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Los Angeles Municipal Airport on Army Day, c. 1931. The next year, the dirt runway was replaced with oiled decomposed granite which could be used year-round and two more hangars, a restaurant, office space, and a control tower were built. On June 7, 1930, the facility was dedicated and renamed Los Angeles Municipal Airport. [3]
The Theme Building at LAX, built in 1961, is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. The distinctive Theme Building in the Googie style was built in 1961 and resembles a flying saucer that has landed on its four legs. A restaurant with a sweeping view of the airport is suspended beneath two arches that form the legs.
The Theme Building is a structure at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), considered an architectural example of the Space Age design style. Influenced by "Populuxe" architecture, it is an example of the Mid-century modern design movement, later to become known as "Googie". [2]
Los Angeles got the 2028 games as a consolation prize when Paris was picked for 2024. Back in 1932, LA hosted its first Olympics. The city was the only bidder for the games at a time marred by the ...
Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American architect and engineer. [1] [2] She designed more than 700 buildings in California during a long and prolific career. [3]
Only two-story hacienda ever built in Santa Cruz County. [127] Vicente Martínez Adobe: near Martinez: 1849 Residence [128] Los Encinos De La Osa Adobe: Los Angeles: 1849–50 Residence [129] Chapel of the Immaculate Conception: San Diego: 1850 Residence Also known as the Old Adobe Church. Dedicated as a parish church in 1856. Reyes Adobe ...
The viaduct replaced a popular Streamline Moderne bridge built in 1932 after it suffered from what engineers called “concrete cancer” that left it continually crumbling.
As fire tears though the Los Angeles area, celebrities are among the many people impacted. Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore and Jeff Bridges join the long list of people who have lost their homes.