Setting out to map L.A.’s literary geography, The Times surveyed 49 writers to find out about their favorite bookstores, writing nooks, neighborhoods and authors.

In the first U.S. census, there were only eight Jews in the L.A. count. But by the time this map was created in 1990, the population was flourishing ...

View a larger map Of all the pictorial maps of any city, this one is a true classic. After the boom and bust of the 1880s, businessman/artist H.B. Elliot drew up this fantastic view of the growing ...