Enjoy the striking aviation art of award-winning artist Russell Smith! Lavishly illustrated, the book features 44 full-color paintings and 20 drawings by Russell that bring WWI aviation to life. More than a dozen respected WWI aviation authors contribute to the story with chapters providing the background for the paintings to increase your understanding and appreciation of Russell’s exceptional art. Finally, in a well-illustrated chapter, Russell tells you how he creates his art. Chapters by Javier Arango, Lance Bronnenkant, Dennis Gordon, Jon Guttman, Adrian Hellwig, Jim Miller, Fred Murrin, Colin Owers, Stephen Skinner, Ed Soye, Alan Toelle, Greg VanWyngarden, & Charles Woolley
They say nobody walks in LA, but with LA Scavenger in hand you’ll ditch the car and discover Los Angeles’s hidden treasures that you’d otherwise zip past. This fun and interactive scavenger hunt will help you see the city in a completely new way as you walk or roll to locate under-the-radar and iconic landmarks. Set off on an exciting journey to uncover over 300 locations in neighborhoods all over LA and neighboring cities. You’ll use photos and rhyming clues to find eclectic public art, unique architecture, iconic restaurants, and other often-overlooked sights. Explore secret gardens, hidden staircases, and historic cemeteries where LA’s famous and forgotten names are buried. Find a charming shop that’s been making mochi for over 100 years and a Jewish deli full of rock history and pastrami. You’ll also visit a storied hotel that hosted the first Academy Awards ceremony, a Victorian mansion that became a clubhouse for magicians, and an Art Deco sculpture that guards a lake. Even if you’re familiar with some of the locations, the poetic clues will reveal fascinating trivia and give you a fresh perspective on the neighborhood. Food and travel writer Danny Jensen brings his love for Los Angeles and enthusiasm for exploring hidden histories and secret places to this unique guidebook. With this one-of-a-kind scavenger hunt, you can team up with your family, challenge your friends, or solve the clues on your own to test your knowledge of the city. Perfect for both visitors and longtime Angelenos, LA Scavenger will help you explore new neighborhoods, look at familiar locations in new ways, and train your eye to find the tiny details that tell a larger story. Enjoy the adventure!
The story of the iconic dirt track that defined Southern California racing. It began in 1903 as a horse track, then as a one mile dirt track in L.A., then as New Ascot Raceway in East L.A. which became Legion Ascot and finally Southern Ascot in Southgate.
Then, Los Angeles Speedway was built in 1957 on the site of a former landfill just south of Gardena. The promoter got into financial difficulties and it became New Ascot Stadium and eventually just Ascot. Everyone raced there, sprint cars, stock cars, midgets, buggies and motorcycles. 90 Indy 500 drivers raced there. Names like A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Parnelli Jones were regulars. It was said that “if you haven’t raced Ascot, you haven’t raced”. Read the book to see why it closed in 1990. Written in scrapbook style, decade by decade, full of newspaper and magazine articles, photos and stories from those who were there.
399 Pages – 8 1/2 x 11 – B&W. Comes with a DVD of all the photos and newspaper / magazine articles in the book plus an assortment of videos.
- An insider’s guide to Los Angeles’ hidden gems and lesser-known spots
- A recently updated edition in Luster’s successful and attractive series of city guides
- An inspirational and practical guide to the city’s most interesting places, buildings, restaurants, shops, museums, galleries, neighborhoods, gardens and cafes, into 100 lists of 5 secrets
- Photography by Giovanni Simeone
- Written by a true local, filled with independent advice, based on thorough research and the author’s personal opinions
Los Angeles has so much to offer, and this guide helps you to choose where to start when discovering this beautiful city. Where are the best farmers’ markets? Which street foods are not to be missed? What are the liveliest places to go dancing? What are some unlikely places to spot celebrities? Which art galleries are worth a visit? In The 500 Hidden Secrets of Los Angeles, Andrea Richards shares 500 must-know addresses in one of the coolest cities in the United States. It is an affectionate guide to the City of Angels that avoids the touristy places and points out the urban details you are likely to miss. From the best outdoor concert venues to the most beautiful country escapes, this guide is the perfect companion visitors who want to make the most of their stay and residents who want to get to know their city even better.
Show your patriotism by displaying this nostalgic volume on your bookshelf! Hundreds of superb black & white photographs recall the patriotism of the 1940s through dynamic images of Pearl Harbor, vintage postcards, war bonds, banners, banks, and Victory Garden items. This wonderful new volume highlights the heady days of WWII by featuring yesteryears toys, advertisements, posters, stamps and more! This classic book of collectibles is just what Uncle Sam ordered!
