Historic Elmwood Park, a Walking Tour
Author : Cultural Council, Richland/Lexington Counties (S.C.)
Publisher :
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 1995*
Category : Columbia (S.C.)
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Author : Cultural Council, Richland/Lexington Counties (S.C.)
Publisher :
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 1995*
Category : Columbia (S.C.)
ISBN :
Author : Elmwood Park Neighborhood Association
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 22,54 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Elmwood Park (Columbia, S.C.)
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Author : Robert E. Johnson
Publisher : Roaring Forties Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 2015-09-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1938901517
Berkeley Walks celebrates the things that make Berkeley such a wonderful walking city—diverse architecture, panoramic views, tree-lined neighborhoods, historic homes, unusual gardens, secret pathways, hidden parks, vibrant street life, trend-setting restaurants, and intriguing history. Fascinating and surprising sidelights include the apartment building from which Patty Hearst was kidnapped; Ted Kaczynski’s home before he became the Unabomber; and the residences of Nobel laureates and literary Berkeleyans such as Thornton Wilder, Ann Rice, and Philip K. Dick. Bob Johnson and Janet Byron—longtime city residents and tour guides—designed these 18 walks to showcase the many elements that make Berkeley’s neighborhoods, shopping districts, and academic areas such fun to explore. Visitors will discover a vibrant community beyond the University of California campus borders, while locals will be surprised and delighted by the treasures in their own backyards. Highlights of the book include a focus on architects Joseph Esherick, John Galen Howard, Bernard Maybeck, Julia Morgan, James Plachek, Walter Ratcliff, Jr., and John Hudson Thomas, 100 archival and original photos, and 20 maps, including a map of Berkeley bookstores.
Author : Kenneth J. Knack
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1467111201
In less than 50 years, a blink of the eye in the history of mankind, Elmwood Park transformed itself from prairie to prosperity. Fertile lands once home to Native Americans sprouted a development unlike any that had ever been seen in the Chicago area. The Westwood subdivision, started by John Mills just before the start of the Great Depression, resulted in the construction of over 1,500 brick bungalows in two years. A second postwar boom coincided with the Italian American migration from the old Chicago neighborhoods. The next 50 years would see continued growth and change. When people think of Elmwood Park, images of food often accompany those thoughts. Envisioning a barbecue pork sandwich or a combo, juicy, sweet and large ice, no-lid brings back memories of standing in long lines, cash in hand, among people of all races united in the desire to satisfy their appetites."
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Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 36,93 MB
Release : 1991*
Category : Architecture, Domestic
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Author : Miss Cassette
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 21,37 MB
Release : 2020-11
Category : History
ISBN : 149622471X
My Omaha Obsession takes the reader on an idiosyncratic tour through some of Omaha’s neighborhoods, buildings, architecture, and people, celebrating the city’s unusual history. Rather than covering the city’s best-known sites, Miss Cassette is irresistibly drawn to strange little buildings and glorious large homes that don’t exist anymore as well as to stories of Harkert’s Holsum Hamburgers and the Twenties Club. Piecing together the records of buildings and homes and everything interesting that came after, Miss Cassette shares her observations of the property and its significance to Omaha. She scrutinizes land deeds, insurance maps, tax records, and old newspaper articles to uncover a property’s singular story. Through conversations with fellow detectives and history enthusiasts, she guides readers along her path of hunches, personal interests, mishaps, and more. As a longtime resident of Omaha, Miss Cassette is informed by memories of her youth combined with an enduring curiosity about the city’s offbeat relics and remains. Part memoir and part research guide with a healthy dose of colorful wandering, My Omaha Obsession celebrates the historic built environment and searches for the people who shaped early Omaha.
Author : Michael S. Franck
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 30,8 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814325919
Elmwood Endures provides a visual journey of the cemetery's history and landscape. The guidebook features nearly one hundred photographs, along with brief biographies of notable occupants who make up a virtual who's who in Detroit history. Many of those buried--governors, explorers, doctors, mayors, inventors, senators, civil rights leaders, distillers and brewmasters, and civil war generals--helped found and shape the city.
Author : Ann Morris
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 47,76 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture, Domestic
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Author : Charles Fleming
Publisher : Santa Monica Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 17,19 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1595809414
Containing walks and detailed maps from throughout the city, Secret Stairs highlights the charms and quirks of a unique feature of the Los Angeles landscape, and chronicles the geographical, architectural, and historical aspects of the city’s staircases, as well as of the neighborhoods in which the steps are located. From strolling through the classic La Loma neighborhood in Pasadena to walking the Sunset Junction Loop in Silver Lake, to taking the Beachwood Canyon hike through “Hollywoodland” to enjoying the magnificent ocean views from the Castellammare district in Pacific Palisades, Secret Stairs takes you on a tour of the staircases all across the City of Angels. The circular walks, rated for duration and difficulty, deliver tales of historic homes and their fascinating inhabitants, bits of unusual local trivia, and stories of the neighborhoods surrounding the stairs. That’s where William Faulkner was living when he wrote the screenplay for To Have and Have Not; that house was designed by Neutra; over there is a Schindler; that’s where Woody Guthrie lived, where Anais Nin died, and where Thelma Todd was murdered . . . Despite the fact that one of these staircases starred in an Oscar-winning short film—Laurel and Hardy’s The Music Box, from 1932—these civic treasures have been virtually unknown to most of the city’s residents and visitors. Now, Secret Stairs puts these hidden stairways back on the map, while introducing urban hikers to exciting new “trails” all around the city of Los Angeles.
Author : Elmwood Park Neighborhood Association
Publisher :
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 15,91 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Columbia (S.C.)
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