Evolution of Printing and Evolution of Los Angeles

Evolution of Printing: this is a relief mural on the Spring side of the Los Angeles Times parking structure. (Spring and 2nd Street)

• "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." First Amendment, U.S. Constitution.

• "The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty..." George Mason, 1776.

• "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter" Thomas Jefferson, 1787.

• "...I believe that an independent, aggressive and informed press is the surest single guarantee of democracy in the United States." Norman Chandler, 1966.

Evolution of Los Angeles (or, L. A. Grows): This is a relief mural on the Broadway side of the Los Angeles Times parking structure (Broadway and 2nd Street), which depicts the history of Southern California.

• "...I believe that Los Angeles is destined to become the most important city in this country, if not in the world." Henry F. Huntington, 1920

• "Los Angeles...and all of southern california is destined to become the greatest metropolitan area the world has ever known." Otis Chandler, 1901(?)

• "...More than any other city, the greatness of Los Angeles must be attributed to the ingenuity of its people." Mayor Tom Bradley, 1980.

2/1998, updated 6/2007, 1/2008