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Title
Westwood Village, California
Date
1940
Description
A view looking north along Westwood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. The meridian is planted with palm trees. Businesses along the street include Cut Rate Drugs, a Standard Supreme (Chevron) gas station, Sears, and the Bank of America.
Format Extent
1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Subject
Shopping centers--California--Los Angeles; Stores, Retail--California--Los Angeles; Streets--California--Los Angeles;
Note
Westwood is a district 13 miles west of downtown Los Angeles, and includes the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a residential neighborhood, and Westwood Village, a shopping district. Clustered around its central thoroughfare of Westwood Boulevard, the shopping district serves the affluent neighborhoods of Bel Air and Westwood to the north, as well as students from UCLA. Developed in the 1920s, the area was designed in a Spanish Revival style with eye-catching towers on white buildings and red tile roofs. Landmarks include the Mann Village theater (formerly called the Fox Theater), located at the corner of Broxton and Weyburn Avenues, and easily identifiable by its 170-foot tower over the entrance. Built in 1931, it remains a popular location for movie premieres. The Janss Headquarters building, completed in 1929, features a large domed ceiling over an octagonal base, with large arched windows. The Ralphs Grocery Store building at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Lindbrook Ave was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Collection
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
Type
Geographic Location
Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.); Westwood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Language
eng
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