The 3rd Pacific Electric Railway line built in Orange County, the La Habra-Yorba Linda line, branched off the Whittier line. PE built a combo passenger-freight depot in Yorba Linda in 1911. Passenger service on the line ended in 1938.
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The oldest remaining synagogue building in Los Angeles was built in the Greek Revival style in 1909 for the congregation of Sinai Temple. The Welsh Presbyterian Church moved in after Sinai Temple moved to the mid-Wilshire area in 1925.
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Millard Sheets’s artwork is recognizable to many Southern Californians. Like many of Sheets’ Home Savings designs, the Garden Grove branch, completed in 1961, is in a minimalist style. The mural is a nod to the area’s agricultural roots.
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John Harford built the Harford Pier in 1873 on the western side of San Luis Obispo Bay about 1 1/2 miles from the town of Avila Beach. The 1320-foot pier is a working pier with a seafood company on it and a boat launch adjacent to it.
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The Great Oak is located on the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indian Reservation. It is estimated to be up to 2000 years old. To the Pechanga people, the land and Great Oak that stands upon it carry meaning that transcends physical presence.
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On March 2, 1931, Paul Helms opened the Helms Bakery on the border of Los Angeles and Culver City with 32 employees and 11 delivery coaches. The Art Deco building facing Venice Blvd fronted an 11-acre factory that operated until 1969.
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The Tamale is the last of several programmatic structures surviving on Whittier Blvd in East Los Angeles and, with the demolition of the Chili Bowl in Santa Monica, one of a dwindling number in the greater Los Angeles area.
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