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Architects Louis Armét and Eldon Davis of Armét & Davis designed the building, contributing to their reputation as the premier designers of Space Age or Googie coffee shops—including the landmark Pann's coffee shop in Ladera Heights, Norms Restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard, and several Bob's Big Boy restaurants. [1] [2]
Norms in West Los Angeles in 2008 (since demolished) The first Norms opened on Sunset Boulevard near Vine Street in 1949. The oldest surviving Norms, declared Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument number 1090 in 2015, [3] opened on La Cienega Boulevard in 1957, featuring a distinctive angular and brightly colored style that came to be known as Googie architecture. [4]
There were three Ships locations opened by resterauteur Emmett Shipman and his father Matt Shipman, at Westwood, Culver City and La Cienega. They were open 24 hours, 365 days a year, never closing. [1] The Westwood (two part) Ships CS/CG (Coffee Shop/Chicken Galley) Wilshire Boulevard and Glendon Avenue, was the second to open (1958).
La Cienega Boulevard is named after Rancho Las Cienegas Mexican land grant roughly in the region now called "West Los Angeles." The Spanish phrase la ciénaga translates into English as "the swamp " and the area named "Las Ciénegas" was a continual marshland due to the course of the Los Angeles River through that area prior to a massive ...
Henry H Gird purchased nearly 1,000-acre (4.0 km 2) of Rancho Las Cienegas in 1862, and lived there until 1880, when Gird sold and moved his family to Rancho Monserate in San Diego County. Luisa Avila, the daughter of Francisco and María Encarnación Sepúlveda Avila married Manuel Garfias owner of Rancho San Pascual.
Beverly Center at the corner of La Cienega Boulevard and Beverly Boulevard View from the intersection of La Cienega Blvd. and 3rd St, prior to renovations. The site was formerly occupied by Beverly Park, a small amusement park featuring a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, mini roller-coaster, and a pony ride called "Ponyland".
About two weeks after the grand opening there was an electrical fire and the restaurant burned down. [4] In 1977, he moved to Los Angeles and worked at Japanese restaurants "Mitsuwa" and "Oshou." In 1987, he opened his own restaurant "Matsuhisa" on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. [5]
La Cienega Boulevard, a major arterial road in Los Angeles County, California La Cienega/Jefferson station, a station on the LA Metro E Line; Ciénega Creek, an intermittent stream in southern Arizona; Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, a protected area in Arizona; Río de la Ciénaga, a river in Puerto Rico; Ciénaga, Guánica, Puerto ...