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35-517: In 1930, German engineer Werner Ruchti was contracted to design the traffic circle, which was to be based on European models. Construction was expedited in order to accommodate the increased vehicle traffic that was expected with the 1932 Summer Olympics , held in Los Angeles , as many of the aquatic and rowing events were to be held in Long Beach. The Los Alamitos Traffic Circle was one of

70-498: A bronze medal. Romeo Neri won three gold medals in gymnastics. Although women's team gymnastics debuted in the previous Olympics , the event was not held in these games; however, there were women gymnasts who traveled to Los Angeles and participated in exhibition events at the 1932 games. Helene Madison won three gold medals in swimming, while the Japanese upset the men's events and took all but one title. Kusuo Kitamura won

105-461: A traditional American traffic light. After the conversion, both the total auto accident and the injury rate significantly dropped, making the circle one of the safest statistically in the nation. The aforementioned modifications ran a cost of $ 350,000. In 2020, lane controls and shoulder striping were added to the roundabout to change it from being unmarked inside the roundabout to a maximum two-lane roundabout with lane controls for entering and exiting

140-743: The 1932 Summer Olympics for Los Angeles, then became president of the Tenth Olympiad Committee. While in Rome, though he was an Episcopalian, he had an audience with Pope Pius XI, and was also received by the King and Queen of Italy. Other highlights among his many honors, included being Grand Marshal of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses in 1932, attending five national conventions of the G.O.P., and rejecting proposals that he stand for mayor of Los Angeles. The Garland family built

175-761: The 1984 Summer Olympics , the Coliseum and the Rose Bowl were used as venues . A total of 37 nations were represented at the 1932 Games. Colombia made its first appearance at the Olympic Games, and the Republic of China competed for the first time after its failed appearance at the 1924 Games . The nations that participated in the previous games in Amsterdam 1928 but was absent in Los Angeles 1932

210-416: The 3,000 m steeplechase went for 3,460 m, or one extra lap. Several women's events debuted at these games, among them the 80 meters hurdles and javelin throw . Babe Didrikson won both events and also competed in the high jump where she was controversially denied gold, leaving her with silver. As women, unlike men, were only allowed to enter a maximum of three events, Didrikson could not compete in

245-487: The American Football League 's Chargers used the Coliseum as a venue in 1960 until their move to San Diego the following year. The Coliseum continues to host USC Trojans football games to this day, and also hosted UCLA Bruins football for a number of years. The Rams returned to the Coliseum for a span of four years from 2016 to 2019 while SoFi Stadium was being built. The track constructed in

280-552: The Finland-Sweden athletics international . After Nurmi's suspension, Finland did not agree to return to the event until 1939. Eddie Tolan won both the 100 m and 200 m sprint events. Poland's Stanisława Walasiewicz won the gold medal in the women's 100 m; she also won the silver medal in the event four years later. After her death in 1980, it was discovered that she was intersex and would have been ineligible to participate under modern rules. Due to an official's error,

315-768: The Olympic Games . An Olympic Village was built for the first time and became a model for future games, in Baldwin Hills , occupied by male athletes. Female athletes were housed at the Chapman Park Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard . Tenth Street, a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles, was renamed Olympic Boulevard in honor of the Games of the Tenth Olympiad. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was known in 1932 as Olympic Stadium . The victory podium

350-708: The Rose Bowl Game , and was the home of the Major League Soccer (MLS) Los Angeles Galaxy from 1996 to 2003. Elysian Park's shooting range was left intact for the LAPD to use. Sunset Fields Golf Club was renamed Brentwood Country Club in 1941 and is still in use as of 2010. All of the road courses were returned to public usage after the Olympics. The Olympic Auditorium continued to be of use for boxing and roller derby events until June 2005 when it

385-554: The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum , constructed in 1923, was used as the Olympic Stadium. The Olympic Auditorium was constructed in 1924 in preparation for Los Angeles being awarded the Games; it was modified to meet the specifications of the boxing, weightlifting, and wrestling federations. Long Beach Marine Stadium was created in 1925 when Alamitos Bay

