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Ring Festival Los Angeles
The L.A. Conservancy is proud to participate in Ring Festival LA, a host of exhibitions, performances, symposia, and other events celebrating LA Opera’s 2010 presentation of Wagner’s Ring cycle -- the first time that the epic masterwork will be presented in its entirety in Los Angeles.
Our contribution to Ring Festival LA is the following Google map of historic sites associated with Germans in Los Angeles during the first half of the twentieth century.
We hope you'll enjoy this virtual tour, and we encourage you to see some of the sites firsthand.
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A Tour of German Los Angeles in the Twentieth Century
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Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades (1928)
Photo by Karin Apollonia Müller
Courtesy Villa Aurora |
In the first half of the twentieth century, the population of German immigrants in Southern California flourished, particularly in Los Angeles.
While Germans had had a presence in the region well before the 1900s, the new century would bring a uniquely talented group of artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, and intellectuals out to the West Coast, as either permanent citizens or long-term visitors living in exile from Hitler’s Europe. From Carl Laemmle to Thomas Mann, many of these famed émigrés would produce significant and important work during their time in Los Angeles.
This map highlights a selection of sites significant to German life in L.A. during this period in history. It includes residences, commercial buildings, parks, and theatres where German immigrants made their mark on the city.
With a focus on the German community, the map does not include sites significant to émigrés from other German-speaking countries, such as Austria (i.e. Richard Neutra, Rudolf Schindler). It is by no means comprehensive; if you would like to suggest additions to the map, please contact the Conservancy at info@laconservancy.org.
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