Westside Chronicles:: Historic Stories of West Los Angeles

by Jan Loomis

Los Angeles sprawled westward toward the sand and sea of Santa Monica Bay throughout the twentieth century as land-grant ranchos gave way to capitalists and promoters. Developers subdivided the coastal land into neighborhoods and communities: Santa Monica, Brentwood, Bel-Air, Westwood, Venice, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Marina del Rey. These became places known to the nation at large for movie stars, moguls and business tycoons;
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160949623X
• ISBN13: 9781609496234
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"