With our beloved city all but shut down, we found ourselves with a lot of extra time on our hands to read this year. Luckily, there were lots of good books about L.A. to delve into. Here’s a roundup of some of our favorites.
The recently completed SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, new home of the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers, was built on the site of Hollywood Park Racetrack. Horses had raced near Prairie Avenue since 1938 and photographer Michele Asselin captured the last days of the track in her book
Clubhouse Turn: The Twilight of Hollywood Park Race Track. The big art book traces the history of the park from Seabiscuit to Hollywood stars, then visits with gamblers and jockeys, and pays a visit to the stilled betting windows and grandstands before they made way for the new football stadium.