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La Placita Church in the Old Plaza in Los Angeles, CA circa 1880. The "Old Plaza Church" facing the Plaza, 1869. The brick reservoir in the middle of the Plaza was the original terminus of the Zanja Madre .
For years the little chapel, which collected the nicknames "La Placita" and "Plaza Church," served as the sole Roman Catholic church in Los Angeles. The Plaza area today is popularly known as Olvera Street.
The blessing has been a tradition on Olvera Street since its founding in 1930, when priests would bless cows, horses and goats at La Placita Church "to help ensure health, fecundity and productivity."
The largest room, the family room, was a general area for dining, entertainment, and social gatherings. The office room was the main business room for Francisco Avila. The sala, or living room, was reserved for special occasions such as a wedding or baptism or maybe even entertaining special guests. There were sleeping quarters for the parents ...
La Placita, Michoacan, Mexico; La Placita, California, U.S., a former settlement in Riverside County; La Placita, Colorado, a former settlement in southeastern Colorado; La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles, nicknamed La Placita, a Catholic church in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Olvera Street, Los Angeles, also known as "Placita ...
The news of Denzel's baptism comes just over a month after the Oscar winner opened up about religion in Hollywood, calling it "unfashionable" in a first-person essay for Esquire, published on Nov. 19.
Olvera Street, known for its Mexican marketplace, was originally known as Wine Street. In 1877, it was extended and renamed in honor of Judge Augustín Olvera, the first ever elected county judge in Los Angeles. Many of the Plaza District's contributing historic buildings, including the Avila Adobe and Sepulveda House, are located on Olvera Street.
Fearing possible mudslides, officials issued an evacuation warning for some Topanga Canyon residents ahead of heavy rainfall expected late Sunday into Monday.