LA History Archive


	Projects related to local neighborhoods


Love is LIVING LARGE in Los Angeles - An illustrated map of an illustrated map made for the Studio's exhibit of the same name.

Common Ground: Histories of the Ambassador Hotel's Neighborhood - This is an ongoing project documenting Wilshire Center through oral histories.

The Pioneer Project: Histories of Artesia - This is an ongoing projecting documenting the history of Artesia, California through oral histories.

The Bridges of LA County - This is based on the 2010 calendar of the same name, produced by the Studio for Southern California History.

Chinatown, Then & Now - A section of a 1909 map from the Library of Congress is illustrated to show what happened in contemporary Chinatown over the early twentieth century. This is based on a banner created for Hop Li Restaurant on Alpine (shown on the map).

East of Alameda - This looks at the 1909 map of Los Angeles focusing on the section east of Alameda. This map was created for the 2011 Bloomfest Art Festival.

The Holiday Bowl History Project: A multimedia website with documentary, timeline, essay and more for those interested in this cherished bowling alley on Crenshaw Blvd. This bowling alley was built in 1957 and survived two riots before its demolition.

A 2007 Homage to Womanhouse (1972): Womanhouse was a pioneering feminist art exhibit in LA; this site is an updated version of the idea behind the original by Judy Chicago and Mirriam Shapiro based on an installation at the Studio for Southern California History.

Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles: This website connects fans of Evergreen Cemetery with a gps specific map care of Google maps and detailed biographies of different residents of Evergreen Cemetery--LA's oldest nondenominational cemetery.

Chemical & Nuclear Clean-Up from A-Z of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory: This timeline and guide was created with the SSFL Community Action Group.