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Originally Posted by Mark L
Hi,
I have this very large 1947 Los Angeles Plat Book (pre-freeways). Hundreds of pages. It was purchased at an antique store as a present for me several years ago. Where would these have been used, court house, realtors, planning commissions?
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As you probably gathered, plats show city divisions, subdivisions, streets, blocks, lot numbers, easements, etc. I think they are normally kept in locality's hall of records or zoning department.
There's a great scene in Chinatown where Jack Nicholson's Jake Gittes character goes to L.A.'s Hall Of Records to investigate suspicious real estate transactions in the San Fernando Valley. After finding the right plat book, with little help from the weaselly clerk, he rips a page from the book and pockets it while loudly coughing to cover up the sound.