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From Oct. 25 to Nov. 2, the Olvera Street Día de los Muertos festival has everything from outdoor ofrendas to entertainment and face painting. Their nightly program also includes a Novenario ...
Olvera Street, commonly known by its Spanish name Calle Olvera, is a historic pedestrian street in El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, the historic center of Los Angeles.The street is located off of the Plaza de Los Ángeles, the oldest plaza in California, which served as the center of the city life through the Spanish and Mexican eras into the early American era, following the Conquest of California.
Upon his death from a heart attack on January 10, 1936, memorial services were held in the Mexican-themed Olvera Street, with candles lit in his memory. [ 20 ] Carr's funeral at Pierce Brothers Mortuary was attended by more than a thousand people who overflowed three chapels.
1934 HABS documentation of the Avila Adobe, soon after the opening of Olvera Street. Chastina Rix (1881–1963), later known as Christine Sterling, was born in Oakland, California. [1] Her most notable works were as a preservationist who helped save the Avila Adobe and created Olvera Street in Los Angeles. [2] [3] [4] She also helped create ...
The blessing has been a tradition on Olvera Street since its founding in 1930, when priests would bless cows, horses and goats at La Placita Church "to help ensure health, fecundity and productivity."
NO. 145 AVILA ADOBE - This adobe house was built ca. 1818 by Don Francisco Avila, alcalde (mayor) of Los Angeles in 1810. Used as Commodore Robert Stockton's headquarters in 1847, it was repaired by private subscription in 1929-30 when Olvera Street was opened as a Mexican marketplace. It is the oldest existing house in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society also operates three other museums—the Los Angeles Harbor Fire Museum, located at 638 Beacon St., San Pedro; the Plaza Fire House near Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles; and the African American Fire Fighter Museum, located at 1401 S. Central Avenue.
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