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  2. Dunbar Hotel - Wikipedia

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    The Dunbar Hotel, originally known as the Hotel Somerville, was the focal point of the Central Avenue African-American community in Los Angeles, California, during the 1930s and 1940s. Built in 1928 by John Alexander Somerville , it was known for its first year as the Hotel Somerville.

  3. Vada Somerville - Wikipedia

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    After the stock market crashed and the hotel was bought from the Somervilles, the Hotel Somerville was renamed the Dunbar Hotel and soon after it became a museum with local and national landmark status. [12] By 1938, Vada had become an active member in the establishment of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Council of Negro Women. In 1948 ...

  4. Central Avenue (Los Angeles) - Wikipedia

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    Dunbar Hotel, 2008. In the 1200 block of Central Avenue is the 1930s era Streamline Modern Los Angeles bottling plant of the Coca-Cola company, designed to resemble an ocean liner, complete with porthole windows and metal-railed catwalks. It was declared Los Angeles Historic-cultural Monument #138 in 1975. [12]

  5. In one of L.A.'s largest cash heists, burglars steal as much ...

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    The prior largest cash robbery in Los Angeles was on Sept. 12, 1997, with the theft of $18.9 million from the former site of the Dunbar Armored facility on Mateo Street. Those behind the incident ...

  6. List of African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses

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    Buford Hotel in Western Addition, San Francisco, California [8] California Hotel in Oakland, California; Douglas Hotel in San Diego, California [9] Dunbar Hotel in Los Angeles, California; Powell Hotel in the Financial District, San Francisco, California [8] Pullman Hotel at 236 Townsend Street in SoMA, San Francisco, California [10] Madame C.J ...

  7. Tens of millions stolen from money storage facility in one of ...

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    On Sept. 12, 1997, $18.9 million was stolen from the former site of the Dunbar Armored facility on Mateo Street in Los Angeles. The robbers were eventually caught, the Los Angeles Times reported ...

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