Name/Title
"COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, REGIONAL PLAN OF HIGHWAYS, SECTION 2-E, SAN GABRIEL VALLEY"Entry/Object ID
2003.276.1.1Description
"COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, REGIONAL PLAN OF HIGHWAYS, SECTION 2-E, SAN GABRIEL VALLEY"
Color: Black; Gold; Green; White
"County of Los Angeles, Regional Plan of Highways, Section 2-E: San Gabriel Valley," by the County of Los Angeles Regional Planning Commission (Los Angeles: County of Los Angeles,) 1929. The 138-page hardcover book with a green cloth cover has the title in black letters around an image of the county area in gold. Contents include three sections: an introduction, with material on the planning commission, its technical staff, and coordination between the commission and relevant agencies for the city and county of Los Angeles; the San Gabriel Valley Highway Plan, composed of a description of the valley, engineering factors, including population trends and safety provisions, the correlation of the plan with land subdivision with respect to road widths, lot sizes, and so on, and landscape, relations to other means of transportations, notably trains and aviation, and financing highway construction; and carrying out the plan with respect to its creation, acceptance, accomplishment in city mapping, city approval, and county authorization, and plan protection, meaning popular support and a coordinated construction program. There are six maps, many diagrams and crossections, and a large number of photographs as illustration. With cover corner, edge, and spine rubbing; corner and back top dents; yellowing of pages; some moisture damage on the cover; silverfish infestation on the first flysheet and front cover; and scratches on the gold logo of the county on the front, the overall condition is good.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, County of Los Angeles. Regional Planning Commission, Highway planning--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Highway engineering--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Roads--Los Angeles County (Calif.)