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In 1955, Magic Mountain was selected by Project Nike to be an Integrated Fire Control site for Nike Ajax missiles as part of the Los Angeles Defense Area. Construction included the improvement of the access road to the peak from Bear Divide, [ 5 ] installation of water infrastructure, and construction of a transmission line.
This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past.It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions, tract names, homeowners associations, and informal names for areas.
Rancho Las Ciénegas was a 4,439-acre (17.96 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1823 to Francisco Avila by Governor Luis Antonio Argüello. [1] " La Ciénega" is derived from the Spanish word ciénega , which means swamp or marshland and refers to the natural springs and wetlands in the area between ...
Los Angeles's 6th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Imelda Padilla. The district was created in 1925 after a new city charter was passed, which replaced the former "at large" voting system for a nine-member council with a district system with a 15-member council.
Ground was broken for One Wilshire in 1964, and the building was completed in 1966 [2] at 624 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, on the far eastern end of Wilshire Boulevard. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The high-rise was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill [ 4 ] and built by Del E. Webb Construction [ 9 ] to be a standard office building [ 2 ...
US 395 – Los Angeles, Reno: No left turn from US 395 south to US 6; national western [3] terminus; US 395 south is former US 6 south: 0.13: Wye Road to US 395 north – Reno: Alternative route from US 395 south to US 6: Mono MNO 0.00-32.29: Benton: 25.72: SR 120 – Lee Vining, Yosemite National Park 27.30: Agricultural Inspection Station ...
Gillespie co-founded the talent management company Three Six Zero with partner Dean Wilson in 2007, who later left the company in 2017 [5] [6]. In 2011, an agreement was established between the Gillespie's company and Roc Nation to collaborate on live events, recording projects, and sponsorship deals, before creating a record label and publishing company in 2014, in partnership with Warner ...
[3] [10] These immigrant organizations were rooted in the Chinese tradition of huiguan (traditional Chinese: 會館; simplified Chinese: 会馆; pinyin: huìguǎn; Jyutping: wui 6 gun 2), [11] viz., support groups for merchants and workers originating from a given area. The vast majority of Chinese in California were from various districts on ...