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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

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

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

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

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

Giving me that look (Californication) #Quotes #TvMoments #Californication

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

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

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

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

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

In #RedondoBeach, quiet hours for #dogs start at 6:00 PM. You also can't walk backwards after sunset.
*https://youtu.be/sk1Q849jcoY*
#americana #wa #california #travel #californication #youtube #funfacts #southbay #beachcities

Where to start, if not the end
somewhere between #yesterday and #today
where tomorrow is end(less) and in #play
by trend with no smart to #stray
*https://youtu.be/R-fi3fLyY0o*
#wa #writing #poetry #thoughts #poem #words #organs #americana #wa #california #travel #californication #youtube #funfacts

#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

Many #birds and #animals can be found in #AlcatrazIsland from the #Cormorant, #Pigeonguillemot, #Westerngull, #Heermanngull, #Blackcrownednightheron and #Harborseal. #photography #americana #wa #california #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #nature

The #SanDiegoAdminBuilding was designed by #LouisJohnGill, #SamuelWoodHamill, #WilliamTempletonJohnson and #RichardRequa in a #SpanishRevival style with #BeauxArts hints. It wasn't an easy process and ended with several leaving the project. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #photos #trivia #government

During the #CivilWar, the #USArmy established #CampReynolds on #AngelIsland to protect #TheBay. From there, the island become a garrison before becoming #FortMcDowell. The army didn't leave until 1962. #photography #americana #wa #california #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #travel #photos #trivia #ushistory

The #SanDiegoCoAdministrationCenter is a #WPA or #WorksProgressAdministration building dedicated by #FDR on July 17, 1938. Designed by #SamuelWoodHamill, #WilliamTempletonJohnson, #RichardRequa and #LouisJohnGill, the building is a mix of the #SpanishRevival and #BeauxArts style. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #blackandwhitephotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts #sandiego

#CenturyCity dates back to silent movie and #DickTurpin star, #TomMix. In 1925, he sold his ranch to #WilliamFox, founder of #FoxFilmCorporation, who would use it as a backlot before merging into #20thCenturyFox in 1935. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #history #photos #trivia #funfacts #hollywood

Incorporated in 1912, #CulverCity built its first #CityHall in 1926. Including a section of #RanchoLaBallona, a Mexican land grant that spanned from #MarVista to #Palms, the hall stands as the city's first designation followed by #TheHullBuilding and #StAugustineChurch. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #blackandwhitephotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

In 1919, records show Manuel “Cy” Saenz receiving $10 or $252 (adjusted) monthly to store the City’s fire truck in his garage at Ince and Washington Blvd. Volunteers fought fires during this time and one involving the then-Mayor's garage led to the start of the #FireDepartment. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #culvercity #colorphotography #blackandwhitephotography #travel #trivia