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  2. West Adams, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Area code. 213/323 [1] [2] West Adams is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California. The area is known for its large number of historic buildings, structures and notable houses and mansions. It contains several Historic Preservation Overlay Zones as well as designated historic districts.

  3. Willie Herrón - Wikipedia

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    Herrón was also one of the founding members of ASCO, the East Los Angeles based Chicano artists collective (1972 to 1987). He completed six restorations of the historic 1984 Olympic Freeway Murals, Los Angeles 2012-2017, commissioned by the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles.

  4. Central Juvenile Hall - Wikipedia

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    Central Juvenile Hall (also known as Eastlake Juvenile Hall or Central) is a youth detention center in Los Angeles County. Central houses both boys and girls. [1] The Central Juvenile Hall complex was originally established in 1912 as the first juvenile detention facility in Los Angeles County. [2] The hall sits on twenty-two and one-half acres ...

  5. 1992 Los Angeles riots - Wikipedia

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    The Parker Center crowd grew riotous at approximately 9 p.m., eventually making their way through the Civic Center, attacking law enforcement, overturning vehicles, setting objects ablaze, vandalizing government buildings and blocking traffic on U.S. Route 101 going through other nearby districts in downtown Los Angeles looting and burning stores.

  6. Chinese American Museum - Wikipedia

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    Exhibits. A permanent exhibit at the museum is the recreation of the Hing Yuen Hong Chinese Herb Shop of yesteryear. Another permanent exhibit opened on December 13, 2012, is "Origins: The Birth and Rise of Chinese American Communities in Los Angeles", celebrating the growth and development of Cantonese American enclaves from Downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley.

  7. Grammy Museum at L.A. Live - Wikipedia

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    The Grammy Museum, located in downtown Los Angeles 's L.A. Live, opened in December 2008 corresponding to the Grammy Awards ' 50th anniversary. The museum consists of four floors, including historical music artifacts displays, interactive instrument stations and recording booths, and a 200-seat Clive Davis Theater. [5]

  8. National Empowerment Center - Wikipedia

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    The self-stated mission of NEC is to carry a message of recovery, empowerment, hope and healing to people who have been labeled with mental illness diagnosis. It argues that recovery and empowerment are not the privilege of a few but a process that is possible for everyone to embark on and find help with.

  9. Los Angeles Convention Center - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles Convention Center. / 34.039737; -118.270293. The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in the southwest section of the downtown core of Los Angeles, California, United States. It hosts multiple annual conventions and has often been used as a filming location in TV shows and movies.