+, Canoga Park)
Arcade Building (Mercantile Arcade Building - Broadway Side)
Arcade Building(Spring St. Side)
Arcade Building (1926, 696 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena)
Arcade Depot (at site of old Wolfskill Ranch - Alameda, bet 4th & 5th)
Arcade Depot Palm (Along with the Longstreet Palms, considered to be the oldest trees in LA)
Arcadia Block (West side of N Los Angeles St, between Commercial and Arcadia St)
Arcadia Hotel (1887 - Santa Monica)
Arcadia Hotel Switchback Roller Coaster (1887)
Arcadia Street and Los Angeles Street (1895)
Arch Rock (Santa Monica - Demolished in 1906)
Architects' Building (later Douglas Oil Building, 816 W. 5th Street - SE Corner 5th & Figueroa)
Armory Building (aka Copeland Building - NW, 8th & Spring)
Armory Building (Exposition Park)
Arroyo Bridge (1928 - UCLA)
Arroyo Seco Branch Library (6145 North Figueroa St, was 6545 Pasadena Ave)
Arroyo Seco Parkway(later Pasadena Freeway)
Arthur Letts Residence(in Hollywood)
Arthur Murray Dance Studio (1941 - Miracle Mile, Wilshire and Stanley, SE Corner)
Asbury Apartments (1924, 2505 W. 6th Street)
Ascot Speedway (1924 - 1936, Lincoln Heights)
AT&T Madison Complex Tandem Office Building(aka PacBell Tower & AT&T Tower)
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway (1885 - aka Santa Fe Transcontinental Railway)
Auditorium Building(also Clune's Auditorium and Philharmonic Auditorium)
Aurora Market (1920s, Glendale)
Auto Racing in Early Santa Monica (1910 - 1916)
Automobile Club of Southern California (1910, 1st Headquarters, 8th and Olive, NE Corner)
Automobile Club of Southern California (1922, 2601 S. Figueroa St, Adams and Figueroa, SW Corner)
Avenue of the Palms (Elysian Park)
Aviation in Early Los Angeles (1905 - Present)
Avila Adobe (Olvera Street, originally Wine Street)
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Baine Studio Building (1927 - Hollywood and Whitley, NW Corner)
Baldwin Ranch (aka Rancho La Cienega O' Paso de la Tijera)
Baldwin Theatre (Baldwin Hills)
Balloon Route Trolley Trip (1902 – Downtwon LA to Hollywood to beach cities and back again)
Baltimore Hotel (1896 - 7th & Olive, NE Corner)
Bank of America Building (1924 - Hollywood and Highland, SE Corner - Today Ripley's Believe It or Not)
Bank of America Building (1930 - 5505 Wilshire Boulevard, originally Seaboard National Bank, Miracle Mile)
Bank of Italy Building (1922 - 7th & Olive, NW Corner- today, Giannini Place)
Bankers Building (629 S. Hill - 1929, International Jewlery Center)
Banning Residence (Fort Moore Hill)
Banning Residence (1900 - Wilmington)
Banning Residence (1937+ Wilmington)
Bard's Theatre (later Vista Theatre - 4473 Sunset Blvd)
Barker Brothers Buiding (818 W. 7th St.)
Barrington Avenue (1930s, WLA)
Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream (1948, originally Snowbird Ice Cream, 1130 S. Adams Street, Glendale)
Bath Building (also Willoughby Hotel)
Bay Theatre (Pacific Palisades)
Bay's Market (1950, 10708 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood)
Bazooka Berk Ranch (aka Bob Burns Ranch, NW corner of Sherman Way and Mason Ave)
Beale's Cut (1863 - Originally Fremont Pass)
Bel-Air (aka Bel-Air Estates)
Bel-Air Bay Club (Pacific Palisades)
Bel-Air Country Club (Bel-Air)
Belasco Theatre (Opened 1901 - 337 S. Main St.)
Bell and Howell Building (716 N. La Brea)
Bella Union Hotel (also Clarendon and St. Charles Hotel)
Bella Union Hotel (1920+)
Belleview Terrace Hotel (6th and Figueroa, NW Corner - today's site of Jonathan Club)
Belmont Hotel (opened 1886)
Belmont Subway Tunnel (1924, aka Hollywood Tunnel or PE Subway Tunnel)
Belmont Yard (aka PE Toluca Yard, North portal of Belmont Tunnel)
Ben Frank's Coffee Shop (Sunset Strip, later Mel's Drive-In Coffee Shop - 8585 Sunset Blvd)
Berman Furs Building (9169 Sunset Blvd - Sunset and Doheny, West Hollywood)
Bernheimer Estate and Gardens (currently Yamashiro Restaurant)
Beverly Hills (1905)
Beverly Hills (Early 1900s)
Beverly Hills (1935+)
Beverly Hills' 1st Train Station
Beverly Hills Electric Color Fountain
Beverly Hills Federal Savings (Wilshire Blvd and Reeves Drive, SE Corner)
Beverly Hills Water Treatment Plant No. 1 (333 S. La Cienega Blvd.)
Beverly Hilton Hotel (1954, Wilshire and Santa Monica Blvds)
Beverly Park (aka Kiddieland and Ponyland - Beverly and La Cienega)
Beverly Theatre (Beverly Hills)
B. H. Dyas Building (later Broadway-Hollywood)
B. H. Dyas Building (7th & Olive - previously Ville de Paris Bldg)
Biff's Coffee Shop (Hollywood)
Big Donut Drive-in (1950s - Laurel Canyon and Magnolia, North Hollywood)
Big Donut Drive-in (later Randy's Donuts - 805 W. Manchester, Inglewood)
Big Donut Drive-in (1950s - Sherman Way and Reseda, Reseda)
Binoculars Building (originally Chiat/Day Building, 340 N. Main Street, Venice)
Biola Institute also Church of the Open Door
Biltmore Hotel (1923, Pershing Square)
Birmingham Army Hospital (Today, site of Birmingham High School, Balboa and Vanowen)
Bit of Sweden Smorgasbord Restaurant (Sunset and Doheny, NE Corner)
Black Cats (Flying)
B'nai B'rith Temple (1873-1896: Original Location)
B'nai B'rith Temple (2nd Location - 9th and Hope St)
Bob Burns Ranch (aka Bazooka Berk Ranch, NW corner of Sherman Way and Mason Ave)
Bob's Airmail Service Station (1935 - Wilshire Blvd and Cochran Ave)
Bob's Big Boy Restaurant (1940 - Original Location - 642 S. San Fernando Rd., Burbank)
Bob's Big Boy Drive-in Restaurant (900 E. Colorado, Glendale)
Bob's Big Boy Drive-in Restaurant (1949 - Oldest Remaining Bob's Big Boy in America, 4211 W. Riverside Dr.)
Bolton Hall (1913 - Tunjunga)
Bonaventure Hotel (1976 - Westin Bonaventure)
Bonebrake Residence (2619 Figueroa St. - current location of Automobile Club)
Boos Bros. Cafeteria (Hill Street)
Boos Bros Cafeteria (Catalina Island)
Boyle Heights (1870s)
Boyle Hotel (aka Cummings Block)
Boylston Street Yard (Early Views of: 1896 - Present)
Bradbury Building (304 S. Broadway, Oldest Building in Downtown, 3rd & Broadway, SE Corner)
Bradbury Mansion (Bunker Hill)
Brand Boulevard (1904+)
Brand Boulevard (1920+)
Brand Boulevard PE Red Car (1949+)
Brant Ranch (Woodland Hills)
Breed Street Shul (Boyle Heights)
Broadway - Downtown LA (1900 thru 1905)
Broadway and 5th Street (1906 thru 1908)
Broadway and 6th Street (1906 thru 1909)
Broadway and 6th Street (1916 thru 1920)
Broadway and 7th Street (1906 thru 1910)
Broadway and 7th Street (1920s - Downtown's 'Busiest Intersection')
Broadway and 7th Street (1950+ - Downtown's 'Busiest Intersection')
Broadway and 9th Street (1920s)
Broadway and 10th Street (1920s)
Broadway and Temple (1932)
Broadway and Temple (1937+)
Broadway Christian Church (233 Broadway)
Broadway Department Store (4th and Broadway)
Broadway-Hollywood Building (previously B. H. Dyas Building, SW Corner of Hollywood and Vine)
Broadway-Hollywood (SW Corner of Hollywood and Vine)
Broadway Plaza (MCI Center)
Broadway Tunnel (1902)
Brock & Feagan Building (ca. 1910, Brock & Feagan Jewelers, Broadway)
Brookside Park (1914, Pasadena)
Brookside Plunge (Pasadena)
Brown Derby (1st locatioin, 3427 Wilshire Boulevard)
Brown Derby (2nd Derby-Shaped Building; 3377 Wilshire Boulevard - Wilshire and Alexandria, NE Corner)
Brown Derby (Hollywood - 1628 N. Vine St)
Brown Derby (Hollywood and Vine, NW Corner)
Brown Derby (Beverly Hills)
Brown Derby (Los Feliz - previously Willard's Restaurant)
Bruin Theatre (Westwood, Broxton and Weyburn, NE Corner)
Bryn Mawr Sign (Hollywood Hills)
Bryson-Bonebrake Block (1888)
Builders Emporium (17643 Sherman Way, Van Nuys)
Bullard Block (Spring and Court St, NE Corner)
Bullock's (1907 - 7th and Broadway, NW Corner)
Bullock's Fashion Square (1962, later Westfield Fashion Square - Sherman Oaks)
Bullock's Pasadena (1947 - 401 S. Lake Ave)
Bullock's Wilshire (1929 - 3050 Wilshire Blvd)
Bunker Hill (1937+)
Bunker Hill (1960s)
Bunker Hill Development (1968+)
Bunker Hill Tower (1968)
Burbank (1887)
Burbank Block (1887 - San Fernando Rd & Olive Ave)
Burbank Theatre (1893 - 548 S. Main Street)
Burkhard Residence (1905 - 1928, Wilshire and Vermont, NW Corner)
Busch Gardens (1966 - Van Nuys)
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Café La Maze (Sunset Strip - later Sherie's and Gazzarrie's)
Café Trocadero (Sunset Strip)
Cahuenga and Highland (1930s and 1940s)
Cahuenga Branch Library (1916 - Santa Monica Boulevard and Madison Ave, NE Corner)
Cahuenga Pass (Early Views 1890s)
Cahuenga Pass (1930s+)
Cahuenga Pass at Mulholland Drive (Originally Mulholland Highway)
Cahuenga Pass Extension to Vineland (1948)
Calabasas (1908 - 1915)
Calabasas "Hanging Tree" (adjacent to the Calabasas Grocery Store and Oak Garage)
Calabasas School House (ca. 1890 - 24400 block of Calabasas Road)
California Bank Building (aka Sterling Plaza, Beverly Hills, 9441 Wilshire Blvd)
California Bank Building (2nd and Broadway, SW Corner)
California Bank Building (1st and Vermont, SW Corner)
California Club (1904 - 1st Building, 5th and Hill)
California Club (1930 - 2nd Building, 538 S. Flower)
California Cycleway (1899, aka Pasadena Cycleway)
California Federal Bank Building (1965, aka Cal Fed, 5670 Wilshire Blvd)
California Historical Landmrks in LA
California Hotel (aka Hotel California - Glendale)
California Incline (Santa Monica - 1905+)
California Incline (Santa Monica - 1930+)
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
California State Building (1931, 1st and Spring, NW Corner)
Camera Obscura (Santa Monica)
Campo de Cahuenga (3919 Lankershim Blvd, adjacent to the Universal Studios Metro Station)
Candy Cane Lane (Woodland Hills)
Canoga Citrus Association (Owensmouth - Canoga Park)
Canoga Mission Gallery (23130 Sherman Way, West Hills)
Canoga Park (1927 - 1939)
Canoga Park (1940s - 1960s)
Canoga Park (1960+)
Canoga Park High School (1914, originally Owensmouth High School)
Canoga Park Drive-in Theatre (1961 - mid-1970s, Canoga and Strathern, SW Corner)
Canoga Park Post Office (1955, Sherman Way and Jordan Ave, NW Corner)
Canter Bros. Deli (Boyle Heights, 1931 - 1948)
Canter's Deli (Fairfax, 1948 - Present)
Canyon Country Store (Laurel Canyon Blvd at Kirkwood Drive)
Carl's at the Beach (aka Carl's Sea-Air Motel, Carl's Sea-Air Lodge, and Sunspot Motel - Pacific Palisades)
Carlton Hotel (1886, Pasadena)
Carnation Coffee Shop (1949, 5075 Wilshire Blvd, Wilshire and Mansfield, NE Corner)
Carnation Company Building (1949, 5045 Wilshire Blvd, Wilshire and Citrus, NW Corner)
Carolina Pines Jr. Restaurant (1518 N. La Brea Ave, later Copper Penny)
Capitol Records Building (1750 N. Vine Street, Hollywood)
Carpenter’s Drive-in Restaurant (Hollywood, 1931 - Sunset and Vine, NE Corner)
Carpenter's Drive-in Restaurant (Hollywood, 1938 - Sunset and Vine, SE Corner)
Carpenter's Drive-in Restaurant (Beverly Hills, 1932 - Wilshire and Le Doux, NE Corner)
Carpenter's Drive-in Restaurant (1935 - Wilshire and Vermont, NW Corner)
Carpenter's Drive-in Restaurant (1937 - Wilshire and Western)
Carthay Center Elementary School (1924, 6361 Olympic Boulevard)
Carthay Circle Theatre (1926 - 6316 San Vicente Boulevard)
Casa Adobe de San Rafael (1865 – Present; 1330 Dorothy Drive, Glendale)
Casa de Cadillac (1949, Ventura Blvd and Tyrone Ave, NW Corner)
Casa de Petrol (1949, Ventura Blvd and Tyrone Ave, NE Corner)
Casa de Lopez (aka Lopez Adobe, 1100 Pico Street, San Fernando)
Casa del Mar Club (1926 - Santa Monica)
Casa Mil Flores (1909, Harrison Gray Otis Home, 1919 purchased by Edgar Rice Burrough - Tarzana)
