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Pico-Union, Los Angeles
Pico-Union is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. The name "Pico-Union" refers to the neighborhood that surrounds the intersection of Pico Boulevard and Union Avenue. Located immediately west of Downtown Los Angeles, it is home to over 40,000 residents. The neighborhood contains two historic districts, both listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It has five public schools as well as a public library. Geography Google Maps Google Maps draws the following boundaries for Pico-Union: Olympic Boulevard on the north, the Harbor Freeway on the east, the Santa Monica Freeway on the south and Hoover St. on the west. Mapping L.A. Project According to the ''Los Angeles Times Mapping L.A. project, Pico-Union is bounded by Olympic Boulevard on the north, the Harbor Freeway on the east, the Santa Monica Freeway on the south and Normandie Avenue on the west. It also includes the California Highway Patrol station beneath the Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighborhoods In Los Angeles
This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past. It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions, tract names, homeowners associations, and informal names for areas. Regions Current districts and neighborhoods AE * Angelino Heights, Los Angeles, Angelino Heights''The Thomas Guide: Los Angeles County'', Rand McNally (2004), pages N and O * Angeles Mesa, Los Angeles, Angeles Mesa * Angelus Vista, Los Angeles, Angelus Vista * Annandale, California, Annandale (partially in Pasadena) * Arleta, Los Angeles, ArletaNeighborhoods , Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times'' * Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, Arlington Heights [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange
The Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange, also known as the Harbor–Santa Monica Freeway Interchange, is a three-level Interchange (road)#Combination interchange, cloverstack interchange that serves as the junction between the Harbor (Interstate 110 and State Route 110 (California), Interstate 110 and State Route 110) and Santa Monica (Interstate 10 in California, Interstate 10) Freeways at the southern edge of Downtown Los Angeles, California. Officially named since 2002 after Korean independence activist Ahn Chang Ho, and constructed as part of the first segment of the Santa Monica Freeway which was completed in 1962, it is one of the busiest freeway interchanges in Los Angeles, with hundreds of thousands of vehicles using the interchange daily. History Planning for the construction of the Santa Monica Freeway originally did not account for the construction of an interchange with the Harbor Freeway. In 1955, it was initially planned that the freeway would terminate at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anza Expedition
Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto (July 6 or 7, 1736 – December 19, 1788) was a Novohispanic/Mexican expeditionary leader, military officer, and politician primarily in California and New Mexico under the Spanish Empire. He is credited as one of the founding fathers of Spanish California and served as an official within New Spain as Governor of the province of New Mexico. Early life Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto was born in Fronteras, New Navarre, New Spain (today Sonora, Mexico) in 1736 (near Arizpe), most probably at Cuquiarachi, Sonora, but possibly at the Presidio of Fronteras. His family was a part of the military leadership in New Spain (''Nueva España''), as his father and maternal grandfather, Captain Antonio Bezerra Nieto, had both served Spain, their families living on the frontier of Nueva Navarra. He was the son of Juan Bautista de Anza I. It is traditionally thought that he may have been educated at the College of San Ildefonso in Mexico City, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Settler
A settler or a colonist is a person who establishes or joins a permanent presence that is separate to existing communities. The entity that a settler establishes is a Human settlement, settlement. A settler is called a pioneer if they are among the first settling at a place that is new to the settler community. The process of settling land can be, and has often been, controversial: while human migration is a normal phenomenon by itself, it has not been uncommon throughout human history for settlers to have arrived in already-inhabited lands Settler colonialism, without the intention of living alongside the native population. In these cases, the conflict that arises between the settlers and the natives (or Indigenous peoples) may result in the dispossession of the latter within the contested territory, usually violently. While settlers can act independently, they may receive support from the government of their country or colonial empire or from a non-governmental organization as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geveronga
Geveronga was a Tongva village located at what is now Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California along the Los Angeles River. Part of the village area is also located on the campuses of the University of Southern California (USC) at its University Park Campus. The USC History Department provided a map of the general location of Geveronga in its land acknowledgement in 2021. People from the village were known as Geverovit ('' English'': "People of Geveronga"). Village The village rested above the Los Angeles River floodplain along with the large village of Yaanga on what is known as Glendale Narrows. It was described in historical accounts as being located near Yaanga and immediately adjoining the early Pueblo de Los Angeles settlement that would eventually grow into the city of Los Angeles. Geveronga was a smaller and less influential village than Yaanga, which held the primary influence in this region of Tovaangar. Destruction The village was dismantled in 1781, along with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongva
The Tongva ( ) are an Indigenous peoples of California, Indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Channel Islands of California, Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately . In the precolonial era, the people lived in as many as 100 villages and primarily identified by their village rather than by a pan-tribal name. During colonization, the Spanish referred to these people as Gabrieleño and Fernandeño, names derived from the Spanish missions in California, Spanish missions built on their land: Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and Mission San Fernando Rey de España. ''Tongva'' is the most widely circulated endonym among the people, used by Narcisa Higuera in 1905 to refer to inhabitants in the vicinity of Mission San Gabriel. Some people who identify as direct lineal descendants of the people advocate the use of their ancestral name ''Kizh'' as an Endonym and exonym, endonym. The Tongva, along with neighboring groups such as the Chumash peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pico-Union Street Scene
