Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Alhambra (/ æ l ˈ h æ m b r ə / ⓘ, / ɑː l ˈ h ɑː m b r ə / ⓘ, Spanish:; from "Alhambra") is a city located in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, approximately 8 miles (13 km) from the downtown Los Angeles civic center. It was incorporated on July 11, 1903.
Each year, Alhambra and San Gabriel host one of the largest Lunar Chinese New Year celebrations in the country which includes a parade along Valley Boulevard. [47] San Gabriel Square. Continuing east from Alhambra along Valley Boulevard are the cities of San Gabriel and Rosemead with San Marino, Temple City and Arcadia being further north and ...
The Redwood City Historic Commercial Buildings is an historic district in Redwood City, California that comprises four buildings constructed from 1859-1912. These buildings include the Pioneer Store, the Bank of San Mateo County building, the Sequoia Hotel, and the Alhambra Theater. [1]
Tales of the Alhambra (1832) is a collection of essays, verbal sketches and stories by American author Washington Irving (1783–1859) inspired by, and partly written during, his 1828 visit to the palace/fortress complex known as the Alhambra in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
Mission San Miguel as seen from the road while driving the "commemorative route" of the Camino Real Alhambra station along Mission Road in Alhambra in 1973. Several modern highways include parts of the commemorative route, though large sections are on city streets (for instance, most of the stretch between San Jose and San Francisco).
Alhambra Airport also called the Western Air College Airport was an airport in Alhambra, California from 1928 to 1946. The Airport was founded by the Western Air Express on 157-acre of land. The airport had a single 2,830-foot asphalt northeast–southwest runway.
Rancho Rosa Castilla was a 3,283-acre (13.29 km 2) Mexican land grant in the southwestern San Rafael Hills, in present day Los Angeles County, California, given to Juan Ballesteros in 1831 by Governor Manuel Victoria. [1]
City and State Architect Date Alhambra Theatre: El Paso, Texas: Henry C. Trost 1914 Alhambra Theatre Evansville, Indiana: Frank J. Schlotter 1913 Alhambra Theatre Birmingham, Alabama: Graven & Maygar 1927 Alhambra Theatre Hopkinsville, Kentucky: John Walker 1928 Alhambra Theatre: San Francisco, California: Miller and Pflueger: 1925 Altria ...