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1131 Glendon Ave., across from the Hammer Museum on Lindbrook Drive (1/2 block down), looking north
Title:
Westwood Village [shopping district]
View:
1131 Glendon Ave., across from the Hammer Museum on Lindbrook Drive (1/2 block down), looking north
Date:
opened 1929 (creation)
Style/Period:
Anglo-Mediterranean (style); Twentieth century
Location:
site: Westwood (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Location Note:
Westwood Blvd.
GPS:
+34.061813-118.444820
Culture:
American
Measurements:
Materials:
Description:
Westwood was developed on the lands of the historic Wolfskill Ranch, a 3,000-acre (12 km2) parcel inherited by Harold Janss in 1923. Westwood Village was created by the Janss Investment Company, opening in 1929 as a shopping district and headquarters of the Janss Company. Its boom was complemented by the boom of UCLA (which selected the Westwood Hills as its new home in 1925). Harold Janss had hired major architects and instructed them to follow a Mediterranean theme. Buildings at strategic points, including movie theaters, used towers to serve as beacons for drivers on Wilshire Boulevard. Despite the Great Depression, it had 452 businesses in 1939. In 1970, the 24 story Oppenheimer Tower was built and marked an end to the cohesion of design in the area. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Classification:
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Image Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Vendor ID:
1A2-US-LA-WVTV-A29
MDID Identifier:
114263
Archivision Set:
Archivision Addition Module Fourteen
Collection:
Archivision Module 14
Record created:
Nov. 12, 2019
Last modified:
Nov. 12, 2019
Collection Memberships
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Archivision Module 14 | yes |
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