How they built Westwood

Following WWI, Arthur Letts, owner of The Broadway Department Store was a man rich with cash and dreams of becoming a developer. Letts had his eye on the last big stretch of land between downtown and the beach. Then like a fairy tale out of some developer storybook, Lett’s daughter Gladys married Harold Janss, prince of the Janss Development Family. Westwood was the Kingdom they created.  
Richard Orton - Throwback Thursdays Lecture Series

Richard Orton