Tales of the Alhambra Tales of the Alhambra Tales of the Alhambra is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving. Shortly after completing a biography of Christopher Columbus in 1828, Washington Irving travelled from Madrid, where he had been staying, to Granada, Spain. At first sight, he described it as "a most picturesque and beautiful city, situated in one of the loveliest landscapes that I have ever seen." Irving was preparing a book called "A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada", a history of the years 1478–1492, and was continuing his research on the topic. He immediately asked the then-governor
Alhambra, California in Alhambra. On the western edge of town, the Ratkovich Company, which owns The Alhambra office complex (formerly the site of Fluor Corporation's headquarters), built 351 condominium units on , as well as a parking structure, after completing the LA Fitness gym, valued at $190 million. According to the City of Alhambra 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the year ended June 2016, the city's employers are the Alhambra Unified School District (with 2,107 workers), the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (1,661), Southern California Edison (800), the City of Alhambra (650), Alhambra Hospital (600), the County of Los