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The China City development was described in the 1941 American Guide to Los Angeles created by the Federal Writers' Project: [8] CHINA CITY (open 8 a.m - 2 a.m.), bounded by Ord, Main, Macy, and New High Sts, is an American-promoted, Chinese-operated amusement center designed to attract tourists.
Parmelee-Dohrmann store at the Workman Block, 232–234 S. Spring St., c. 1900–1906. Parmelee-Dohrmann was a Los Angeles–based chain of stores that sold fine china, crystal, glassware, silver, and objects of art.
After graduation, she returned to Los Angeles to work at a shoe store and prepare to open her own store [1] She was married to Robert Bryson, with whom she had two children. Her husband died in an accidental fall from the upper level balcony of their Malibu, California home in the early morning of January 22, 2009.
The nearly 100-year-old Topanga Ranch Motel was destroyed in the blaze on Tuesday night. The motel, initially bought by William Randolph Hearst in 1929, boasted 30 rooms that served as "an ...
Hosted by writer and historian Nathan Masters, [1] each episode of Lost LA brings the primary sources of Los Angeles history to the screen in surprising new ways and connects them to the Los Angeles of today. Much of the past is lost to history, but through the region's archives, we can rediscover a forgotten Los Angeles.
China Eastern Airlines Flight 583 was a commercial passenger flight from Shanghai, China, to Los Angeles, United States, operated by China Eastern Airlines.On April 6, 1993, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operating the flight experienced an in-flight upset due to a flight crew member inadvertently deploying the slats of the aircraft while the plane was cruising near the Aleutian Islands.
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Installed in 1938, the structure exhibits traditional Chinese design and displays characters which translate to "Cooperate to Achieve". The gate has 150-year-old camphor wood from China. After being nominated by the Los Angeles Conservancy, the West Gate was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, No. 825. [1]