Built in 1941 by the Army Corps of Engineers to protect “the towns of Fullerton, Placentia & Anaheim, & the highly developed agricultural area from floods,” the Fullerton Dam was designed to retain up to 751M gallons of water.
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The Goldschmidt House, also known as Casa Tres Vistas, was designed in Colonial Revival style by renowned “Architect to the Stars” Paul Revere Williams and built for Adlai Goldschmidt in 1928.
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The 1895 sack storage warehouse, 1915 hotel, 1911 store and 1895 Hamilton Bungalow comprise Old Town Irvine where up to 200,000 sacks of beans, barley or oats were stored and processed before being shipped across the country.
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The Parasol Restaurant in Rossmoor was one of several iconic Googie architecture restaurants with that name that opened in 1967 in the LA area. It was bought in 2010 by Panera Bread and is only Parasol Restaurant still standing.
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Built in 1991 for advertising agency Chiat/Day, the notable commercial building on Main Street in Venice was designed by Frank Gehry & features the public artwork Giant Binoculars by artists Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen.
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The Hide Drogher, sculpted by F. Benedict Coleman in 1990, depicts a 19th cent sailor hurling a hide over the cliff to ships in the harbor below. The statue is located just above The Arches on the Bluff Top Trail in Dana Point.
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The Chinatown of 19th cent Los Angeles was demolished during the construction of Union Station. A red brick stripe running across the plaza between the station and the MWD building marks one of the original Chinatown boundaries.
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