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  Los Angeles, California article - Los Angeles, California Angeles (disambiguation) coastal Southern California United ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Los Angeles is the largest city in California, and the second most populous city in the United States, with a population of 3,694,820 as of the 2000 census.
Los Angeles was incorporated as a city in the U.S. state of California on April 4, 1850.
For example, Downtown Los Angeles is the area of Los Angeles roughly enclosed by three freeways and one river: The Harbor Freeway to the west, the Hollywood Freeway to the north, the Los Angeles River to the east, and the Santa Monica Freeway to the south.
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 Chinatown, Los Angeles, California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Los Angeles Chinatown saw major development, especially as a tourist attraction, throughout the 1930s with the development of the "Central Plaza", a Hollywoodized version of Shanghai, and have names such as Bamboo Lane, Gin Ling Way and Chung King Road (named after the city of Chongqing in mainland China).
New Chinatown is served by the Gold Line of L.A.'s Metro Rail; interestingly, parts of Old Chinatown where uncovered while excavating for the another part of the L.A. subway (the Red Line connection to Union Station).
Chinatown is located directly north of downtown Los Angeles between Dodger Stadium and the Los Angeles Civic Center.
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 Chinatown, Los Angeles, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Chinatown is served by the Gold Line of the city's Metro Rail; interestingly, parts of Old Chinatown were uncovered while excavating for another portion of the L.A. subway (the Red Line connection to Union Station).
Chinatown's residential areas are on the hills northwest of Alpine Park, with a public elementary school, library, Chinese school, hospital, churches, and other businesses.
Los Angeles Chinatown is home to the first restaurant of the excellent venerable barbecue restaurant chain Sam Woo BBQ Restaurant, serving up Cantonese cuisine.
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 Encyclopedia: Chinatown, Los Angeles, California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in Southern California The Greater Los Angeles Area is the agglomeration around the city of Los Angeles, California.
Chinatown was designed by Hollywood film set designers and a "Chinese" movie prop was subsequently donated by the legendary film director Cecille B. De Mile to give Chinatown an exotic atmosphere.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (also known as Metro, MTA or LAMTA) is the regional transportation planning and public transportation operating agency for the county of Los Angeles.
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 Los Angeles, California
The Los Angeles metropolitan area (frequently termed the "Southland") consists of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties, and is home to more than sixteen million people of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds.
Los Angeles is perhaps the most mountainous metropolis in the world, with four mountain ranges partly inside city boundaries.
The current stereotype appears to be Los Angeles as dystopia, as portrayed in movies such as Blade Runner and novels like Snow Crash, and also promulgated in part by socialist urban critic Mike Davis, author of the influential nonfiction works City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear.
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 Los Angeles - California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Encircled by four mountain ranges, Los Angeles is oddly isolated, prompting early chroniclers to describe it as "an island on the land".
Los Angeles was originally christened by wandering Spanish missionaries in 1781 as "El Pueblo de Neustra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" (‘The Town of Our Lady Queen of the Angels by the Porciuncula’), and shortened a few years later to Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is the unabashed movie and entertainment capital of the world; more films are made here, more television shows taped here and more stars and would-be stars live here.
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 Los Angeles, California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It was incorporated as a city in California on April 4, 1850 and is the county seat of Los Angeles County.
Los Angeles is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers men's basketball teams, the Los Angeles Sparks women's basketball team, the Los Angeles Kings hockey team, the Club Deportivo Chivas USA and Los Angeles Galaxy soccer teams, and the Los Angeles Avengers arena football team.
Los Angeles is also home to the largest populations of Japanese and Persians living in the U.S., and has one of the largest Native American populations in the country.
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 Los Angeles Chinatown :: News :: Dating, Travel & More
Los Angeles" Chinatown, which boasts one of the largest Chinese populations outside of China, Hong Kong and San Francisco, will celebrate its sesquicentennial near the turn of the 20th century.
Chinatown is a true "city within a city." Located between the 700 and 1000 blocks of North Broadway in an area bordered approximately by Ord, Alameda, Bernard and Yale Streets, it"s not far from the Los Angeles civic center.
New Chinatown opened in 1939 and while all the architecture was in Chinese style, the emphasis was on providing a modern, comfortable shopping and dining area on land that the Chinese would own for the first time.
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 Chinatown (Los Angeles, California) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Chinatown (Los Angeles, California)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Commercial section of Los Angeles, California, USA, at the northern edge of Downtown, between El Pueblo de Los Angeles to the south and Chavez Ravine to the north.
