So There’s This Interactive Map That Visualizes The Age of Every Building in L.A. County
Ever wonder which neighborhoods in Los Angeles grew up first? There’s a map for that. Using public data sources…
May 30, 2015-
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10 Real-Life Los Angeles Disasters That Remind Us We Should Always Try to be Prepared
Los Angeles is such a popular target for disaster movies (ahem: San Andreas opening this weekend) that it mutes many…
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The Story of a Hidden Map Collection That Doubled the L.A. Public Library Archive in a Single Day
When Los Angeles map librarian Glen Creason got a call from a realtor about a house full of maps…
March 11, 2015 Advertisements
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10 Amazing ‘Firsts’ About Los Angeles That’ll Give You a New Appreciation For the City We Live In
Los Angeles is known as a “happening” place because, well, things are always happening! History is constantly being made…
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10 Iconic L.A. Institutions That Had to Move From Their Original Location
Los Angeles has its share of endearing landmarks, many that we can’t ever imagine the city without. Even as…
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That Time An Artist Installed an I-5 Sign Over The 110 and It Stayed Up There for 8 Years
Truly one of the greatest stories in the history of Los Angeles is that of Richard Ankrom and his…
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10 Cool Facts About Los Angeles Transportation History Most Angelenos Probably Don’t Even Know
The amazing thing about Los Angeles is how we have always been at the forefront of transportation trends. We…
January 26, 2015 -
Long-Lost Audio of Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Found in UCLA Storage Room
Well today is the day that we honor Martin Luther King Jr, and what better way to celebrate Dr.…
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This is What an Illustrated Map of the 1932 Olympics (Held in Los Angeles) Looks Like
You might of heard that Los Angeles is vying for the 2024 Summer Olympics, but have you ever seen…
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On This Day in 1881, The Los Angeles Times Decided Christmas Was Pretty Cool
The year 1881 presented us with a very different Los Angeles then the one that we see today. The…
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That Time a Baldwin Hills Dam Broke and Flooded The Hell Out of Los Angeles
So what’s the craziest disaster in Los Angeles that you may not ever have heard of? Well, how about…
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12 Events in the History of Los Angeles That Have Shaped Our City Forever
You can’t summarize the entire history of a city in one laundry list, especially one as significant as Los…
December 3, 2014
