From the emergence of Skid Row to the housing crisis after World War II, a look at the major events and policies that made and defined Los Angeles’ homeless crisis.

As Los Angeles' Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1, ... Back in the late 1800s immigrants from around the world came and settled into small enclaves of downtown L.A. In fact, ...

Volunteers John Swartz, left, and Richard Adkins prepare for visitors to tour the Los Angeles Theatre on Broadway. “This is like discovering treasure in an old tomb,” marveled Venice architect ...

Los Angeles grew from a town of 5,000 residents in the 1870s to a city of more than 100,000 in 1900. During that same period, Santa Monica was transformed from a cattle ranch into a coastal resort.

The 1.8 million-square-foot Sears complex was one of Los Angeles’ largest building projects during the 1920s. The nine-story, $5 million building, along with its signature 226-foot tower ...

A s the bleak winter of 1862 dragged on into 1863, the isolated, ramshackle town of Los Angeles was visited by a terrifying scourge -- smallpox.. With its telltale fever and disfiguring skin rash ...

By Natasha Kayes Only in California There is something truly special about the historic places and buildings that silently tell stories of the past. Not only is it entertaining to visit charming old ...

But that's only one chapter of the space that is/was Not a Cornfield, because the story of the space began in the 1800s (and earlier, still) and is still being told. This is the Los Angeles State ...