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#70: Golden State Mutual Building (South LA) | Black History Month

February 5, 2022

The original headquarters of one of the most successful African-American-owned businesses west of the Mississippi, and an anchor of the Black community around Central Ave. in the late 1920s - '40s

#54 – #62: Historic Sites on the Rose Parade Route in Pasadena

December 29, 2021

Architecture

All eyes are on Pasadena this week for the Rose Parade. Get to know the historic buildings that line the route of Pasadena's Rose Parade, a new year's day tradition since 1890.

#47: The Old Mill/El Molino Viejo (San Marino)

November 30, 2021

Commerce

The Old Mill is Southern California's oldest surviving commercial building. Its millstones once ground grain for the San Gabriel mission, and were later rediscovered by a famous WWII hero.[…]

#11: Mentryville (Newhall)

October 16, 2021

Commerce

A boomtown turns to a ghost town on the site of the first successful oil well in California