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Diamondback Bicycles was founded as a BMX brand in 1977 by Western States Imports in Newbury Park, California, which sold bikes under the Centurion (bicycle) brand. [1] Early in its history, the brand name was "Diamond Back" and in 1994 this changed to "DiamondBack" and then to "Diamondback."
Centurion (bicycle company) Centurion was a brand of bicycles created in 1969 by Mitchell (Mitch) M. Weiner and Junya (Cozy) Yamakoshi, [ 1 ] who co-founded Western States Import Co. (WSI) in Canoga Park, California (initially Wil-Go Imports) to design, specify, distribute and market the bicycles. The bikes themselves were manufactured ...
The California Cycleway Company bought a six-mile (10 km) right-of-way from downtown Pasadena to Avenue 54 in Highland Park, Los Angeles. [ 1 ] The bark Letitia from Puget Sound was the first boat to arrive at San Pedro laden with the first cargo of lumber for the cycleway in late September 1899. [ 2 ]
Los Angeles Maritime Museum: San Pedro: Maritime: Local maritime, diving and fishing industries, ship models, sailor's artifacts, local history, USS Los Angeles (CA-135) Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery: Los Feliz: Art: Located in Barnsdall Art Park, focus is arts and artists of Southern California Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust: Fairfax ...
34°0′31″N118°21′55″W34.00861°N 118.36528°W. Area. 401 acres (1.62 km 2) Established. 1984. Governing body. California Department of Parks and Recreation. Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, or Kenneth Hahn Park, is a state park unit of California in the Baldwin Hills Mountains of Los Angeles. The park is managed by the Los Angeles ...
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is the largest natural and historical museum in the western United States. [ 3 ] The museum is located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the California Science Center. Its collections include nearly 35 million specimens and artifacts and cover 4.5 billion years of history.
raleigh.co.uk. The Raleigh Bicycle Company is a British bicycle manufacturer based in Nottingham, England and founded by Woodhead and Angois in 1885. Using Raleigh as their brand name, it is one of the oldest bicycle companies in the world. After being acquired by Frank Bowden in December 1888, it became The Raleigh Cycle Company, which was ...
History. Baldwin Village was developed in the early 1940s and 1950s by architect Clarence Stein, as an apartment complex for young families. Baldwin Village is occasionally called "The Jungles" by locals because of the tropical trees and foliage (such as palms, banana trees and begonias) that once thrived among the area's tropical-style postwar ...