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Entrance of Grammy Museum at L.A. Live. The street is named for General José Figueroa (1792 – September 29, 1835), the Mexican governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835, who oversaw the secularization of the Spanish missions in California.
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.
After 87 years, the restaurant's tradition of serving free coffee ended in 2011. [10] Part of the building on Figueroa Street became Riordan's Tavern, also owned by the former mayor. For the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the restaurant in 2014, some people submitted their stories about The Original Pantry Cafe.
Formerly the Southern California Edison Company Building, a 14-story Art Deco bldg. built 1930–34, designed by Allison & Allison. 348: Fire Station No. 28: 644 S. Figueroa St. Downtown Los Angeles: Former fire station built in 1922 and later converted into a restaurant serving cuisine based on fire station recipes 354: Giannini-Bank of America
In the 1924 Major Street Traffic Plan for Los Angeles, a widening of Figueroa Street to San Pedro as a good road to the Port of Los Angeles was proposed. [11] Progress was slow, [ 12 ] and, in 1933, the state legislature added the entire length to the state highway system as Route 165 , an unsigned designation.
This article covers streets in Los Angeles, California between and including 11th Street and 40th Street. Major streets have their own linked articles; minor streets are discussed here. These streets run parallel to each other, roughly east–west. Streets change from west to east (for instance West 11th Street to East 11th Street) at Main Street.
Eat your way through the diversity: There are so many restaurants in Chinatown representing a range of cultures. Chef Paul’s Cafe at 952 F St. is the premier soul food restaurant in Fresno .
Slauson Ave & Slauson/I-110 Metro J Line Station. Slauson Avenue is a major east–west thoroughfare traversing the central part of Los Angeles County, California.It was named for the land developer and Los Angeles Board of Education member J. S. Slauson.