Restore America Sites 2005-2006

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Pacific Electric Building
Los Angeles Conservancy
Completed in 1905 by famed Industrialist Henry Huntington, the Pacific Electric Building was Los Angeles’ first skyscraper and the largest building west of the Mississippi River until the early 1950s. The building contained office space and a transportation terminal, which served up to 100,000 people a day during World War II. The building was also the home to Cole's Restaurant, the oldest continuously operating restaurant in Southern California and credited with the invention of the French Dip sandwich. Read More