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In 1868 Banning created the Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad, Southern California's first railroad and used it to transport goods from San Pedro Bay to Los Angeles, which soon became a major city in Southern California. [13] 1859 survey map of Rancho San Pedro. San Pedro was a township in the 1860 census.
Banning House, also known as the General Phineas Banning Residence Museum, is a historic Greek Revival-Victorian home in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1863 by Phineas Banning near the original San Pedro Bay, it remained in
The Catalina Swimwear Building, now called The Catalina, was sold in 2016 and is in the process of being renovated into 78 live/work lofts to restore its historic fabric. . "Work will include removing stucco from the ground floor façade to reveal original terracotta, adding a rooftop gym and possibly putting up a sign for the Catalina Swimwear Company as a way of honoring the structure’s histor
The house also features a third bonus room off of the kitchen that could easily be used as an extra bedroom or entertaining space. [5] After Joseph died in 1991, [3] Martha became the sole owner of the property until she died in 2004; Martha "donated an easement on the complex to the Los Angeles Conservancy" to keep the property intact. [6]
“AD began in Los Angeles more than 100 years ago, and the city and its architecture continue to charm and influence the design world, even today,” the magazine’s global editorial director ...
Shane Building (former Directors Guild of America), Los Angeles, 1930 Skinner House, Los Angeles, 1937; Sontag Drug Store (now Wilshire Beauty), Los Angeles, 1935; Southern California Edison Company Building, Los Angeles; Southern California Gas Company Complex, Downtown Los Angeles, 1925; Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, 1911
Casa de San Pedro was part of the beginning of the Port of Los Angeles. In 1846 the Mexican governor of Alta California, Pío Pico, directed that a 500-vara-square of land (43 acres) facing onto San Pedro Bay be set aside as a government reservation. [2] In 1904 surveyor H.H. Burton inspected Casa de San Pedro for the San Pedro Government ...
Bag End, Hobbiton, the comfortable underground dwelling of Bilbo and later Frodo Baggins, constructed for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film series. Tolkien's painting The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the-Water, watercolour, 1938 [1] showing its ideal position near the top of the Hill at Hobbiton, with less-favoured Hobbit-holes lower down.