A Photography Project
The City of Irvine was conceived and planned in 1959-60 and incorporated in 1971, yet it wasn’t until April 1989 that the Irvine Civic Center, the city’s first permanent city hall, was dedicated in the Westpark area.
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Three of the five Pomona historic districts are residential areas. Lincoln Park was established in 1998, Wilton Heights in 1999 and Hacienda Park in 2003. Over 1300 residences dating back to the 1800s are listed in the districts.
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The Hillview Apartments, built on Hollywood Boulevard in 1917, were one of several apartments and hotels built for the convenience of a highly transient film industry population and one of the few that would rent to aspiring actors.
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In 1914, Samuel Kraemer built the first two-story structure in the growing town of Placentia. Constructed of red brick with a white glazed brick veneer, Kraemer himself heralded it as the “most impressive building in town.”
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Andreas Canyon near Palm Springs has a spring-fed, perennial creek that sustains the world’s second largest California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) oasis as well as other trees, a multitude of plant species and diverse wildlife.
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The cornerstone of the Masonic Temple in Santa Ana was laid on December 5, 1930. Designed by Horace B. Austin in a modified Gothic Revival style with Moderne influences, construction of the 4-story building was completed in 1931.
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In 1904, Charles and Henry Greene were hired to develop the master plan for the Oaklawn Place subdivision in South Pasadena that included a bridge over the Santa Fe Railway tracks to Fair Oaks Avenue and a waiting station for Pacific Electric passengers.
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