We Heart History: Los Angeles

Array ( [0] => Array ( [landscape] => https://polarispacific.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/POL-07-0214_Slideshow_LA_Emerson_1200x800.jpg [portrait] => [position] => center center [caption] => Emerson College - A shimmering glimpse into the future of Hollywood, this giant frame-like silver façade is home to Emerson College’s program for students focused on writing, design, acting and producing. Built in 2014 on Sunset Ave., the live-study complex was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne from Morphosis to inspire the next generation of film and television talent, just five blocks from Hollywood + Vine. [credit-status] => 1 [credit] => Only in Hollywood [credit-text] => Photo by [credit-link] => http://onlyinhollywood.org/emerson-college-los-angeles-new-hollywood-landmark/ [cc-status] => [cc] => [cc-link] => [rm-status] => [rm] => [rm-link] => ) [1] => Array ( [landscape] => https://polarispacific.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/POL-07-0214_Slideshow_LA_Pico_1200x800.jpg [portrait] => [position] => center top [caption] => Pico House - Commissioned by the last Governor of California under Mexican rule, Pío Pico, and constructed between 1869 and 1870 by architect Ezra F. Kysor, Pico House is a three story, 33-room Italianate hotel, widely considered to be the most extravagant and lavish hotel in Southern California at the time of its construction. Primarily used as an exhibition hall and filming location today, it now belongs to the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Monument. 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[credit-status] => 1 [credit] => Big City Tales [credit-text] => Photo by [credit-link] => https://bigcitytales.com/tag/los-angeles/ [cc-status] => [cc] => [cc-link] => [rm-status] => [rm] => [rm-link] => ) [3] => Array ( [landscape] => https://polarispacific.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/POL-07-0214_Slideshow_LA_Cinerama_1200x800.jpg [portrait] => [position] => center center [caption] => Cinerama Dome - A mid-century masterpiece designed by futurist R. Buckminster Fuller in 1963, the Cinerama is a movie theater specifically designed to present widescreen Cinerama films. This original location at Hollywood and Sunset continues to operate as a leading first-run theater, although many of its franchise locations have been demolished. 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[credit-status] => 1 [credit] => Dwell [credit-text] => Photo by [credit-link] => https://www.dwell.com/article/iconic-perspectives-frank-lloyd-wrights-hollyhock-house-0c49c7c9 [cc-status] => [cc] => [cc-link] => [rm-status] => [rm] => [rm-link] => ) [5] => Array ( [landscape] => https://polarispacific.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/POL-07-0214_Slideshow_LA_Bullocks_1200x800.jpg [portrait] => [position] => center center [caption] => Bullock’s Wilshire - Brought to life as a stunning Art Deco department store in 1929, this 230,000 sq ft. marvel was commissioned by businessman John G. Bullock and designed by Los Angeles architects John and Donald Parkinson. Every aspect of the luxury department store building was created to cater to automobile culture, and was frequented by Hollywood elites like Marlene Dietrich, Walt Disney, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Alfred Hitchcock and John Wayne. [credit-status] => 1 [credit] => M. Hall / The Chic Bargainista [credit-text] => Photo by [credit-link] => http://www.thechicbargainista.com/2011/07/save-date-summers-day-at-bullocks.html [cc-status] => [cc] => [cc-link] => [rm-status] => [rm] => [rm-link] => ) [6] => Array ( [landscape] => https://polarispacific.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/POL-07-0214_Slideshow_LA_Chemosphere_1200x800.jpg [portrait] => [position] => center center [caption] => Chemosphere - Once hailed by Encyclopædia Britannica as "the most modern home in the world," this unique residence, designed by John Lautner in 1960, is essentially an octogon perched atop one single metal pole. Home to a young aerospace engineer, construction of the structure was sponsored by two sponsoring companies, the Southern California Gas Company and the Chem Seal Corporation. Chem Seal provided the experimental materials required to construct the house, and ultimately inspired the name. 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Designed in 1930 by architect Claud Beelman as a department store for the Eastern Outfitting Company, the building is right at home in the heart of DTLA’s historic district. [credit-status] => 1 [credit] => Modlar [credit-text] => Photo by [credit-link] => https://www.modlar.com/photos/10798/eastern-columbia-building-entrance/ [cc-status] => [cc] => [cc-link] => [rm-status] => [rm] => [rm-link] => ) [8] => Array ( [landscape] => https://polarispacific.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/POL-07-0214_Slideshow_LA_76Station_1200x800.jpg [portrait] => [position] => center center [caption] => Union 76 Station - Recognized as one of the most pristine examples of Googie architecture in the world, this far-out Beverly Hills fill station was designed by architect Gin Wong of Pereira and Associates and completed in 1965. The high-flying design for this structure was originally proposed five years earlier… as part of Los Angeles International Airport, but ultimately found its home closer to Santa Monica. [credit-status] => 1 [credit] => Los Angeles Times [credit-text] => Photo by [credit-link] => http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-gin-wong-appreciation-20170908-story.html [cc-status] => [cc] => [cc-link] => [rm-status] => [rm] => [rm-link] => ) [9] => Array ( [landscape] => https://polarispacific.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/POL-07-0214_Slideshow_LA_McDOnalds__1200x800.jpg [portrait] => [position] => center center [caption] => Downey McDonald’s - Truly the oldest operating hamburger stand in existence, McDonald’s #3 remains almost entirely unchanged since its ribbon-cutting in 1953. A drive-up takeout restaurant focused on efficiency and automation, this modernist structure was created by California architect Stanley Clark Meston, and was the first application of the brand’s famous “Golden Arches” as an architectural element. [credit-status] => 1 [credit] => Time / Money [credit-text] => Photo by [credit-link] => http://time.com/money/4602541/the-founder-mcdonalds-movie-accuracy/ [cc-status] => [cc] => [cc-link] => [rm-status] => [rm] => [rm-link] => ) [10] => Array ( [landscape] => https://polarispacific.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/POL-07-0214_Slideshow_LA_Biltmore_1200x800.jpg [portrait] => [position] => center bottom [caption] => Biltmore Hotel - The temporary home of Walt Disney, Katharine Hepburn, the Academy Awards, the 1960’s Democratic National Convention and plenty of Hollywood high-society affairs, this luxury hotel is reportedly haunted. More than 3,000 people attended its opening party in 1928, and the architectural firm Schultze and Weaver designed the Biltmore's Beaux Arts/Spanish mission-style exterior as an homage to the Castilian heritage of Los Angeles. [credit-status] => 1 [credit] => Millennium Biltmore Los Angeles [credit-text] => Photo by [credit-link] => https://www.millenniumhotels.com/en/los-angeles/millennium-biltmore-hotel-los-angeles/ [cc-status] => [cc] => [cc-link] => [rm-status] => [rm] => [rm-link] => ) )