SoCal Landmarks

SoCal Landmarks

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Home Savings, Garden Grove, Orange County

Home Savings

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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Harford Pier, Port San Luis, Avila Beach, San Luis Obispo County

Harford Pier

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 Tamale, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

The Tamale

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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