An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles

by Gebhard, David

• ISBN13: 9781586853082
• ISBN10: 1586853082
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Summary

Known as "the bible" to Los Angeles architecture scholars and enthusiasts, Robert Winter and David Gebhard's groundbreaking guide to architecture in the greater Los Angeles area is updated and revised once again. From Art Deco to Beaux-Arts, Spanish Colonial to Mission Revival, Winter discusses an impressive variety of architectural styles in this popular guide that he co-authored with the late David Gebhard. New buildings and sites have been added, along with all new photography. Considered the most thorough L.A. architecture guide ever written, this new edition features the best of the past and present, from Charles and Henry Greene's Gamble House to Frank Gehry's Disney Philharmonic Hall. This was, and is again, a must-have guide to a diverse and architecturally rich area. Robert Winter is a recognized architectural historian who lives in Los Angeles, and has led architectural tours through the Los Angeles area since 1965. He is a professor at Occidental College in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(2)
Acknowledgments	9	(2)
Los Angeles	11	(3)
A Brief History of Los Angeles Architecture	14	(15)
Historic Preservation in Los Angeles	29	(4)
Planning	33	(3)
Landscape Architecture	36	(3)
1. Malibu	39	(4)
2. Pacific Palisades, North	43	(4)
3. Pacific Palisades, South	47	(6)
4. Santa Monica, North	53	(10)
5. Santa Monica, South; Ocean Park	63	(5)
6. Venice; Marina Del Rey	68	(8)
7. Los Angeles International Airport, Westchester	76	(4)
8. South Beach Area	80	(3)
9. Palos Verdes, North	83	(4)
10. Palos Verdes, South	87	(1)
11. Santa Catalina Island	88	(4)
12. San Pedro	92	(3)
13. Wilmington	95	(2)
14. Torrance	97	(3)
15. Long Beach, Downtown and West	100	(7)
16. Long Beach, East; Naples; Seal Beach	107	(4)
17. Long Beach, North	111	(1)
18. Inglewood; Hawthorne	112	(3)
19. Gardena	115	(1)
20. Baldwin Hills; Culver City	116	(7)
21. Brentwood	123	(8)
22. Bel Air	131	(4)
23. Westwood, West	135	(5)
24. Westwood, South and East	140	(4)
25. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	144	(7)
26. Beverly Hills, North	151	(6)
27. Beverly Hills, South	157	(4)
28. Century City	161	(2)
29. Carthay Circle	163	(1)
30. South Carthay	163	(1)
31. West Hollywood	164	(9)
32. Central Hollywood	173	(15)
33. Hollywood Hills	188	(2)
34. East Hollywood; Los Feliz; Griffith Park	190	(8)
35. Silver Lake	198	(6)
36. Angelino Heights; Echo Park; Elysian Park	204	(4)
37. Wilshire Boulevard District; Hancock Park	208	(10)
38. MacArthur Park, West	218	(8)
39. MacArthur Park, North	226	(2)
40. MacArthur Park, East	228	(7)
41. Downtown	235	(21)
42. Downtown, Civic Center	256	(6)
43. Downtown, Plaza and Northeast	262	(4)
44. Downtown, South	266	(4)
45. Boyle Heights	270	(6)
46. Exposition Park, West; Leimert Park	276	(4)
47. Exposition Park, East	280	(6)
48. University of Southern California (USC)	286	(4)
49. Vernon; Commerce; Huntington Park; South Gate; Bell; Maywood; Watts	290	(7)
50. Highland Park	297	(8)
51. Mount Washington	305	(2)
52. Eagle Rock	307	(6)
53. Lincoln Heights	313	(3)
54. Alhambra	316	(3)
55. Montebello; Pico Rivera	319	(2)
56. Whittier	321	(3)
57. Santa Fe Springs	324	(2)
58. Downey	326	(1)
59. Norwalk	326	(1)
60. Artesia	327	(1)
61. San Fernando Valley	328	(2)
62. Glendale	330	(7)
63. Burbank	337	(3)
64. Universal City	340	(1)
65. North Hollywood	341	(2)
66. Toluca Lake	343	(1)
67. Studio City	344	(3)
68. Sherman Oaks	347	(3)
69. Encino	350	(2)
70. Tarzana; Woodland Hills	352	(2)
71. Calabasas; Malibu Canyon Area; Westlake Village	354	(4)
72. Simi Valley	358	(1)
73. Canoga Park	359	(2)
74. Chatsworth	361	(1)
75. Northridge	362	(1)
76. Granada Hills; Mission Hills	363	(1)
77. Van Nuys; Panorama City; Sepulveda	364	(2)
78. Mission San Fernando Rey de España	366	(1)
79. San Fernando	367	(1)
80. Newhall; Saugus; Valencia	368	(2)
81. Palmdale; Lancaster	370	(1)
82. La Crescents Valley	371	(2)
83. Tujunga	373	(3)
84. La Crescents	376	(1)
85. La Cañada Flintridge	377	(2)
86. Route 66-San Gabriel Valley	379	(1)
87. Pasadena	380	(3)
88. Pasadena-Upper Arroyo Seco	383	(8)
89. Pasadena-Lower Arroyo Seco, North	391	(11)
90. Pasadena-Lower Arroyo Seco, South	402	(5)
91. Pasadena-Oak Knoll	407	(5)
92. Pasadena, Central Business District	412	(11)
93. East Pasadena	423	(4)
94. North Pasadena	427	(4)
95. Altadena	431	(4)
96. South Pasadena, Central Section	435	(4)
97. San Marino	439	(5)
98. San Gabriel	444	(3)
99. Sierra Madre	447	(3)
100. Arcadia	450	(2)
101. Monrovia	452	(3)
102. Duarte	455	(1)
103. Bradbury	455	(1)
104. Azusa	455	(1)
105. Glendora	456	(1)
106. San Dimas	457	(1)
107. La Verne	458	(1)
108. Temple City; El Monte	459	(1)
109. Coving; West Coving; Irwindale	460	(1)
110. Industry; La Puente	461	(1)
111. Pomona	462	(3)
112. Diamond Bar	465	(1)
113. Claremont	466	(7)
Readings	473	(16)
Index	489

Excerpts

1. MALIBU Malibu Beach did not begin its development until 1929, when the Pacific Coast Highway was finally pushed through the Rindge Ranch. After that, Malibu became a fashionable place to have a beach house. The hilly coastland of the West remained basically rural until the 1960s. Increasingly in recent years, the area between the highway and the beach is being filled with numerous large-scale houses. In the 1960s and early 1970s, most of these houses were loosely Modern in imagery, but in recent years historicism (usually grossly misunderstood) ranging from the Medieval to the Spanish Revival has prevailed. The land adjacent to the highway is slowly being condominiumized, with disappointing versions of varied architectural styles. In the early 1990s, Malibu was incorporated as an independent city. It will be interesting to see how it develops its own personality in the years to come. Malibu continues to acquire houses of distinguished design, but the colony is a private, well-guarded world and is not open to the public. 1. Sagheb House, 1990 John Lautner 32402 Pacific Coast Highway Since the 1960s, John Lautner has designed a number of houses on the Malibu coast. Most of these are of reinforced concrete in a highly organic (and unusual) form. Unfortunately, these houses are not easy to see from the road, but at low tide, an adventuresome person wandering along the beach can catch an occasional glimpse of them. Other Lautner houses in the Malibu area are the Krause House (1983) at 24444 Malibu Road, and the Segel House (1983) at 22426 Pacific Coast Highway.