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California portal. v. t. e. The history of Los Angeles began in 1781 when 44 settlers from central New Spain (modern Mexico) established a permanent settlement in what is now Downtown Los Angeles, as instructed by Spanish Governor of Las Californias, Felipe de Neve, and authorized by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Central City West is a 465-acre area downtown designed as a "self-contained urban village." It is bounded by the Harbor Freeway on the east, the Hollywood Freeway on the north and Olympic Boulevard on the south. The western border consists of Glendale Boulevard, Whitmer Street, Union Street, and Albany Street ...
75000434 [2] Added to NRHP. March 4, 1975. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is the largest natural and historical museum in the western United States. [3] Its collections include nearly 35 million specimens and artifacts and cover 4.5 billion years of history.
The University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA) [1] is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San José State University.
Official name. Cameo Theater (formerly Clune's Broadway) Designated. March 20, 1991. Reference no. 524. The Cameo Theatre is a historic former movie theater on Broadway in Los Angeles, California. Opened by film mogul W. H. Clune as Clune's Broadway Theatre in 1910, it was one of the first purpose-built movie theaters in the United States.
Los Angeles Center Studios is a multipurpose facility that includes the former Unocal Center building (opened as Union Oil Center in April 1958) and the surrounding area. In 1999, construction on the six large sound stages and renovation of the Unocal headquarters was complete. The new 20-acre entertainment campus includes 10 buildings and 3 ...
Neighborhood of Los Angeles. West Park Terrace neighborhood sign. located on Van Ness Avenue. and Manchester Boulevard. West Park Terrace. Location within South Los Angeles. Coordinates: 33°57′31″N 118°18′01″W. / 33.9585314°N 118.3004003°W / 33.9585314; -118.3004003.
Los Angeles River Center and Gardens. / 34.085096°N 118.224903°W / 34.085096; -118.224903. The Los Angeles River Center and Gardens is a public park located in Cypress Park, Los Angeles, near the confluence of the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco. [1] Los Angeles River Center and Gardens is noted for its Mission Revival ...