A guide to the guidebooks that told the world Los Angeles was a paradise
In California guidebooks dating back to the 19th century, you can find the triumphalism, defensiveness and merited pride that's been baked into Los...
June 25, 2023
7:24 PM
In California guidebooks dating back to the 19th century, you can find the triumphalism, defensiveness and merited pride that's been baked into Los Angeles' communal psyche from the start. (Larry Gordon photos/ Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens guidebooks/Los Angeles Times photo illustration) After decades of enthusiastically giving Los Angeles tours to out-of-town friends and family, and even co-authoring a walking guide to the city, I'm all too aware that things have changed.
AOL Staff