Down by the Los Angeles River: Friends of the Los Angeles River's Official Guide
In the last decade millions of dollars have been spent on restoring and revitalizing the Los Angeles River and its surroundings. "Down by the Los Angeles River" is the first on-the-ground guide to checking out sites new and old, and getting to know the historic river that runs through greater L.A. The book includes beautiful watercolor illustrations as well as maps.
Screening the Los Angeles 'Riots': Race, Seeing, and Resistance by Darnell M. Hunt, ISBN 0521578140
On April 29, 1992, the "worst riots of the century" (Los Angeles Times) erupted. Television newsworkers tried frantically to keep up with what was happening on the streets while, around the city, nation and globe, viewers watched intently as leaders, participants, and fires flashed across their television screens. Screening the Los Angeles "riots" zeroes in on the first night of these events, exploring in detail the meanings one news organization found in them, as well as those made by fifteen groups of viewers in the events' aftermath. Combining ethnographic and quasi-experimental methods, Darnell M. Hunt's account reveals how race shapes both television's construction of news and viewers' understandings of it. He engages with the longstanding debates about the power of television to shape our thoughts versus our ability to resist, and concludes with implications for progressive change.
Screening the Los Angeles 'Riots': Race, Seeing, and Resistance by Darnell M. Hunt, ISBN 0521578140 
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Play by Play: Los Angeles Sports Photography, 1889-1989: From the Photography Collection of the Los Angeles Public Library
Imagine Wilt Chamberlain mano a mano with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at The Forum. And Ben Hogan teeing off, Billie Jean King chasing down a lob, Fernando Valenzuela looking skyward. How about Cassius Clay, before he became Muhammad Ali, weighing in at the Olympic Auditorium, and Don Drysdale throwing his fastball at Van Nuys High, and Evelyn Ashford running beneath the Olympic flame at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Now, turn the pages and see how L.A.'s top newspaper photographers captured these and other superstar athletes in the city's most important sports moments. This is Play by Play: Los Angeles Sports Photography 1889-1989. Basketball, baseball, football, soccer, boxing, golf, horse races, auto races, bodybuilding, surfing, tennis?the action unfolds before your eyes. Replay the most unforgettable moments in a city that has hosted seven Super Bowls, two Olympic Games, numerous World Series, World Cups and L.A. Opens. It's sports at its swaggering, competitive best.
Play by Play: Los Angeles Sports Photography, 1889-1989: From the Photography Collection of the Los Angeles Public Library
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The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic
Since its release in 1982, Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner," based on Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?," has remained a cult classic through its depiction of a futuristic Los Angeles; its complex, enigmatic plot; and its underlying questions about the nature of human identity. "The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic" examines the film in a broad context, examining its relationship to the original novel, the PC game, the series of sequels, and the many films influenced by its style and themes. It investigates "Blade Runner" online fandom and asks how the film's future city compares to the present-day Los Angeles, and it revisits the film to pose surprising new questions about its characters and their world.
The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic
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Only in Los Angeles
9 x 12 112 pgs approx. 140 color photos Only in Los Angeles celebrates one of the most diverse and lively metro areas in the world. This full-color celebration showcases the many neighborhoods, people, and cultures that define the City of Angels. Coverage includes downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, and Beverly Hills; Chinatown, Koreatown, and Little Tokyo; beach communities from Malibu to the OC, including Santa Monica and Venice; and the many wilderness areas around this sprawling metropolis, such as the San Gabriel and Santa Monica mountains and Catalina Island.
Only in Los Angeles
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Play by Play: Los Angeles Sports Photography, 1889-1989: From the Photography Collection of the Los Angeles Public Library
Imagine Wilt Chamberlain mano a mano with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at The Forum. And Ben Hogan teeing off, Billie Jean King chasing down a lob, Fernando Valenzuela looking skyward. How about Cassius Clay, before he became Muhammad Ali, weighing in at the Olympic Auditorium, and Don Drysdale throwing his fastball at Van Nuys High, and Evelyn Ashford running beneath the Olympic flame at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Now, turn the pages and see how L.A.'s top newspaper photographers captured these and other superstar athletes in the city's most important sports moments. This is Play by Play: Los Angeles Sports Photography 1889-1989. Basketball, baseball, football, soccer, boxing, golf, horse races, auto races, bodybuilding, surfing, tennis?the action unfolds before your eyes. Replay the most unforgettable moments in a city that has hosted seven Super Bowls, two Olympic Games, numerous World Series, World Cups and L.A. Opens. It's sports at its swaggering, competitive best.
Play by Play: Los Angeles Sports Photography, 1889-1989: From the Photography Collection of the Los Angeles Public Library
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Graffiti L.A.: Street and Art
Long before graffiti was adopted as the visual expression of hip-hop culture in the 1980s, Chicano gang members in East Los Angeles had been developing stylized calligraphy and writing on walls. "Cholo" (gangster) scripts became the first distinctive letter forms to evolve in the modern vernacular tradition of graffiti writing. Today Los Angeles writers of diverse backgrounds draw from a unique confluence of cultures that has led to regionally distinctive styles.
"Graffiti L.A." provides a comprehensive and visual history of graffiti in Los Angeles, dating back to the 1930s, as well as an in-depth examination of the myriad styles and techniques used by writers today. Complementing the main text, interviews with L.A.s most prolific and infamous writers provide insight into the lives of these fugitive artists. Essential to the understanding of the development of the graffiti movement, this book will be an invaluable source to graffiti fans around the world.
Graffiti L.A.: Street and Art
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Los Angeles Houses by Cristina Montes, ISBN 3823855948
Architecture is perhaps not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Los Angeles, but there's no doubt that the city has its own unique style. Large in scale, its rolling, densely lit nightscape suggests the pockets of heavy population that spread out from downtown. In fact, most people from LA don?t actually live there, but in a suburb. The result of all this suburban living is a hugely diverse residential area with spectacular houses in the hills and canyons, surrounded by trees and stunning views of the city. This book examines some of the highlights of domestic living around Los Angeles, and points out some of the major influences: Art Deco, Spanish, and contemporary architecture; spacious, light-filled rooms; and plenty of wood, steel and concrete. It examines how the city's flamboyant past has shaped the landscape, as well as how cutting-edge architects and interior designers continue to create exciting new styles and structures.
Los Angeles Houses by Cristina Montes, ISBN 3823855948
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Play by Play: Los Angeles Sports Photography, 1889-1989: From the Photography Collection of the Los Angeles Public Library
Imagine Wilt Chamberlain mano a mano with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at The Forum. And Ben Hogan teeing off, Billie Jean King chasing down a lob, Fernando Valenzuela looking skyward. How about Cassius Clay, before he became Muhammad Ali, weighing in at the Olympic Auditorium, and Don Drysdale throwing his fastball at Van Nuys High, and Evelyn Ashford running beneath the Olympic flame at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Now, turn the pages and see how L.A.'s top newspaper photographers captured these and other superstar athletes in the city's most important sports moments. This is Play by Play: Los Angeles Sports Photography 1889-1989. Basketball, baseball, football, soccer, boxing, golf, horse races, auto races, bodybuilding, surfing, tennis?the action unfolds before your eyes. Replay the most unforgettable moments in a city that has hosted seven Super Bowls, two Olympic Games, numerous World Series, World Cups and L.A. Opens. It's sports at its swaggering, competitive best.
Play by Play: Los Angeles Sports Photography, 1889-1989: From the Photography Collection of the Los Angeles Public Library
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