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Stephen King's 1990 horror novella The Langoliers and its 1995 movie adaptation feature LAX as the starting point and ending destination for the protagonists.; The Japan Airlines commercials featuring Janet Jackson were filmed in LAX to promote their Executive class (business class) products on the then-brand new Boeing 747-400.
[15] [14] The airport was renamed Los Angeles International Airport in 1949. [17] The temporary terminals remained in place for 15 years but quickly became inadequate, especially as air travel entered the "jet age" and other cities invested in modern facilities. Airport leaders once again convinced voters to back a $59 million bond on June 5, 1956.
[4] [5] As per traditional culinary apprenticeship in Japan, he spent many of those years working on mundane tasks such as dishwasher and bathroom cleaner before rising to the level of sushi chef. [3] In 1978, a vacation to Los Angeles convinced him to move to the United States. [4] In 1980, Takayama opened his first restaurant in Los Angeles ...
Los Angeles Airport Marriott Los Angeles, California: 3,207: Bekka the Alice, Jessica Gaona, Kyle Hebert, The Spoony Bards, and Tadao Tomomatsu. [16] January 29-30, 2011 Los Angeles Airport Marriott Los Angeles, California: 3,598: Gina Biggs, Taliesin Jaffe, Helen McCarthy, Jason Charles Miller, Patrick Seitz, and Tadao Tomomatsu. [17] January ...
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The airport is located in Burbank, and serves the heavily populated areas of northern Los Angeles County. It is the closest airport to the central and northeastern parts of L.A. (including Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles), Glendale, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley, and the western San Gabriel Valley.
Los Angeles opened its main airport on October 1, 1928. At the time of the opening, it was known as Mines Field and was little more than a dirt airstrip with no facilities. The first building, the historic Hangar No. 1, was erected in 1929. In 1930, the facility was renamed Los Angeles Municipal Airport, and mostly served general aviation.
The basic layout of the airport dates back to 1958 when the architecture firm Pereira & Luckman was contracted to plan the re-design of the airport for the "jet age."The plan, developed with architects Welton Becket and Paul Williams, called for a series of terminals and parking structures in the central portion of the property, with these buildings connected at the center by a huge steel-and ...