Title: Westside chronicles
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.
Subjects: Buildings, structures, Social life and customs, Historic buildings, Neighborhoods, Anecdotes, Local History, History, Los angeles county (calif.), Historic buildings, united states, California, biography, California, social life and customs, California, history
Places: Los Angeles (Calif.), West Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.), California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Time periods: 20th century