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  2. Sears, Roebuck & Company Mail Order Building (Los Angeles ...

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    Side view. In December 1926, Sears, Roebuck & Company of Chicago announced that it would build a nine-story, height-limit building on East Ninth Street (later renamed Olympic Boulevard) at Soto Street to be the mail-order distribution center for the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states, to be constructed by Scofield Engineering Company.

  3. Murphy Ranch - Wikipedia

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    Morehart later sold 86.6 acres of the property, including Murphy Ranch, to the city of Los Angeles in 1972. He donated half and received $478,000 for the other half. Despite being so far from the city, it remains a Los Angeles city park to this day (2024). The Mandeville Canyon fire of 1978 destroyed most of the structures. The large water tank ...

  4. Category:1930s in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1930s in Los Angeles" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics; Cookie statement;

  5. Bunker Hill, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Initially a residential suburb, Bunker Hill retained its exclusive character through the end of World War I.Around the 1920s and the 1930s, with the advent of the Pacific Electric Railway and the construction of the freeway, and the increased urban growth fed by an extensive streetcar system, its wealthy residents began leaving for enclaves such as Beverly Hills and Pasadena.

  6. List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past.It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions, tract names, homeowners associations, and informal names for areas.

  7. Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District

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    The neighborhood was connected by rail to Los Angeles in 1887, Paul de Longpré built its first tourist attraction in 1901, and the entire area was annexed into the city of Los Angeles in 1910. [2] Most of the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was built between 1915 and 1939, during the rapid boom of the film industry.

  8. List of former municipalities in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    City of Hyde Park [3] 1923: South Los Angeles: La Ballona Township (part) 1920–1930: West Side: Los Angeles Township (part) 1915: Northwest Los Angeles: Town of Palms: 1920: West Side: San Antonio Township (part) 1895–1910: South Los Angeles: City of San Pedro: 1930: Harbor Area: City of Sawtelle [4] 1920: West Side: City of Venice: 1925 ...

  9. Pico-Union, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery was founded as Rosedale Cemetery in 1884, when Los Angeles was a small city of around 28,000 people, on 65 acres (260,000 m 2) of land between Washington and Venice boulevards (then 16th Street) between Normandie Avenue and Walton and Catalina Streets.