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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]

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Creators:

Janss Investment Corporation (American real estate developer, 1895-1995)

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:

3,000 ac (area, Westwood)

Materials:

stucco; ceramic tile

Work Types:

complexes; districts; business districts; shopping districts

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:

Architecture and City Planning

Technique:

construction (assembling)

Image Rights:

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

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