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Lost L.A.

Griffith Park

Mon, Oct 14, 2019
Explore one of the nation's largest municipal parks and discover how it hasn't always lived up to its founder's vision of a public recreation ground for all.
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Three Views of Manzanar
One of ten camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during WWII, California's Manzanar was photographed by outsiders Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams-and by incarceree Toyo Miyatake, who captured scenes from within.
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Bootlegger Tunnels
Explore the subterranean myths of Prohibition-era Los Angeles, crawl through bootlegger tunnels, and visit some of the city's oldest speakeasies.
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Paul Revere Williams
Pioneering African-American architect Paul Revere Williams contributed to some of the city's most recognizable civic structures-all while confronting racial barriers.
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Discovering the Universe
Visit the underground vault of the Carnegie Observatories and the historic Mount Wilson Observatory, once the world capital of astronomy.
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Shindana Toy Company
Manufacturing ethnically correct black dolls in the wake of the Watts riots, South L.A.-based Shindana Toy Company left a lasting mark on the American doll industry.
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