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Palm Springs is said to have the highest concentration of mid-century modern architecture in America. Racquet Club Estates, a Palm Springs Historic District, is a treasure trove of 500+ single-family homes built between 1959 and 1962.
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The headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department, opened in 2009, occupies a full city block in the Civic Center district. It has 500,000 sq ft of floor space across 10 stories, a café, underground parking and a 400-seat auditorium.
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In terms of architecture, San Diego’s Mission Brewery, built in 1913, is significant because it is the only example of an application of the Mission Revival style to a purely industrial building design in San Diego and one of a few across the country.
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Between June 2015 and February 2019, the City of Santa Monica designated five historic districts to, in part, “protect improvements and areas which represent elements of the City’s cultural, social… and architectural history.”
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The Coulter House, a two-story residence built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style in the Bankers Hill area in 1915, is one of the finest remaining examples of the residential work of architect Carleton Monroe Winslow Sr. in San Diego.
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The three-tier, iron fountain outside the Orange Main Public Library and History Center on Chapman Ave in Orange was originally brought in from New York in 1886 as part of a project to develop the Plaza into a circular park.
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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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