Free Download Jan Loomis, "Westside Chronicles:: Historic Stories of West Los Angeles"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 160949623X, 1540231690 | EPUB | pages: 160 | 3.1 mb
Los Angeles sprawled westward toward the sand and sea of Santa Monica Bay throughout the twentieth century as land-grant ranchos gave way to capitalists and promoters. Developers subdivided the coastal land into neighborhoods and communities: Santa Monica, Brentwood, Bel-Air, Westwood, Venice, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Marina del Rey. These became places known to the nation at large for movie stars, moguls and business tycoons;