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Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 979.494
EAN: 9781883318550
ISBN: 1883318556
Label: Angel City Press
Manufacturer: Angel City Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: November 30, 2005
Publisher: Angel City Press
Studio: Angel City Press
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Rating: - Excellent history of Wilshire
If you're interested in history, specifically of places you go everyday and you live in Los Angeles, this is a must read. Yes, it gets heavy with details, but that's the fun of it. To read about Wilshire Blvd. when it was nothing more than a kind of paved route to the ocean, it's amazing and nearly incomphrensible. The one thing that did it for me, and again, this with only make sense if you know the area: an aerial period picture of the intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and Wilshire. Nothing going ... Read More
Rating:  - take the #20 bus along Wilshire Blvd
The authors have produced a grand tale about one of the great streets of Los Angeles. Replete with numerous photographs that capture its storied history. The narrative is comprehensive. Famous personages liberally walk across the pages. Gaylord Wilshire himself, of course and firstly. Then we later see General Otis, Tallulah Bankhead, Earle C Anthony, Hancock, Ansel Adams, Ralph Parsons, Morgan Hunt, Upton Sinclair, and many more.
You get a feel for how Los Angeles grew to a world class ... Read More
Rating: - BOULEVARD TO THE CITY OF ANGELS
This is a well researched and perfectly realized tribute to one of the great American thoroughfairs. The progress and history of Wilshire is tracked from its inseption right up to present day. There is no doubt that the author has a real love for the history and a respect for the singular importance this boulevard had and has to the city of Angels. The text is articulate and thorough and the images are crisp and well presented. If you have any interest in the history of Los Angeles, or great boulevards, ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic
If your interested in the history and development of Wilshire Blvd, this is the book to own. Fantastic pictures, I have a hard time just putting the book down. Buy it, you wont be dissapointed!
Rating: - Excellent book! A must for anyone interested in LA History!
Before I bought it, I did not expect this book to be worth the money. But this is SIMPLY one of the BEST LA history books I've EVER read! I read the 200 pages cover to cover in no time! The authors put tremendous effort in covering the history of all parts of the Boulevard. The book tells histories of the people behind the real estate deals and the landmark buildings built. This is a mountain of research well presented! And the excellent photos can't be beat!
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