NEW IN PRINT — Los Angeles Before the Freeways: Images of an Era 1850–1950

Arnold Hylen and Nathan Marsak.

"Los Angeles Before the Freeways: Images of An Era 1850-1950 gives a lush, visual tour of a Los Angeles that no longer exists—one of elegant office buildings and stately mansions that were razed in the name of 'progress' to build the city’s famous freeways. Featuring stunning black-and-white photography from Arnold Hylen that captures a lost era, the book contains an original essay by the photographer that provides historical background and context for the time period. This new edition contains additional, never-before-seen photographs from Hylen and newly unearthed information from historian Nathan Marsak on these lost architectural treasures."

Hardcover, 192 pages — Angel City Press — March 2025 — $45.00. Available at The Library Store.