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The world-famous Miracle Mile in Los Angeles was shaped into a great commercial and cultural district by the city's tremendous urban expansion in the early twentieth century. Its origins along Wilshire Boulevard are directly related to the twin LA booms in auto travel and real estate ventures. Once the home of such famous stores as the May Company, Silverwood's, Coulter's and Desmond's, as well as Streamline Moderne and Art Deco architecture, Miracle Mile has boasted the La Brea Tar Pits and Farmer's Market, Gilmore Field and CBS Television City, as well as Pan Pacific Park and Museum Row. Join author Ruth Wallach, head of the University of Southern California's Architecture and Fine Arts Library, for this tour through the most emblematic neighborhood of twentieth-century Los Angeles development.

Résumé
The world-famous Miracle Mile in Los Angeles wasshaped into a great commercial and cultural district by the city's tremendousurban expansion in the early twentieth century. Its origins along WilshireBoulevard are directly related to the twin LA booms in auto travel and realestate ventures. Once the home of such famous stores as the May Company,Silverwood's, Coulter's and Desmond's, as well as Streamline Moderne and ArtDeco architecture, Miracle Mile has boasted the La Brea Tar Pits and Farmer'sMarket, Gilmore Field and CBS Television City, as well as Pan Pacific Park andMuseum Row. Join author Ruth Wallach, head of the University of SouthernCalifornia's Architecture and Fine Arts Library, for this tour through the mostemblematic neighborhood of twentieth-century Los Angeles development.

Informations sur le produit

Titre:	Miracle Mile in Los Angeles
Auteur:
Code EAN:	9781625846358
ISBN:	978-1-62584-635-8
Protection contre la copie numérique:	Adobe DRM
Format:	eBook (epub)
Editeur:	The History Press Ltd
Genre:	Art
Parution:	09.07.2013
Année:	2013
Sous-titre:	Englisch
Taille de fichier:	0.0 MB