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The Ebell works to uplift the Los Angeles community through arts, learning, and service. The campus has been owned and operated since 1927 by the Ebell of Los Angeles women's organization, which was formed in Los Angeles in 1894. [3] Since 1927, the Wilshire Ebell Theatre has hosted musical performances and lectures by world leaders and top ...
Signage for Edith Wyle Square, on Wilshire Avenue in Los Angeles, California, USA. Edith Robinson Wyle (April 21, 1918 – October 12, 1999) was an American artist and arts patron, founder of the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles .
Ground was broken for One Wilshire in 1964, and the building was completed in 1966 [2] at 624 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, on the far eastern end of Wilshire Boulevard. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The high-rise was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill [ 4 ] and built by Del E. Webb Construction [ 9 ] to be a standard office building [ 2 ...
654 Burnside Ave. Mid-Wilshire: 427 Apartment Building at 364 Cloverdale Avenue: April 7, 1989: 364 Cloverdale Ave. Mid-Wilshire: 428 Villa Cintra: April 7, 1989: 430 Cloverdale Ave. Mid-Wilshire: 429 Apartment Building at 601 Cloverdale Avenue: April 7, 1989: 601 Cloverdale Ave. Mid-Wilshire: 430 Cornell Apartments April 7, 1989: 603 Cochran ...
One of Los Angeles' most iconic streets may soon be car-free — or at least a small section of it. City leaders announced the first step Tuesday toward eliminating vehicles on a less than half ...
Map of Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles. (as delineated by the Los Angeles Times). According to the Los Angeles Times Mapping L.A. project, Mid-Wilshire is bounded on the north by West Third Street, on the northeast by La Brea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, on the east by Crenshaw Boulevard, on the south by Pico Boulevard and on the west by Fairfax Avenue.
Wilshire Boulevard originated as one of the central pathways constructed by the Tongva tribes residing in the region prior to the exploration of the conquistadores. [6] At the time of the founding of Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard was one of the main arteries connecting the largest Tongva village in the area, then known as Yaanga, which eventually became Union Station, to the Pacific Ocean.
The B'nai B'rith Lodge on South Union Avenue in Westlake served as a hub for the Jewish community and later as the heart of the labor movement in L.A. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times)