A Photography Project
Charles Rudolph “Rudy” Boysen was Anaheim Superintendent of Parks from 1921 to 1950. In about 1932, Boysen, an avid horticulturist and “cactus enthusiasts,” started construction of a cactus garden in Anaheim’s City Park (now Pearson Park).
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Hollywood Congregational Church is an historic former church facing on Hollywood Blvd. The church was organized on September 14, 1914, and its first home on Hollywood Boulevard was dedicated in October 1920, after a 3-year effort.
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The Tustin Presbyterian Church was organized in 1882. The congregation’s 2nd and current church building replaced a Victorian chapel that had been built in 1884 at Main and C Streets on property donated by David and Mathilde Hewes.
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Built in 1930 in Hollywood, the Pantages Theatre, according to LA Conservancy, can hold claim to two “lasts”: the last movie palace built in Hollywood and the last venue built by vaudeville circuit owner, Alexander Pantages.
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Built in 1959, Conrad’s Family Restaurant in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, renamed Astro Family Restaurant in 1974, was designed by the renowned architectural firm of Armet & Davis. In 1974, Conrad’s was taken over by Peter Metsos and renamed Astro Family Restaurant.
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St. Andrew Church, founded in 1886, is the oldest Catholic parish in Pasadena. The current church building, the inspiration of Monsignor John McCarthy and architect Ross Montgomery based on churches in Rome, was constructed in 1927.
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The town of Orange was surveyed and plotted in a rectangular grid by William Glassell in 1871. Four historic quadrants surrounding the Plaza Historic District comprise the 1+ square mile of original development in the City of Orange.
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