Casa Verdugo Restaurant (aka Catalina Verdugo Adobe - 1830s, 2211 Bonita Dr, Glendale)
Casa Verdugo Segunda (2nd location of the Casa Verdugo Restaurant, Glendale)
Casa Verdugo Villa Tract (1906 - Glendale)
Castillo del Lago (1926 - 6342 Mulholland Drive; previous owners: Bugsy Siegel and Madonna)
Castle and Salt Box (325 S. Bunker Hill Ave - last houses on Bunker Hill, 1969)
Castle Argyle Arms Apartments (1928; 1919 Argyle Ave, Franklin and Argyle, NW Corner)
Castle of Enchantment (4857 Melrose Ave)
Castle Peak (1940s -Today, West Hills)
Castle Rock and Haystack Rock (Santa Monica's Pacific Palisades)
Castle Sans Souci (Franklin and Argyle, NW corner)
Catalina Island (1880 - Present)
Catalina Verduo Adobe (aka Casa Verdugo Adobe - 1830s, 2211 Bonita Dr, Glendale)
Cawston Ostrich Farm (1886 - South Pasadena)
CBS Columbia Square (1938, 6121 Sunset Blvd, El Centro Ave and Sunset Blvd, NE Corner)
CBS Studio Center (previously Republic Studios - Studio City)
Cecil Hotel (1888, Lankershim / N. Hollywood)
Cecil Hotel (1924, 640 S. Main Street)
Central Library (Construction)
Central Library (aka Los Angeles Central Library)
Central Oil Field (1892)
Central Park Area (1910s - Renamed Pershing Square in 1918)
Central Plaza (1952, originally Tishman Plaza, 3440-3460 Wilshire Boulevard, at Normandie)
Central Saloon (1886 - 5th & Spring, SE Corner)
Central Station (1914 - aka Southern Pacific Depot)
Century Plaza Towers (1975, Century City)
Chalk Hill (Ventura Boulevard, Woodland Hills)
Chaplin Airfield (Wilshire and Fairfax, S/W Corner)
Chapman Park Hotel (1925, Wilshire Boulevard and Alexandria Avenue, NW Corner)
Chapman Park Market (1929 - aka Chapman Plaza - 6th Street and Alexandria Avenue, NE Corner)
Chapman Park Studio Building (1929 - 6th Street and Alexandria Avenue, NW Corner)
Charlie Chaplin Studios (later A&M Records and The Jim Henson Company)
Chateau Elysée (5930 Franklin Ave, Hollywood - currently Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre)
Chateau Marmont Hotel (1926, 8221 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood)
Chatsworth (1920's)
Chatsworth (1930's)
Chatsworth Aerial Views (1950's)
Chatsworth - Southern Pacific RR (1950's)
Chatsworth Community Church (1903, today Virgin Anglican-Rite Catholic Church, Oakwood Memorial Park)
Chatsworth Market (1951 - 10249 Topanga Cyn Blvd)
Chatsworth Pioneer Church (aka Chatsworth Community Church)
Chatsworth Park (later Chatsworth)
Chatsworth Park Elementary School (1890, originally Santa Susana School, Topanga Cyn and Devonshire, NW Corner)
Chatsworth Park Elementary School (1900+, Topanga Cyn and Devonshire, NW Corner)
Chatsworth Reservoir Construction (1917 - 1918)
Chatsworth Reservoir (1925)
Chatsworth Reservoir (1943)
Chatsworth Reservoir (1960)
Chautauqua Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway (1930+)
Chili Olé Restaurant (Canoga Park)
Chinese Theatre (aka Grauman's Chinese Theatre)
Childs' Opera House (1889 - aka Grand Opera House - 1st Home of the Orpheum Circuit)
Church of the Open Door/Biola Institute
Chutes Park Baseball Field (Replaced by Washington Park in 1912)
Christian Science Church (Adams & Portland - aka Second Church of Christ Scientist)
Christie Hotel (later Hotel Drake, Hollywood Inn)
Cinerama Dome Theatre (Hollywood)
Circle S Ranch (Woodlake Ave and Saticoy St, SE Corner)
Ciro's Nightclub (previously Club Seville, today The Comedy Store)
City Hall (1853)
City Hall (1884 - 1888)
City Hall (1888 - Broadway)
City Hall Construction (1927)
City Hall (1928 - Los Angeles)
City Hall and Civic Center (1928 - 1940)
Civic Center (1938+)
Civic Center (1963+)
Clarendon Hotel (also Bella Union Hotel and St. Charles Hotel)
Clocktower Market/Courthouse (built in 1858)
Clover Field (later Santa Monica Airport)
Club Casa del Mar (1926 - Santa Monica)
Club Cassanova (8383 W. Sunset Blvd)
Club Seville (later Ciro's Nightclub and The Comedy Store)
Clune's Broadway Theatre (528 S. Broadway, later Cameo Theatre)
Clune's Pasadena Theatre (1911 - later Pasadena Theatre, 61 W. Colorado Blvd)
Coast Daylight (Southern Pacific Train: SF to Los Angeles)
Coca-Cola Building (1334 S. Central)
Cocoanut Grove (Ambassador Hotel)
Coffee Cup Cafe (8901 Pico Blvd)
Coffee Dan's (Hollywood Blvd)
Coffee Dan's (Van Nuys)
Coffee Dan's (Vine n/o Sunset)
Colegrove (Hollywood)
Coliseum, Los Angeles Memorial (1922)
Coliseum, Los Angeles Memorial (Olympics - 1930s+)
College of Fine Arts (also Judson Studios)
Colorado Freeway Bridge (1953- aka Pasadena Pioneers Bridge)
Colorado Street Bridge (1913+)
Colorado Street Bridge (1930+)
Colorado Street Bridge (1966+)
Columbia Square (1938, 6121 Sunset Blvd, El Centro Ave and Sunset Blvd, NE Corner)
Comedy Store (Previously Club Seville and Ciro's)
Communities of the San Fernando Valley (Name Origins and Brief History)
Compton (1800s)
Compton (1900s)
Conservatory of Music and Arts (1883)
Construction of the GOB (1963-1965, John Ferraro Building, aka DWP Building, 111 N. Hope St)
Continental Hotel (1925 - Hill near 6th St)
Copeland Building (aka Armory Building - NW, 8th & Spring)
Copp Building (Broadway)
Corral Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (1963 Proposed, 3 miles north of Malibu Pier)
Coulter's Department Store (later Broadway Dept Store - Wilshire and Hauser, SW Corner)
Country Squire Motel (1965, 7625 Topanga Cyn Blvd, Currently Super 8 Motel)
County Courthouse, Los Angeles (1891 - Temple & Broadway, SE Corner)
County Courthouse, Los Angeles (1959 - Present - Mosk Courthouse)
Court Flight (Early 1900s)
Court Flight 2 (1930s)
Crenshaw Residence (1419 S. Wilton Pl.)
Creque Building (1910, aka 'The Hollywood Building', Hollywood Blvd and Cahuenga Blvd, SW Corner)
Crescendo Nightclub (Sunset Strip)
Crescent Heights Shopping Center (aka Sunset Medical Building)
Crocker-Citizens Bank Building (1968, aka 611 Place, 611 W. 6th Street)
Crocker Mansion (Bunker Hill)
Crocker Building (Broadway)
Crossroads of the World (1936 - 1st Outdoor Shopping Mall, 6671Sunset Blvd)
Cruising Van Nuys Blvd (1960s and 1970s)
CSUN (1958 - Previously San Fernando Valley State College)
Cummings Block (aka Boyle Hotel)
Cupid's Hot Dogs (Van Nuys, 1950s - Victory Blvd and Tyrone Ave)
Cupid's Hot Dogs (North Hollywood, 1950s - Burbank and Lankershim Blvds)
Currie's Ice Cream Parlors (known for its "Mile-High Cones")
Currie's Ice Cream (Beverly Hills - Gale Drive and Wilshire Boulevard, NW Corner)
Custer Avenue School (1895 - LA's 1st Middle School)
Cypress Park (1900 - 1926)
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Dale's Market (1962 - Devonshire Blvd and Woodley Ave, SW Corner)
Darkroom Camera Shop (1930s - 5370 Wilshire Boulevard)
Davis Residence (ca. 1880)
Dayton Avenue Bridge (Also the Riverside-Figueroa Bridge)
Dayton Avenue Bridge (1928)
De Soto Car Dealership (611 S. La Brea)
De Young Service Station (Sherman Way and Topanga Cyn Blvd, N/E Corner)
DeMille Airfield No.1 (Fairfax and Melrose, S/W Corner)
DeMille Airfield No.2 (Fairfax and Wilshire, N/W Corner)
Deauville Club (1927 - Santa Monica)
Department of Water and Power Building (111 N. Hope St, Bunker Hill - 1963-1965)
Desmond's Building (1924 - 616 S. Broadway)
Desmond's (1929 - 5514 Wilshire Blvd, aka Wilshire Tower, Miracle Mile)
Devil's Gate (1888 - Arroyo Seco, Pasadena)
Devonshire Downs (1946 - Devonshire and Zelzah)
Devonshire Street (1950s+, Chatsworth)
Dino’s Lodge (Sunset Strip)
Disney Studios (1926 to 1940; 2710 Hyperion Ave, Los Feliz)
Disneyland (1955 - Anaheim)
Dodger Stadium (1962 - Chavez Ravine)
Dodson Residence (San Pedro)
Dolores Drive-in Restaurant (8801 Sunset Blvd, previously Simon's Drive-in, Sunset Strip)
Dolores Drive-in Restaurant (8531 Wilshire Blvd near La Cienega Blvd, Beverly HIlls)
Dolores Drive-in Restaurant (Sepulveda and Washington, Los Angeles)
Dome_Hotel (aka Minnewaska Hotel)
Dome_Hotel also Dome Apartments
Dome Theatre (1920s - Ocean Front Walk, Venice)
Dominguez- Wilshire Building(aka Myer Siegel & Co. Building - 5410 Wilshire Blvd)
Don Lee Mutual Broadcasting Studio (1313 N. Vine Street, late ABC Studios)
Don Vicente de la Osa Adobe (Encino)
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Music Center)
Douglas Oil Building (aka Architects' Building, 816 W. 5th Street - SE Corner 5th & Figueroa)
Downey Avenue Bridge (1870s)
Downey Block (1869 - Temple and Main Streets, NW Corner)
Downey Estate (1888)
Drive-in Church Service (Emmanuel Lutheran Church, North Hollywood)
Drive-in Restaurants (1932+)
Dryden, William (1858 - Established 1st LA Water Co. - LA Water Works)
Ducommun Building (204 / 304 N. Main Street)
Ducommun Yard (Early Views of: 1926 - 1954)
Dunbar Hotel (aka Sommerville Hotel)
DWP Building (1963 - 111 N. Hope St, Bunker Hill)
DWP Significant Historical Dates
Dyas-Carleton Café (1928, La Brea and Wilshire, NW Corner)
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E. Clem Wilson Building (1929 - aka Wilson Building, General Insurance, Mutual of Omaha, Asashi, and Samsung)
Earl Carroll Theatre (1938; 6230 Sunset Boulevard)
Early LA Drive-in Restaurants (1932+)
East San Fernando Valley (1930s)
Eastern Columbia Building (1929, 849 S. Broadway)
Eastlake Park (1881, aka Lincoln Park)
Eastside Brewery (aka Los Angeles Brewing Co.)
Eaton, Frederick (Biography)
Ebell Club (First Location)
Echo Mountain House (1894 - 70 room Hotel)
Echo Park (1894+)
Echo Park (1900+)
Echo Park (1989+)
Edendale (1912 - today, 'Glendale Boulevard Corridor')
Edendale Studios (1910 - 1928)
Edison Building (1930 - later One Bunker Hill Building, NW Corner of 5th and Grand)
Edison Steam Plant No. 1 (1897)
Egyptian Theatre (aka Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd)
El Capitan Theatre (Hollywood - previously Paramount Theatre)
El Dorado Market (1931 - 8963 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills)
El Miradero (Glendale)
El Miro Theatre (Santa Monica)
El Patio Ballroom (later Rainbow Gardens and Palomar Ballroom)
El Portal Theatre (1926 - 5269 Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood)
El Rey Theatre (1936 - 5515 Wilshire Boulevard, Miracle Mile)
Electricity in Early Los Angeles
Elysian Park (1900)
Elks Club (Bunker Hill)
Elks Club (MacArthur Park - today, Park Plaza Hotel)
Elysian Valley (aka 'Frogtown')
Encino (1930s)
Encino Reservoir (1921)
Encino Velodrome (1961, near the intersection of Louise Avenue and Oxnard Street)
Engine Company No. 23 (1910, aka ‘Taj Mahal of fire stations’, 225 E. 5th Street)
Engstrum Hotel Apartments (623 W. 5th Street)
Ennis House (2655 Glendower Ave)
Epiphany Lutheran Church (Today, The Garden Chapel - 7769 Topanga Cyn Blvd)
Equitable Building (Hollywood and Vine, N/E)
Equitable Building (3435 Wilshire Blvd)
Equitable Savings Bank (1906 - Replaced LA National Bank - NE 1st & Spring)
Examiner Building (2nd location - 1914)
Exposition Park (previously Agricultural Park)
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Fairfax Avenue between 3rd and 6th Streets (1930s - Salt Lake Oil Field)
Fairfax Avenue and Third Street Area (1940s & 1950s)
Fairfax, San Viicente, and Olympic (1930s)
Faith Bible Church (1917, Originally Norweigen Lutheran Church - 18531 Gresham Street, Northridge)
Fallbrook Square (aka Fallbrook Center)
Famous Amos Cookie Store (7181 Sunset Blvd - Sunset and Formosa, NE Corner)
Farmers and Merchants National Bank (4th and Main, SW Corner)
Farmers Market (3rd and Fairfax - Adjacent to Gilmore Drive-In and the Pan Pacific Auditorium.
