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MORE Wilshire Blvd. is arguably the most important boulevard in Los Angeles today, says Kevin Roderick, author of “Wilshire Blvd: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles.” Photo by Mike Schlitt.
There are older streets, longer streets and streets more beautiful, but no single street tells a story that better defines the city we live in than Wilshire Boulevard.
“No one could have designed Wilshire. I think you could argue that [it’s] the most important boulevard in Los Angeles. It has not just some baggage, but also … meaning behind it,” explains Kevin Roderick, author of “Wilshire Blvd: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles.”
Gaylord Wilshire was a land speculator, billboard tycoon, failed politician and inventor. He built Wilshire Boulevard, a street that became LA’s primary escape route from the horse-drawn era.
1885 The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad reaches San Bernardino. [Source:
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1886 The completion of the Santa Fe Railroad leads to a price war, lowering the cost of a rail trip from the Mid West to the West Coast to as low as $1 per person.
1887 The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad reaches Los Angeles. [Source:
California by Kevin Starr.]Occidental College and Pomona College opened. [Source:
California by Kevin Starr.]
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Lux v. Haggin, modifies the doctrine of riparian rites within the State of California. [Source:
California by Kevin Starr.]
1889 Orange County is established by an act of the California State Legislature from a southeastern section of Los Angeles County.
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