Mid City in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Los Angeles Center for Advanced Studies

Louis Pasteur Junior High School

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Photographed By Craig Baker

1. Center for Advanced Studies Marker

Inscription. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States. Harold L. Ickes, Administrator of Public Works. 1939.

Erected 1939 by Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. In addition, it is included in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1939.

Location. 34° 2.62′ N, 118° 22.262′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Mid City. Marker is on 18th Street, 0.1 miles west of Fairfax Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5931 W 18th St, Los Angeles CA 90035, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Rocha Adobe (approx. 0.8 miles away); "Snowshoe" Thompson (approx. 1.2 miles away); Juan Bautista de Anza (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Helms Building (approx. 1.2 miles away); Daniel O. McCarthy (approx. 1.2 miles away); Portolá Trail 1769 (approx. 1.3 miles away); Jedediah Strong Smith (approx. 1.4 miles away); Carthay Circle (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

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The Los Angeles Center for Advanced Studies was launched in 1977 as the first magnet school in Los Angeles and used various facilities before moving to the current site in 1986.
It now occupies the campus of the former Louis Pasteur Middle School, which was built in 1939 with aid from the Public Works Administration (PWA) – sometimes called by its full name, the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works.
It is probable that the Pasteur Middle School was built after a predecessor was damaged in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. The architecture is Art Deco, often used for schools in Los Angeles built during the New Deal era.
-from livingnewdeal.org

Center for Advanced Studies image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Baker

2. Center for Advanced Studies

The marker is to the left of the stairs.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 43 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 23, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.