Los Angeles Art Deco (Images of America)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: August 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738530277
Subjects: United States - State & Local - West; History; History - U.S; History: World; CA; History / United States / General; General; 20th century; Architecture, Modern; Art deco (Architecture); California; Los Angeles
First sentence: The 20th-century city of Los Angeles needed to create its own identity; planners didn't want the city to be simply a West Coast version of Chicago or New York.