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Summary: Review of Kaplan's Architectural Review
Review: In LA Lost and Found, Sam Kaplan not only provides a cover to cover pictorial history of Los Angeles, but also tells the story of how Los Angeles came to become a unique city. Kaplan starts his narrative in the early 1800's when Los Angeles' population was beginning to grow and continues into the late 1990's when there were not enough buildings to hold its population. Kaplan describes how Los Angeles developed architecturally over the years. Starting as a coastal desert, Los Angeles began as a mission and slowly expanded with adobe houses, and did not even resemble a town until the first church was built. Today, Los Angeles can be considered nothing short of a large, sprawling city. Buildings may be made of brick or wood or glass, and have arches or stilts or windmills. They may be built at the ocean side, on a mountainside or along a lake, or next to stores, museums, or parks, and still be located in the city of Los Angeles. Los Angeles began as small adobe houses and grew into a "gazpacho" of architectural styles. Kaplan shows how Los Angeles' vast array of architectural styles provides visible evidence of the history and development of the city.
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Summary: Lost History
Review: Kaplan's lost and found is a great representation of the history of Los Angeles. It shows both pictorally and textally how Los Angeles developed using the medium of architecture. This lends itself really well towards a general history and putting together a timeline of events. The book is separated into chapters of general era in our history. I found that the picture helped me get a mental image of what the city looked like in the different time periods. Overall, the book was a great read and I would recommend it to anyone who is researching, or just wanting to see our history in a pictured fashion.
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Summary: The L.A. You Didn't Know
Review: Sam Hall Kaplan does a great job of telling us about the city we live in but know very little about. The book is very informative, and it is surprising to find out about the history of this great city of ours. As a resident of the city of Los Angeles, I find this book encouraging me to go out and discover a place that I have live in for my whole love and know very little about. All time periods are covered, and it is very educational to find out about our local museums and historical sites. This book is inciteful and I recommend it to anyone who has time to read it.
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Summary: The past and present of Los Angeles
Review: Sam Hall Kaplan's L.A. Lost and Found: An Architectural History of Los Angeles is a book obviously written about Los Angeles. The book basically brings us through Los Angeles in the past and on to the future. I feel the reason why the book is titled L.A. Lost and Found is because we have lost a lot of L.A. throughout the years but we have also gain a lot. Things that we have lost and gain is basically the landmarks of Los Angeles. As the years gone by we have been much more productive with landmarks and we are forgetting about the older ones. If you are one that wants to know more about the history of Los Angeles this would be a nice book to look through because it has a lot of beautiful colored pictures of the landmarks of Los Angeles.
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Summary: Lost History
Review: This book is a great chronological review of Los Angeles shown from an architectual point of view. This book is written by Sam Hall Kaplan, a well known Los Angeles writer, who is most popular for his 20+ years of writing for the Los Angeles Times. The book goes into greater detail providing some history behind each picture taken.
The book starts off with the basic history of Los Angeles and the progressively moves toward the metropolis that Los Angeles has grown to be. Without any doubt this book is a great tool for finding both the history behind Los Angeles and for seeing the amazing archiological structes that make L.A.
If your looking for a fun and amazing book, this is a book you must get your hands on.
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Summary: Celebrating the rich legacy of architecture in Los Angeles
Review: This is an extraordinary collection of images and information that effectively chronicles Los Angeles' ongoing architectural legacy.The title refers to the achievements already lost (in a physical sense), such as the famous Dodge House, to those that should be or must be recognized as landmarks, including Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House and Ennis-Brown House, as well as the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Greenacres mansion, to The Crystal Cathedral and Union Station. Structures encompassed by a liberal extension of Los Angeles' metro area throughout southern California are also included. Hopefully, future editions of this book will include larger photographs, more color photographs, and a full index for easier reference to the specific contents.
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Summary: Celebrating the rich legacy of architecture in Los Angeles
Review: This is an extraordinary collection of images and information that effectively chronicles Los Angeles' ongoing architectural legacy. The title refers to the achievements already lost (in a physical sense), such as the famous Dodge House, to those that should be or must be recognized as landmarks, including Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House and Ennis-Brown House, as well as the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Greenacres mansion, to The Crystal Cathedral and Union Station. Structures encompassed by a liberal extension of Los Angeles' metro area throughout southern California are also included. Hopefully, future editions of this book will include larger photographs, more color photographs, and a full index for easier reference to the specific contents.
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