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Hadley Meares
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Hadley Meares is a journalist specializing in history, art and culture. She loves exploring Southern California and introducing folks to new ways of looking at history through tours, trips and online classes sponsored by Atlas Obscura and Cartwheel Art. She is also a frequent contributor to outlets the Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair and Los Angeles magazine.
Twitter: @hadleymeares
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Wiped out by the 10 freeway, the Belmar neighborhood, at Fourth and Pico, was once a hub for Black life.
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As statues of the Franciscan friar come down, Southern California grapples with reframing the European-centric "California story."
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The nine-story store that started it all is a strange mix of bustling commerce and yawning, empty space.
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She published an influential Black newspaper, ran for congress, helped found the Progressive Party and spent most of her life fighting for social justice.
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The Central Avenue nightclub performers who graced its stage helped create modern jazz, swing, bebop, and rhythm and blues.
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It was the brainchild of a lanky pilot and aviation educator named William J. Powell.
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From Los Angeles's earliest days as a city, boosters have sold it as an outdoor paradise, waiting to be explored on foot. It still is.
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And here's a brief history of their rise and fall.
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"Soldiers of the soil" planted 20 million victory gardens and they supplied 40% of the produce in the U.S.
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Hungry for paprika chicken, zucchini casserole, vegan cookies or chili so delicious Elizabeth Taylor demanded it? You will be.
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And what lessons can we learn from that experience?