Farrell's Ice Cream (San Fernando Valley)
Federal Building and Post Office (1910)
Federal Building (1940)
Federal Courthouse and U.S. Post Office Building (1940)
Feliz Adobe (Rancho Los Feliz - 4730 Crystal Springs Dr)
Fifth Street (between Grand and Figueroa)
Figueroa and 6th Streets (1890s)
Figueroa and Adams (1920+)
Figueroa and Adams (1926)
Figueroa Street Bridge (aka N. Figueroa St. Bridge)
Figueroa Street Triple Tunnels
Figueroa Theatre (Highland Park)
Fine Arts Building (811 West 7th St. - aka the Signal Oil Building, the Havenstrite Building, and Global Marine House)
Finlandia Baths (Crosby Building - Sunset Strip, 9028 Sunset Blvd)
Fire Stations (1900 - 1910)
Fire Stations (1910+)
Fire Station No. 23 (1910, aka ‘Taj Mahal of fire stations’, 225 E. 5th Street)
First A.M.E. Church of Los Angeles (2270 S. Harvard Blvd)
First Church of Christ (1366 S. Alvarado St)
First Church of Christ, Scientist (1909; 80 Oakland Street, Pasadena)
First City and Jail (Rocha Adobe)
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles (1868 - Oldest Continuous Protestant Church in LA - New HighSt.)
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles (2nd location - 3rd and Hill, NE Corner)
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles (3rd location - 6th and Hill, SW Corner)
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles (4th location - 841 S. Hope St)
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles (5th location - 540 S. Commonwealth Ave)
First English Lutheran Church (8th and Flower, SE Corner)
First Federal Savings and Loan Building (Hollywood and Highland, NW Corner)
First German Episcopal Church (ca. 1898 - 4th near Hill St)
First Interstate Bank World Center (1989, aka U.S. Bank Tower and Library Tower)
First LA Public School (2nd and Spring, NW Corner)
First LA Telephone Pay Station (1879 - 228 S. Spring St)
First Methodist Church (1877, Pasadena's 2nd Church)
First Methodist Episcopal Church (6th and Hill)
First Municipal Power Pole (1916)
First National Bank Building (Hollywood and Highland, NE Corner)
First National Bank of Glendale (ca. 1904, Brand and Broadway, NE Corner)
First National Pictures (later Warner Bros. - Burbank)
First Presbyterian Church (2nd and Broadway, SE Corner)
First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood (1760 N. Gower)
Fischer Vaudeville Theatre (ca. 1905, 121 W. 1st Street, current location of City Hall)
Fish Shanty Restaurant (La Cienega)
Fisher's Broad-Guage Department Store (1890 - Main St. near Washington)
Five Points Building (Ralphs Market - Lincoln Heights)
Fleetwood Center (19611 Ventura Blvd)
Fletcher Viaduct (1904 - 1955; Fletcher and Riverside Drives)
Flooding in Early Los Angeles (1925+)
Flooding in the San Fernando Valley (1938)
Florentine Gardens Nightclub (1938; 5951 Hollywood Blvd)
Fokker F-32 Aircraft (Bob's Airmail Service Station)
Food Giant Market (Lynwood)
Food Palace (5413 Wilshire Boulevard, Miracle Mile - aka A & P Market)
Foodtime Market (1950, 12450 Magnolia Blvd, currently Valley Village Post Office)
Ford Hotel (aka Hotel Ford - NW, 7th & Olive)
Formosa Cafe (Santa Monica Blvd and Formosa Ave, SE Corner)
Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial (1958, 451 N. Hill Street)
Fort Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Forthmann House (ca. 1900 - 629 W. 18th Street - Today, USC Community House - 2801 S. Hoover)
Forum (Inglewood)
Foster Block (1898 - 2nd and Broadway, NE Corner)
Four_Level_Interchange Construction (1948)
Four Level Interchange (1954+)
Four ‘n 20 Restaurant & Pie Shop (1960s - Van Nuys Blvd and Hatteras St, NW Corner)
Four Star Theatre (1932, Wilshire Blvd and Mansfield Ave, SW Corner)
Fourth Street and Grand Avenue (1910s)
Fox Fallbrook Theatre (1966 - 22940 Vanowen Street, Fallbrook Square)
Fox Pasadena Theatre (1911 - previously Clune's Pasadena Theatre, 61 W. Colorado Blvd)
Fox Ritz Theatre (1926, aka West Coast Ritz, 5214 Wilshire Blvd near La Brea)
Fox Stadium Theatre (8906 W. Pico)
Fox Westwood Village Theatre (aka Westwood Village Theatre)
Fox Wilshire Theatre (today, Saban Theatre - Beverly Hills, 1930 - Wilshire and Hamilton, SE Corner)
Foy Residence (7th & Figueroa)
Franciscan Motel (Cahuenga Pass)
Freeway Lady (Hollywood Frwy - 1255 W. Temple)
Fremont Hotel (1902 - 4th and Grand)
Fremont Pass (later known as: Beale's Cut)
French Chateau Apartments (900 S. Hobart)
Frolic Room (Located next door to the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood)
Frost Building (1898 - 2nd and Broadway, NE Corner)
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Gables Beach Club (later Sorrento Club - Santa Monica)
Gables Hotel (Santa Monica)
Gamble Mansion (1909 - 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena)
Gamut Auditorium (1904 - aka Gamut Club, 1024 S. Hope Street)
Garcia House (aka Rainbow House - 7436 Mulholland Dr.)
Garden Chapel (Originally Epiphany Lutheran Church - 7769 Topanga Cyn Blvd)
Garden Court Apartments (7021 Hollywood Blvd)
Garden of Allah Hotel (8152 Sunset Blvd)
Garnier Block (1890, 415 N. Los Angeles St)
Garnier House (1872, Rancho Los Encinos, 16756 Moorpark Street, Encino)
Garvanza Hotel (Highland Park)
Garrick Theatre (originally Hyman Theatre)
Gas Stations (Early Views of LA Gas Stations)
Gaylord Apartments (3355 Wilshire Boulevard, directly across from the Ambassador Hotel)
Gazzarri's (Sunset Strip - previously Sherry's Restaurant and the Café La Maze)
Gene Autry Hotel (1963 - Sunset Strip; later Continental Hyatt House, Hyatt on Sunset, Hyatt West Hollywood, Andaz West Hollywood
General Hospital (1933, Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, Lincoln Heights)
General Motors Plant (1947-1992, Panorama Ranch, Van Nuys)
Giacopuzzi Drive-Thru Dairy (Saticoy St and Fallbrook Ave, SE Corner)
Giannini Place (built 1922 - NW, 7th & Olive - previously Bank of Italy)
Gilmore Adobe (aka Rancho La Brea Adobe)
Gilmore Field (1939 - adjacent to Farmers Market - Home of the Hollywood Stars)
Gilmore 'Self-Service' Gas Station (1940s)
Gilmore Stadium (1934 - adjacent to Farmers Market)
Girard (now Woodland Hills)
Girard (1920 - 1930s, now Woodland Hills/Warner Center)
Glassell Park (1900 - 1926)
Glen-Holly Hotel (1895, Ivar Ave & Yucca St, Hollywood)
Glendale (1900)
Glendale (1920+)
Glendale Airport (later Grand Central Airport)
Glendale Avenue (1895+, Glendale)
Glendale Avenue (1920s - Glendale)
Glendale First National Bank (ca. 1904, Brand and Broadway, NE Corner)
Glendale Galleria (1976)
Glendale Hotel (1888, later Glendale Sanitarium, today Glendale Adventist Methodist Center)
Glendale Market (1910, Glendale Ave and East Broadway)
Glendale Masonic Temple (1920s - 232 S. Brand Blvd)
Glendale News-Press (1905 - Present)
Glendale Presbyterian Church (1923, Harvard St and Louise St, NW Corner)
Glendale 'Red Car' (1904 - Los Angeles Interurban Railway - Pacific Electric)
Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (1923)
Glendale Union High School (1902, Brand and Broadway, SE Corner)
Glendale Union High School (2nd location, 1908, Harvard Street)
Glendale YMCA (1926, Wilson Avenue and Louise Street, SE Corner)
Glengarry Castle (aka Schlosser Terrace - Argyle and Franklin)
Global Marine House (811 West 7th St. - aka the Fine Arts Building, the Signal Oil Building, and the Havenstrite Building)
Golden Valley Gun Club (Jessup Park, Pacoima)
Goldwyn Studios (later MGM, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Good Samaritan Hospital (7th & Figueroa - 1904)
Good Shepherd Catholic Church (Beverly Hills)
Googie's Coffee Shop (Sunset Blvd. and Crescent Heights, nr. SE Corner)
Gotham Deli (Hollywood Blvd and Sycamore Ave, SW Corner)
Government Building (1893 Post Office, Main and Winston, SE Corner)
Governor Pio Pico's Office (LA Plaza)
Granada Hills (1920s - 1961)
Granada Theatre (later West Coast Hollywood Theatre, Oriental Theatre, Guitar Center - 7425 Sunset Blvd)
Grand Avenue and Fourth Street (1910s)
Grand Central Airport (previously Glendale Airport)
Grand Olympic Auditorium (aka Olympic Auditorium)
Grand Opera House (1889 - aka Childs' Opera House & Grand Theatre - 1st Home of the Orpheum Circuit)
Grauman's Chinese Theatre (aka Chinese Theatre)
Grauman's Egyptian Theatre (aka Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd)
Gray Hotel (Main & 3rd)
Great White Fleet (1908, aka U.S. Atlantic Battle Fleet, San Pedro)
Greek Theatre (2700 N. Vermont Ave)
Green Thumb Nursery (Canoga Park)
Griffith Park Observatory (1933)
Guaranty Building (1923; 6331 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood Blvd and Ivar Ave, NE Corner)
Gwinn's Coffee Shop and Drive-in (Pasadena)
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Hal E. Roach Studios (Culver City)
Hall of Justice (1925)
Hall of Records (1908)
Hall of Records (1927+)
Hall of Records (1962 - 320 W. Temple)
Hamburger's Department Store (later May Co.)
