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3 unusual facts about downtown Los Angeles


Charles A. Canfield

In 1892, he partnered with Edward L. Doheny (1856-1935) to develop the first gusher in Los Angeles, at the intersection of Patton and Colton streets on Crown Hill, just northwest of today's Downtown Los Angeles.

DeVanity

DeVanity is a continuing drama series revolving around the wealthy and dysfunctional DeVanity family of Downtown Los Angeles, owners of a well renowned jewelry empire providing exquisite pieces to the rich and famous.

Ernest E. Debs Regional Park

Ernest E. Debs Regional Park is located in the western San Rafael Hills, with views of the Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains, and Downtown Los Angeles.


Central-Alameda, Los Angeles

The 84.6% Latino, low-income, youthful Central-Alameda neighborhood of the South Los Angeles, California, region lies just south of Downtown and west of Huntington Park.

Central-Alameda, which measure 2.18 square miles, is bounded on the north and northeast by Downtown, on the east by the city of Vernon, on the south by Huntington Park and Florence-Firestone, and on the west by Historic South Central and South Park.

Grand Performances

Established in 1986, Grand Performances is in the Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles in the California Plaza.

History of LACMTA

Initially, the LACMTA retained the locations of the predecessor agencies in Downtown Los Angeles, but later moved to the 25-story Gateway Plaza Building adjacent to historic Union Station in 1995 with former SCRTD staff occupying the lower half of the tower and former LACTC staff occupying the upper half demonstrating that old hostilities were still present after the merge.

Isaac Newton Van Nuys

Van Nuys also served as vice-president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, a director in the Union Bank of Savings, a director in the Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company, and owner of the Van Nuys Hotel, which was erected in 1896 in Downtown Los Angeles.

KLCS

KLCS's studios are located on West Temple Street in downtown Los Angeles (near Route 101), and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.

Ned R. Healy

In 1943 Los Angeles City Council District 13 lay south and west of Downtown Los Angeles, bounded roughly on the east by Sheffield Street, the south by Valley Boulevard, the west by Vermont Avenue and the north by an irregular line from Pullman Street to Fountain Avenue.

Ozro W. Childs

He was paid in land in that area – all now within present day Downtown Los Angeles - from Sixth to Ninth, and Main to Figueroa Street.

Peirson Mitchell Hall

The 11th District originally encompassed an area south of Downtown, bounded on the north by Sixth Street, on the south by Pico Boulevard, on the west by Hoover Avenue and on the east approximately by San Pedro Street.

Rancho Dominguez, California

Today these railroad tracks are used for the same purpose, and is a valuable tie between the Port of Los Angeles and Downtown Los Angeles.

Southern California Sun

At the end of his comments, Beiler said, "And of course, the river, what's the name of the river that goes through...the San Antonio River goes right through the heart of downtown Los Angeles." The blooper would be played repeatedly on Jim Healy's radio programs, first on KLAC, then on KMPC (now KSPN).

Utility box art

Los Angeles: in Downtown Los Angeles, utility boxes were painted in a project taking place during January 2014.

West Puente Valley, California

West Puente Valley is an unincorporated community located in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley, between Downtown Los Angeles and Pomona.


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Agness Underwood

Underwood became a resident at the Salvation Army's home for working women in downtown Los Angeles and got a job at the Broadway Department Store.

American University Preparatory School

American University Preparatory School (commonly referred to as AUP) is a private four-year, co-educational boarding and day college preparatory high school for grades 9-12 located in Los Angeles, California, at the center of downtown Los Angeles.

Andrés Pico

Pico Boulevard, running from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles, is named for his brother Pió Pico, the former governor, but also honors the Pico family.

Cedar Grove OnStage

In September 2008, Cedar Grove OnStage worked in association with East West Players to produce the world premiere of Dan Kwong's Be Like Water, directed by Tashima, presented at the David Henry Hwang Theater at the Union Center for the Arts, in downtown Los Angeles' Little Tokyo.

Clifton's Cafeteria

Brightly illuminated in the evening, it became a mecca for tourists and Angelenos alike, often being referred to in the same category as other prominent landmarks of downtown Los Angeles, such as Angels Flight, Olvera Street, and Pershing Square.

East Hollywood, Los Angeles

The Hollywood Freeway, also called the 101 and U.S. Route 101, cuts northwest from downtown Los Angeles, with all its freeway connections, through Hollywood to the San Fernando Valley.

Gil Cedillo

While he is most widely known for his attempts to reinstate driver's licenses to illegal aliens and as the author of the California DREAM Act, Cedillo has also worked on increasing and expanding access to health care, developing regional solutions to combat homelessness, and encouraging economic development in his Downtown Los Angeles district.

La Crescenta-Montrose, California

During an as-yet undiagnosed episode of manic depression (bipolarism) in 1996, actress Margot Kidder attempted to walk 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles to the La Crescenta home of her friend, writer Rosie Shuster.

Magnetic Signal Company

Its general offices and factory were located at 3355 East Slauson Avenue in Vernon, an industrial area just south of downtown Los Angeles.

Mark Miremont

He began his artistic endeavors with hundreds of poetic aphorisms graffitied in Downtown Los Angeles and the Mission District of San Francisco at the same time as other California "outsider artists" like Joey Krebs, "Chaka" and Robbie Conal.

One California Plaza

Started in 1983, the Two California Plaza tower was completed in 1992 during a significant slump in the downtown Los Angeles real estate market.

Perez Hilton Superfan

Perez and Enrique travel together to the famous Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles where Enrique, who has been on tour with Pitbull and Prince Royce for the past 12 months will be performing to over 20,000 fans.

Smashbox Studios

In 2002, IMG's fashion division, which produces Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, made its first foray west, with Mercedes-Benz Shows LA in downtown Los Angeles at The Standard hotel.

Streetcars in Los Angeles

Historic Downtown Los Angeles Streetcar - planned local streetcar in Downtown Los Angeles

The California EAR Unit

At one of the first concerts in 1982, in a bank building in downtown Los Angeles, they presented a program that included works by Steve Reich, Pierre Boulez, Frederic Rzewski, and Donald Martino.

Tones of Home

The footage flashes between the older woman and a concert Blind Melon performed for an enthusiastic audience at the Tower Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles.

Too Fast for Love

Their album demo recorded February 1980, with demo expenditures funded by Ian Gillan after he saw the band in a pub downtown Los Angeles.

We Know Something You Don't Know

The music video, directed by Ruben Fleischer, features five dancers cavorting around downtown Los Angeles and b-boying in cartoonish animal costumes.