A Photography Project
The first Del Taco was originally called Casa Del Taco. The first Del Taco is now called Tita’s Burger Den. But its history goes back to Ed Hackbarth and David Jameson who opened the fast-food restaurant in Yermo in 1964.
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The California state lookout on Boucher Hill located in Palomar Mountain State Park was constructed in 1948 and remained in service until 1983. It is 1 of only 3 remaining examples of the pre-1950 unique, California-only design.
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In 1989, The Boulevard sign in the University Heights of San Diego was erected to promote El Cajon Boulevard as a destination, the Gateway to San Diego’s Mid-City, and encourage further community revitalization efforts.
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Eric Owen Moss Architects’ (W)rapper, (almost) in the Hayden Tract (almost) in Culver City, was completed in 2023. The 235-foot tower has 17 office floors varying in height from 13′-6″ to 24′ with 22,000 sq ft of uninterrupted space.
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Claude Bell bought land in Cabazon in 1946, started living on the land part-time in 1952, and opened the Wheel Inn there in 1958. In 1964 he started creating Dinny, a 150-ft long, 150-ton Brontosaurus to attract customers to his Inn.
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Michael Sanders was the first owner of this 1887 Queen Anne/Eastlake home on Carroll Avenue in Los Angeles. Its exterior featured prominently in the climax of the epic 1983 video for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” directed by John Landis.
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The Innes House is one of the original homes constructed during the development of Carroll Avenue. For fans of Aaron Spelling’s television series “Charmed,” this is Halliwell Manor, home of three sisters known as “The Charmed Ones.”
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