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New LAPD Headquarters, at corner of E 1st Street and S Main Street. With time, the Parker Center became outdated and was in need of expensive seismic retrofits. After considering a number of downtown sites for a new facility, the city council selected a property directly south of City Hall, Caltrans' former Los Angeles headquarters. Ground was ...
The Palisades and Eaton infernos have decimated more than 30 historic architectural structures in what preservationists are saying is the single worst loss of properties in the L.A.’s history ...
Originally named the El Patio Ballroom and located on the east side of Vermont Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Street, it boasted being “the largest and most famous dance hall on the West Coast.” The building featured a large mezzanine, a balcony, and a seventy-five hundred square foot patio. The dance floor could accommodate four thousand couples.
During the 1880s and 1890s, the central business district (CBD) grew along Main and Spring streets towards Second Street and beyond. In Downtown Los Angeles, there was an archaeological excavation in 1996 on the site of Union Station which took place during the demolition of the parking structure as well as a massive excavation of the basement.
The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center burns during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, CA, on Jan. 7, 2025. A ferocious wildfire in a Los Angeles suburb devoured buildings and sparked panicked evacuations ...
Port of Los Angeles [17] and City Club of Los Angeles [32] established. Silver Lake Reservoir built. [14] Los Angeles Ostrich Farm [14] and Los Angeles Alligator Farm open. 1908 Mount Wilson Observatory begins operating in Los Angeles County. October 1: Construction begins on Owens River Aqueduct. [1] 1909 Selig Polyscope Company relocates to ...
It originally included two other large buildings - a 225,000-square-foot (20,900 m 2) building at 1149 Hill Street, a 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m 2) building at 514 W 12th Street (which was later sold to the city as the Public Works Building). It also included three parking decks with 3,500 spots, and a 6-acre (2.4 ha) plot on the corner of ...
The L.A. wildfires have ravaged countless residential homes, leaving entire neighborhoods all but gone. If your home is damaged as a result of a natural disaster, you’re still responsible for ...