Join historian Nathan Marsak as he shares the story of a lost Los Angeles from an era before the freeways; a time when downtown Los Angeles was unmarred by wide-scale redevelopment and retained much of its original character.
Marsak will share newly unearthed information on these lost architectural treasures along with stunning black-and-white photography—some never-before-seen— from Arnold Hylen.
Originally published by Dawson’s Book Shop in 1981, Hylen’s Los Angeles Before the Freeways has become a cult classic among LA’s architectural historians. Each page offers a glimpse of what the city used to be, before some of its architectural treasures were razed for the newer, more modern city that would soon follow—it’s no coincidence that many of these original buildings were demolished to make way for parking lots.
An in-person presentation by Nathan Marsak, author and historian