Brea
Americannoun
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Roughly 2,500 pieces of ancient and newer art will be installed in the new 110,000-square-foot space stretching across Wilshire Boulevard and overlooking the nearby La Brea Tar Pits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Town Center Drive in Santa Clarita and Birch Street Promenade in Brea are smaller examples of the town center concept that dates to the early 1990s, after the success of Reston Town Center in Virginia.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
“Many of us in the Latin community see this as a cultural step forward,” said Jorge Brea, who is based in Tampa Bay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The La Brea Tar Pits & Museum is finally getting a star attraction: Zed, a roughly 40,000-year-old Columbian mammoth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
“Have you been to the La Brea tar pits?” she said, matter-of-factly.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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