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The Citadel in Commerce didn’t start out as a mall. In 1929, Samson Tire and Rubber Company built the largest tire factory west of the Mississippi. The building was constructed as an Assyrian Castle in the grand style of King Sargon II.
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The long, narrow Santa Monica Municipal Pier was built in 1909. It became a popular place to walk and fish. A shorter, wider “pleasure pier” featuring a carousel in the Looff Hippodrome was built on its southern side in 1916.
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Elias Jackson “Lucky” Baldwin built the 1st Santa Anita Park in Arcadia in 1907. The grandstand burned down in 1912. His daughter, Anita, started to build a new park in 1932. Dr. Charles Strub and Hal Roach bought her out to complete it.
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Walter & Cordelia Knott moved to Buena Park in 1920. In 1928, the first permanent building housed Cordelia’s tea room and berry market. Walter developed Ghost Town in 1940, eventually the first of Knott’s Berry Farm’s six themed areas.
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Knott’s Independence Hall is an exact, brick-by-brick replica of the original in Philadelphia. Walter Knott’s personal labor of love, it
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La Tour, rising 60′ from Victoria Beach, was built in 1926 for Wm E Brown for beach access. In the 40s, owner Harold Kendrick hid coins around the tower’s base for children to find, contributing to the nickname Pirate’s Tower.
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Nicknamed the “Fabulous Forum” by Lakers announcer Chick Hearn, the Forum in Inglewood opened in December 1967. It was one of the best-known indoor sports venues in the U.S. as the home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings.
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