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University Park, Los Angeles : a brief history / Charles Epting.

Title
University Park, Los Angeles : a brief history / Charles Epting.
Author
Epting, Charles.
Publication
Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2013.

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140 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
  • "University Park is one of Los Angeles's most diverse and historic neighborhoods. Beginning with the founding of the University of Southern California in 1880, the areahas hosted two Olympic Games and numerous presidents and been featured as abackdrop for dozens of movies, along with countless other events of cultural and historical significance. Few areas in Southern California boast such a wide variety of historic buildings; residential, educational and commercial;dating to LA's earliest days. With USC as its anchor, University Park thrives as a microcosm of LA's culture, architecture and development from an outpost accumulating settlers into one of the world's great cosmopolitan metropolises. Join author Charles Epting on this historical inventory of University Park's significant moments and lasting legacy"--
  • "A narrative history of the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles"--
Series Statement
Brief history
Subject
  • University towns > Los Angeles
  • University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 141).
ISBN
  • 9781609499600 (pbk.)
  • 1609499603 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2013023643
OCLC
845236146
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library