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Area code (s) 213, 323. Chinatown is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes restaurants, shops, and art galleries, but also has a residential neighborhood with a low-income, aging population of about 7,800 residents.
CHINA CITY (open 8 a.m - 2 a.m.), bounded by Ord, Main, Macy, and New High Sts, is an American-promoted, Chinese-operated amusement center designed to attract tourists. It was partly destroyed by fire early in 1939, but is now restored. The "city" stands out as an oriental oasis in the midst of Los Angeles' oldest section, which is being ...
85000704. The TCL Chinese Theatre, commonly referred to as Grauman's Chinese Theatre (its official name for much of its history), is a movie palace on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. The original Chinese Theatre was commissioned following the success of the nearby Grauman's Egyptian Theatre ...
Old Chinatown, Los Angeles. Old Chinatown, or original Chinatown, is a retronym that refers to the location of a former Chinese-American ethnic enclave enforced by legal segregation that existed near downtown Los Angeles, California in the United States from the 1860s until the 1930s. Old Chinatown included the former Calle de los Negros and ...
Olvera Street, commonly known by its Spanish name Calle Olvera, is a historic pedestrian street in El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, the historic center of Los Angeles.The street is located off of the Plaza de Los Ángeles, the oldest plaza in California, which served as the center of the city life through the Spanish and Mexican eras into the early American era, following the Conquest of California.
Vincent Thomas Bridge. The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot-long (460 m) suspension bridge, crossing Los Angeles Harbor in Los Angeles, California, linking San Pedro with Terminal Island. It is the only suspension bridge in the Greater Los Angeles area. The bridge is part of State Route 47, which is also known as the Seaside Freeway.
Twitter, officially known as X since July 2023, is a social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media websites and one of the most-visited websites. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts commonly known as " tweets " and like or retweet (officially "repost") other users' content ...
32 acres (13 ha) Established. 2001. Governing body. California Department of Parks and Recreation. Los Angeles State Historic Park, also known as LA Historic Park and the Cornfield, is a California State Park located near the Chinatown and Elysian Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The former rail yard and brownfield consists of a long open ...