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Relinde walking towards the Pico House. - Los Angeles
Relinde walking towards the Pico House.
by Jerelis
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  • Victorian Architecture. - Los Angeles
    Victorian Architecture.
    by kiwi
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    Find your way to Carroll Avenue, Los Angeles, if you can. It is in the vicinity of downtown LA, Angelino Heights to be exact, and is a quaint little area where there is a concentration of Victorian Era houses, well worth the visit. Every house is different and quite individual. Angelino Heights is believed to be Los Angeles' first suburb. If you like to take a walking tour, you can book via this website: http://www.laconservancy.org/tours/tours_main.shtml

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  • Website: http://www.laconservancy.org/tours/tours_main.shtml

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    Homes and Neighborhoods: Angelino Heights or "The Hill"
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  • Angelino Heights is located about 2minutes from Downtown Los Angeles and is one of the first suburbs of LA. It was built in the mid 1880's and was home to the upper middle class Angelenos. We drove up and down the streets of this quiet neighborhood and enjoyed the architure of these beautiful homes. The street i liked the most was Carroll Ave because it appeared to have the most of these victorian style homes and the majority of them were refurbished and in great condition. Some of these homes have been preserved quite well, others need some tender loving care. The different architecture styles seen here are many: Queen Anne and Eastlake Victorian, mission rivival, Craftsman/California bungalow, Brownstone and Streamline Moderne.


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    Homes and Neighborhoods: Old Chinatown
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  • My girls and husband walk ahead in Chinatown - Los Angeles
    My girls and husband walk
    ahead in Chinatown
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    On our visit to L.A., on Sunday evening we went to Chinatown. The girls bought whistling birds from a street vendor. (These are whistles in the shape of a bird on a stick which you swing through the air and they whistle). The two girls with my husband are in the center with their hair and dresses backlit Old Chinatown is at 930 North Broadway just northeast of downtown Los Angeles and south of Dodger Stadium, bordered by North Broadway, Hill Street, College Street and Bernard Street. One easy access is by downtown Dash Minibus B from downtown LA. The other is the Pasadena Freeway with the Hill Street/Dodger Stadium turn off.

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  • Phone: (213) 626-4028
  • Website: http://www.chinatownla.com/

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    Homes and Neighborhoods: El Pueblo - The Pico House.
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  • Relinde walking towards the Pico House. - Los Angeles
    Relinde walking towards the
    Pico House.
    by Jerelis
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    We loved El Pueblo State Historic Parc at the northside of Downtown LA. The Pueblo region is the site of the first Los Angeles settlement, dating to 1781. Probably the only historical place left in LA. Several sites of historical significance are contained therein, like the Plaza Church (from 1818) at the Main Street which is opposite to Old Plaza. Situated at the Old Plaza is the Pico House (1870) and used to a beautiful old hotel and is now a Frenche restaurant. General directions: El Pueblo is one of the easiest places in Los Angeles to reach. If you drive, five convenient parking lots await you. These can be entered from Main, Alameda or Los Angeles Streets. If you come by bus, many different routes stop at El Pueblo. Take any bus that goes to the Plaza at Main, Los Angeles, Arcadia, Alameda or Cesar Chavez Streets. The Big Blue Bus from Santa Monica stops close by on Temple Street.

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  • Phone: (310) 398-0269
  • Website: www.cityofla.org/ELP/
  • Other Contact: patches@ucla.edu

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    Homes and Neighborhoods: Korean Town, It's very large...
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  • Korean Town, It's very large area on the east side of Wilshire Blvd. I just transfer, but it seemed quite interesting...

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    Homes and Neighborhoods: Supposed HauntingThe...
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  • Supposed Haunting The Boonies Outside of Los AngelesSeveral miles away from most civilization lies a house known as The Boonies. It is said that an insane man and his rabbits lived in this house; the rabbits were all shaved. During the night, passers by would see a faint red glow coming from the house; they would also hear a high pitched wailing. The next day, rabbits with red skin would be seen running through the neighborhoods.

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    Homes and Neighborhoods: Venice Beach
    OH I do like this area ! If your a single woman, live on the canal and rich. I'm 54 and sound like Sean Connery. Epitomist !

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    Homes and Neighborhoods: Venice Canals; A little Europe in L.A.
    Venice Canals' Wooden Foot Bridge - Los Angeles
    Venice Canals' Wooden Foot
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    100 years ago tobacco magnate Abbot Kinney tried to create a community fashioned after Venice, Italy. What remains of his vision is a charming network of canals, narrow pedestrian wooden bridges and lushly landscaped footpaths coving eight blocks in Venice. Cozy and eclectic, glimpse the beauty of the canals by walking over the narrow pedestrian bridges. Just north of Washinton Blvd., east of the Venice Pier; park on Dell Avenue, and then walk straight ahead to the canals

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    Homes and Neighborhoods: See a San Gabriel Valley City: Covina (LA co)
    For those seeking to be in a "normal" spot just outside of Los Angeles, Covina would well suit. I recommend coming if you like quaint, not-as-commercial downtown areas, which Covina has. I frequent here ever so often and enjoy the pass of antiques and little gift shops while surrounded by the trees that line the street. For vacation interests, the city hosts one of the largest Christmas parades. There are decent hotels and motels here for travellers at modest prices. If wanting to experience Los Angeles and Pasadena, Covina serves as a good in-between spot to stay....oh, and if you are an IKEA fan, there is one here. One of only a few in the L.A. area! Get your fix of lingonberry pancakes (and oh yeah, furniture and knick-knacks) here! Reach Covina via downtown LA, Pershing Square to Metro 490, exit Badillo/Citrus

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    Homes and Neighborhoods: Seek out " Hidden" Cultural Town: Artesia(LA co)
    Artesia, known as Little India area of L.A. - Los Angeles
    Artesia, known as Little India
    area of L.A.
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    Here is a little city of a Spanish-Italian name, with a heavily Portuguese influenced background, a mostly Korean & Latino population that is known as Little India- What? Come again? The town is Artesia, one of the smallest cities in LA county with about 16,000 residents. Though she is relatively far from the beach, looks rather mundane and is not on the main tourist map, there is interest here to grab a certain visitor's attention here. What keeps little Artesia on the map is the stretch of Pioneer Blvd which has several dozen East Indian shops. The suburb, about 20 miles southwest of LA, is informally known as Little India. If you want to buy a sari, eat authentic curry, buy gold jewelry or check out Bollywood stuff, you ought to make the trip here. Though Artesia can be considered "Little India", some could argue that it be also "Little Portugal"- at least in spirit. The town used to have a good number hailing from Portugal. However, these days, ethnic ties to the country are declined with a few percent of the population of Portuguese heritage. Still, there are signs of the Iberian country's influence-mainly at Portguese Hall which has been host to bull fights and different luso-inspired ceremonies. Artesia is yet another diverse LA suburb with serval ethnicities in one. Mainly, there are those with Asian (especially Korean), but also Latino heritage. Notably, a large number of Filipino are shaped in the population, as well as those with Non-Portuguese Eurpoean ancestry & others. Notably, the East West Ice Arena, owned by Olympic darling Michelle Kwan is a landmark here. Artesia is close to a much more attractive town, Cerritos and also not too far away from the non-coastal part of Long Beach. Notes: The locals pronounce the town "OUR-TEASE-SHA", though one can get away also with the basic Spanish way, "Ar-TEH-Sea-A". Artesia is easily accessible by freeway, of the 5 and 91. The MTA bus passes through the town each day, coming from downtown LA--Pershing Square. Catch MTA 62 (Hawaiian Gardens).

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