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Los Angeles California Holiday Ornament - City Hall

Los Angeles California Holiday Ornament - City Hall

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City Hall. For thirty years, nothing in Los Angeles was allowed to be taller than this. The city wrote it into law and then built the exception itself.

City Hall opened in 1928, twenty-eight stories, capped by a stepped tower modeled loosely on the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Earthquake fears had produced a height limit of about a dozen stories across the city, and the new civic building was exempted from it - which meant that for three decades the seat of government was also the tallest thing on the horizon, visible from everywhere, unrivaled. The concrete in its tower was mixed with sand from every county in California and water from each of the state's twenty-one missions.

Then the limit was lifted and the skyline filled in around it. The tower did not shrink; the city simply grew up to meet it. It remains the single silhouette that reads as Los Angeles without a palm tree or a sign attached - a piece of civic ambition from a city that is usually accused of having none.

For the Angeleno, the transplant, the one who grew up watching that tower on the evening news.

Below are excerpts from our Los Angeles history page. The Los Angeles town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.

Printed on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the fine architectural line stays crisp and legible on a lit tree. The faceted edge catches light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.

3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.


QUICK FACTS — LOS ANGELES CA CRYSTAL ORNAMENT — CITY HALL

Town: Los Angeles, California

Founded: Sept 4, 1781; city 1850

Known for: The City of Angels, founded as a pueblo in 1781; Olvera Street and the Old Plaza; mountains to coast under the sun

Art: City Hall, original Merlin Classics engraving

Blank: 3-inch (76 mm) round clear crystal glass ornament, faceted gem-cut edge

Print: white-backed for contrast; red ribbon hanger

Packaging: white or gold gift box, chosen at checkout

Made to order in the USA



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Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

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Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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What's with Anna May Wong? One of those arrival stories produced a film pioneer. She was born in Los Angeles in 1905, the daughter of a laundryman on North Figueroa Street, and grew up between her family's business and the city's old Chinatown. She talked her way onto film sets as a teenager and by the mid-1920s was the first Chinese American movie star — then spent a career pushing against the narrow parts the studios offered her, leaving for London and Berlin in 1928 to find better ones and returning as an international name. In 1951 she became the first Asian American to lead a United States television series. In 2022 the United States Mint honored her on a quarter in the American Women Quarters Program, the first Asian American to appear on U.S. currency.

Our Los Angeles retro logo carries California's grizzly bear and lone star — the emblem of the old California Republic — set over “1850,” the year of statehood. Rendered black-and-white with the worn look of a vintage crate label or a roadside sign, it is rugged and authentic rather than glossy. The bear and star bridge the city's two stories: the adobe pueblo on the river and the state it helped build, a fitting mark for heritage worn rather than hung on a wall.

Why People Visit Los Angeles

Travelers come for the climate, the coast, and the culture, but the quietest surprise is the history: a two-hundred-and-forty-year-old pueblo tucked into the middle of a modern metropolis. History and everyday life sit side by side here in a way few American cities can match, and the founding block asks nothing but a walk.

Los Angeles California Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the California grizzly bear and lone star over Est. 1850