LA
Modern
After World War II LA would go through its last transition: from industrial-art-deco to suburban-mid-modern thanks to the introduction of the freeways and amusement parks; plus the expansion of the Hollywood brainwash machine through television and radio — and today you can go back to the rock-and-roll days and feel like a rebel or a capitalist for a day.
Time period: 1950s-1980s
Movie/book: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)/CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill
Soundtrack: Elvis Presley/Guns N’ Roses’ music
Fashion: jeans, polo shirt and rayban sunglasses
Budget:
G.W. Hayes: Freeway System Los Angeles & Vicinity; LA, 1960s
The Regional Planning Commission: Master Plan of Metropolitan LA Freeways; LA, 1947
This walking tour would take you around the streets of Hollywood where fast food dinners opened up by the Route 66; and where geometric office buildings got built for the upcoming television networks. The area is characterized by: Mid-Modern architecture, highways and movie theaters. The tour suggests visiting the Hollywood sign viewpoints plus a Modern architecture walking tour during the morning; lunch at In-n-out, the Dolby Theater and a mid-modern house in the afternoon; and to end the day the LACMA plus dinner at an iconic Googie style restaurant.
Stops:
1 Hollywood Sign plus Coffee Break
2 Mid Modern Walking Tour
3 Lunch In-n-Out
4 Dolby Theater
5 Stahl House
6 LACMA
7 Dinner at Norms
E.F. Hill: Map of Los Angeles, California; LA, 1928
Blu-ray Disc cover of the 1978 musical film Grease