Architecture Tours L.A. Guidebook

Here is THE way to see Los Angeles's rich architectural heritage! L.A.
is a "driving" city, best seen from the car. Tour guide, author, and
architectural historian Laura Massino Smith directs you on an
unforgettable ride to uncover the city's exciting cultural past. You can
efficiently visit dozens of L.A.'s architectural marvels in a short
amount of time. Maps and explicit driving directions help you navigate
roads, while detailed descriptions of tour sites provide each building's
history. History buffs, architecture enthusiasts, and L.A. visitors all
will love these unique and fascinating tours, which offer the best way
to see diverse architecture in L.A.
With 120 color photographs you will be able to identify more than 100
sites in the Hancock Park and Miracle Mile areas of L.A. that boast an
eclectic mix of architectural styles. Starting in Koreatown at the
Post-Modern "Chicken Shack," the author takes tour-goers on an
incredible journey through the grand neighborhoods of Windsor Square and
Hancock Park, to the Miracle Mile with its concentration of
early-twentieth century buildings. Among popular Revival styles, you'll
see Arts & Crafts, Streamline Moderne and Art Deco, Victorian,
Programmatic, and Deconstructivist. Notable buildings designed by
important architects Irving Gill, Wallace Neff, Gregory Ain, Rudolf M.
Schindler, Scott Johnson, John and Donald Parkinson, Morgan, Walls and
Clements, and more.