Hamilton Cove Airport (Catalina)
Hansen Dam (Lake View Terrace)
Hansen Lodge (Big Tujunga Cyn)
Hancock Mansion (aka Villa Madama)
Harbor Freeway (1951+)
Harbor Steam Plant (1942 - Island Avenue, Wilmington)
Harper Ranch (1898 - Hollywood, at the mouth of Laurel Canyon)
Harper School (1896 - became Vermont Ave School)
Hattem's Market (1927, Western and 45th)
Hattem's Market & Shopping Center (1931, Vermont and 81st)
Havenstrite Building (811 West 7th St. - aka the Fine Arts Building, the Signal Oil Building, and Global Marine House)
Hazard's Pavilion (1887, 5th and Olive, NE Corner)
Heinsbergen Building (7415 Beverly)
Hellman Building (Spring and 2nd)
Hellman Building (Spring and 4th)
Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings Building (Spring and 7th, NE Corner)
Hellman Residence (Main and 4th, SW Corner)
Herman Building (Remaining part of the complex that included the Hollywood Brown Derby)
Hermosa Beach & Pier (1904+)
Hermosa Beach Pier (Pier Avenue Plaza, 1914 - 1947)
Hershey Residence (Bunker Hill)
Hidden Hills (West San Fernando Valley)
Highland and Cahuenga (1930s and 1940s)
Highland Park Masonic Temple (1923)
Highland Villa (1880s - 1910, 1st and Hill)
Hildreth Mansion (357 S. Hope St. - current location of Bank of America Plaza)
Hill Street Tunnel (1909)
Hill Street Tunnel (1913+)
Hill Street Tunnels (1940+)
Hillview Apartments (1917, 6531 Hollywood Blvd)
Historical Landmarks in Los Angeles
Historical Timeline of Los Angeles
Hody's Coffee Shop (Hollywood and Vine, NW Corner)
Hody's Coffee Shop and Drive-in (6006 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood)
Hody's Restaurant (Hollywood and Vine, NW Corner)
Holiday Theatre (8383 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Canoga Park)
Hollenbeck Block (2nd & Spring, SW Corner)
Hollenbeck Home for the Aged (Hollenbeck Park - 573 S. Boyle Ave)
Hollenbeck Police Station and Receiving Hospital (1936 - Boyle Heights)
Hollenbeck Presbyterian Church (122 N. Chicago Street, Boyle Heights)
Hollenbeck Residence (Villa de Paredon Blanco)
Hollingsworth Building (1925 - Hill near 6th St)
Hollyhock House (1921, Barnsdall Park)
Hollywood (1860 - 1903)
Hollywood (1903 - 1920)
Hollywood (1920 - 1927)
Hollywood (1927 - 1930)
Hollywood (1930 - 1938)
Hollywood (1939 - 1940s)
Hollywood (1949+)
Hollywood and Cahuenga (1930s)
Hollywood and Highland (1920s)
Hollywood and Highland Center (2001)
Hollywood and Vine (1940s)
Hollywood and Vine (NW Corner)
Hollywood Athletic Club (6526 Sunset Blvd)
Hollywood Bowl (1918 - Present, originally Daisy Dell)
Hollywood Bowl Shells (1926 - 1929)
Hollywood Bowl Shell (2004)
Hollywood Branch Library (1920s - Hollywood and Ivar Ave, SE Corner)
Hollywood Canteen (1942 - 1945)
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (1925)
Hollywood Citizen-News Building (1930, 1545 N. Wilcox Ave)
Hollywood Country Club (1920s, Studio City - today Harvard School for Boys, 1937)
Hollywood Freeway (1951+)
Hollywood Feeway Construction (Civic Center - 1951)
Hollywood Freeway Four_Level_Interchange Construction (1948)
Hollywood High School (1905)
Hollywood Historic Hotel (1927 - 5162 Melrose Ave - aka Melrose Hotel, Melrose Arms and Monte Cristo Island Apts)
Hollywood Hotel (Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave, NW Corner)
Hollywood Masonic Temple (1922, 6840 Hollywood Blvd)
Hollywood Melrose Hotel (1927 - 5162 Melrose Ave - aka Melrose Arms, Monte Cristo Island Apts, and Hollywood Historic Hotel)
Hollywood Methodist Episcopal Church (aka Hollywood Memorical Church, Hollywood and Vine - SE Corner)
Hollywood Palladium (6215 W. Sunset Blvd)
Hollywood Playhouse (1927, later El Capitan Theatre and Avalon Nightclub, 1735 N. Vine)
Hollywood Plaza Hotel (1637 N. Vine St)
Hollywood Police Station (1358 N. Wilcox Ave)
Hollywood Post Office (1615 N. Wilcox Ave)
Hollywood Radio City (Sunset and Vine, NE Corner)
Hollywood Ranch Market (1200 block of Vine Street)
Hollywood Savings and Loan (1930, originally Security Pacific Bank - Hollywood and Wilton Place, NW Corner)
Hollywood Storage Co. Building (1925, 1025 N. Highland Ave)
Hollywood Subway Tunnel (1924, aka Belmont Tunnel and Pacific Electric Subway Tunnel)
Hollywood Tower (aka La Belle Tour Apartments)
Hollywood United Methodist Church (Highland and Franklin, NW Corner)
Hollywood Western Building (Hollywood and Western, SW Corner)
Hollywoodland Sign (1923 - 1949, when sign shortened to "Hollywood")
Holmby Hall Building (Westwood)
Home Furnishings and Appliances (1940s & 1950s)
Hoover Dam (The construction of)
Hoover Dam Lights Up Los Angeles (October 9, 1936)
Hoover Dam Power Plant (1936)
Horton Mansion (5521 Amestoy Ave, Encino)
Hotel Alhambra & Annex (316 & 323 N. Broadway, adjacent to Broadway Tunnel)
Hotel Baltimore (1896 - 7th & Olive, NE Corner)
Hotel Belmont previously YWCA Building (251 S. Hill St. - 2 lots north of Angels Flight)
Hotel Broadway (Court Flight)
Hotel California (aka California Hotel - Glendale)
Hotel Cecil (1888, Lankershim / N. Hollywood)
Hotel Cecil (1924, 640 S. Main Street)
Hotel Christie (later Hotel Drake, Hollywood Inn)
Hotel Ford (7th & Olvie, NW Corner)
Hotel Gray (3rd & Main)
Hotel Green (Pasadena)
Hotel Iris (later Hotel El Dorado and St. Moritz Hotel - 5849 W. Sunset Blvd)
Hotel Lankershim (1905 - 7th and Broadway, SE Corner)
Hotel Maryland (1903 - 411 E. Colorado, Colorado and Los Robles, NW Corner)
Hotel Melrose (1881 - 130 S. Grand Ave)
Hotel Melrose (1927 - 5162 Melrose Ave - aka Melrose Arms, Monte Cristo Island Apts, and Hollywood Historic Hotel)
Hotel Metropole (1888 - Catalina's 1st Hotel)
Hotel Richelieu (1881 - 140 S. Grand Ave)
Hotel Snow (1910, later Hotel Southland, 804 W. 6th Street, 6th and Flower, SW Corner)
Hotel Southland (1916, originally Hotel Southland, 804 W. 6th Street, 6th and Flower, SW Corner)
Hotel St. Angelo (237 N. Grand Ave - current location of the Music Center)
Hotel Van Nuys (1895 - 4th & Main St, NW Corner)
Howard Motor Company Building (1285 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena)
Hughes Airport (Culver City / Playa Vista)
Huntington Building (aka Pacific Electric Building - 1905 - 6th and Main, SE Corner)
Huntington Hartford Theatre (aka Vine Street Theatre, Today Ricardo Montalbán Theatre)
Huntington Hotel (Pasadena)
Huntington Library and Art Gallery (1928, San Marino)
Huntington Mansion (1909, San Marino)
Hyman Theatre (later Garrick Theatre)
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Idle Hour Café (4824 Vineland Ave, North Hollywood)
Immaculate Heart College (5515 Franklin Ave, Hollywood)
Immanuel Presbyterian Church (3300 Wilshire Blvd, Wilshire and Berendo, SW Corner)
Inceville (1911+, Sunset Blvd and PCH)
Independent Grocery Store (1920s - Sherman Way and Remmet, NW Corner)
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Inspiration Point (1926, Mt. Lowe - San Gabriel Mountains)
Institutional History (LADWP)
Intermountain Power Plant (1982, aka IPP - Utah)
International Bank Building (Spring and Temple Streets, SW Corner)
Intolerance (1916 D. W. Griffith Silent Movie Set)
Iris Theatre (1918, 2nd oldest in Hollywood - 6508 Hollywood Blvd)
Iris Theatre (1930+, today Fox Theatre - 6508 Hollywood Blvd)
Iverson Ranch (Chatsworth)
Irvine-Byrne Building (aka Irvine Block - 2nd Oldest Building in Downtown - 3rd & Broadway, NW Corner)
I. Magnin (1939, Wilshire Blvd and New Hampshire Ave, SE Corner)
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J.J. Newberry Building (6600 Hollywood Blvd)
Jacoby Bros.Store (1880s - Temple Block)
Japanese-American Internment (1942 - Santa Anita Racetrack)
Janss Dome Building (Westwood)
Jennette Block (1888 - Arcadia St & Los Angeles St, NW Corner)
Jessup Park (Pacoima)
Jim's Fallbrook Market (4947 Fallbrook Ave, Woodland Hills)
John C. Fremont Branch Library (1927; aka June Street Library, 6121 Melrose Ave)
John Ferraro Building (1963-1965, aka as GOB, DWP General Office Building, 111 N. Hope St)
Johnie's Coffee Shop (Wilshire and Fairfax, NW Corner)
John's Pipe Shop (524 S. Spring St.)
Jonathan Club (Figueroa & 6th, NW Corner)
Judson Studios (also College of Fine Arts)
Julian Medical Buidling (aka Owl Drug Company Buidling, 6382 Hollywood Blvd)
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Kaiser Permanente (Panorama City)
Kerchoff Hall (UCLA)
Keystone Studios (1912 - aka Sennett Studios - Edendale, currently 1712 Glendale Boulevard, Echo Park)
Kiddieland (aka Beverly Park and Ponyland - Beverly and La Cienega)
Kindle's Donuts (1950, Originally Big Donut Drive-in, Normandy and Century, South Central L.A.)
Kinney Shoes (1954, Van Nuys)
Knapp House (San Fernando Valley)
Knickerbocker Hotel or Hotel Knickerbocker (1923, 1714 N. Ivar Avenue)
Korean Cultural Center (5505 Wilshire Boulevard, originally Seaboard National Bank, Miracle Mile)
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La Belle Tour Apartments (aka Hollywood Tower)
La Brea and San Vicente (1930s)
La Cienega Boulevard (1930s)
La Cienega Municipal Pool (300 S. La Cienega Boulevard at Gregory Way)
La Cienega Park (Beverly Hills)
La Fiesta de las Flores Parade (1894+, aka La Fiesta de Los Angeles Parade)
La Fiesta de las Flores Parade (1901+, aka La Fiesta de Los Angeles Parade)
La Grande Santa Fe Station (1893 - 1939, 2nd St. & Santa Fe Ave)
La Leyenda Apartments (1927, Hollywood - 1737 N. Whitely Avenue)
La Pintoresca (originally Painter Hotel)
La Reina Theatre (1938, 14626 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks)
La Venta Inn (1923, Palos Verdes)
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Lafayette Hotel(later Cosmopolitan and then St. Elmo Hotel)
Lafayette Park (previously Sunset Park)
Lake View Hotel (aka Park View Hotel)
Lane Mansion (1909, aka Holly Mansion, Holly Chateau, and later Magic Castle)
Lane-Wells Building (ca. 1939, 5610 S. Soto Street, Huntington Park)
Lankershim (1915 - 1917, later North Hollwood, 1927)
Lankershim and Chandler (1891)
Lankershim and Chandler (1924 - 1927; North Hollywood)
Lankershim and Weddington (1919 - 1926: North Hollywood)
Lankershim and Weddington (1960s)
Lankershim Boulevard Bridge (1912 - Universal Studios)
Lankershim Building (1887 - 3rd and Spring, SE Corner)
Lankershim Elementary School (1889 - 1st Elementary School in Lankershim, now North Hollywood)
Lankershim Elementary School (1920s - 2nd Location, 5250 Bakeman Ave, North Hollywood)
Lankershim High School (1927, renamed North Hollywood High School in 1929)
Lankershim Hotel (1905 - 7th and Broadway, SE Corner)
Lankershim Ranch (San Fernando Valley)
Lankershim Station (1895, Lankershim and Chandler Blvds)
Larronde Block (1882 - 211 W. 1st Street)
Lasky Residence (Santa Monica)
Laurel Drive-in Theatre (Pacoima)
LA Cable Railway Barn (1889)
LA City Hall (1928)
LA City Hall and Civic Center (1928 - 1940)
LA City Market (1901+)
LA City Market (1927+)
LA College for Young Ladies (later Abbotsford Inn)
LA Conservatory of Music and Arts (1883)
LA County Courthouse (1891)
LA County Hall of Records (1962 - 320 W. Temple)
LA County Hospital (General Hospital)
La Monica Ballroom (1924, Santa Monica Pier)
LA's Oldest Palm Trees (Palm Drive and Adams Boulevard)
LA Plaza (Early Views of Los Angeles Plaza, 1850+)
LA Plaza Open-Air Market (ca. 1900)
LA Times Building (1st Building - Temple and New High - 1881 - 1886)
LA Times Building (2nd Building - 1st and Broadway, NE Corner)
LA Times Building (3rd Building - 1912 Rebuilt)
LA Times Building (4th Building - Current Building - 1935)
Laurel Canyon "Trackless Trolley" (1912, West Hollywood)
Laurel Theatre (Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue)
LAX (Mines Field to LAX, LA International Airport, 1920 - 1961)
LAX Control Tower (1961)
LAX Theme Building (1961)
LDS Church Temple (1956, 10777 Santa Monica Boulevard)
Lederer Residence (23134 Sherman Way, West Hills)
Legion Ascot Speedway (Lincoln Heights)
Leonis Adobe (1890 - 1915)
Leonis Adobe (1929)
Letts Residence (Hollywood)
Lexington Hotel (ca. 1900 - Main Street, between 4th and 5th Street)
Liberty Theatre (1910 - 266 S. Main)
Library Tower (1989, aka U.S. Bank Tower and First Interstate Bank World Center)
Lighthouse Bathhouse (1927 - 1972; at Long Wharf location)
Lighthouse Restaurant (1927 - 1972; at Long Wharf location)
Linda Vista Park (today, Palisades Park, Santa Monica - Early 1900s)
Lincoln Park (1881, aka Eastlake Park)
Lindbergh Beacon (City Hall)
Lindbergh, Charles (Spirit of St. Louis - in Los Angeles)
Lindley Building (6th and Broadway)
Little Brown Church in the Valley (4418 Coldwater Cyn, Studio City)
Little Joe's Restaurant (Broadway and College)
Little Santa Monica Boulevard (aka South Santa Monica Boulevard also Burton Way)
Litton Industries (Woodland Hills)
Loew Residence (1417 S. Figueroa)
Loew's State Theatre (1921 - Broadway and 7th, SW Corner)
Long Beach (1920s)
Long Wharf (1893 - 1920, Santa Monica)
Longfellow Octagon House (1893, San Pascual Street, Pasadena; currently at Heritage Square Museum)
Longstreet Mansion (1870s, Palm Drive, n/o Adams Boulevard)
Longstreet Palms (1870s, along with the Arcade Depot Palm, considered to be the oldest trees in LA)
Loof Pleasure Pier and Santa Monica Pier (1917)
Lookout Mountain Inn (1913 - Laurel Cyn, West Hollywood)
Lopez Adobe (aka Casa de Lopez, 1100 Pico Street, San Fernando)
Lopez Station Stagecoach Stop (1861, 15700 block of Rinaldi St, Mission Hills)
Los Altos Apartments (1926, 4121 Wilshire Blvd, Wilshire and Bronson Ave, NE Corner)
Los Angeles Alligator Farm (later California Alligator Farm)
Los Angeles Athletic Club (1st building)
Los Angeles Athletic Club (1911 - 7th and Olive, NE Corner)
Los Angeles & Independence Railroad
Los Angeles & Independence Railroad Depot
Los Angeles & Independence Railroad Wharf (aka Shoo Fly Wharf - Santa Monica)
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Construction)
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Opening Ceremony)
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Story of LA Aqueduct)
Los Angeles Aqueduct (2nd Aqueduct)
Los Angeles Aqueduct (3 Fathers of LA Aqueduct)
Los Angeles Brewing Co.(aka Eastside Brewery)
Los Angeles Mormon Temple (1956, 10777 Santa Monica Boulevard)
Los Angeles Central Library (1929+)
Los Angeles City Hall (1928)
Los Angeles City Hall and Civic Center (1928 - 1940)
Los Angeles City Market (1901+)
Los Angeles City Market (1927+)
Los Angeles County Courthouse (1891)
Los Angeles County Courthouse (1959 - Present - Mosk Courthouse)
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles County Orphanage (1899, aka Sisters' Orphans Home, 917 S. Boyle Ave, Boyle Heights)
Los Angeles Examiner (1903 - 509 S. Broadway)
Los Angeles Examiner Building 2
Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald Building (1243 Trenton St.)
Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation
Los Angeles Harbor Lighthouse (1913 - Present, aka Angels Gate Light)
Los Angeles Herald-Express Building (LA Evening Express and Everning Herald Building)
Los Angeles High School (1873 - 1st Location)
Los Angeles High School (1891 - 2nd & 3rd Location)
Los Angeles Historical Timeline
Los Angeles Infirmary (1881 - Naud St, opposite SP Railroad Depot)
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Air Meet (1910 - Dominguez Hills)
Los Angeles Mayors (1848 - 1929)
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1922)
Los Angeles Memorial Colsieum (Olympics - 1930s+)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (aka Sports Arena)
Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport (later Van Nuys Airport)
Los Angeles Motor Bus Line (1923 - 1949, Wilshire Boulevard)
Los Angeles National Bank (1st and Spring, NE Corner)
Los Angeles Oil Field (1892)
Los Angeles Pet Cemetery (5068 Old Scandia Lane, Calabasas)
Los Angeles Plaza (Early Views of Los Angeles Plaza, 1850+)
Los Angeles Polytechnic High School
Los Angeles River (San Fernando Valley)
Los Angeles River (The Unpredictable)
Los Angeles River Channelization
Los Angeles River Headwaters (Confluence of Bell Creek and Calabasas Creek)
Los Angeles River Flood of 1938
Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building
Los Angeles Theatre (227 S. Spring - aka Orpheum Theatre No. 2 and Lyceum Theatre)
Los Angeles Theatre (1931, 615 S. Broadway)
Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank (1910 - later Pacific Southwest Bank)
Los Encinos Historic State Park (1880s, aka Rancho Los Encinos)
Los Encinos Historic State Park (1957 - Present, Encino)
Los Feliz School (1887 - Cahuenga Valle - later Hollywood)
Lower San Fernando Reservoir (aka Lower Van Norman Reservoir)
Lower Van Norman Reservoir (aka Lower San Fernando Reservoir)
Lyceum Theatre (227 S. Spring - aka Los Angeles Theatre and Orpheum Theatre No. 2)
Lytton Savings and Loan (now Chase Bank, 6633 Topanga Cyn Blvd, Woodland Hills)
Lytton Savings and Loan (1960, Sunsent Boulevard in West Hollywood)
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MacArthur Park (called Westlake Park pre-1932)
Mack Sennett Studios (1912 - aka Keystone Studios - Edendale, currently 1712 Glendale Boulevard, Echo Park)
Maclay School of Theology (1885 - San Fernado)
Macy Street Bridge (1877)
Maddux Airlines (1927)
Maddux Airlines Office (1928, 636 S. Olive Street)
Magic Castle (1909 - Lane Mansion aka Holly Chateau, 7001 Franklin Ave)
Magic Mountain (1970 - Valencia)
Main and Market Streets (1930s, U.S. Hotel and Amestoy Building)
Main Street Savings Bank Building (1880s - Main and Winston, NE Corner)
Mandarin Market (1929, 1234-1248 Vine Street)
Mar-Cal Theatre (1925, later World Theatre - 6025 Hollywood Blvd)
Marineland of the Pacific (aka Marineland - Rancho Palos Verdes)
Marian Elementary School (1918 - Reseda)
Marion Davies' Mansion (1921 - today Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa Monica)
Mark C. Bloome (Sunset and El Centro, SW Corner)
Mark Taper Forum (Music Center)
Marshall High School (1931 - 3739 Tracy Street, Franklin Hills)
Marwyck Ranch (Northridge)
Mar-Wick Food Mart (Today, Follow Your Heart - Canoga Park)
Maryland Apartments (95 S. Las Robles Avenue)
Maryland Hotel (1903 - 411 E. Colorado, Colorado and Los Robles, NW Corner)
Mason Building (1894 - 4th & Broadway, SE Corner)
Mason Opera House (127 S. Broadway - Opened 1903)
Masonic Lodge (LA's 1st. 1858-1868)
Masonic Temple - Glendale (1920s - 232 S. Brand Blvd)
Mayors of Early Los Angeles (1848 - 1929)
Max Factor Building (1666 N. Highland)
May Company Building (Previously A. Hamburger and Sons Department Store - 8th and Broadway/Hill)
May Company Building (Wilshire & Fairfax)
Mayan Theatre (1927 - 1044 S. Hill St)
McClure Tunnel (1936, Santa Monica)
McDonnell's Drive-in Restaurant (Beverly and La Brea)
McDonnel's Drive-in Restaurant (Beverly and Western)
McDonnell's Drive-in Restaurant (Sunset and La Brea, NW Corner)
MCI Center (Broadway Plaza)
Melody Lane Cafe (Hollywood and Vine, NW Corner)
Melody Lane Cafe (Wilshire and Detroit, NW Corner)
Melody Lane Drive-in Restaurant (Wilshire and Western, SW Corner)
Melody Lane Restaurant (Hollywood and Vine, NW Corner)
Melrose Hotel (1881 - 130 S. Grand Ave)
Melrose Hotel (1927 - 5162 Melrose Ave - aka Melrose Arms, Monte Cristo Island Apts, and Hollywood Historic Hotel)
Mel's Drive-in Restaurant (Sunset Strip, previously Ben Frank's Coffee Shop - 8585 Sunset Blvd)
Memorial Coliseum (1922)
Memorial Coliseum (Olympics - 1930s+)
Mercantile Arcade Building (Broadway-Spring Arcade)
Merchants National Bank Building (N/E 6th and Spring)
Mercury Aviation Field (DeMille Field #2)
Merritt Building (8th & Broadway, NW Corner)
Merritt Mansion (1908 - 99 Terrace Drive, Pasadena)
Metro Studios (1025 Lillian Way)
Metropole Hotel (1888 - Catalina's 1st Hotel)
Metropolitan Theatre (later Paramount Theatre, 6th and Hill, NE Corner)
Metropolitan Water District (MWD)
MGM Studios (previously Goldwyn Studios, Culver City)
M'Goos Pizza (Hollywood and Cherokee, NW Corner)
Mid-City Cut Rate Drug Store (3773 South Western)
Mike Lyman's Grill (1623 N. Vine, previously Al Levy's Tavern)
Millard House (1923, aka ‘La Miniatura’, 645 Prospect Crescent, Pasadena)
Million Dollar Theatre (1918 - aka Grauman's Theatre, 3rd and Broadway, NW Corner)
Mines Field (later LAX)
Minnewaska Hotel (aka Dome Hotel)
Miracle Market (1950 - Nordhoff and Sepulveda, NW Corner)
Miracle Mile (Wilshire Blvd, Fairfax to Highland)
Miracle Mile (1920s & 1930s - Wilshire, Fairfax to La Brea)
Miracle Mile (1940s & 1950s - Wilshire, Fairfax to La Brea/Highland)
Miracle Mile (1950+)
Miramar Hotel (1889, Senator Jones Residence - 1924, Hotel - Santa Monica)
Mission Hotel (1887, aka Porter Hotel - San Fernando)
Mocambo Nightclub (8588 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood)
Moll Residence (Future site of the Roosevelt Hotel, SW corner of Orange Dr. and Hollywood Blvd)
Monte Vista Hotel (1886, Monte Vista - today Sunland)
Monnette House (previously Jeremy House)
Montmartre Cafe (1923, 1st Nightclub in Hollywood)
Mosk Courthouse (1959 - LA County Courthouse)
Mott Market Building (1890s - 100 block S. Main St)
Mount Washington Railway Incline (1909 - 1918)
Mountain States Building (1928, Yucca Vine Tower)
Mt. Lee Tower (Hollywood Hills)
Mt. Lowe Railway (1893)
Mt. Wilson Observatory (1907, San Gabriel Mountains)
Mudd Memorial Hall (USC)
Mulholland, William (Biography)
Mulholland Dam and Hollywood Reservoir
Mulholland Drive Viaduct (1940 - Cahuenga Pass)
Mulholland Highway (1924)
Mulholland Town (1912, The Pay Roll Town of the San Fernando Valley - now Pacoima)
Mullen Bluett (Wilshire Blvd)
Munch Box (21532 Devonshire Street, Chatsworth)
Municipal Ownership (1902 - LA Water Department)
Muscle Beach (1940s to 1950s)
Muse of Music Sculpture (1940 - Hollywood Bowl)
Museum Square (5757 Wilshire Blvd, aka Prudential Building & SAG-AFTRA Plaza)
Music Center (1965 - aka Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)
Musso and Franks Grill (1919 - Oldest Restaurant in Hollywood, 6667 Hollywood Blvd)
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Building (SBE Building - 5900 Wilshire)
Mutual-Don Lee Broadcasting Studio (1313 N. Vine Street, late ABC Studio)
Myer Siegel (Westwood)
Myer Siegel & Co. Building (aka Dominguez Building, 5410 Wilshire Blvd)
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Nadeau Hotel (1882, 1st and Spring - SW Corner)
Nash Bros. Grocery Store (Pasadena - 1890s)
National Soldiers' Home (aka Sawtelle Veterans Home - now VA Medical Center)
Natural History Museum (Exposition Park)
Nate ‘n Al Delicatessen (1945 - 414 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills)
Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center (Chavez Ravine)
NBC Hollywood Radio City (1938 - 1964, Sunset and Vine, NE Corner)
NBC Radio City (1938 - 1964, Sunset and Vine, NE Corner)
Nelson Flats (1910)
New Hotel Broadway (Adjacent to Court Flight)
Newell and Gammon Building (Broadway)
Newmark & Co. Building (Amestoy Block)
Newmark Building (aka Blanchard Music Hall)
Nikabob Cafe (875 S. Western)
Nike Missile Site (1956 - 1974, Oat Mountain, Chatsworth)
Norbig Studios (1914, 1745-1751 Allesandro, now Glendale Blvd)
Norms Restaurant (La Cienega)
North Beach Bath House (1898 - Santa Monica)
North Beach Pier (1898 - Santa Monica)
North Hollywood (1940's and 1950's)
North Hollywood Federal Savings (Lankershim Blvd and Riverside Drive)
North Hollywood High School (1927, originally Lankershim High School)
North Hollywood Television (Moorpark and Tujunga)
Northridge (1940s - Originally Zelzah)
Northridge Fashion Center (1971)
Northridge Train Station (originally Zelzah Train Station then 'North Los Angeles' Train Station)
Norton Building (H. Jeyne Co. - 6th & Broadway, SW Corner)
Norweigen Lutheran Church (1917, later Faith Baptist Church - 18531 Gresham Street, Northridge)
N/W Corner of Hollywood and Vine
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Ocean Park (1900 - 1907; Pier Avenue, Santa Monica)
Ocean Park (1910 - 1912), Santa Monica
Ocean Park City Hall (later Venice City Hall)
Olvera St. Theatre (Originally Leo Carillo Theatre)
Olympic Auditorium (aka Grand Olympic Auditorium)
Olympic Drive-in (LA's oldest Drive-in, Olympic & Bundy)
Oneonta Park Junction (ca. 1910, South Pasadena)