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420-475: The 1932 Summer Olympics. In order to control costs in the wake of the Great Depression , existing venues were used. They included two golf courses , two city parks , three public highways, and a city road. The Swimming Stadium was the only new venue constructed for these games. The Rose Bowl , constructed in 1921, was made into a temporary velodrome for track cycling events under the auspices of

455-484: The 2nd 1959 MLB All-Star Game and games 3, 4 & 5 of the 1959 World Series . When Dodger Stadium was completed in 1962 , the Dodgers moved there where they have been since. The National Football League (NFL) Los Angeles Rams used the Coliseum as its host stadium from 1946 to 1979 when it moved to Anaheim , located southeast of Los Angeles. It also hosted what became known as Super Bowl I in 1967. Even

490-634: The Coliseum in 1932, was intended to be a temporary structure. Riverside Drive, Los Angeles Avenue, Vineyard Avenue, and the Pacific Coast Highway were common driving routes in California at the time of the 1932 Games. The Coliseum was the first (& temporary) Los Angeles home for the National League (NL) Dodgers baseball team when it moved from Brooklyn, New York before the 1958 season . The following year, it hosted

525-459: The Olympic program in 1932. In one of two Equestrian jumping events (team competitions) no medals were awarded. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses. The Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics awarded medals for works inspired by sport-related themes in five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. Fifteen sports venues were used for

560-590: The Rose Bowl was given to the Tournament of Roses Association upon completion of the 1932 Games. The Bowl was expanded between 1932 and the 1984 Summer Olympics three times, increasing its capacity from 83,000 in 1931 to 104,594 in 1972. It hosted Super Bowl XI in 1977, where the Oakland Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings 32–14. It is the current home of UCLA Bruins football and

595-464: The United States. Yield signs replaced Stop signs, giving drivers inside the circle the right of way, which increased traffic flow efficiency. PCH (the main thoroughfare) was given an additional entry lane at both north and south bound routes. Also added were widened feeder lanes, and dedicated lanes for traffic traveling only 90 of the 360 degrees of the circle - the equivalent of a right turn at

630-659: The W. M. Garland Company, headquartered in Henry Huntington's Pacific Electric Building, which became the site of the Jonathan Club . He was Huntington's principal sales agent. In September 1895, Garland and Huntington were among the founding members of the Jonathan Club. William May Garland's granddaughter was told that when deciding the name of the club, he said "let's call it the Jonathan Club after my father" (Jonathan Garland). There are other theories on

665-633: The circle handles over 60,000 vehicles a day, mostly commuters from Orange County in the south heading to jobs in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. The roadway is now owned by the State of California but managed by the City of Long Beach in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The city provides landscaping and vehicle code/traffic enforcement, while

700-468: The defense of the island of Iwo Jima , and as such is an important character in Clint Eastwood 's film, Letters from Iwo Jima . Dunc Gray won Australia's first cycling gold medal; he set a world record of 1m 13s in the 1000 time trial . The Dunc Gray Velodrome , built for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games , was named after him. 117 events in 20 disciplines, comprising 14 sports, were part of

735-409: The discus throw, long jump, and relay where she would have likely medaled based on her prior results. Had the 200 meters and pentathlon been contested at these games (they debuted in 1964), Didrikson would have won them easily based on her performances prior to the Olympics. In field hockey , only three nations took part. The host nation lost both matches, 1–24 to India and 2–9 to Japan, but still won

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770-496: The first of its kind to be constructed in the United States, and prior to their truncation, was also an end point of US 6 (which connects Provincetown, Massachusetts some 3,227 miles (5,193 km) to the east) and US 91 . In 1993, the circle was converted from an old-style traffic circle to a modern roundabout by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). This was the first such conversion in

805-421: The gold medal in the men's 1500 meter freestyle swimming race. He was and continues to be the youngest ever male swimmer to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Takeichi Nishi (Baron Nishi) was the gold medalist with his horse Uranus in the equestrian show jumping individual event . Nishi's gold medal is Japan's only gold medal in the equestrian event to this day. Nishi died in 1945 as an officer stationed in

