Ebook: Los Angeles in the 1930s: the WPA guide to the City of Angels

pt. IV. The country around Los Angeles -- Tour 1: Los Angeles -- San Marino -- Arcadia -- Monrovia -- Azusa -- Claremont -- Upland -- San Bernardino -- Arrowhead Hot Springs -- Lake Arrowhead -- Big Bear Lake -- Pine Knot Village -- [N. Main St. -- Macy St. -- Mission Rd. -- Huntington Dr. -- US 66 -- State 18] -- Tour 1A: South Pasadena -- Pasadena -- Flintridge -- La Canada -- Mount Wilson Observatory -- [Fair Oaks Ave. -- Atlanta St. -- Arroyo Dr. -- La Canada-Verdugo Rd. -- State 118 -- Foothill Blvd. -- Haskell St. -- Angeles Crest Highway -- State 2 -- Mount Wilson Rd. -- Tour 1B: Azusa -- Angeles National Forest -- Pine Flats -- Crystal Lake -- [State 39 -- Crystal Lake Rd.] -- Tour 2: Los Angeles -- Monterey Park -- Pomona -- Ontario -- Colton -- Redlands -- Beaumont -- Manning -- Palm Springs -- Cathedral City -- Indio -- [N. Main St. -- Aliso St. -- Romona Blvd. -- US 99 -- State 111] -- Tour 3: Los Angeles -- Alhambra -- El Monte -- Puente -- Pomona -- Ontario -- Riverside -- Perris -- Elsinore -- Corona -- Anaheim -- Norwalk -- Downey -- Southgate -- Los Angeles -- [Valley Blvd. -- US 60 -- US 395 -- State 71 -- State 18 -- State 10 -- Alameda St. -- Tour 4: Los Angeles -- Belvedere -- Montebello -- Whittier -- Fullerton -- Anaheim -- Santa Ana -- Tustin -- Irvine -- Capistrano -- Doheny Park -- [US 101] -- Tour 5: Los Angeles -- Culver City -- Venice -- Redondo -- Wilmington -- Long Beach -- Seal Beach -- Huntington Beach -- Newport -- Balboa -- Laguna Beach -- Doheny Park -- [Washington Blvd. -- Venice Speedway -- Vista del Mar -- US 101A] -- Tour 5A: Wilmington -- Santa Catalina Island [by boat] -- Tour 6: Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Sherman Oaks -- Tarzana -- Girard -- Topanga Canyon -- Topanga Beach -- Castellammare -- Santa Monica -- [US 101 -- Sunset Blvd. -- Cahuenga Ave. -- Ventura Blvd. -- Topanga Canyon Rd. -- US 101A] -- Tour 7: Los Angeles -- Burbank -- San Fernando -- Palmdale -- Big Pines -- San Bernardino -- [US 6 -- State 138 -- Big Pines Rd. -- US 66] -- pt. V. Appendices -- Chronology.;Describes a pivotal moment in Los Angeles history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West, and F. Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and associations--and the mystique--for which the City of Angels is still known. Los Angeles in the 1930s a guide to the contemporary culture, with a brief L.A. history, revisiting the Spanish colonial period, the Mexican period, the brief California Republic, and finally American sovereignty.;List of illustrations -- List of maps -- The WPA Guide to Renaissance Florence, or a writer's paradise / David Kipen -- Preface 1941 -- General information -- Hotel and other accommodations -- Restaurants -- Night clubs -- Recreational facilities -- Calendar of annual events -- pt. I. Los Angeles: a general survey -- The contemporary scene -- Natural setting -- Pueblo to metropolis -- Education -- Religion -- The Movies -- Radio -- The Arts -- The business of pleasure -- pt. II. Los Angeles points of interest -- Downtown Los Angeles -- The industrial section -- The north and east sections -- The northwest section -- The Wilshire and west sections -- The southwest section -- pt. III. Neighboring cities -- Beverly Hills -- Glendale -- The Harbor: San Pedro and Wilmington -- Hollywood -- Long Beach and Signal Hill -- Pasadena -- Santa Monica.