Oneonta Park Junction (1937, South Pasadena)
Onizuka Street (previously Weller Street, Little Tokyo)
Orcutt Ranch (1931 - 1932, 23600 Roscoe Blvd)
Oriental Theater (Originally Granada Theater, West Coast Hollywood Theatre, today Guitar Center-7425 Sunset)
Original Pantry Café (9th & Figueroa)
Original Spanish Kitchen (7373 W. Beverly Blvd)
Original Tommy's Hamburgers (Beverly & Rampart)
Orpheum Theatre No. 1 (1894 - 1903 - aka Grand Opera House and Childs' Opera House)
Orpheum Theatre No. 2 (1903 - 1911 - aka Los Angeles Theatre and Lyceum Theatre)
Orpheum Theatre No. 3 (1911 - 1926 - Today the Palace Theatre)
Orpheum Theatre No. 4 (1926 - Today)
Outpost Sign (Hollywood Hills)
Owensmouth (1915 - 1920s - later Canoga Park, 1930)
Owensmouth High School (1914, later Canoga Park High School)
Owl Drug Company Buidling (aka Julian Medical Building, 6382 Hollywood Blvd)
Ozmun Residence (1897 - 3131 S. Figueroa St)
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PacBell Tower (aka AT&T Tower and AT&T Madison Complex Tandem Office Building)
Pacific-Asia Museum (1929, aka Grace Nicholson Bazaar and Art Gallery, 46 N. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena)
Pacific Electric Building (aka Huntington Building - 1905 - 6th and Main, SE Corner)
Pacific Electric Hill Street Station (427 S. Hill St)
Pacific Electric Red Cars (Hollywood)
Pacific Electric Subway Tunnel - Eastern Portal (Subway Terminal Building)
Pacific Electric Subway Tunnel - Western Portal (1924, aka Belmont Tunnel and Hollywood Tunnel)
Pacific Mutual Building (1908, Olive and 6th, NW Corner)
Pacific Ocean Park (1958 - aka POP)
Pacific Palisades Lighthouse and Bathhouse (1927 - 1972; at Long Wharf location)
Pacific Railway Powerhouse (formerly Los Angeles Railway - 7th & Grand)
Pacoima (1929+)
Pacoima (1950+)
Palace Grand Theatre (Glendale)
Palace Theatre (1911 - Today - 3rd Home of the Orpheum Circuit)
Palladium (6215 W. Sunset Blvd)
Palisades del Rey (1920+, later Playa del Rey)
Palisades Park (originally Linda Vista Park, Santa Monica - Early 1900s)
Palisades Park Views (1920s+, Santa Monica)
Palm Drive and Adams Boulevard (Location of LA's Oldest Palm Trees)
Palomar Ballroom (originally El Patio Ballroom then Rainbow Gardens)
Palos Verdes Peninsula (1920s & 30s)
Pan-Pacific Auditorium (1935 - 1992)
Pan-Pacific Theatre (1936, 7554 Beverly Boulevard)
Pandora's Box Nightclub (8118 Sunset Blvd - Sunset and Crescent Heights, SW Corner)
Panorama City Shopping Mall (Roscoe and Van Nuys Blvds)
Panorama Market (1954 - Devonshire and Sepulveda, NW Corner)
Pantages Theatre (1st Pantages, later Arcade Theatre - 534 S. Broadway)
Pantages Theatre (2nd Pantages, later Warner Bros. Downtown Theatre - 7th & Hill, NW Corner)
Pantages Theatre (3rd Pantages, Hollywood Blvd and Argyle Ave, NW Corner)
Pantry Café (9th & Figueroa)
Pappy's Restaurant (1965, 7625 Topanga Cyn Blvd, Currently “2 Die For Sushi Restaurant”)
Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corporation West Coast Studios (Melrose)
Paramount Pictures (Hollywood)
Paramount Studios (5555 Melrose Avenue)
Paramount Theatre (aka El Capitan Theatre, 6838 Hollywood Boulevard)
Paramount Theatre (previously Metropolitan Theatre, 6th and Hill, NE Corner)
Park Plaza Hotel (MacArthur Park - previously Elks Club)
Park View Hotel (aka Park Lake View Hotel)
Parker Center (LAPD Headquarters - 150 N. Los Angeles Street - 1955)
Parkman Middle School (today, Woodland Hills Academy, De Soto and Burbank)
Pasadena (Early Views of Pasadena)
Pasadena City Hall (1925, 100 North Garfield Avenue)
Pasadena Civic Auditorium (1932, 300 E. Green Street)
Pasadena Freeway (aka Arroyo Seco Parkway)
Pasadena Furniture Co Building (later Sears, 532 E. Colorado)
Pasadena Pioneers Bridge (1953- aka Colorado Freeway Bridge)
Pasadena Playhouse (1917 - Present, 39 S. El Molino Ave)
Pasadena Winter Garden (1940 - 171 S. Arroyo Parkway)
Patmar's Drive-in Restaurant and Motel Complex (El Segundo)
Patriotic Hall (1816 S. Figueroa St.)
Paul de Longpre Residence (Cahuenga and Hollywood Blvds, NW Corner)
Pellissier Building / Wiltern Theatre (1931, Wilshire and Western, SE Corner)
Penguin Coffee Shop (1959, Lincoln and Olympic Blvds. - Santa Monica)
Peppermint Stick Club (15463 Ventura Blvd, Studio City)
Perpetual Savings and Loan Building (1961, 9720 Wilshire, McCarty Drive and Wilshire, SW Corner)
Pershing Square (1800s)
Pershing Square Area (1910s)
Pershing Square (1930)
Pershing Square (1950s+)
Philharmonic Auditorium Building (aka Clune's Auditorium and Auditorium Building)
Philippe's the Original (1908, 1001 Alameda at Ord, NW Corner)
Phillips Block (1887, Spring & Hill)
Pico Drive-In Theatre (1st Drive-In/Western US)
Pico House (built 1868 - See Plaza of Los Angeles)
Pico-San Vincente Aqueduct (1927, Pico and San Vincente)
Picwood Theatre (10872 W Pico Blvd)
Pier Avenue (Ocean Park, early 1900s)
Pierce College (1947)
Pig Stand Drive-in (1931, Sunset and Vine, SE Corner)
Pike Amusement Park (1905 - Long Beach)
Pilgrimage Play Theatre (later John Ford Theatre)
Pink's Hot Dogs (709 N. La Brea Ave)
Pioneer Store (1897, Lankershim and Chandler, SW Corner)
PJ's Nightclub (8151 Santa Monica Blvd - Santa Monica and Crescent Heights, NW Corner)
Placerita Canyon Gold Rush (1842)
Playa del Rey (1902+)
Playa del Rey (1920+, originally Palisades del Rey)
Playa del Rey Incline Railway (1901-1909)
Playa del Rey Lagoon (1902+)
Playa del Rey Motordrome (1910)
Players Nightclub (8225 Sunset Blvd)
Plaza Market (1929 - 4651 Pico Boulevard)
Point Fermin Café (Point Fermin Park, San Pedro)
Point Fermin Lighthouse (Point Fermin Park, San Pedro)
Point Fermin Park (San Pedro)
Ponyland (aka Beverly Park and Kiddieland - Beverly and La Cienega)
POP (1958 - aka Pacific Ocean Park)
Porter Hotel (1887, aka Mission Hotel - San Fernando)
Powell Library (UCLA)
Power Substations an Switching Stations
Precious Blood Catholic Church
Prudential Building (1948, 5757 Wilshire Blvd, aka Museum Square & SAG-AFTRA Plaza)
Pump Room Restaurant (14445 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks)
Pumpkin Building (3611 Magnolia Blvd, Burbank - 1927)
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Queens Arms Restaurant (16325 Ventura Boulevard, Encino)
Quinn's Superba Theatre (1914; 518 S. Broadway)
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Radio Center Market (Vine St.)
Radio City (Hollywood)
Rainbow Bar and Grill (Sunset Strip, 9105 W. Sunset Blvd)
Rainbow Gardens(originally El Patio Ballroom - later Palomar Ballroom)
Rainbow House (aka Garcia House - 7436 Mulholland Dr.)
Ralphs Bros. Grocers (6th & Spring, S/W cr., 1886)
Ralphs Market (Hollywood)
Ralphs Market (Buena Vista & Victory)
Ralphs Market (Westwood Blvd. and Lindbrook Drive - NE Corner)
Ralphs Market (Wilshire and Hauser, NE Corner - Miracle Mile)
Ramo-Wooldridge(later Thomas-Ramo-Wooldridge - TRW, Fallbrook and Roscoe, NW Corner)
Ranchito Rómulo (1853, aka Rómulo Pico Adobe and Andrés Pico Adobe - 10940 Sepulveda Blvd)
Rancho Golf Course (1950s)
Rancho La Brea Adobe (aka Gilmore Adobe)
Rancho La Cienega O' Paso de la Tijera(also known as Baldwin Ranch)
Rancho Los Encinos (1849 - Present, 16756 Moorpark Street, Encino)
Rancho Los Feliz (Feliz Adobe - 4730 Crystal Springs Dr)
Rancho Sombrero (aka Stetson Residence, Sylmar)
Randy's Donuts (Originally Big Donut Drive-in, 805 W. Manchester, Inglewood)
Rathbuns Department Store (5311 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood)
Ravenswood Apartments (570 S. Rossmore Ave)
Raymond Hotel (1886 - 1895, Original)
Raymond Hotel (1901 - 1936, Second)
Redondo Beach (1920s & 1930s)
Republic Studios (today CBS Studio Center - Studio City)
Reseda (1930s)
Reseda (1948 - 1955)
Reseda Boulevard (1920s)
Reseda Boulevard (1950s)
Reseda Drive-in Theatre (1949 - 1970s)
Reseda High School (1955)
Reseda Municipal Center (Vanowen and Vanalden)
Reseda State Bank (Sherman Way and Reseda Blvd, S/W Corner)
Reseda Theater (18443 Sherman Way)
Richfield Oil Company Building (1929, 555 S. Flower St.)
Richfield Oil Company Building (1937+)
Richelieu Hotel (1881 - 140 S. Grand Ave)
Ridgewood Military Academy (20764 Ventura Blvd)
Rindge Residence (1902)
RKO Studios (Gower and Melrose)
Robert Morton Organ Co. (1926 - Van Nuys)
Roberts Drive-in Restaurant (Burbank)
Roberts Bros. Drive-in Restaurant (Wilshire and Vermont, near SW Corner)
Robinson's Department Store (1915, 7th and Grand, Downtown LA)
Robinson's Department Store (1952, 9900 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills)
Rocha Adobe (1st City Hall and Jail)
Rocketdyne (Canoga Park, 6633 Canoga Ave)
Rocketdyne Field Laboratory(Santa Susana Mountains)
Rodeo Drive (Beverly Hills)
Rogers Airfield also Rogers Airport also Chaplin Airfield also DeMille Airfield No.2 (Fairfax and Wilshire)
Rómulo Pico Adobe (1853, aka Ranchito Rómulo and Andrés Pico Adobe - 10940 Sepulveda Blvd)
Roos Brothers Building (Hollywood)
Roosevelt Highway Opening (1929 - Last Segment linking Mexico with Canada - Malibu)
Roosevelt Hotel (1927 - Hollywood Blvd and Orange Dr, SW Corner)
Roscoe, City of (later Sun Valley - 1948)
Rose Bowl (1st)
Rose Bowl (1930s & 1940s)
Rose Mansion (4th and Grand, SE Corner)
Rosslyn Hotel and Annex (1913 & 1923 - 5th and Main street, SW & NW corners)
Round House Adobe (built in 1854)
Roxy Theatre (Sunset Strip - 9009 W. Sunset Blvd)
Royal Albatross Service Station (1939, Ventura Place and Laurel Cyn Blvd, Studio City)
Ruber Residence (145 N. Flower St.)
