In the mid-1800s, public clocks served as type of civic authority as they centralized the town's time while introducing the idea of organizing days around the hours and minutes of clock time.
About 100 years ago, Los Angeles produced about 20% of the world's oil. These downtown buildings are part of the larger story of how the oil industry significantly transformed Los Angeles' built environment.
Though the last of Los Angeles' famed Red Cars officially retired in 1961, there is still so much Pacific Electric history that can be found in the Southern California landscape in expected and unexpected places.
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