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To allow the widening of Olive Street in the mid-1930s, a "10-foot slice" was removed from the center of the Commercial Exchange Building and engineers rejoined the remaining halves by sliding the western portion eastward. [2] Total cost of the removal and realignment was $60,000, the Los Angeles Times reported in 1935. [2]
Hotel Figueroa (also the Figueroa Hotel, colloquially The Fig) is a hotel building in the South Park district of Downtown Los Angeles. Originally opened as a hostelry exclusive to women, the hotel underwent a transformation into a Moroccan-themed space in the 1970s before being restored to its initial Spanish Colonial architecture in 2014.
Commerce Casino, officially the Commerce Casino & Hotel is a cardroom located in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce. With over 240 tables on site, Commerce Casino is the largest cardroom in the world. [2] Established in 1983, the casino accounted for 38% of Commerce's tax revenues for the 2006-2007 fiscal year. [3]
The Central Los Angeles New Learning Center #1 K–3, [21] and Central Los Angeles New Learning Center #1 4–8/HS, along with the Robert F. Kennedy Inspiration Park, were built on the site. [22] The six schools were named as the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools. The K–3 facility opened on September 9, 2009, and the 4–8 and high school ...
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites is a 367-foot (112 m), 33-story hotel in Los Angeles, California, constructed between 1974 and 1977. [6] It was designed by architect John C. Portman Jr. . The top floor has a revolving restaurant and bar.
The hotel reopened in February 2024, managed by Kasa Living, Inc. [16] as STILE Downtown Los Angeles by Kasa. [17] STILE Downtown Los Angeles by Kasa is a limited-service, rooms-only hotel, managed via a tech platform, without any food and beverage establishments. [18]
The Los Angeles Sparks played 11 of their 16 home games during the 2021 WNBA season at the convention center due to scheduling conflicts at their main home venue, the Staples Center, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic's delays in other league schedules. [16]
The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce is Southern California's largest not-for-profit business federation, representing the interests of more than 235,000 businesses in L.A. County, more than 1,400 member companies and more than 722,430 employees.