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The #BradburyBuilding was built in 1893, added to the #NRHP in 1971 and become a #NationalHistoricLandmark in '77. It was one of four office buildings in #LA to be honored at listing. It's also a #LALandmark and filming location, seen in #BladeRunner and #TheArtist. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #film #trivia #entertainment

#SantaBarbara and the surrounding area have served as a backdrop for #Sideways, #ItsComplicated, #Hidalgo, #Seabiscuit and #20thCenturyWomen to name a few. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #film #trivia #entertainment

#SantaBarbara and the surrounding area have served as a backdrop for #Sideways, #ItsComplicated, #Hidalgo, #Seabiscuit and #20thCenturyWomen to name a few. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #film #trivia #entertainment

#SantaBarbara and the surrounding area have served as a backdrop for #Sideways, #ItsComplicated, #Hidalgo, #Seabiscuit and #20thCenturyWomen to name a few. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #film #trivia #entertainment

#SantaBarbara and the surrounding area have served as a backdrop for #Sideways, #ItsComplicated, #Hidalgo, #Seabiscuit and #20thCenturyWomen to name a few. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #film #trivia #entertainment

#SantaBarbara and the surrounding area have served as a backdrop for #Sideways, #ItsComplicated, #Hidalgo, #Seabiscuit and #20thCenturyWomen to name a few. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #film #trivia #entertainment

As of writing, after opening in 1911, the #PalaceTheater in the #BroadwayTheaterDistrict in #DowntownLosAngeles is the oldest remaining original #Orpheumtheatre in the #US. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #trivia #funfacts #tower #theater

Before #HollywoodoftheNorth was claimed by #Canada, #SantaBarbara went by that name as hundreds of silent and western films were produced in #SantaBarbara, including #CecilBDeMille’s #TenCommandments. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #entertainment

#DowntownLosAngeles is home to several #districts, like the #Jewerly and #BroadwayTheaterDistrict. The #BroadwayTheaterandCommercialDistrict is listed on the #NRHP. It was the first and largest theater district on the register. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #history

#SantaBarbara is home to some of #JuliaChild’s favorites #restaurants: #OlioeLimone, #OlioCrudoBar and #FinchandFork. All of them are still operating today. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts #cityhall #government

The #CaliforniaLegislature is the #bicamerallegislature maintained by the #StateAssembly or #LowerHouse and the #StateSenate or #UpperHouse. Unlike most states, the #legislature is full-time and has been under #Democratic control since the #70s. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #history #politics

#ArlingtonSpringsMan, the oldest #humanfossil found in the #US, was discovered nearby on #SantaRosaIsland. He was returned and reburied by the #SantaYnezBand of #ChumashMissionIndians sometime after April 2022. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

#SantaBarbara was once home to #FlyingAStudios. Until its closure, around 1917, the studio claimed to be the largest in the world while producing a thousand #films over 5 years. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts #movies #entertainment

The #CaliforniaCapitol is the seat of #Government for #California and houses the two chambers of the #Legislature, the assembly and senate, and the #offices for many officials. It was completed in stages and added to the #NRHP in 1973. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts #UScapitols #capitols

#Ventura has a #sistercity in #Loreto, #Mexico. Established in 2015, with a unanimous vote, the relationship is built on shared #history, #ecotourism, #cultural and historical exchanges. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #diplomacy

Fifty years after #artist #MichaelGonzalez and friends danced down State Street in #SantaBarbara, #California, they serve as the foundation for the #SummerSolsticeParade, the largest single-day event in the county. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #history #trivia #funfacts #culture

In 1962, the #SantaBarbaraNewsPress brought the #JohnBirchSociety, a far-right organization inspired by #McCarthyism, to light. The then owner #ThomasMStorke won a #Pulitzer for his work. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #santabarbara #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #ushistory

Around #VenturaCityHall's windows, you'll find 24 terra cotta #friars faces. A reference to the fact that #Ventura is one of the nine #Mission towns founded by #JuniperoSerra and #friars. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #government #photos #trivia #ushistory

