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Presented by Domenic Priore & Daniel Konoske

There was a time when Los Angeles was being designed by idealists and Modernists as a Space Age version of Rome during the Empire. Beginning with architects John and Donald Parkinson, then Welton Becket and Associates after World War II, there seemed to be a vision for how Los Angeles was SUPPOSED to look. Great weather, Googie coffee shops, and LA's roadside vernacular inspired a new kind of city where there was far more than one center.

Domenic Priore is the author of 13 books, including Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise & Fall of Los Angeles' Space Age Nautical Pleasure Pier (with Christopher Merritt). He is currently working on the booklet for the Beach Boys’ Smile box set. He has also written documentaries for AMC and the liner notes for Penelope Spheeris' The Decline of Western Civilization DVD box.

Daniel Konoske is the creator of Liquidrome, a light show and video company given a more mid-'60s Garage twist, and is partners with Farrah Lynch (and Domenic Priore) in a new promotions company called A Night at Pandora's Box.