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Old Chinatown, or original Chinatown, is a retronym that refers to the location of a former Chinese-American ethnic enclave enforced by legal segregation that existed near downtown Los Angeles, California in the United States from the 1860s until the 1930s. Old Chinatown included the former Calle de los Negros and extended east across Alameda ...
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.
Philippe's, or "Philippe the Original" (/ f ɪ ˈ l iː p s / fi-LEEPS) [1] [2] is a restaurant located in downtown Los Angeles, California. The restaurant is well known for continuously operating since 1908, making it one of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles. It is also renowned for claiming to be the inventor of the French dip sandwich.
Clifton's Cafeteria, once part of a chain of eight Clifton's restaurants, was the oldest surviving cafeteria -style eatery in Los Angeles [ 1 ] and the largest public cafeteria in the world [ 2 ] when it closed in 2018. Founded in 1931 by Clifford Clinton, [ 3 ][ 4 ] the design of the restaurants included exotic decor and facades that were ...
hardcore punk. Opened. For Music, June 5, 1979. Closed. January, 1981. The Hong Kong Café was a Los Angeles restaurant and music venue that was a part of the Los Angeles punk rock scene during the late 1970s and early 1980s when the club was owned and operated by Barry Seidel, Kim Turner and Suzy Frank, followed by a resurgence from 1992 to 1995.
Michelin published restaurant guides for Los Angeles in 2008 and 2009 but suspended the publication in 2010. [1] Publication of the guide would resume for Southern California in 2019 but now covered all of California in one guide. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and wildfires in California, the French tire company's restaurant guide for California ...
Now Federal Building (1965, Welton Becket) COMMERCIAL ST. † COMMERCIAL Now Hall of Justice (1925) (N side of Temple from Broadway to Spring) —Farmers and Merchants Bank —L.A. Savings Bank —Commercial Bank/First National Bank —New Lanfranco Block (1888) Now Los Angeles Mall TEMPLE TEMPLE TEMPLE Hall of Records (1962) High School (1873-1887) / "Red Sandstone" Courthouse (1891-1936) Now ...
The first Chinatown in the United Stateswas San Francisco's Chinatownin 1848, and many other Chinatowns were established in the 19th century by the Chinese diasporaon the West Coast. By 1875, Chinatowns had emerged in eastern cities such as New York City, Boston, Pittsburgh(see), and Philadelphia. The Chinese Exclusion Actof 1882 barred Chinese ...