“The California Endowment’s impact is already being felt . . . helping the
City Project, a . . . nonprofit organization working to broaden access to parks and open space for inner-city residents and, more recently, to fight childhood obesity by guaranteeing that . . . students get enough physical education.” New York Times, November 12, [...]

Maverick’s Flat Where It’s At is musical venue established in 1966. At the outset it primarily served the surrounding African-American community and artists.
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The Capitol Milling Company, built in 1831, is the oldest extant manufacturer in Los Angeles. Located on North Spring Street in Chinatown, the flour mill’s wheels were originally powered by water from the Zanja Madre, which ran along Alameda and North Main Streets. The company is said to be the oldest privately owned company in [...]

The second oldest home in the city of Los Angeles, the original part was built by the Shoshonean Indians in 1834. Andres Pico, who oversaw the San Fernando Valley, took up residence here in 1845.
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Located in the area known alternatively as Little Italy, Chinatown or Sonoratown, Casa Italiana is the community cultural center. Built in 1971, Casa Italiana neighbors other landmarks of the Italian community in Los Angeles, including Saint Peter’s Catholic Church. It is also home to a 1970s Alberto Biasi sculpture depicting the perils of immigration to [...]

Castelar Elementary School is the second oldest continuously operating school in Los Angeles. Built in Chinatown in the early 1880s, the school still occupies and uses one of its original structures. The Los Angeles State Historic Park at the Cornfield will bring much needed open space and recreation to the children of Castelar. There is [...]

Photograph by Nic Garcia.
Finished in 2002 in downtown Los Angeles, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels serves the Archdiocese of over 4 million Catholics as the heart of 287 parish churches and communities. Sunday Mass is celebrated in 42 different languages in Los Angeles.
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Resolution 8.04 - The Great Wall, the Heritage Parkscape, and Cultural and Historical Landmarks in Los Angeles
This Resolution was Approved By the National Latino Congreso on October 8, 2007, and amended July 19, 2008.
Whereas, the Great Wall of Los Angeles by Judy Baca and SPARC is one of the city’s great cultural landmarks and one [...]

The grand opening of the Los Angeles State Historic Park at the Cornfield on September 23, 2006. The site couuld have been warehouses. Instead, it’s a park. Activists and advocates galvanized community support to create the state park and stop 32 acres of warehouses. The Los Angeles Times called the victory “a heroic [...]

23537 Calabasas Road, Calabasas.
Built in the Monterey style in the 1840s, it was occupied by Miguel Leonis, one of the most colorful and influential figures of early Los Angeles in the 1870s .
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