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Chinatown is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes restaurants, shops, and art galleries, but also has a residential neighborhood with a low-income, aging population of about 7,800 residents.
The mixed-use development comprises 100 retail stores, restaurants, and 1.3 million square feet (120,000 m 2) of commercial workspace. [1] The 7th Street Produce Market, which is an open-air wholesale produce market that was established in 1917, occupies a 5-acre (2.0 ha) area within ROW DTLA.
The Los Angeles Downtown Industrial District (LADID) is manufacturing and wholesale district of downtown Los Angeles, California, that was established as a property-based business improvement district (BID) in 1998 by the Central City East Association (CCEA). The district spans 46 blocks, covers 600 properties, and is the historic home of ...
The Los Angeles Downtown News is a free weekly newspaper in Los Angeles, California, serving the Downtown Los Angeles area.. The newspaper focuses on general news with an emphasis on real estate and business along with coverage of the arts scene.
Los Angeles County has agreed to buy the Gas Company Tower, center, one of the most prominent office skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles, for $215 million in a foreclosure sale. (Myung J. Chun ...
Desmond's Building, built in 1924, was designed by Albert C. Martin Sr., [2] the architect responsible for several Los Angeles landmarks, including Million Dollar Theatre, City Hall, St. Vincent de Paul Church, May Company Building, and more. [3] This building was originally the flagship location of Desmond's, [4] who vacated it in 1981. [5]
In the summer of 2003, in the Los Angeles County community of San Gabriel, California, Asian gunmen shot out a window of a Chinese restaurant, allegedly to send a message to the owner to pay protection; instead, they killed a waitress, a Mainland Chinese immigrant. Triad extortion activity is also rife in several Chinatowns of Sydney, Australia.
L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman announced looting charges Monday, and also said one man was charged with arson for starting a blaze in an Azusa park.