Pico-Union is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. The name "Pico-Union" refers to the neighborhood that surrounds the intersection of Pico Boulevard and Union Avenue. Located immediately west of Downtown Los Angeles, it is home to over 40,000 residents. The neighborhood contains two historic districts, both listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It has five public schools as well as a public library. Geography Google Maps Google Maps draws the following boundaries for Pico-Union: Olympic Boulevard on the north, the Harbor Freeway on the east, the Santa Monica Freeway on the south and Hoover St. on the west. Mapping L.A. Project According to the ''Los Angeles Times Mapping L.A. project, Pico-Union is bounded by Olympic Boulevard on the north, the Harbor Freeway on the east, the Santa Monica Freeway on the south and Normandie Avenue on the west. It also includes the California Highway Patrol station beneath the Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvarado2
Alvarado may refer to: Places *Alvarado, Tolima, Colombia *Alvarado (canton), Costa Rica *Alvarado, Veracruz, Mexico *Alvarado (municipality), Veracruz, Mexico * Alvarado, Extremadura, Spain ** Alvarado I solar thermal power station, in Alvarado, Spain * Alvarado, California, US * Alvarado, Indiana, US *Alvarado, Minnesota, US *Alvarado, Texas, US * Alvarado, Virginia, US Other uses * Alvarado (surname) ** Alvarado family, conquistadors ** Alvarado wrestling family The Alvarado wrestling family, also referred to as ''La Dinastia Alvarado'' ("The Alvarado Dynasty") in Spanish, is a Mexico City based family of professional wrestling, professional wrestlers. The family works primarily in Mexico but have made app ... * Alvarado (Madrid Metro), a station on Line 1 * Alvarado Transportation Center, a multimodal transit hub in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US * Alvarado High School, a high school in the Alvarado Independent School District, Alvarado, Texas {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard Heights, Los Angeles
Harvard Heights is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. It lies within a municipally designated historic preservation overlay zone designed to protect its architecturally significant single-family residences, including the only remaining Greene and Greene house in Los Angeles. There are five Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the neighborhood, including a private library dedicated to the memory of singer Ray Charles. History Harvard Heights has been noted as a once grand neighborhood that was in danger of falling apart. ... The overall population was old and largely African American as whites migrated to the suburbs, the freeway bisected the neighborhood, and most of the homes had been converted into apartments. ... ut theneighborhood's long-anticipated renaissance took place in the late '90s. As Los Angeles commutes got longer and longer, white-collar professionals began moving back into the city. Harvard Heights has been called a " preservationist's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exposition Park, Los Angeles
Exposition Park is a neighborhood in the south region of Los Angeles, California. It is home to Exposition Park, which includes the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, BMO Stadium, the Exposition Rose Garden and three museums: the California African American Museum, the California Science Center and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. It is also home to a Science Center Academy. Geography According to the Mapping L.A. project of the ''Los Angeles Times'', The Exposition Park 1.85-square-mile neighborhood is flanked by Adams-Normandie on the north, University Park on the northeast, Historic South Central on the east, Vermont Square on the south, and Jefferson Park and Leimert Park on the west. It is bounded by Jefferson Boulevard on the north, Vermont Avenue on the east, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on the south and Arlington Avenue on the west, to which is added all of Exposition Park and additional land along both sides of Figueroa Street east and Exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Park, Los Angeles
University Park is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California. The area includes the University of Southern California (USC), and the residential neighborhoods located immediately north of the campus: North University Park, Los Angeles, North University Park, Chester Place and St. James Park, Los Angeles, St. James Park. The area contains two historic districts that are both on the National Register of Historic Places: The North University Park Historic District and the Menlo Avenue–West Twenty-ninth Street Historic District. History Charles Epting, author of the book "University Park", states: After the founding of the USC, the North University Park, Los Angeles, North University Park neighborhood was developed thanks to an influx of wealthy citizens. Within North University Park, Los Angeles#Historic Districts, North University Park, there are two historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places: The North University Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adams-Normandie, Los Angeles
Adams-Normandie is a Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) in South Los Angeles, California. History The HPOZ was originally named West Adams, Los Angeles, West Adams-Normandie HPOZ. According to the HPOZ Preservation Plan, "At the beginning of the 20th century the West Adams, Los Angeles, West Adams–Normandie area was one of Los Angeles’ most prestigious communities." The Van Buren Place Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is located within the HPOZ. The Adams-Normandie HPOZ was adopted by the Los Angeles City Council on December 9, 2010. Geography Located in the West Adams, Los Angeles, West Adams district of Los Angeles, the Adams-Normandie HPOZ is bounded by the Santa Monica Freeway on the north, Normandie Avenue on the west, Vermont Avenue on the east and 29th Street on the south. In 2009, a year before the HPOZ was adopted, the Mapping L.A. project of the ''Los Angeles Times' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
