Westside chronicles
Subtitle: historic stories of  West Los Angeles
By: Jan Loomis
Series: American chronicles : a History Press series
Publisher: History Press; The History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781609496234
Subjects: Buildings, structures; Social life and customs; Historic buildings; Neighborhoods; Anecdotes; Local History; History
Other titles: L.A. West.
Description: "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; for Will Rogers, Henry Huntington and UCLA; and for estate homes, amusement piers and surfing beaches. Join Jan Loomis, a former West L.A. magazine publisher and historian, as she tells the stories behind how it all came to be West Los Angeles."--Back cover.
Notes: Stories from L.A. West, a monthly magazine, from 1982 to 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Players; title: Native Americans; title: Explorers; title: Rancheros; title: Promoters; title: 2. Landscape; title: Ranchos; title: Subdivisions; title: 3. Builders; title: California Style; title: Ranch House; title: Case Study Houses; title: The Others; title: 4. Getting Around; title: Trolleys; title: Beach Access; title: Avenues, Boulevards and Freeways; title: 5. Amusements; title: Piers, Pleasure Parks, Hotels, and Bath Houses; title: Automobile Races; title: Beach Clubs; title: Country Clubs; title: Sports and Games; title: 6. Stardust; title: On Location; title: Movie Stars; title: 7. Roundup.