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Paramount Theatre (1931), Oakland, California
Timothy Pflueger's 1931 masterpiece rises above Broadway with two monumental mosaic panels and an interior of gilded Art…
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Pasadena Civic Auditorium (1932), East Green Street, Pasadena, California
The 1932 civic auditorium at the heart of Pasadena's Spanish Renaissance Civic Center complex — designed by Sylvanus…
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Rincon Center (1940), 99 Mission Street, San Francisco, California
Completed in 1940 as the main postal annex for San Francisco, the Rincon Center building is a Streamline…
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Russ Building (1927), 235 Montgomery Street, Financial District, San Francisco, California
San Francisco's tallest skyscraper for nearly four decades, a soaring shaft of Gothic-inflected Art Deco that dominated the…
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Saban Theatre / Fox Wilshire Theatre (1930), 8440 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California
Opened in October 1930 as the Fox Wilshire Theatre, S. Charles Lee's 2,000-seat house on Wilshire Boulevard brought…
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San Diego County Administration Center (1938), 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, California
Completed in 1938 on the northern waterfront of San Diego Bay, the County Administration Center is the finest…
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San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, Western Span (1936), San Francisco, California
When it opened in November 1936 — six months before the Golden Gate — the Bay Bridge was…
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Santa Anita Park (1934), 285 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California
California's finest Art Deco racetrack, opened Christmas Day 1934, with a Gordon Kaufmann grandstand and the San Gabriel…
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Shasta Dam (1945), Sacramento River, Redding, California
The New Deal's great gamble on California's future, Shasta Dam transformed the Sacramento Valley from a place of…
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