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Los Angeles, California |
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September 14, 1781 is the city's official birthdate. After the territory changed hands from Spain to Mexico, the town was officially declared a city in 1835. Los Angeles has something for everyone. A diverse multi-ethnic populations distinguishes the city. People from abut 140 countries, speaking approximately 96 different languages currently call Los Angeles home. Los Angeles began as a sleepy pueblo, with no natural harbor and an inadequate water supply, and it became one of the largest and most influential cities in the world. Los Angeles events include: Buddha's Birthday, Cinco de Mayo, Hollywood Bowl Summer Festival, Little Tokyo's Nissei Week, Los Angeles County Fair, and Hollywood Christmas Parade. |
| Angels Flight TM Railway |
351 S. Hill St. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 626-1901 |
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The railway provides an interesting ride of downtown Los Angeles. |
| Autry Museum of Western Heritage |
4700 Western Heritage Way |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 667-2000 |
http://www.autry-museum.org/ |
The Autry is devoted to preserving and interpreting the
rich history and traditions of the American West. With one of the most comprehensive collections of western history and art, its seven permanent galleries and special exhibitions offer material gathered from the many cultures and events that have shaped the legacy of this vast region. |
| Bradbury Building |
304 S. Broadway |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 626-1893 |
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The building was built by Louis Bradbury in 1893 and made his fortune in Mexican silver mining. |
| California Afro-American Museum |
600 State Dr. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 744-7432 |
http://www.caam.ca.gov/ |
The museum contains works of art relating to African-American life. |
| California Museum of Science and Industry |
700 State Drive |
Los Angeles, California |
(213)744-7400 or 744-2014 |
http://www.usc.edu/dept/CCR/msi.html |
The museum contains hands-on exhibits about science and industry. |
| Carole & Barry Kaye Museum of Minatures |
5900 Wilshire Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 937-6464 |
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The museum has hand-crafted miniatures in over 190 settings. |
| City Hall |
200 N. Spring St. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 485-4423 |
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The building was the tallest building in downtown Los Angeles until 1966. |
| Civic Center |
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Los Angeles, California |
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The civic center holds the city to the federal level for offices. |
| Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion |
Westward Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(310) 825-2101 |
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The pavilion is a 13,000-seat arena for various sport events. |
| El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument |
125 Paseo de la Plaza |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 485-6855 |
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This monument is dedicated to thoses who settled here and contributed to its development. |
| Exposition Park |
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Los Angeles, California |
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The park is a cultural, civic, and recreational center. |
| Farmers Market |
6333 W. Third St. |
Los Angeles, California |
(323) 954-4230 |
http://www.farmersmarketla.com/ |
The market offers over 100 merchants selling varieties of items and there are outdoor cafes. |
| First Baptist Church |
760 S. Westmoreland Ave. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 384-2151 |
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The church contains rose windows like the ones in a cathedral in Chartres, France and a ceiling like that of an Italian palace. |
| Fisher Gallery |
823 Exposition Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 740-4561 |
http://www.usc.edu/org/fishergallery/ |
The gallery exhibits old masters of European art and contemporary works of art. |
| Forest Lawn Memorial Park-Hollywood Hills |
6300 Forest Lawn Dr. |
Los Angeles, California |
(818) 241-4151 or (800) 204-3131 |
http://www.forestlawn.com/ |
The park is a 340 acre cemetery with Carrar bronze and marble statuary. |
| George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries |
5801 Wilshire Boulevard |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 857-6311 or 936-2230 |
http://www.cyberspacemuseum.com/n5_7.html |
The museum displays reconstucted fossils of ice-age animals. |
| Getty Center |
1200 Getty Center Drive |
Los Angeles, California |
(310) 440-7300 |
http://www.getty.edu/ |
The center contains an art museum with many works of art from before the 20th century. |
| Griffith Observatory |
2800 East Observatory Road |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 664-1191 |
http://www.griffithobs.org/ |
The center is a good place to see the city lights and the stars. |
