Marsha Jean Corprew
MARSHA JEAN CORPREW 1948-2000 MARSHA J. CORPREW, AN AFRICAN - AMERICAN WOMAN, WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR LIONEL J. WILSON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMISSION IN 1977. SHE GAVE 22 ...
Lakeside Park Garden Center
Press Building
PRESS BUILDING The Press Building opened as the Pantages Theatre on August 5, 1912. Retail and office uses enveloped the building, with ground- floor tenants including a candy store,...
- hippodrome
- oakland
- vaudeville
The Cascades
On November 5, 1913, 40,000 people gathered here to witness the dedication of the Los Angeles - Owens River Aqueduct. The terminus of a 233-mile long engineering marvel, the Cascades were the site...
- natural resources
- los angeles
- aqueduct
Sylmar Earthquake
This tablet presented February 9, 1979, to the Veterans Memorial Park, in loving memory of the many veterans, nurses, and aides of the San Fernando Valley Veterans Hospital, whose lives were lost...
- disasters
- veterans
- earthquake
- memorial
- san fernando
- los angeles
Rogerio Rocha
Rogerio Rocha was born in 1801, in the village of Mapanga, and was baptized in the San Fernando Mission. Rocha became a well-known blacksmith in California. In Rocha's early years he became...
- native americans
Grand Central Air Terminal
Grand Central Air Terminal is an intact example of an early airport passenger terminal and serves as a physical record of pivotal events that helped shape the development of air travel and...
- aviation
- commerce
- transportation
- architecture
- entertainment
- free tours
Hang Gliding
On this site, May 23, 1971, with a gathering of enthusiasts for personal human flight, began the worldwide sport of Hang Gliding. (In 1971 a dozen Hang Glider pilots gathered here to fly...
- flying
- sports
- adventure
- aviation
Modern Times
End of an Era — Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times”. Near where you are now standing, silent film comic Charlie Chaplin, with Paulette Goddard at his side, appeared in the final scene of the epic...
- entertainment
- movies
- hollywood
Sylmar Tunnel Disaster
“Honoring The Lives”. On June 24, 1971, an explosion and fire took the lives of seventeen construction workers building a tunnel in Sylmar, California. The tunnel was being built for...
- disaster
- aqueduct
- construction
- sylmar earthquake
- memorial