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The Chinatown East Gate (also known as the Gate of Maternal Virtues) is located in Los Angeles' Chinatown neighborhood, in the U.S. state of California. The structure was installed in 1939, one year after the dedication of Central Plaza and the installation of the Chinatown West Gate. It was commissioned by Y.C. Hong to commemorate his mother.
The gate has 150-year-old camphor wood from China. After being nominated by the Los Angeles Conservancy , the West Gate was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument , No. 825 . [ 1 ] California Governor Frank Merrimack placed a bronze tablet at the site that commemorates Chinese-American contributions to California's growth.
South Gate is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, with 7.4 square miles (19 km 2). South Gate is located 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Downtown Los Angeles . [ 7 ] It is part of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County.
Chinatown is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes restaurants, shops, and art galleries, but also has a residential neighborhood with a low-income, aging population of about 7,800 residents.
Los Angeles Harbor Light, also known as Angels Gate Light, is a lighthouse in California, United States, at San Pedro Breakwater in Los Angeles Harbor, California. The lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
The Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation is a non-profit organization governed by a board of trustees with a CEO. The current CEO and President of the board of trustees are: CEO: Michael Desplaines. [12] [13] President: Annette Castro Ramirez. The current Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation leaders at the Arboretum are: [12]
Scattered across the New York City subway system, strewn between its millions of comers and goers, are thousands of long-term loiters, perpetual itinerants, and permanent subterranean residents.
Disney California Adventure's original main gate entrance, Sunshine Plaza, [3] was designed to evoke a sensation as if one were stepping into a California postcard. After guests pass the giant letters spelling out California, they would pass beneath a mock-up of the Golden Gate Bridge , [ 4 ] which served to disguise a portion of the resort's ...