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The Echo is an American music venue and nightclub, located in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. For 14 years, it hosted Funky Sole, an all-vinyl 1960s funk-and-soul dance party. [1] The venue is also known for their punk rock shows.
The Westside Pavilion is a former shopping mall located in West Los Angeles, California, United States. The University of California, Los Angeles is repurposing it into the UCLA Research Park. The three-story urban-style shopping mall once had 70 shops but was down to 54 retailers when Hudson Pacific Properties announced plans to convert most ...
The park was later remodeled with only grass and trees. There is a small strip of brick-paved street at the north end of the park known as "Powers Place" that holds the distinction as the "shortest street in Los Angeles." [3] [5] The park and brick-paved street were declared a Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #210) in February 1979. [6]
Crossroads of the World is an open-air mall on Sunset Boulevard and Las Palmas in Los Angeles. The mall features a central building designed to resemble an ocean liner surrounded by a small village of cottage-style bungalows. It was designed by Robert V. Derrah, built in 1936, and has been called America's first outdoor shopping mall.
The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $28,263, low for Los Angeles; a high percentage of households had an income of $20,000 or less. The average household size of 3.1 people was high for the city of Los Angeles. Renters occupied 81.9% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment owners 18.1%. [3]
The park is immediately adjacent to the 1,000-acre (4.0 km 2) Inglewood Oil Field, which, when combined with the parkland, provides an unusually large habit range for Los Angeles urban wildlife. Kenneth Hahn and adjacent Baldwin Hills parks host four species of snakes: gopher snake , California kingsnake , ring-necked snake and red coachwhip .
Larchmont Blvd., looking south (circa 1920–25) Larchmont Village was developed in the late 1800s. By 1920, it had become a streetcar suburb of Los Angeles. Julius LaBonte (1879–1968), a developer from the midwest, is credited as the visionary who made Larchmont Village what it is today. [7] [8] Larchmont was originally named Glenwood.
Magic Johnson Park is a 104-acre (420,000 m 2) recreation area operated by Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation in the Willowbrook neighborhood. It is named after Los Angeles Lakers star and activist Earvin "Magic" Johnson .