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CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS:
FILLING A VOID IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION OF
HISTORIC VENUES FROM THE 1932 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS
by
Ivy Marie Amable
Object Description
| Title | Citius, altius, fortius: filling a void in the identification and designation of historic venues from the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics |
| Author | Amable, Ivy Marie |
| Author email | ivprofin03@yahoo.com;amable@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Historic Preservation |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Historic Preservation |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2013-02-01 |
| Date submitted | 2013-02-13 |
| Date approved | 2013-02-14 |
| Restricted until | 2013-02-14 |
| Date published | 2013-02-14 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Sandmeier, Trudi |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hall, Peyton Platt, Jay |
| Abstract | For the thousands of people who reside in and around Los Angeles, or those who visit the Southland as tourists, it is unlikely that many - if any - are aware of the legacy of the 1932 Olympic Games. After a formidable bidding and planning process lasting nearly a decade, the development and execution of the Games of the Xth Olympiad were ultimately successful and provided the general framework for Olympic successors. Through the direct and indirect legacy of these Games, many symbols representing the Angeleno way of life were born. This thesis will not focus on the planning and development processes of the 1932 Olympics, nor will it revolve around the Games' athletic achievements or micro-politics; those chapters have already been written. The following pages will explore the role of the venues used in the Games, their stories, and their significance. This thesis will review the architectural legacy of the 1932 Olympics, ranging from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Exposition Park, to the boxing Mecca-turned-Korean-church on Grand Avenue, to the vanishing traces of the very first Olympic Village in Baldwin Hills. This study will identify the sites and structures used during the Xth Olympiad, both extant and lost. To this day, of the sites associated with the 1932 Games - the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl in Pasadena - are designated as a local, state or national landmark. Through extensive research and site visits, this thesis will attempt to help to fill the evident void in the awareness of temporal, yet historical places and spaces, and help towards their designation and commemoration. |
| Keyword | 1932 Summer Olympics; Grand Olympic Auditorium; LAPRAAC; Los Angeles olympics; Olympic Village; Xth Olympiad |
| 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 |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Amable, Ivy Marie |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume7/etd-AmableIvyM-1436.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS: FILLING A VOID IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION OF HISTORIC VENUES FROM THE 1932 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS by Ivy Marie Amable |
