A Photography Project
The City of South Pasadena has designated 11 areas as Historic Districts. The neighborhoods, flora and architecture have a classic American look that has been used widely by motion picture, television and commercial productions.
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The architectural firm of Armet and Davis and Googie style go hand in hand. Their design for Bob’s Big Boy Restaurants was used in numerous locations including the one on Harbor Blvd., now a CoCo’s, in Garden Grove in Orange County.
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The San Diego Zoo Safari Park is an 1,800 acre zoo near Escondido. The park houses a large array of wild and endangered animals including species from the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and Australia.
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The adobe home of the last governor of Mexican California, Don Pio Pico, stands on the grounds of Pio Pico State Historic Park in Whittier. The five acre park was once part of Pico’s 9,000 acre ranch, Rancho Paso de Bartolo.
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J. Harvey McCarthy developed Carthay Circle between 1922 and 1944. Architectural styles include Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor, French and American Colonial Revival. Carthay Circle Historic Preservation Overlay Zone was adopted in 1998.
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Pann’s Restaurant in Los Angeles was opened by husband and wife George and Rena Poulos in 1958. The building and its iconic neon sign were designed by architects Eldon Davis and Helen Liu Fong of the Armet & Davis architectural firm.
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The Veterans Memorial in Murrieta’s Town Square Park is a landmark in process. After only 8 weeks of construction, yet 4 years of planning, the city of Murrieta dedicated a long-anticipated memorial to its veterans on May 31, 2010.
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