840-638: The growth of Los Angeles in the years before and after 1900, and he was responsible for bringing the 1932 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles for the first time. William May Garland was born in Westport, Maine on March 31, 1866. In 1882 at age 16, he went to Boston, and by 1884 he was in Chicago. In 1890, he moved to Los Angeles working as auditor of the Pacific Cable Railway Company until 1894, when he formed his real estate business,

875-475: The host city for the 1932 Summer Olympics was made at the 23rd IOC Session in Rome , Italy, on April 9, 1923. Remarkably, the selection process consisted of a single bid, from Los Angeles’ Olympic Committee led by Billy May Garland , and as there were no bids from any other city, Los Angeles was selected by default to host the 1932 Games. Charles Curtis became the first and only U.S. Vice President to inaugurate

910-541: The jump-off was ruled illegal, leaving Didrikson with second place. Finland's Paavo Nurmi was suspended from competition by the IAAF for alleged violation of amateur rules. Finns charged that the Swedish officials had used devious tricks in their campaign against Nurmi's amateur status, and ceased all athletic relations with Sweden. A year earlier, controversies on the track and in the press had led Finland to withdraw from

945-537: The naming of the club, but this is what William, as one of the founders, told his family. In 1898, he traveled to New York to marry, on October 12, Sadie Blanche Hinman, daughter of Marshall Littlefield Hinman and Amanda Josephine Miller. William and Blanche had two children, William Marshall Garland and John Jewett Garland. Garland was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1922 to 1948. In 1923, he went to Rome and secured

980-573: The roundabout. The west side of the roundabout (adjacent to the eastbound entrance from and westbound exit to Pacific Coast Highway) was reduced to one lane inside the roundabout through the installation of asphalt truck apron at that section. The Los Alamitos Traffic Circle was very similar to the 1932 Garces Memorial Circle located in Bakersfield , though the Bakersfield circle has not undergone modernization to roundabout standards. Today

1015-687: The state provides road maintenance. In addition to the main traffic circle, there is also an Outer Traffic Circle that is concentric with the main roundabout. The artery Atherton Street ends at the Outer Traffic Circle and does not continue toward the main roundabout 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932 ) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles , California, United States. The Games were held during

1050-541: The worldwide Great Depression , with some nations not traveling to Los Angeles as a result; 37 countries competed, compared to the 46 at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam , and even then-U.S. President Herbert Hoover did not attend the Games. The organizing committee did not report the financial details of the Games, although contemporary newspapers stated that the Games had made a profit of US$ 1 million (equivalent to US$ 18.19 million in 2023) . The selection of

1085-601: Was Bulgaria , Chile , Egypt , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Monaco , Panama , Rhodesia and Romania . At the time, Australia and New Zealand were dominions of the British Empire . India was also part of the British Empire, but was not a dominion. With the Statute of Westminster 1931 Ireland , Canada and South Africa are recognized as sovereign states in their own right. The whole statute

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1120-511: Was applied to the three countries without the need for any acts of ratification. Philippines was an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States . These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1932 Games. William May Garland William May Garland (March 31, 1866 – September 26, 1948) was the son of Jonathan May Garland and Rebecca Heagan Jewett. His real estate company contributed greatly to

1155-587: Was bought to be used as a megachurch. Los Angeles Harbor continues to be a major sea port in the Western United States, employing 919,000 people and generating US$ 39.1 billion in annual wages and tax revenues as of 2007. The Riveria Country Club continues to host golf events, hosting the 1948 U.S. Open and the PGA Championship in 1983 and 1995 . The Swim Stadium was renovated in 2003 and continues to be in use as of 2010. For

1190-615: Was dredged, then further dredged seven years later in time for the 1932 Games. Elysian Park , the oldest city park in Los Angeles, was founded in 1886, and has been part of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) training academy since 1925. The Riviera Country Club opened in 1926 as the Los Angeles Athletic Club Golf Course and was renamed Riviera by the time of the 1932 Games. The Swimming Stadium, constructed adjacent to

1225-471: Was used for the first time at the summer games (a podium was also used earlier in the year at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid). An Olympic mascot , Scottish Terrier Smoky , was featured for the first time in history, albeit unofficially. Babe Didrikson won two gold medals in the javelin and the hurdles event. She also competed in a jump-off for a gold in the high jump. Her technique in

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