Once the tallest building in Glendale, the beaux arts Hotel Glendale stands as a monument to the ambitious development that the city underwent in the 1920s
As one of the only roadways crossing the Arroyo Seco in the early 20th century, the majestic La Loma Bridge was vital for the growth of Pasadena and the development of car travel in Los Angeles
Built in 1928 for famed filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, El Cabrillo is a sterling Spanish colonial revival apartment complex by the undisputed LA masters of the form, Nina & Arthur Zwebell
Architect Julia Morgan designed this 1926 building for the Hollywood Studio Club, a one-time home of Marilyn Monroe, Rita Moreno, Kim Novak, Barbara Eden and nearly 10,000 women seeking employment in the film industry
This treacherous mountain trail through the Santa Susana Pass was an important artery for stagecoach passengers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in the 1860s-70s, and an official Butterfield Overland Mail route during the Civil War
The hub of Central Avenue's vibrant jazz scene in the late '20s through the early '50s, the Dunbar Hotel hosted everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Thurgood Marshall to Joe Louis, and served as a symbol of Black achievement during the Jim Crow era
The century-old Victorian and craftsman homes of the 27th Street Historic District have housed generations of minority communities in LA – including a large population of African Americans during the heyday of Central Avenue
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
A center of Black community life since 1926, Second Baptist Church has hosted MLK, Malcolm X & James Baldwin, and is an early work of noted LA architect Paul R. Williams