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  • 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.

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  • Inventing Paradise

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    Inventing Paradise

    The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles

    de Paul Haddad ...
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    Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles traces the improbable rise of Los Angeles through the prism of six visionaries who had outsize influence on the city’s growth: Phineas Banning, Harrison Gray Otis, Henry Huntington, Harry Chandler, William Mulholland, and Moses Sherman.In the late 1870s, Los Angeles was a violent, dusty, 29-square-mile pueblo with a few ... Leer más

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    Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles

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    Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles explores how social, economic, political, and cultural demands created the web of freeways whose very form—futuristic, majestic, and progressive—perfectly exemplifies the City of Angels.From the Arroyo Seco Parkway, which began construction during the Great Depression, to the Century Freeway, completed in 1993, author Paul Haddad provides an ... Leer más

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