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Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is the central business district of Los Angeles.It is part of the Central Los Angeles region and covers a 5.84 sq mi (15.1 km 2) [3] area. As of 2020, it contains over 500,000 jobs and has a population of roughly 85,000 residents, [4] with an estimated daytime population of over 200,000 people prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]
Olvera Street, commonly known by its Spanish name Calle Olvera, is a historic pedestrian street in El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, the historic center of Los Angeles.The street is located off of the Plaza de Los Ángeles, the oldest plaza in California, which served as the center of the city life through the Spanish and Mexican eras into the early American era, following the Conquest of California.
Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, [7] It is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.
History of California. The history of Los Angeles began in 1781 when 44 settlers from central New Spain (modern Mexico) established a permanent settlement in what is now Downtown Los Angeles, as instructed by Spanish Governor of Las Californias, Felipe de Neve, and authorized by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli.
The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. Built in 1893, [ 1] the five-story office building is best known for its extraordinary skylit atrium of access walkways, stairs and elevators, and their ornate ironwork. The building was commissioned by Los Angeles gold-mining millionaire ...
The county of Los Angeles has tentatively agreed to buy the Gas Company Tower, a prominent office skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, for $215 million in a foreclosure sale. The price is a deep ...
Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. [5] It is located in the Civic Center district of downtown Los Angeles in the city block bounded by Main, Temple, First, and Spring ...
August 22, 1986. Designated NHLD. June 12, 1995 [ 3] Little Tokyo ( Japanese: リトル・トーキョー ), also known as Little Tokyo Historic District, is an ethnically Japanese American district in downtown Los Angeles and the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America. [ 4] It is the largest and most populous of ...