Country kitchen Boyle Heights is a district east of Downtown Los Angeles sandwiched between the downtown area and East Los Angeles. It is situated on the east bank of the Los Angeles River.[1] Through the 1940s, it was a predominantly Jewish and Japanese American community with a few Russian Americans and Eastern European residents mixed […]
World Outreach House of Prayer Pico-Union is located west of the Harbor Freeway and between Olympic Boulevard and the Santa Monica Freeway. It is one of the poorest neighborhoods in Los Angeles – generally considered worst than South Central LA.[1] The barrio is home to thousands of immigrants from Central America. The crime rate in […]
Metro Gold Line Train Chinatown is located in Downtown Los Angeles in a roughly 15 square block area bounded by Bernard and Yale Street, and Alameda and Sunset Boulevard. It is relatively small compared to the size of its counterparts in other major U.S. cities. Its collection of chinoiserie buildings and modern plazas serves as […]
LavanderГa Chola East Los Angeles is an area in LA two miles directly east of the city’s downtown area.[1] Once known as “Maravilla” and also as the “Belvedere Gardens”,[2] East LA has a strong Hispanic presence in both demographics and culture. This Spanish-speaking enclave is heavily populated by Mexicans who lived here even before white […]
purple haze Century City is a 180-acre futuristic complex of hotels, apartments, townhouses, office buildings, theaters, cinemas, and shops occupying a former ranched owned by the Western movie star, Tom Mix. The site later became the back lot of the 20th Century Fox Studios.[1] Today, the complex is a glass-and-steel tribute to “corporate modernism”. This […]
Watts is a residential district in South Central LA north of the 105 freeway and east of the 110 freeway. It is on the eastern edge of the city limits of Los Angeles and is one of the neighborhoods feared most by white people in LA. The streets are filled with crime and can be […]
Los Angeles has a list of tallest buildings that rank skyscrapers in the United States’ city of Los Angeles in California by height. If you love to stand on the top of any tallest building in Los Angeles and want to take a glimpse of the city then head to the US Bank Tower of […]
Train Ride to the Beach? Los Angeles or LA, as a city, epitomizes the very definition of “suburban sprawl”. This much-glamorized metropolis and center of the world’s mass culture is made up of scores of distinct neighborhoods and municipalities, and hundreds of scattered strip malls, shopping complexes, fast-food joints, and theme parks – all patched […]
Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, a strip that runs west towards West Hollywood, is rather seedy and grungy, home to drug dealers and prostitutes. There aren’t many attractions in this area of Hollywood. Its only appeal stems from its distinction of being home to Hollywood’s last remaining studio as well as the graveyard of many […]
Caltrans Ama 3 Downtown Los Angeles remains the cultural and historic heart of LA. It was almost dead at one point, but recent revitalization efforts have successfully restored some life and activity back into the area. Infusions of business capital have given life to mega hotels, office skyscrapers, and stunning landmarks like the[1] Cathedral of […]