tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878781244953948813.post6740154050416494424..comments2023-09-22T20:53:43.819-07:00Comments on How Business Happens: L A ArchitectureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878781244953948813.post-69777731197237780492015-07-12T20:57:12.514-07:002015-07-12T20:57:12.514-07:00Well, to be sure, a city named after Mary, Queen o...Well, to be sure, a city named after Mary, Queen of the Angels, and in Spanish no less, would necessarily be originally a Spanish town, but it was war, entertainment and oil that made it a megacity, and bumped Hispanics into 2nd place. For a while. And it may surprise people to learn the idea of free markets came to English speaking countries via France who got it from the Spanish scholastics, who studied the Islamic scholars. Small world.John Wiley Spiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912149116679736768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878781244953948813.post-9317164527340535292015-07-12T15:01:13.823-07:002015-07-12T15:01:13.823-07:00It may surprise many but LA has always been a Hisp...It may surprise many but LA has always been a Hispanic city. In fact, one of the first mayors of the city was Jose Antonio Carrillo who was "alcalde" of Los Angeles in 1826, 1828, and 1833. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com