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ARRIVING IN LOS ANGELES:
RAILROAD DEPOTS AS GATEWAYS TO THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
by
Holly Charmain Kane
____________________________________________________________________
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
December 2007
Copyright 2007 Holly Charmain Kane
Object Description
| Title | Arriving in Los Angeles: railroad depots as gateways to the California dream |
| Author | Kane, Holly Charmain |
| Author email | hkane@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Historic Preservation |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-08-12 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-09-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Breisch, Kenneth A. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Deverell, William F. Sitton, Tom |
| Abstract | The first transcontinental train steamed into Los Angeles in 1876, and thereafter arrival by rail gave most visitors their first impressions. Before the construction of Union Station, a number of other railroad depots served Los Angeles, but from more modest locations. As the city of Los Angeles grew, boosters and engineers alike increasingly promoted the idea of establishing a union passenger station to provide arriving tourists and potential residents with an idyllic arrival experience. -- By tracing the history of the principal railroad depots in Los Angeles, the first chapters show the growth of a city through architectural style, depot amenities and locations, and the neighborhoods around them. The second half discusses reasons to build a union passenger terminal, gives a synopsis of the legal processes surrounding its eventual construction, and examines the myriad proposed sites and plans leading to the Spanish Colonial Revival station which graces the site today. |
| Keyword | railroad; depot; Los Angeles; Union Station |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m805 |
| Rights | Kane, Holly Charmain |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Kane-20070905 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Kane-20070905.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | ARRIVING IN LOS ANGELES: RAILROAD DEPOTS AS GATEWAYS TO THE CALIFORNIA DREAM by Holly Charmain Kane ____________________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION December 2007 Copyright 2007 Holly Charmain Kane |
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