MEMORIES OF THE CALIFORNIA JALOPY ASSOCIATION is an extraordinary book about West Coast jalopy racing of the fifties and early sixties. The racing, featuring mostly 32-34 Ford coupes and various other configurations was very popular and even seen on on national television. Jalopy Derby was a feature at Ascot, Gardena Stadium, L.A. Speedway, Orange Show, Riverside, Carrell, Balboa, etc. Drivers included names like Parnelli Jones, “Lover Boy” Bob Hogle, and Art Atkinson.
This soft-cover, glossy volume has lots of history and is crammed with over 1,550 incredible period photographs. Forward by Parnelli Jones.
Soft cover, 288 pages, black and white photographs.
Author Thomas D. Luce, forward by Parnelli Jones
The map may not be the territory, and the word may not be the thing, but this guide is as close as it gets.
Since its first publication by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1965, this seminal vade mecum of Los Angeles architecture has explored every rich potency of the often relentless, but sometimes―as the authors have captured here―relenting L.A. cityscape. Revised extensively and updated rigorously since its fifth edition published in 2003, The Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles now contains ninety-six sections organized in thirteen geographic chapters, boasting over 200 new additions to over thousands of entries cataloging every crease of Los Angeles County’s metropolitan sheath.
Originally written by leading architectural historians Robert Winter―described by Los Angeles Magazine as both the “spiritual godfather” and “father” of L.A. architecture―and the late, great David Gebhard, the guide has been revised and edited for a sixth edition by award-winning L.A. urban walker and Winter’s trusted collaborator Robert Inman. Nathan Masters, historian and Emmy-award-winning host, producer, and managing editor of KCET’s Lost LA, writes the foreword.
The Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles, hailed by many as the built L.A. opus, explores the man made structures, gardens, parks, and other physical features of a fulgurous Los Angeles. With singular wit and brio, the authors artfully steward readers through all regions and styles, from the Spanish Mexican Period to Postmodern, American Take-over to High Tech, and Beaux-Arts to Craftsman. Sites covered begin with the missions of Spanish California and end with projects completed in 2017.
Dilettantes and experts, practitioners and students, aficionados and osmotic natives alike: all are blood type-compatible with this rich and peerless Bible for architecture enthusiasts. All of its own ilk, this book is thick and alive with a tone of its own making―and doing. A unique style of writing renders the guide simultaneously funny, tasteful, and historically-comprehensive, all with equal measure. Gebhard and Winter fill in the diegetic blanks with a droll eye. More than a critical reference for the bookshelves of scholars, enthusiasts, and practitioners alike, Architecture in Los Angeles is a faithful snapshot of the city as she lives and breathes.
Carl Fisher was an indomitable huckster and salesman who started his working life pedaling magazines and bicycles before making his mark as the key moving force behind creating and building not only the Indianapolis Motor Speedway but also Miami Beach. He’s also considered the father of the Lincoln and Dixie Highways, America’s first interstate road systems, and the creator with IMS partner Jim Allison of Prest-O-Lite, manufacturer of the first mass market automobile headlight.
The title for Hungness’s book comes from Fisher’s love of carving something out of an empty field or wilderness. ‘I love to make the dirt fly!’ was one of Fisher’s favorite sayings which he would deliver with a wide grin at the site of one of his latest field or forest-clearing construction sites. He also loved high society, polo, parties and alcohol.
During this time Fisher started racing bicycles and after a visit in 1900 to a show for the burgeoning horseless carriage industry in New York’s Madison Square Garden he became a convert and soon was selling motorcycles and automobiles. His bicycle shop became ‘Fisher’s Garage’ and then ‘The Fisher Automobile Company’ as he emerged as one of Indianapolis’s most prosperous citizens.
In October of 1908 Fisher indulged in one of his most renowned publicity stunts when he flew a hot air balloon across the skies of Indianapolis while seated in a brand new Stoddard-Dayton automobile suspended beneath the balloon!
At the time the fledgling automobile industry was booming with more than 76 manufacturers setting up shop in the state of Indiana. Most of them lasted only a few years but the fever for automobiles resulted in Fisher building a giant, 2.5-mile test track on the outskirts of town in partnership with Arthur Newby and Jim Allison. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909, the first 500 was run two years later and the 100th running of the world’s oldest race takes place next year. Of course, Fisher went on to engage in many other entrepreneurial escapades, including founding and developing the Prest-O-Lite company with Allison and Miami Beach with Henry Flagler.
‘I love to make the dirt fly!’ will provide readers with a thorough appreciation of the spirit that made both the Indy 500 and America great.