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Sackett Hotel (1888 - 1st Hotel in Cahuenga Valley / Hollywood)
Sackett Hotel (1905 - Hollywood and Chauenga, SW Corner)
SAG-AFTRA Plaza (5757 Wilshire Blvd, aka Prudential Building & Museum Square)
Salt Box and Castle (325 S. Bunker Hill Ave - last houses on Bunker Hill, 1969)
Salt Lake Oil Field (Vicinity of Fairfax and 3rd Street)
Salvation Army (1890s - 1st & Weller)
San Diego Freeway, Construction of (405 Freewy)
City of San Fernando 1 (1882)
City of San Fernando 2 (1908)
City of San Fernando 3 (1938-1953)
San Fernando Hotel (1890, 700 San Fernando Street, later N. Spring Street, Sonora Town)
San Fernando and Maclay (1950s)
San Fernando Mission (1797 - Present)
San Fernando Reservoir (aka Lower Van Norman Reservoir)
San Fernando Valley 1 (1873 - 1912)
San Fernando Valley 2 (1913 - 1927)
San Fernando Valley 3 (1926 - 1938)
San Fernando Valley 4 (1939 - 1950s)
San Fernando Valley 5 (1956 - Present)
San Fernando Valley (1920s - overview)
San Fernando Valley - Community Name Origins (SFV Communities)
San Fernando Valley - Street Name Origins (SFV Street Names)
San Fernando Valley Flooding (1938)
San Fernando Valley State College (1958 - Now CSUN)
San Francisquito Power Plant No. 1 (1917 - LA's First Major Hydro Electric Power Plant)
San Pedro and Wilmington (1850 - Present)
San Pedro Boarding House (1890)
San Pedro Branch of LA Public LIbrary (1906 - 1923, later Chamber of Commerce)
San Pedro City Hall 1 (1900 - Beacon between 4th and 5th streets)
San Pedro City Hall 2 (1905 - 1908)
San Pedro City Hall 3 (1909 - 1928)
San Pedro City Hall and Municipal Building (1928 - Present)
San Pedro High School (1001 West 15th Street)
San Pedro Hotel (1898)
San Vicente and Wilshire (1922+)
Santa Anita Racetrack (1907 - 1909)
Santa Anita Racetrack (1934+)
Santa Anita Racetrack - Japanese American Internment (1942 - World War 2)
Santa Catalina Island (1880 - Present)
Santa Claus Lane (Hollywood)
Santa Fe Railroad Hospital (Boyle Heights)
Santa Fe Transcontinental Railway (1885 - aka Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway)
Santa Monica (1875 - Present)
Santa Monica Air Line (Pacific Electric)
Santa Monica Airport (originally Clover Field)
Santa Monica Beach Clubs (1920s & 1930s)
Santa Monica Boulevard (1920s - Hollywood)
Santa Monica Blvd and Western Ave (1920s - Hollywood)
Santa Monica Canyon (1880s+)
Santa Monica Canyon (1890s+)
Santa Monica City Hall (1903)
Santa Monica High School (1916+)
Santa Monica Hotel (1880s)
Santa Monica Municipal Pier (1909)
Santa Monica Pier Sign (1940)
Santa Monica Yacht Harbor (1933)
Santa Susana Pass Road (Chatsworth - Simi Valley)
Santa Susana School (1890, later Chatsworth Park School, Topanga Cyn Blvd and Devonshire, NW Corner)
Sardi's Restaurant (6313 Hollywood Blvd)
Satyr Book Shop (1622 Vine Street, Hollywood)
Sawtelle Boulevard (1939)
Sawtelle, City of (1890s+)
Sawtelle Reservoir (1924 - Near UCLA Campus)
Sawtelle Veterans Home (aka National Soldiers' Home - now VA Medical Center)
SBE Building (Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co Building - 5900 Wilshire)
Scandia Restaurant (9040 Sunset Blvd - West Hollywood)
Scattergood, Ezra (Biography)
Schaber's Cafeteria (1928, 620 S. Broadway)
Schlitz Brewery (7321 Woodman Ave, Van Nuys)
Schwab's Pharmacy (8024 W. Sunset Blvd - West Hollywood)
Scoville Bridge (Pasadena)
Scrivner's Drive-in Restaurant
Sea Witch Club (Sunset Strip)
Seaboard National Bank Building (1930, 5505 Wilshire Blvd, later B of A, Wilshire and Dunsmuire, NW Corner)
Sears Building (Boyle Heights - 1935)
Sears Building (Glendale)
Second Street Cable Railway (1885 - 1st Cable Car System in LA)
Second Street Tunnel (1924)
Security-First National Bank Building(5209 Wilshire Blvd)
Security Trust and Savings Bank (1922 - Hollywood and Cahuenga, NE Corner)
Selig Polyscope Company Studio (1909 - 1845 Allesandro St, later Glendale Blvd, Edendale)
Selig Zoo (1911 - 3800 North Mission Road in Eastlake Park, later Lincoln Park)
Sennett Studios (1912 - aka Keystone Studios - Edendale, currently 1712 Glendale Boulevard, Echo Park)
Sepulveda Blvd and Chatsworth Rd (1928, Mission Hills)
Sepulveda Dam (1941)
Sepulveda House (Olvera Street)
Sepulveda Pass (405 Freeway)
Sepulveda Tunnel (1930 - Sepulveda Pass)
Sepulveda Tunnel (1953 - LAX)
Seven Seas Restaurant & Nightclub (6904 Hollywood Boulevard)
Seventh Street (1912 - 1913; Olive & Hill - Downtown)
SFV - Community Name Origins (SFV Communities)
SFV - Street Name Origins (SFV Street Names)
Shadow Ranch (West Hills)
Shatto Residence (Lucas & Orange St, later Wilshire)
Sherman Oaks (1958 - SFV)
Sherman, Town of (West Hollywood)
Sherman Way (Reseda, 1950s)
Sherman Way and Shoup Ave (1970s)
Ships Coffee Shop (Westwood)
Shrine Auditorium (1906 - aka Al Malakah Temple)
Shrine Auditorium (1926)
Shutter Shak Photo Kiosk (1970s - 15336 Goldenwest Avenue)
Signal Hill (aka "Porcupine Hill")
Signal Oil Building (811 West 7th St. - aka the Fine Arts Building, the Havenstrite Building, and Global Marine House)
Significant Dates in LADWP History
Silent Movie Theatre (611 N. Fairfax)
Silverwood's Department Store (ca. 1905 - 6th and Broadway, NE Corner)
Silverwood's Department Store (611 W. 7th Street, Downtown)
Silverwood's Department Store (Wilshire Tower Building, Wilshire and Burnside, SE Corner, Miracle Mile)
Simi Freeway (118)
Simon's Drive-in Restaurant (Fairfax and Wilshire, NW Corner)
Simon's Drive-in Restaurant (8801 Sunset Blvd - later Dolores Drive-in, Jack’s on the Strip, & Tower Records)
Simon's Drive-in Restaurant (Wilshire and Hoover, SW Corner, later Stan's Drive-in)
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church (later Third Church of Christ, Scientist)
Sinai Temple (1930)
Sisters' Orphans Home (1899, aka L.A. County Orphanage, 917 S. Boyle Ave, Boyle Heights)
Slapsy Maxie's (originally Wilshire Bowl, 5665 Wilshire Blvd - Masselin and Wilshire, NE Corner)
Smog in Early Los Angeles (1940s - Today)
Snow Hotel (1910, later Hotel Southland, 804 W. 6th Street, 6th and Flower, SW Corner)
Snow in the San Fernando Valley (Storm of 1949)
Snowbird Ice Cream (1948, later Baskin-Robbins, 1130 S. Adams Street, Glendale)
Sodium Reactor Experiment (1957 - 1964, Santa Susana Mountains)
Sommerville Hotel (aka Dunbar Hotel)
Sonora Town (1869 - 1871)
Sonora Town (1880 - 1890)
Sonora Town (1880s+)
Sontag Drug Store (Wilshire and Cloverdale)
Sorrento Ruins (originally Gables Hotel then Sorrento Club Garage - Santa Monica)
South Pasadena Middle School (1928)
Southern California Amusement Parks (Early Views)
Southern Pacific Coast Daylight (SF to Los Angeles)
Southern Pacific Depot (1914 - aka Central Station)
Southern Pacific Railroad Yard (aka Taylor Yard)
Southern Pacific River Station (San Fernando Rd)
Southland Hotel (1916, originally Hotel Snow, 804 W. 6th Street, 6th and Flower, SW Corner)
Southwest Building (1905)
Spago Restaurant (8795 Sunset Boulevard - West Hollywood)
Spanish Kitchen, Original (7373 W. Beverly Blvd)
Spencer Tracy Ranch (1930s, 5508 White Oak Ave, Encino)
Sphinx Realty Co. (Fairfax Ave)
Sports Arena (aka Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena)
Spring and 1st Street (1931)
Spring and 2nd Street (Early 1900)
Spring and 4th Street (1900 - 1906)
Spring Street School (1st LA Public School)
Spring Street School (2nd location)
Spruce Goose (1947, aka H-4 Hercules)
Squaw Man (1913/14 - 1st feature-length motion picture in Hollywood)
S.S. Avalon (Virginia: 1891–1918, Blue Ridge: 1918–1919, Avalon: 1919–1951)
S.S. Catalina (Catalina: 1924–1942, FS 99: 1942–1946, Catalina: 1946–2009)
S.S. Harvard (1907 - 1931)
S.S. Yale (Yalte: 1907-1945, Greyhoud: 1945-1949)
St. Angelo Hotel (237 N. Grand Ave - current location of the Music Center)
St. Athanasius Episcopal Church (1864 - 1st Episcopal Church in LA)
St. Charles Hotel (also Bella Union Hotel and Clarendon Hotel)
St. Francis Dam Disaster (March 12, 1928)
St. Mark's Hotel (1905, Ocean Front and Windward Ave, Venice)
St. Mary Catholic Church (1896 - Boyle Heights)
St. Mary the Virgin Anglican-Rite Catholic Church (22601 Lassen Street, Chatsworth)
St. Vibiana's Cathedral (1876 - 2nd and Main, SE Corner)
St. Vincent Catholic Church (621 W. Adams Blvd)
St. Vincent's College (2nd location)
St Vincent's Hospital (1884 - Beaudry Park, Beaudry & Sunset)
St. Vincent's Hospital (2131 W. Third St)
Stahl House (Hollywood Hills)
Staples Center (Downtown)
Stan's Drive-in Coffee Shop (Sunset and Highland, SE Corner)
Stan's Drive-in Restaurant (Beverly and La Brea, NW Corner)
Stan's Drive-in Restaurant (4400 block of Sunset, East Hollywood)
Stan's Drive-in Restaurant (Wilshire and Hoover, SW Corner - previously Simon's)
State Building (1931 - 1976, 1st and Spring, NW Corner)
State Normal School (1882)
State Normal School (UCLA)
Stephen M. White - Statue (1891, LA County Courthouse)
Sterling Plaza (aka California Bank Building, Beverly Hills, 9441 Wilshire Blvd)
Stetson Residence (aka Rancho Sombrero, Sylmar)
Stimson House (1891 - aka 'The Castle')
Stock Exchange Building (619 S. Spring)
Stoney Point (1930s & 1940s, Chatsworth)
Stoney Point (1960s+, Chatsworth)
Story Building (aka Walter P. Story Building - 6th and Broadway, SE Corner)
Street Name Origins (San Fernando Valley)
Streetlights (LA Streetlight History)
Streetlights (Modified during WWII)
Studio City (1920s - 1930s, also Republic Studios, today CBS Studio Center)
Studio City (1950s - 1960s, SFV)
Studio City Hand Car Wash (11514 Ventura Boulevard)
Studio City Theatre (today Bookstar/Barns & Noble, 12136 Ventura Blvd)
Subway Terminal Building (1925 - 417 S. Hill St)
Sun Valley (1948+)
Sunbeam Theatre (Highland Park)
Sunfax Mart (Sunset & Fairfax)
Sunkist Building (1935- Downtown, 5th and Hope St)
Sunkist Building (1970 - Sherman Oaks, 14130 Riverside Dr.)
Sunland - Tujunga (1914 - 1928)
Sunset and Doheny (1938, West Hollywood)
Sunset and Figueroa (1924)
Sunset and PCH (1940)
Sunset Clock Market (1929 - Wilshire Blvd and Hamilton Drive, NE Corner)
Sunset Grill (7439 Sunset Boulevard)
Sunset Hotel (1890, 703 San Fernando Street, later N. Spring Street, Sonora Town)
Sunset Park(later La Fayette Park)
Sunset Plaza (Sunset Boulevard bet. La Cienega and San Vicente at Sunset Plaza Drive)
Sunset Strip Billboards (1960s - 1980s)
Sunset Tower Apartments (1931 - Sunset Strip, 8358 Sunset Blvd)
Sunset Trail (Santa Monica, 1905+)
Sunset Vine Tower (1963)
Sunspot Motel (aka Carl's at the Beach, Carl's Sea-Air Motel, Carl's Sea-Air Lodge - Pacific Palisades)
Super Bowl I (Coliseum)
Surfridge (1920+, portion of Playa del Rey)
Sylmar (1900 - 1950; Los Angeles Olive Growers Association)
Sylmar (1950s)
Syndicate Block (aka Arcade Block, 1912 - Owensmouth)
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Taft Building (1923, SE Corner of Hollywood and Vine)
Tail o' the Pup Hot Dog Stand (311 N. La Cienega)
Tally's New Broadway Theatre (aka Kinemacolor Theatre)
Talmadge Apartments (3278 Wilshire Blvd)
Tam O'Shanter Restaurant (2980 Los Feliz Blvd)
Tarzana (1910s - 1940s, San Fernando Valley)
Tarzana (1940s - 1960s, San Fernando Valley)
Taylor Yard (aka Southern Pacific Railroad Yard)
Temperance Temple (aka Women's Christian Temperance Union Building - WCTU)
Temple and Broadway (1932)
Temple Block (1850+)
Temple Block to City Hall (1885 - 1928)
Temple Emanu-el (639 S. Manhattan Pl.)
