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- Macy Street Viaduct, a span of the finished bridge, 1923. The main span of the completed Macy Street viaduct. This river bridge is part of a group of 12 river bridges notable for their role in the transportation history of Los Angeles and their association with Chief Engineer Merrill Butler, one of the most renowned bridge designers of the period.
- Glendale Boulevard, looking north under Sunset Boulevard, 1925. Upvote Downvote.
- Mulholland Highway and Cahuenga Boulevard, 1926. Woodrow Wilson Road, junction with Cahuenga Boulevard from Mulholland Highway. Mulholland Highway later became Mulholland Drive.
- Main Street, 1926. Upvote Downvote.
It was Los Angeles's first four-story structure and the first building with an elevator. The hotel was designed by Morgan & Walls. The Nadeau Hotel stood on the southwest corner until 1932, when it was demolished to make room for the current Los Angeles Times Building.
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Los Angeles in the 1920s. The 1920s were a prosperous era for Los Angeles, California, United States, when the name "Hollywood" became synonymous with the U.S. film industry and the visual setting of Los Angeles became famous worldwide. Plentiful job openings attracted heavy immigration, especially from the rural Midwest and Mexico.
Jul 25, 2020 · By 1925, Los Angeles had the most robust streetcar network in the world with over 1,000 miles of track [iv] . Los Angeles saw exponential population growth in the early 20th century. From about 100,000 residents in 1900, to 576,673 in 1920, finally reaching an outstanding population of 1,238,000 by 1930 [v] . This rapid population growth was ...
Nov 27, 2023 · The decade of the 1920s transformed Los Angeles, which was called “The Wonder City of America,” but it came with growing pains. ... grand hotels like the Biltmore (in 1923 the largest hotel ...
Sep 30, 2021 · by Paul R. Spitzzeri. The Homestead is fortunate to have in its photo collection of some 9,000 images some great aerial shots of downtown from the mid-1920s, providing a visceral visual view of the remarkable growth that took place in the city and region as the city’s population more than doubled (and census figures are usually low) from over 575,000 to well north of 1.2 million, while that ...
Apr 25, 2009 · There's actually a smaller, second adobe home that has collapsed. The location was Boyle Avenue near 9th Street. So. Now that you've seen a real, unromantic adobe, think of Ramona or Zorro --or any movie. Remember that in the 1920s, lots of homes were being built here. (L.A.'s population doubled between 1920 and 1925.
