#austrian-americans

Diversity has long been part of the fabric of Los Angeles and Southern California. Humans first arrived here at least 13,000 years ago and more than twenty Native American nations made their home here before the Spanish Conquest. The Spanish pueblo of Los Angeles was itself founded by people of Native, African, European, and mixed ancestries and in its early years as an American city it…

There is perhaps no place on Earth that is home to more architectural kitsch than Southern California. “Kitsch” is itself a term that migrated to the English language from the German, just as many German-speakers did to Los Angelesand its environs. Although not often acknowledged, Americans of German ancestry comprise one of the largest ethnic groups in Southern California, and where they’ve…