Farewell World on Wheels
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 July 2013 11:21
- Written by Dawn Kirkpatrick
CLick on READ MORE to see photosThanks For the Memories Maria's Cafe June 2013
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- Published on Thursday, 18 July 2013 15:21
- Written by Dawn Kirkpatrick
Photos by Dawn Kirkpatrick
L-R Rufina, Paula, Bena, Maria, Maggie and Angie
Maria Barojas (R) and her daughter Angie Soloranzo
Country Club Park
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- Published on Tuesday, 04 June 2013 11:18
- Written by Dawn Kirkpatrick
"So many people are unaware this neighborhood exists,” said Country Club Park resident Katherine Miller in a Los Angeles Times’ article about the neighborhood in 1985. A little over a quarter of a century later, this still seems to be true. Country Club Park began as the Los Angeles Golf…Early Gay Rights in West Adams
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- Published on Sunday, 23 October 2011 15:59
- Written by John Patterson
West Adams was home to some of the earliest gay rights activists in the country. The Michael J. Connell Carriage Houseon 23rd near Hoover has been a part of the fabric of West Adams from the very beginning days of the gay right’s movement dating back to the late 1940’s.…What Happened the Day Marvin Gaye Got Shot
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- Published on Thursday, 10 February 2011 19:43
- Written by Renee Montgomery
Roma Tillman's Childhood 1926-1936
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- Published on Friday, 06 August 2010 11:34
- Written by Dianne Lawrence
My dad, Harry Theobald and I moved to 2143 w. 21st Street (in Western Heights) in 1924 from Saint Louis when I was probably about four.My mother died in childbirth with me. We stayed until about 1936. It was a fun neighborhood with all kinds of stuff going…Sugar Hill 1936-1946
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- Published on Monday, 30 November 2009 23:29
- Written by Robin D. Williams
A Former Resident Remembers His Sugar Hill Childhood
(What Kids Did Before TV, Texting, Ipods, Video Games)
I lived in a neoclassical mansion at 2218 Harvard Boulevard from the age of six months to about…McCARTY MEMORIAL CHURCH
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- Published on Sunday, 13 September 2009 15:15
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During the 1920s and 1930s, due to the high concentration of religious structures lining both sides of Adams between Vermont and Crenshaw Boulevards, Adams Boulevard became known as the “street of churches”. One of the most impressive is the McCarty Memorial Christian Church. On a hill with a great tower…When the Neighborhood Was Filled with Nightclubs
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- Published on Friday, 11 September 2009 00:57
- Written by Gloria Garner
A Brief History Of the Clark Library
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- Published on Friday, 11 September 2009 00:09
- Written by Bruce Whiteman
The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, located on the full block bounded by Adams, 25th, Cimarron, and St. Andrews, is a rare book and manuscript library that has been part of UCLA since 1926 (on paper) or 1934 (in fact).
The Clark was founded by William Andrews Clark, Jr. (1877-1934),…More Articles...
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