#Ventura is the namesake for the section of #US101 or #VenturaFreeway that runs from #SantaBarbara to #Pasadena. It's also the inspiration for 1972's #VenturaHighway by #America. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #trivia #funfacts

#Ventura is the namesake for the section of #US101 or #VenturaFreeway that runs from #SantaBarbara to #Pasadena. It's also the inspiration for 1972's #VenturaHighway by #America. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #trivia #funfacts

The #USArmy built the #ModelIndustriesBuilding on #AlcatrazIsland in 1922. It contained a #blacksmith shop, #plumbingshop, other #workshops, a #vocational training school and a #band practice room. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

The #USBankTower, far left, and #GasCompanyTower, center left, stand as the 2nd and 5th tallest #buildings in #DowntownLosAngeles. At 1,018ft and 749ft, the two buildings are staples of the #LosAngeles skyline starring in media like #SanAndreas, #Speed and #GTA. #photography #americana #wa #ca #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #skyline #funfacts #downtown

#SantaBarbara has been the setting for several pieces of media from #Animation's #BoJackHorseman, #TV's #Psych, #Film's #DemolitionMan and Gaming's #TheLastofUsII. #photography #americana #wa #california #infrastructure #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #trivia #entertainment

The motto of #SF is "Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra" or Gold in Peace, Iron in War. The official #songs are the "Theme from #SanFrancisco" from the '36 #film and "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by #TonyBennett. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

Notable productions like #TrueDetective, #ParksandRecreation, #Terminator2, #CrazyStupidLove, #LittleMissSunshine, #Swordfish, #Scarface and #TheBet have filmed in #Ventura. #photography #americana #wa #california #film #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #tv #funfacts

In '24 #SantaBarbara, the #medianincome for men was $64k and $53k for women. The highest industries for men were #PublicAdmin with $133k, #IT with $120k and #Manufacturing with $103k, while women had #PublicAdmin with $88k, #Construction with $82k and #Transportation with $80k. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

Between the windows of #Ventura #CityHall are 24 faces of #brothers or #friars. They can be considered a reference to the fact that #SanBuenaventura was one of the original towns founded by #JuniperoSerra and #Franciscanfriars in 1782. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

#Ventura's #cityhall brought the area into prominence better measured in the building cost of 250K, non-adjusted, for the then county population of 20K resulting in a $12.50 per capita cost. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

A black inmate from #OH named #RobertLipscomb, during his time at #Alcatraz around '61, was quoted saying: "Such gross disparity between persons for the same crime seemed to be racial persecution rather than judicial prosecution. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts #prison #sf

#USFlagCode creates a framework for display and care of the flag. While it is #USlaw, it's not mandatory with no clear penalties. A criminal statute was later added that prohibited desecrating the flag before it was found unconstitutional in #USvEichman. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

With the year 1900, #Escondido's population was estimated around 750 and focused on the cultivation of citrus, hay, grapes and grains. By '29, it hosted the largest lemon packing house in the world, covering 83,300 sq ft or 215.746 km2 and a city pop of 3.4k. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #blackandwhitephotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

In #1907, #TomBandy moved his #Blacksmithing operations to #Escondido and opened his first shop on Ohio, now Valley Pkwy and Kalmia in #1908. At some point, it was demolished before being rebuilt in 1993 and being moved to its current location in 2007. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #blackandwhitephotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

#Escondido was founded on October 8, 1888 by a vote of 64-12. Less than a hundred years later, in 1986, 100 ostriches found a way to the city via the now defunct San Diego Ostrich Ranch. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #travel #trivia #funfacts

#Escondido, Spanish for hidden, is one of the oldest cities in #SanDiego County. Found in #NorthCounty, Escondido was originally centered around the production of muscat grapes and even held a Grape Day Festival where #CityHall is now located. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #blackandwhitephotography #travel #ourhistory