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Postcard circa 1940s. Designed by John M. Cooper [2] and/or E. M. Frasier, [3] the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce cite the Knickerbocker as opening as a luxury apartment house in 1925 and then converting to a hotel, [1] while the United States Department of the Interior cite the Knickerbocker as opening as a hotel 1929. [2]
Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge, a bridge across the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon; Knickerbocker Theatre (Washington, D.C.) Knickerbocker Hotel (Los Angeles), now Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments; Knickerbocker Hotel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), also known as Knickerbocker on the Lake; Knickerbocker Apartments (Kansas City, Missouri ...
Children's Institute Inc. (CII) is a nonprofit organization that provides services to children and families healing from the effects of family and community violence within Los Angeles. [1] Founded in 1906 by Minnie Barton, [ 2 ] Los Angeles's first female probation officer, [ 3 ] the organization (then named the Big Sister League) was first ...
The Center for Early Education was founded in 1939 by a group of professional psychoanalysts who were interested in respecting the inner world of children. [2] Since then the school has become regarded as one of the top elementary schools in the nation. It has been noted for a high "feeder" rate into Harvard-Westlake School. [3]
From 1952 to 1992 May opened stores across suburban Los Angeles and Southern California (see table below). May Company-Lakewood opened at Lakewood Center on February 18, 1952, the four-level, 346,700-square-foot (32,210 m 2 ) [ 49 ] May Company-Lakewood was the largest suburban department store in the world.
Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass vowed to house thousands of people in her first year in office to reverse the city’s homelessness epidemic. She’s gotten thousands off the street, but unhoused ...
Beverly Park "The 'Kiddieland' that Inspired Walt Disney" Location Los Angeles, California, United States Coordinates 34°04′30″N 118°22′37″W / 34.075°N 118.377°W / 34.075; -118.377 Status Defunct Opened 1943 Closed 1974 Owner David Bradley General manager Bud Benner Slogan The greatest children's amusement center on earth Operating season Weekends and Holidays Area 400 ...
Central Juvenile Hall (also known as Eastlake Juvenile Hall or Central) is a youth detention center in Los Angeles County.Central houses both boys and girls. [1] The Central Juvenile Hall complex was originally established in 1912 as the first juvenile detention facility in Los Angeles County. [2]