Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles
Autor Paul Haddaden Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 oct 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1595801014
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 228 x 152 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Santa Monica Press
Notă biografică
Paul Haddad's books include the Los Angeles Times Bestseller 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.: 57 Walking Adventures; Aramid (first place, Best YA, at the 2016 Southern California Book Festival); High Fives, Pennant Drives, and Fernandomania: A Fan's History of the Los Angeles Dodgers' Glory Years, 1977-1981 (named one of the Best Baseball Books of 2012 by the Daily News), and Skinny White Freak (winner, Best YA, at the 2017 Los Angeles Book Festival). As a Hollywood-born native, he has written about Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Times and hosted a column on Huffington Post about L.A.'s forgotten history. He has authored three award-winning novels, including the L.A. Noir Paradise Palms: Red Menace Mob. A graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Haddad has been nominated for multiple Emmys as a documentary producer. PaulHaddadBooks.com, @la_dorkout
Patt Morrison is a journalist, author, and radio-television personality based in Los Angeles and Southern California. Morrison has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes as a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist. As a public television and radio broadcaster, she has won six Emmys and a dozen Golden Mike awards.
Cuprins
Each first date refers to the original opening segment of a freeway; the second date refers to a freeway's completion.
CHAPTER 1
THE ARROYO SECO
State Route 110
(1938-1953)
CHAPTER 2
THE HOLLYWOOD FREEWAY
U.S. Route 101 / State Route 170
(1940-1968)
CHAPTER 3
THE HARBOR FREEWAY
Interstate 110
(1952-1970)
CHAPTER 4
THE GOLDEN STATE FREEWAY
Interstate 5
(1955-1974)
CHAPTER 5
THE FOOTHILL FREEWAY
Interstate 210 / State Route 210
(1955-2007)
CHAPTER 6
THE VENTURA FREEWAY
U.S. Route 101 / State Route 134
(1955-1974)
CHAPTER 7
THE SAN DIEGO FREEWAY
Interstate 405 / Interstate 5
(1957-1969)
CHAPTER 8
THE GLENDALE FREEWAY
State Route 2
(1958-1978)
CHAPTER 9
THE SANTA MONICA FREEWAY
Interstate 10 / State Route 1
(1961-1966)
CHAPTER 10
THE SIMI VALLEY FREEWAY
State Route 118
(1968-1993)
CHAPTER 11
THE MARINA FREEWAY
State Route 90
(1968-1972)
CHAPTER 12
THE CENTURY FREEWAY
Interstate 105
(1993)