For weekend and summer visitors to Balboa Island in the 1920s and 30s, getting to church on Balboa Peninsula could be problematic. So the small, 28-pew Saint John Vianney Chapel was built on a small plot of land on Marine Avenue in 1941.
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Rae’s Restaurant on Pico Blvd. has been a Santa Monica staple since it first opened up in 1958. It has had its ups and downs with the times, but it endures despite its seemingly out-of-date cash-only policy and no presence on the web.
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Beldon Fields, a Disney Imagineer, purchased land in Temecula in the 1970s and built a stately, intricately detailed storybook replica of Snow White’s cottage for his wife, Sallee Ann, preserved now as the Briar Rose Winery.
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The Bakersfield Opera House, renamed the Nile in 1924, on 19th Street in downtown Bakersfield opened in 1906 as a venue for plays, movies, vaudeville acts, and operas.
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A breezeway used for deliveries running through the middle of the Bullock’s store complex bounded by Broadway, 6th, Hill & 7th in Los Angeles, dubbed St. Vincent’s Place, made for an appealing, shaded spot that took on a life of its own.
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The cartoon character of Felix the Cat, designed by Pat Sullivan, originated in 1919. Winslow B. Felix established Felix Chevrolet in Los Angeles in 1921. Pat and Winslow became friends and decided to cross-market their brands. Attempts to landmark the sign have generally failed as it would limit improvements like the recent transition from neon to LED.
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The carillon and clock tower at University of California Riverside (UCR) were a gift from Phillip & Dorothy Boyd. The 48-bell carillon was produced by the Paccard Bell Foundry in France. It was dedicated on October 2, 1966.
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