| Griffith Park |
4730 Crystal Springs Dr. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 913-4688 |
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The park is said to be the largest uban municipal park in the United States. |
| Heritage Square Museum |
3800 Homer St. |
Los Angeles, California |
(626) 449-0193 |
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The museum has exhibits of historic Los Angeles from 1865 to 1914. |
| Hollyhock House |
4800 Hollywood Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 660-4254 |
http://www.majorworks.com/holly.html |
The house is considered on of Frank Lloyd Wright's geatest achievements. |
| Japanese American National Museum |
369 East First Street |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 625-0414 or (800) 461-5266 |
http://www.janm.org/ |
The museum has exhibits about the history of Japanese immigration into America. |
| KCET-TV Studio Tour |
4401 Sunset Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 953-5530 |
http://www.kcet.org/ |
The studio offers a 90 minute tour of its TV production facilities. |
| Little Tokyo |
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Los Angeles, California |
(213) 620-0570 |
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This area of Loa Angeles is the social, economic, and cultural center of Southern California's Japanese community. |
| Los Angeles Central Public Library |
630 W. Fifth St. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 228-7000 |
http://www.lapl.org/ |
The library is a landmark and contains over 2.1 million books. |
| Los Angeles Children's Museum |
310 N. Main St. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 687-8800 |
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The museum offers interactive exhibits for children's everyday lives. |
| Los Angeles Chinatown |
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Los Angeles, California |
(213) 617-0396 |
http://www.chinatownla.com/ |
This area offers Chinese shops and restaurants in a Chinese looking town. |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
5905 Wilshire Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 857-6000 |
http://www.lacma.org/ |
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA is the premier visual arts museum in the Western United States. Its holdings include more than 150,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present. |
| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
3939 S. Figueroa St. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 748-6136 |
http://www.lacoliseum.com/ |
The coliseum is home to the University of Southern California Trojans football team. |
| Los Angeles Morman Temple |
10777 Santa Monica Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(310) 474-1549 |
http://www.latemple.org/ |
The temple is one of the largest temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. |
| Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery |
4808 Hollywood Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 485-4581 |
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The art gallery offers changing exhibits of art from Southern California. |
| Los Angeles Times |
202 W. First Street |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 237-5000 |
http://www.latimes.com/ |
Los Angeles Times - Read the daily news at the LA Times, a California newspaper. The Los Angeles Times publishes four daily regional editions--Los Angeles Metropolitan, Orange County, San Fernando Valley, and Ventura County--as well as a National Edition. |
| Los Angeles Zoo |
5333 Zoo Drive |
Los Angeles, California |
(323) 644-6400 |
http://www.lazoo.org/ |
The zoo contains over 1,200 animals on its 113 acres. |
| Masonic Hall |
416-418 N. Main St. |
Los Angeles, California |
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This 1858 building has been restored with many furnishing of its period. |
| Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden |
Hilgard and Le Conte aves. |
Los Angeles, California |
(310) 825-3620 |
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The garden contains 8 acres of exotic, native, and sutropical plants. |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, The |
250 S. Grand Ave. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 626-6222 |
http://www.moca-la.org/ |
The art museum contains various artworks from the 1940s to the present. |
| Museum of Tolerance |
9786 W. Pico Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(310) 553-8403 |
http://www.wiesenthal.com/mot/index.cfm |
The museum offers interactive exhibits on prejudice and racism in America, and the history of the Holocaust. |
| Music Center, The |
135 N. Grand Ave. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 972-7211 |
http://www.musiccenter.org/ |
The Music Center is the largest cultural center on the west coast. Home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, Center Theatre Group and Los Angeles Master Chorale, the center is located in downtown Los Angeles. Theatres in the complex include the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre. The Walt Disney Concert Hall will open for the 2002 Philharmonic season. |
| National History Museum of Los Angeles County |
