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The Sepulveda Dam is a dry dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withhold winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River.Completed in 1941, at a cost of $6,650,561 (equivalent to $137,766,000 in 2023), it is located south of center in the San Fernando Valley, approximately eight miles (13 km) east of the river's source in the western end of the Valley, in Los Angeles, California.
The architecture of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), in Southeast Asia, includes architectural styles which reflect the influence of neighboring and Western nations and modernization. The country's most prominent buildings include Buddhist pagodas , stupas and temples , British colonial buildings, and modern renovations and structures.
The Arroyo Calabasas (left) and Bell Creek (right) join to form the Los Angeles River LA River near downtown LA during drought in 2014. The Los Angeles River's official beginning is at the confluence of two channelized streams – Bell Creek and Arroyo Calabasas – in the Canoga Park section of the city of Los Angeles, just east of California State Route 27 (Topanga Canyon Boulevard), at (the ...
Fall River Government Center, Fall River (1976) [2]: 62 Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Kevin Roche, 1975) [2]: 59 The First Church of Christ, Scientist; George Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge (John Andrews, 1972) George Sherman Union; Harbor Towers
A salvage crew tries to dig out a gravel truck damaged by flooding along the Los Angeles River on March 2, 1938. The truck was at the construction site of a railroad crossing for Union Pacific ...
Cliff May (1903–1989) [1] was a building designer (he was not licensed as an architect until the last year of his life) practicing in California best known and remembered for developing the suburban Post-war "dream home" (California Ranch House), and the Mid-century Modern
Melanie Winter has long advocated for change along the L.A. River. As she undergoes cancer treatment, she remains focused on healing L.A.'s relationship to water.
A December 8, 2003, article by writer Charlie LeDuff for The New York Times entitled Los Angeles by Kayak: Vistas of Concrete Banks was accused of drawing from The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth. One week later, on December 15, 2003, The New York Times appended a clarification: [3]