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Pisgah Home Historic District is a historic district in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.It was the site of the Pisgah Home movement begun by faith healer and social reformer, Finis E. Yoakum, in the early 1900s.
San Encino Abbey, built in 1915. The area was settled thousands of years ago by Paleo-Indians, and would later be settled by the Kizh. [4] After the founding of Los Angeles in 1781, the Corporal of the Guard at the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, Jose Maria Verdugo, was granted the 36,403 acre Rancho San Rafael which included present day Highland Park.
Galco's Soda Pop Stop is a soft drink specialty store located in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. [1] [2] The shop's predecessor, Galco's Grocery, was originally opened in Downtown Los Angeles by Galioto and Corto Passi as an Italian grocery store in 1897. [3] [4] Galco's moved to its current storefront in Highland Park in 1955.
White Rose took the name "White" to emphasize clean meat. Many other restaurants have added the name "White" in their title based on this. [1] [2] In 2013, White Rose opened a location in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The Ben Rose House is a private residence designed by modernist architect A. James Speyer, a student of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and built in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois in 1953. [ 1 ]
Township High School District 113 is a school district in Illinois, with its headquarters in Highland Park. [2] It is made up of two high schools and serves Highland Park, Deerfield, Highwood, Bannockburn, and Riverwoods. It is governed by a 7-member school board. Dr. Bruce Law currently serves as the district's superintendent.
General Mark W. Clark, US Army general (World War II and the Korean War), lived in Highland Park [8] [9] [10] Stansfield Turner , Admiral, U.S. Navy and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency , was a graduate of Highland Park High School.
By the time the 1970s rolled around the Avenues had grown from a neighborhood social club into a highly organized gang whose territory stretched 6 miles. The Avenues also began to clash with neighboring gangs, such as Highland Park 13, Cypress Park Boys, Toonerville, Frog Town Rifa and Thee Rascals, in an attempt to assert their dominance. At ...