900 Exposition Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 763-3466 |
http://www.nhm.org/ |
Museum Mission: The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County exists to advance knowledge and to enable people of all ages, backgrounds, and interests to appreciate their natural and cultural heritage. The Museum assembles, conserves, interprets, and holds in trust collections of irreplaceable objects from nature and human history. These collections reveal the history of the Earth and the evolution and diversity of life and culture. They sustain programs of research, exhibits, education, and publication. |
| Old Plaza |
N. Main St. |
Los Angeles, California |
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The plaza was the center of activities in the old puelbo are in Los Angeles. |
| Old Plaza Church |
N. Main St. |
Los Angeles, California |
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The church was completed in 1822 and is the oldest church in Los Angeles. |
| Old Plaza Firehouse |
134 Paseo de la Plaza |
Los Angeles, California |
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The firehouse was built in 1884 and contains much of its original firefighting equipment. |
| Olvera Street |
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Los Angeles, California |
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http://www.olvera-street.com/ |
Olvera Street - Visitors from around the world have visited this historical monument the birthplace of Los Angeles. Learn about the culture, traditions, and history of this famous Mexican marketplace. |
| Petersen Automotive Museum |
6060 Wilshire Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 930-2277 |
http://216.177.87.187/ |
The museum offers displays on the history of the automobile. |
| San Antonio Winery |
737 Lamar St. |
Los Angeles, California |
(323) 223-1401 |
http://www.sanantoniowinery.com/ |
The winery offers a popular restaurant, a tasting room, and an international wine shop. |
| Sepulveda House |
622 N. Main St. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 628-1274 |
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This 1887 Eastlake Victorian house originally belonged to Eloisa Martinez de Sepulveda. |
| Six Flags Magic Mountain |
26101 Magic Mountain Pkwy. |
Los Angeles, California |
(661) 255-4100 |
http://www.sixflags.com/parks/magicmountain/home.asp |
Now with 15 coasters, Six Flags Magic Mountain has more than any other theme park on Earth. New coasters for 2001, including X and Goliath Jr. Xtreme thrills for all ages, Xtraordinary shows-Six Flags Magic Mountain, the XTREME Park. |
| Skirball Cultural Center and Museum |
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(310) 440-4500 |
http://www.skirball.com/ |
The center offers objects and items from the traditions of Jews. |
| Southwest Museum |
234 Museum Dr. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 221-2164 |
http://www.southwestmuseum.org/ |
The museum has exhibits relating to the cultures of Native Americans. |
| St. Vincent De Paul Church |
621 W. Adams Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 749-8950 |
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The church is a Spanish Colonial-style church from Mexico. |
| Television Studios |
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Los Angeles, California |
(818) 506-0067 |
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The studios offers tours and studio audience shows. |
| UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center |
10899 Wilshire Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(310) 443-7000 |
http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/ |
The center offers contemporary art and also has events like dancing. |
| UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History |
Box 951549 |
Los Angeles, California |
(310) 825-4361 |
http://www.fmch.ucla.edu/ |
The museum presents four galleries of artwork from around the world. |
| University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
405 Hilgard Ave. |
Los Angeles, California |
(310) 825-4321 |
http://www.ucla.edu/ |
The university occupies 419 acres of the foothills in the Santa Monica Mountains and was relocated here in 1929. |
| University of Southern California (USC) |
Expostion Blvd. and S. Figueroa St. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 740-2311 |
http://www.usc.edu/ |
The university was founded in 1880 and is the second oldest school building in California. |
| Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State History Park |
1765 E. 107th St. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 847-4646 |
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The park features the Towers of Simon Rodia (Sabato). |
| Wells Fargo History Museum |
333 S. Grand Ave. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 253-7166 |
http://www.wellsfargohistory.com/ |
The museum shows the history of the Wells Fargo Bank since its founding in 1852 through exhibits and presentations. |
| Wilshire Boulevard Temple |
3663 Wilshire Blvd. |
Los Angeles, California |
(213) 388-2401 |
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The temple features a 135-foot dome with mosaics and a gallery about Jewish celebrations. |
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