Victorian Los Angeles:: From Pio Pico to Angels Flight

by Charles Epting

Book Overview

Before the oil boom and rise of Hollywood brought today's renowned landmarks to downtown Los Angeles, an entirely different and often forgotten high Victorian city existed. Prior to Union Station, there was the impressive Romanesque Arcade Station of the Southern Pacific line in the 1880s. Before UCLA, the Gothic Revival State Normal School stood in place of today's Los Angeles Public Library. Elsewhere the city held Victorian pleasure gardens, amusement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626196087
• ISBN13: 9781626196087
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"