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The second lecture in the 2025 Marie Northrup Lecture Series will be a special conversation with author and historian Nathan Marsak about Los Angeles Before the Freeways: Images of An Era 1850-1950, a visual tour of lost Los Angeles before and during the construction of the city's iconic freeways.
Originally published by Dawson's Book Shop in 1981, Los Angeles Before the Freeways has become a cult classic among L.A.'s architectural historians. This new edition contains additional, never-before-seen photographs from Arnold Hylen and newly unearthed information from historian Nathan Marsak on these lost architectural treasures.
Arnold Hylen (1908-1987) was a commercial and architectural photographer based in Los Angeles. Between the late 1940s and the late 1960s, Hylen traversed the streets of Los Angeles, photographing its vanishing landscape. His two books are Bunker Hill: A Los Angeles Landmark (1976) and Los Angeles Before the Freeways (1981).
Nathan Marsak studied under the eminent historian of Los Angeles, Reyner Banham, at University of California, Santa Cruz, and completed his graduate work with noted Sullivan/Wright scholar Narciso Menocal at University of Wisconsin, Madison. He worked on the curatorial staff of Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and served as historian for the LAPD Museum archives. He is also the author of Bunker Hill Los Angeles and Los Angeles Neon.
The Marie Northrup Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Los Angeles City Historical Society and the History & Genealogy Department of the Richard J. Riordan Central Library.
For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.
Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.