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James K. Hahn City Hall East, 200 N. Main St., is located in the South Plaza of the Los Angeles Mall, a sunken, multi-level series of open spaces and retail space on the east side of Main Street straddling Temple Street.
In 1900, St. Alphonsus Hall was opened as an early form of community center to serve a large immigrant population, most notably from Ireland. It housed a library, meeting hall, gym, bowling alley and theater. The Passion Play "Pilates Daughter" written by Rev. Francis Kenzel, C.Ss.R. was performed for the first time in St. Alphonsus Hall in 1902.
Los Angeles' 1949 master plan called for branch administrative centers throughout the rapidly expanding city. [2] In addition to the main civic center downtown, there is the West Los Angeles Civic Center in the Westside (built between 1957 and 1965) and the Van Nuys Civic Center in the San Fernando Valley, as well as a neighborhood city hall in San Pedro.
427 W. Fifth St. Downtown Los Angeles: Site of former home of Los Angeles Philharmonic; since demolished 64: Plaza Park: April 1, 1970: Between Chavez Ave., Main St., Los Angeles St. and Plaza Old Plaza District: Historic district at site of the city's original settlement; includes many of the city's oldest and most historic buildings. 66
Located in the 1880s and 1890s at 218-224 (pre-1890 numbering, post-1890 numbering: 318-324) N. Los Angeles St., adjacent to Mellus Row on the south. [168] Not to be confused with the Haas Building. Between Aliso and Temple streets on the east side of Los Angeles St. at #300 is the Federal Building, opened in 1965-6, architect Welton Becket. [169]
The Hall of Justice was designed in Beaux-Arts style by the Allied Architects Association, a coalition of Los Angeles-based architects founded in 1921 to design public buildings. Participating architects included Octavius Morgan , Reginald Davis Johnson , George Edwin Bergstrom , David C. Allison , Myron Hunt , Elmer Grey , Sumner Hunt , Sumner ...
Los Angeles City Hall has felt under siege the last few years. Three current or former City Council members have been indicted or pleaded guilty to corruption charges. Former lawyers at the city ...
February – Oil discovered within Los Angeles City limits. [1] 1893 Bradbury Building constructed. [1] July 4 – Mount Lowe Railway opens north of Pasadena. La Grande Station c. 1911. July 29 – La Grande StationLa Grande Station railway opens. 1894 – Fiesta de Los Angeles begins. [1] 1895 Highland Park becomes part of the City of Los ...