Temple Street Cable Railway Barn (1890)
Terminal Annex Building (1939 - 900 N. Alameda Street)
'The Castle' and 'The Salt Box' (325 S. Bunker Hill Ave - last houses on Bunker Hill, 1969)
The Comedy Store (Previously Club Seville and Ciro's)
The Old Barn (1913 - The Squaw Man - 1st Film in Hollywood)
The Pike (1905 - Long Beach)
The Squaw Man (1913/14 - 1st feature-length motion picture in Hollywood)
The Syndicate (1910 - Los Angeles Suburban Home Co. - Lankershim, Van Nuys, Marian, and Owensmouth)
The Track Drive-in Restaurant (8201 Beverly Blvd - Beverly and La Jolla Ave, SW Corner)
Theme Building (LAX - 1961)
Third and Fairfax Area (1940s & 1950s)
Third Street Promenade (Santa Monica, 1880)
Thrid Street Promenade (Santa Monica, 1910)
Third Street Promenade (Santa Monica, 1933+)
Third Street Tunnel (1901)
Third Street Tunnel (1944+ )
Thrifty Drug Store and A&P Market (Sunset and Fairfax)
Tilford's Restaurant and Coffee Shop (1949, Wilshire and La Brea, NW Corner)
Tiny Naylor's Restaurant (Sunset & La Brea, NW Corner)
Tishman Plaza (1952, later Central Plaza, 3440-3460 Wilshire Boulevard, at Normandie)
Title Guarantee Building (5th and Hill, NW Corner)
Toff's Coffee Shop (Hollywood and Orchid, NW Corner)
Toluca Yard (aka PE Belmont Yard, North portal of Belmont Tunnel)
Tom Bradley E. S. & H Charter Magnet (previously 38th Street School)
Tom Breneman's Restaurant (Vine Street n/o Sunset Blvd)
Tommy's Hamburgers (Beverly & Rampart)
Tommy's Restaurant (1947 - Not the Hamburger Chain - 6343 Vineland Ave, North Hollywood)
Toonerville Trolley Sandwich Shop
Topanga Canyon (1909)
Topanga Canyon Road (1900 - 1921)
Topanga Canyon Summit (1920s)
Topanga Canyon Summit (1937 - 1942)
Topanga Plaza Mall (Woodland Hills)
Topanga Theatre (Topanga and Victory Blvd, SE Corner)
Touraine Apartments (457 S. Hope)
Tournament of Roses Parade (1890, Pasadena)
Tower Records (1971 - Sunset Strip)
Tower Theatre (1927, 8th and Broadway, SE Corner)
Towers Motors (1949, 600 E. Colorado Street, Glendale)
Town House Building (Wilshire and Commonwealth)
Track Drive-in Restaurant (1948, 8201 Beverly Blvd - Beverly and La Jolla Ave, SW Corner)
Tracy Ranch (1930s, Spencer and Louise Tracy, 5508 White Oak Ave, Encino)
Travel Town (Griffith Park)
Treaty of Cahuenga (1847)
Trinity Auditorium (1914 - 851 S. Grand)
Tropical Ice Gardens (1938, Westwood Village)
Tropico, Town of (1918 - Annexed into Glendale & Los Angeles)
Troubadour Nightclub (Sunset Strip)
Turnverein Building (1888)
Twin Lakes Park (ca. 1920 - Chatsworth)
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UCLA (Early Views of)
UCLA & Westwood (Early Views of)
UCLA Bridge (1928 - aka Arroyo Bridge)
Union Bank Building (1966 - 455 S. Figueroa St)
Union Station (1939)
United Artists Theater (1927 - 933 S. Broadway)
Universal City (1928)
Universal Studios (1915 - Universal City)
Universalist Church (1890 - Raymond and Chestnut Streets, SE Corner - Pasadena)
U.S. Bank Tower (1989, formerly Library Tower and First Interstate Bank World Center)
USC (University of Southern California)
USC Pacific Asia Museum (1929, aka Grace Nicholson Bazaar and Art Gallery, 46 N. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena)
U.S. Hotel (ca. 1863, Market St and Main St, SE Corner)
U.S. Naval Fleet at San Pedro Harbor (1919 - 1940)
U.S. Post Office Terminal Annex Building
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Val D'Amour Apartment Building (854 S. Oxford)
Valley Ice Skating Center (1960 - 1970s, 18361 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana)
Valley Music Theatre (1963 - 1980, 20600 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills)
Valley Plaza Mall (1951 - Victory and Laurel Canyon Blvds)
Valley Presbyterian Hospital (1958 - 15107 Vanowen Street, Van Nuys)
Valley Recreational Center (1938 - 12229 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City)
Valley Refrigeration Co. Store (Canoga Park, today Work Boot Warehouse)
Valley State College (aka San Fernando Valley State, CSUN)
Valley Steam Plant (1953; 11805 Sheldon Street, Sunland)
Valley Times (11109 Magnolia Blvd)
Valley Unitarian Universalist Church ("The Onion")
Van de Kamp's Bakery(1st Windmall Shop in Los Angeles)
Van de Kamp's (Wilshire and Masselin Ave, NE Corner - Miracle Mile)
Van de Kamp's Bakery Headquarters (1939 Fletcher Drive)
Van de Kamp's Drive-in (Fletcher Drive and San Fernando Rd, Atwater)
Van Norman Reservoir (aka Lower San Fernando Reservoir)
Van Nuys (1911 - Town of Van Nuys)
Van Nuys (1920s)
Van Nuys (1960s)
Van Nuys Airport (1928 - Originally Metropolitan Airport)
Van Nuys Blvd (1920s)
Van Nuys Blvd (1940s & 1950s)
Van Nuys Blvd (1970s)
Van Nuys City Hall (1932)
Van Nuys Drive-in Theatre (1948, 15040 Roscoe Blvd)
Van Nuys Grammar School (1912, 6464 Sylmar Ave)
Van Nuys Hotel (1895 - 4th & Main St, NW Corner)
Van Nuys Residence (1880s - Spring and 7th, SW Corner)
Van Nuys Residence (San Fernando Valley)
Vejar Stage Station (Built in 1820, Agoura)
Venice of America (1905)
Venice Miniature Railway (1905)
Venice Trams (1916 - 1929, Venice to Santa Monica)
Venice Oil Field (1929 - 1990s)
Ventura and Balboa Boulevards (1950s - Encino)
Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards (1950s - Sherman Oaks)
Ventura and Van Nuys Boulevards (1940s - 1950s)
Ventura Boulevard (1948 - 1954: Sherman Oaks; Studio City; Encino; Woodland Hills)
Ventura Boulevard (1927 - Sherman Oaks)
Verdugo Wash (1936 - Glendale)
Vickrey-Brunswig Building (1883)
Victory Drive-in Theatre (13037 Victory Blvd, North Hollywood)
Victory Elementary School (1928 - Victory Blvd and Radford Ave, SW Corner)
Villa Carlotta (1926 - Franklin and Tamarind, NW Corner)
Villa de Leone (1926 - Castellammare)
Villa Madama (Hancock Mansion)
Villa Nova Restaurant (Sunset Strip - later Rainbow Bar & Grill)
Ville de Paris (1901)
Ville de Paris Department Store (7th & Olive - later B.H. Dyas Co.)
Vincent Lugo Adobe (Original location of St. Vincent College)
Vincent Thomas Bridge (1960, San Pedro - Terminal Island)
Vine Street Theatre (Today, Ricardo Montalbán Theatre)
Vista Theatre (1923, originally Bard's Theatre - 4473 Sunset Blvd)
Vista Theatre (1950+)
Vitagraph Studio (today Prospect Studios, Talmadge and Prospect Ave)
Vogel Block (7th & Broadway, SW Corner)
Vogue Theatre (6675 Hollywood Boulevard)
Vroman's Bookstore (Pasadena - 1890s)
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Walker Dodge (Today, Dependable Dodge - Canoga Park)
Wallichs Music City (1940 to 1978; Sunset and Vine, NW Corner)
Walt Disney Studios (1926 to 1940; 2710 Hyperion Ave, Los Feliz)
Walter P. Story Building (1909 - 610 S. Broadway - 6th and Broadway, SE Corner)
Ward Hotel (8th and Olive Streets, SW Corner)
Warner Beverly Theatre (9404 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills)
Warner Bros. West Coast Studios (aka KTLA Studios, today Sunset Bronson Studios - 5858 Sunset Blvd)
Warner Brothers Studios - Hollywood (later Sunset Bowling Center and Sunset Bronson Stuidos)
Warner Brothers Studios - Burbank (Originally First National Pictures)
Warner Brothers Downtown Theatre (Originall the 2nd Pantages Theatre, 7th & Hill, NW Corner)
Warner Brothers Theatre (later Hollywood Pacific Theatre; Hollywood & Wilcox, NE Corner)
Warner Ranch (1958 - West San Fernando Valley)
Washington Park (1912 - Baseball Field - Hill Street and Washington Blvd)
Water and Power Building (111 N. Hope St.)
Water Department Original Building
Watts Towers (1765 East 107th St,)
Webb's Department Store (Glendale, S/W corner of Brand Blvd and Wilson Ave)
Weddington House (1895, Currently site of the El Portal Theatre, 5269 Lankershim Blvd)
Weeks Poultry Colony (1924, later Winnetka)
Weller Residence (1894 - 401 N. Figueroa)
Weller Street (now Onizuka Street, Little Tokyo)
West Hollywood (Early Views of)
West Los Angeles (1950s)
West Side Lighting Company (1887 - later Edison Electric Company)
Western Auto Supply Co. Building (Wilshire and Hauser)
Western Building (aka Hollywood Western Building, Hollywood and Western, SW Corner)
Westin Bonaventure Hotel (1976)
Westlake Park (1880s)
Westlake Park (1920s+)
Westlake Park (1930s+, renamed MacArthur Park in 1942)
Westlake Theatre (1926, 638 S. Alvarado St)
Westminster Hotel (1887 - 4th & Main, NE Corner)
Westwood (Early Views of)
Westwood Speicals (Streetlights)
Westwood Village Theatre (aka Fox Theatre or 'The Fox')
Wetherby & Kayser Shoes (Pasadena - 1894)
Whisky A-Go-Go (Sunset Strip)
White Sox Ball Park (South Los Angeles - 38th Street and Compton Ave)
White, Stephen M. - Statue (1891, LA County Courthouse)
Whiteman Airport (aka Whiteman Air Park, Pacoima)
Whitley Mansion (5849 Van Nuys Blvd, Currently site of Keyes Toyota Dealership)
Wich Stand Coffee Shop (4508 W. Slauson Ave)
Widney Hall (USC)
Wil Wright's Ice Cream (1960s - Ventura and Van Nuys Blvds, NW Corner)
Willard's Restaurant (Pico Blvd)
Willard's Restaurant (Loz Feliz - later Brown Derby)
William Dibble Fuel and Feed Store (1898 - 6th and Main, SE Corner)
William Fox Studios (1916 - 1845 Allesandro St, later Glendale Blvd, Edendale)
William Fox Studios (1917 - 1924, Western and Fernwood Ave, Hollywood)
Willoughby Hotel (also A. I. Bath Building)
Wilmington Exchange Buildiing, Hotel, and Stage Station (Canal St., now Avalon Blvd)
Wilshire and Fairfax (1929)
Wilshire and Fairfax (1938+)
Wilshire and Highland (1950s)
Wilshire and La Brea (1928+)
Wilshire and La Brea (1949+)
Wilshire and Normandie (1928+)
Wilshire and Normandie (1950s)
Wilshire and San Vicente (1922+)
Wilshire and Vermont (1930s)
Wilshire and Western (1924 - 1926, LA's busiest intersection at the time)
Wilshire and Western (1929 - 1931, LA's busiest intersection at the time)
Wilshire and Western (1950s)
Wilshire Boulevard (1920s)
Wilshire Boulevard (1930s - near La Brea Ave)
Wilshire Boulevard (1930s - near Lafayette Park)
Wilshire Boulevard (1950s - Miracle Mile)
Wilshire Boulevard Temple (1929 - Wilshire and Hobart, NE Corner)
Wilshire Bowl (later Slapsy Maxie's Nightclub, 5665 Wilshire Blvd - Masselin and Wilshire, NE Corner)
Wilshire Christian Church (1927, Wilshire and Normandie, NE Corner - now Oasis Church)
Wilshire Coffee Pot Restaurant (8601 Wilshire)
Wilshire Congregational Church (now Wilshire United Methodist Church - 4350 Wilshire Blvd)
Wilshire Ebell Club and Theatre
Wilshire Professional Building (1928, 3875 Wilshire Blvd)
Wilshire Special (Streetlights)
Wilshire Theatre (later NuWilshire Theatre - Santa Monica)
Wilshire Tower (1929 - 5514 Wilshire Blvd, Desomond's, Miracle Mile)
Wilshire United Methodist Church (previously Wilshire Congregational Church - 4350 Wilshire Blvd)
Wilshirmart (Wilshire and Doheny, S/W Corner)
Wilson Block (1886 - First & Spring - S/E)
Wilson Building (1929 - aka E. Clem Wilson Building, General Insurance, Mutual of Omaha, Asashi, and Samsung)
Wiltern Theatre (1931, Pellissier Bldg - Wilshire and Western, SE Corner)
Windward Avenue (Venice)
Winnetka Drive-in (Chatsworth)
Wolf's Lair Castle (1928, 2869 Durand Drive, Hollywood Hills)
Wolfskill Ranch (future home of the SP Arcade Station)
Women's Athletic Club (829 S. Flower St)
Women's Christian Temperance Union Building (WCTU)
Woodland Hills (1940s)
Woodland Hills (1950s)
Workman Residence (1880)
Wrigley Field (42nd Place and Avalon Blvd)
Wrigley Field (Catalina Island)
Wrigley Residence (Catalina Island)
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Yamashiro Restaurant (previously Bernheimer Estate and Gardens)
Yamato Store (635-637 S. Broadway, ca. 1910)
Yellow Submarine (Santa Monica Blvd and N. Harper Ave, NW Corner)
YMCA (1880s)
YMCA (Hollywood, 1920 - Corner of Hudson and Selma Aves)
Yucca Vine Tower (1928, aka Mountain States Building)
YWCA Building later Hotel Belmont (251 S. Hill St. - 2 lots north of Angels Flight)
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Zahn Residence (Bunker Hill)
Zanja Madre (LA's Original Aqueduct)
Zelzah (Renamed North Los Angeles in 1929, Northridge in 1938)
Zelzah Train Station (later North LA, then Northridge)
Zelzah Elementary School (1914, 9036 Reseda Blvd)
Zephyr Room (Wilshire)
Zodys (Canoga Park - 8200 Block of Topanga Cyn Blvd)
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