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1984 Olympics: Mapping the LA venues that shaped the games
In 1978, Los Angeles agreed to host the 1984 Summer Olympics and, as described in the official report of the games, a small, secretive organizing committee formed to oversee the delivery and ...
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The meaning of noir—and 13 of the genre’s best films - Curbed LA
13 of the best noir films set in Los Angeles Laced with corruption in the 1940s and ’50s, LA became the birthplace for the literary and cinematic style ...
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The early history of Los Angeles’s Skid Row - Curbed LA
It was Christmastime in Los Angeles in 1902. The Los Angeles Times sent a reporter out to the saloon-lined intersection of First Street and Los Angeles Street, epicenter of Victorian LA’s Skid ...
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Los Angeles history 101 - Curbed LA
Moving to a new city can be hard, especially an unwieldy, disjointed, sprawling metropolis like Los Angeles. One thing that helps ties all Angelenos together? Talking about things we know! We talk ...
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When mobsters and movie stars ruled the Sunset Strip
When mobsters and movie stars ruled the Sunset Strip The end of Prohibition signaled a new outlaw era on the Strip, one that was both dangerous and glamorous ...
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Ghost stories from Los Feliz - Curbed LA
Los Feliz isn’t just bustling, friendly Vermont, charming Spanish-stucco homes, and the wonders of Griffith Park. The popular Los Angeles neighborhood, just to the east of the Hollywood sign ...
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The stories behind LA’s famous—and strange—street names
The stories behind LA’s famous (and strange) street names The origins are both common and weird, from cult leaders to old Mexican ranchos to the pets and family members of real estate subdividers ...
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Eve Babitz's guide to Los Angeles - Curbed LA
Eve Babitz's guide to Los Angeles Take a tour of the writer’s sexy, smoggy city of the 1960s and ’70s ...
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LA’s program to put denser housing near transit, explained - Curbed LA
A proposal out of Sacramento to put denser housing near transit has divided Californians. But a similar program is already underway in the city of Los Angeles. It’s an incentive program called ...
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The destructive force of Rebuild LA
The destructive force of Rebuild LA How the nonprofit created after the 1992 ‘riots’ failed the community it was supposed to help ...
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Homeless moms occupy El Sereno house - Curbed LA
The number of state-owned homes in El Sereno occupied by protestors trying to draw attention to the region’s severe housing affordability crisis has grown to nearly a dozen. The protesters, who ...
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Los Angeles architecture: An illustrated guide - Curbed LA
An illustrated guide to Los Angeles architecture Get to know LA’s signature styles, from Craftsman to Googie ...