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Olvera Street, commonly known by its Spanish name Calle Olvera, is a historic pedestrian street in El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, the historic center of Los Angeles.The street is located off of the Plaza de Los Ángeles, the oldest plaza in California, which served as the center of the city life through the Spanish and Mexican eras into the early American era, following the Conquest of California.
La Placita (originally: La Placita de los Trujillos; alternate: San Salvador) [1] is a former settlement and the earliest community established in Riverside County, California, USA. [2] The town was informally established soon after 1843 [ 3 ] on the Santa Ana River , across from the town of Agua Mansa . [ 4 ]
El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument, also known as Los Angeles Plaza Historic District and formerly known as El Pueblo de Los Ángeles State Historic Park, is a historic district taking in the oldest section of Los Angeles, known for many years as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula.
La Placita may refer to: La Placita, Michoacan, Mexico; La Placita, California, U.S., a former settlement in Riverside County; La Placita, Colorado, a former settlement in southeastern Colorado; La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles, nicknamed La Placita, a Catholic church in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Olvera Street, Los Angeles ...
NO. 145 AVILA ADOBE - This adobe house was built ca. 1818 by Don Francisco Avila, alcalde (mayor) of Los Angeles in 1810. Used as Commodore Robert Stockton's headquarters in 1847, it was repaired by private subscription in 1929-30 when Olvera Street was opened as a Mexican marketplace. It is the oldest existing house in Los Angeles.
Numero Uno Market – Hispanic chain (Los Angeles area) - Now merged with Superior; La Perla Tapatía Supermarkets – (California) La Placita – Hispanic chain in New Orleans area; Presidente (South Florida - Miami-Dade, Broward & Palm Beach counties) Pro's Ranch Market / Los Altos Ranch Market – Hispanic (Arizona, California, New Mexico ...
Placita Dolores, where from 1888 until the 1950s, Los Angeles Street used to run a short block north of the Plaza to terminate at Alameda St. When it was extended past the Plaza in 1888, [153] Los Angeles Street terminated one short block north of the Plaza at Alameda Street. Now, Los Angeles Street turns east at the north side of the Plaza to ...
It was on the Santa Ana River, across from the era settlement of La Placita. [5] Agua Mansa and La Placita were the first non-native settlements in the San Bernardino Valley. [6] Together known as "San Salvador", [7] they were also the largest settlements between Santa Fe de Nuevo México and the Pueblo de Los Ángeles in the 1840s. [8]