Category Archive: 'Urban Parks Movement'
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
The San Fernando Mission Rey de España established in 1797 was one of the major supply sources for El Pueblo de Los Angeles.
This image is featured in the 2008 Schmap Los Angeles Guide.
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Great Wall of Los Angeles illustrates the Dunbar Hotel with Billie Holiday as part of the rich history of jazz along Central Avenue in South Central Los Angeles
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park commemorates Colonel Allen Allensworth and the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town in 1908. Colonel Allensworth, born a slave, served in the Army and Navy and retired as lieutenant colonel, the highest ranking black in the armed forces. [...]
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
234 Museum Drive, Mt. Washington.
Constructed between 1912 – 1914, the building was designed by the firm of Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns. It is one of the first major examples of the transition from Mission Revival to Spanish Colonial Revival in Los Angeles. The 1920 Lower entrance on Museum Drive is Pre-Columbian Revival [...]
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park commemorates Colonel Allen Allensworth and the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town in 1908. Colonel Allensworth, born a slave, served in the Army and Navy and retired as lieutenant colonel, the highest ranking black in the armed forces. [...]
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
While the current building was constructed in 1925 and designed by African-American architect Paul Revere Williams, the church has been the hub of cultural life in the African-American community since its inception in 1885.
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park commemorates Colonel Allen Allensworth and the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town in 1908. Colonel Allensworth, born a slave, served in the Army and Navy and retired as lieutenant colonel, the highest ranking black in the armed forces. [...]
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
This community group, whose offices were located in the Garnier building in El Pueblo, has been a powerful force in Chinatown. Serving as the umbrella organization for the entire Chinese community in Los Angeles, the Benevolent Association mediated intra-community disputes and worked to stop anti-Chinese legislation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park commemorates Colonel Allen Allensworth and the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town in 1908. Colonel Allensworth, born a slave, served in the Army and Navy and retired as lieutenant colonel, the highest ranking black in the armed forces. [...]
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Built in 1925, the structure helps document the history of the Japanese American community in the first half of the 20th century in Little Tokyo and represents the mixed-use building of apartments over stores once prominent in Los Angeles.
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