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The neighborhood was connected by rail to Los Angeles in 1887, Paul de Longpré built its first tourist attraction in 1901, and the entire area was annexed into the city of Los Angeles in 1910. [2] Most of the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was built between 1915 and 1939, during the rapid boom of the film industry.
But the balance of his reported $250,000 per year gross income came from his several roles as dance hall impresario, bandleader and promoter, which by August 1943 included seven nights a week at the Aragon Ballroom, Friday and Saturday nights with the Swing Shift Dances (12:30 a.m. to 5 a.m.) at the nearby Casino Gardens, monthly dances for ...
Ciro's (later known as Ciro's Le Disc) was a nightclub on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California owned by William Wilkerson. [1] Opened in 1940, Ciro's became a popular nightspot for celebrities.
Redondo Beach, West Los Angeles, Woodland Hills and Westchester were among the locations in Los Angeles County where Kiddielands were built. The concept of "Kiddieland" was born after World War II, as the amusement park industry expanded due to the post-war economic situation and the baby boom that occurred until the 1960s. During the 1950s ...
The Los Angeles City Council designated the 1938 Earl Carroll Theatre Building as an Historic-Cultural Monument [13] during its meeting on December 7, 2016. [14] In September 2016, the City Council also approved Palo Alto-based developer Essex Portfolio's proposal to construct a new mixed-use building on the western portion of the site of the ...
During its first decades the theatre was rarely used, and it was used as a barracks during World War II. In the late 1940s a San Francisco producer brought touring shows to the venue. In 1952 (and for the next 23 years) James A. Doolittle, a Los Angeles dance impresario, leased the theatre and upgraded it with better seating and backstage ...
Barnsdall Art Park is a city park located in the East Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] Parking and arts buildings access is from Hollywood Boulevard on the north side of the park. [3] The park is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, and a facility of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. [4]
For the Los Angeles Rams' final regular season game against the San Francisco 49ers on December 30, 2018. For the Los Angeles Rams' playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys on January 12, 2019. For the Rams' final game in the Coliseum vs. the Arizona Cardinals on December 29, 2019. To honor Kobe Bryant after his death on January 26, 2020.