A larger Old Chinatown to the east was destroyed in the 1930s to make way for Union Station.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 God Bless Americana - Slide of the Week 2-12-04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Chinatown is a spectacular themed environment that predated Disneyland by seventeen years.
Hard to believe it was designed by the city of Los Angeles.
Built in 1939 just after Union Station was built on the site of the old Chinatown, it was promoted as an Oriental oasis of quaint souvenir shops, selling oriental oddities, souvenirs, silks, jewelry and clothing with Chinese restaurants and nightclubs, and a dimly lit perfumed temple.
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 Chinese Americans in Los Angeles
The Chinese Massacre, as it was called, remains one of the most serious incident of racial violence that has ever occurred in Los Angeles and the American West.
The 1930s decision by the City of Los Angeles to build Union Station in the heart of Chinatown forced the Chinese Americans to relocate north and west of the original Chinatown to New Chinatown as well as China City which was located between Spring and Main Streets.
New Chinatown still exists and is currently a thriving and populous community which serves both old time residents, merchants and visitors as well as more recent Asian settlers.
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 california sightseeing at Chinatown Tourists Center - CalAdventures.com - Download Coupon here. Asian tourist Tour ...
In the heart of the city of Los Angeles, Chinatown is a destination for visitors from all over the world.
Its diversity, its aura, its wealth of culture and color, command appreciation from tourists and residents alike.
Chinatown is just north of downtown Los Angeles, a five minute walk or public transit ride from the concrete and steel civic center to warm earth tones, exotic scents and pagoda-styled rooftops.
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 LA All Entries: Learn about Los Angeles, California, USA
Explore Los Angeles, California, USA; The largest city in California in a region which encompasses a rich array of communities nestled between mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Holocaust Monument: Los Angeles Holocaust Monument; honors the memory of the six million who were murdered by the barbarism of Nazis and collaborators between 1933 and 1945
LA Airports: Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA); a system of airports which includes Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Ontario International Airport (ONT), Van Nuys Airport (VNY), and Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD); LAWA is a self-supporting branch of the City of Los Angeles, governed by a seven-member Board of Airport Commissioners
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 Scottie Smith on 43 Places   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It’s sole claim to fame is being the Jambalaya Capital of the World, which is why I say again, there is no point in coming here.
Chinatown LA - Pho 87 — 19 weeks ago
I alternated lunches daily between this restaurant and another daily for the better part of two months and never got sick of their kung-pao chicken.
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 Chinatown Express - Los Angeles, CA, 90022-5120 - Citysearch
Chinatown Express - Los Angeles, CA, 90022-5120 - Citysearch
Whether you're a UCLA Bruin or a USC Trojan, find Los Angeles' best college bars and restaurants for a fun study break.
Let our critics be your guide to the best sushi in town.
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 Public Art in Los Angeles and Southern California/Cultural Los Angeles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Los Angeles is a modern city with a large and diverse ethnic population.
The Public Art in Los Angeles web site was originally part of a larger project of the University of Southern California libraries to document Los Angeles, its past, present, and future.
Additional information about the city may be found through The City of Los Angeles Government Page and Los Angeles Downtown News sites.
www.publicartinla.com   (441 words)

  
 Photo Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Joani and Glenn at Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California.
Downtown Los Angeles in the famous "garment district." Joani loves to shop here.
Joani loves to shop in the downtown Los Angeles jewelry district.
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 CSUN Physical Geography Lab
Thesis: Application of The Homeland Theory To The Armenian Population Cluster In Glendale California
Thesis: Community and Tourism at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical
Thesis: Evolving Commercial Structure of Fillmore, California: 1895 to 1929
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 Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This map-based site contains hundreds of images of downtown Los Angeles, displaying its tremendous architectural, cultural and economic diversity.
There are seven sub-regions, accessible either through the map or the list on the left bar.
The project is under the direction of Curtis C. Roseman and Geoffrey DeVerteuil.
www.usc.edu /dept/geography/losangeles/lawalk   (70 words)

  
 Chinatown (Los Angeles, CA) Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Chinatown (Los Angeles, CA) real estate news, broker listings for homes.
The crowds were thick, the traffic lanes congested and aroma of soy sauce strong upon the air.
Shurgard Storage Centers reported a plunge in earnings Tuesday after taking a $12.7 million charge for the cost of advice on a hostile takeover bid by rival Public Storage.
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 Venice Koshin Taiko Dojo: Curriculum Vitae 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple / Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Taiko Festival IX - June 29, 2001
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Now available through the Los Angeles Police Historical Society, a photographic journey through the history of the LAPD.
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