Architects John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley won the 1930s competition to design Griffith Observatory, producing what a former observatory tour guide called "the hood ornament of Los Angeles." But did you know that the pair beat out a "a sleek Art Deco structure" designed by modernist Richard Neutra? Either way, it was unusually publicly accessible for an observatory at the time. [LAT]
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