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Through its relatively short history, Los Angeles has

been a focal point for people wanting to live the

American dream The beautiful location and the

warm Pacific climate help sweeten the easy-going

lifestyle in the now very large American city that -

with its suburbs and neighbouring cities - forms one

of the world’s largest metropolitan areas

You cannot think of Los Angeles without also

thinking of Hollywood and all the cinema

productions that go on here It is one of the main

attractions for the many tourists here, because they

can get close to the entire environment and get the

feeling of being in the middle of the glamour and

limelight

The Los Angeles area also provides a varied range

of attractions and entertainment Amusement parks are lined up, and the area also offers a fine selection

of museums

If you want to get out of town, there are national parks that offer anything from cliffsides by the sea and lush green areas to the vast desert areas East of the city And if you want to ad some extra colouring

to the holiday, Tijuana in Mexico is not far to the South

Have a great trip!

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Historical outline

Like the rest of the USA, the Los Angeles area has

been inhabited for thousands of years by tribes who

migrated here from Siberia

The first real European presence here was in 1769,

when the Spanish colonised the Californian area

from the South under the direction of Gaspar de

Portolà The group of 60 people spent a night in the

deserted area by a river and were attracted by the

character and fertile nature of the land: This was a

place with potential for urban settlement

The Catholic missionary Juan Crespi named the river

El Rio de Nuestra Señora la Reyna de Los Angeles

de Porciuncula - the River of Our Lady, Queen of

the Angels of Porciuncula - and this how Los

Angeles was later named

In 1771 the Spanish established the San Gabriel

mission in the area, and later Spanish settlers

followed from Mexico They were to found new

towns here in the name of the Spanish king In 1781

12 families arrived here and named their town after

the nearby river, shortening it to Ciudad de Los

Angeles

The Spanish rule gradually weakened and from 1821,

Los Angeles became part of the independent Mexico

Because of this, no further development of

significance took place in the area, and it was a small

town that after the war between Mexico and the

USA between 1846 and 1847 was taken over by the

United States and became part of the State of

California This happened formally in 1850

In 1876 the railway arrived to Los Angeles when

Southern Pacific constructed a line from Tucson,

Arizona The line continued to San Francisco, and

thus the city gained a central position for passenger

and goods transport Within a decade Los Angeles

was exporting produce such as oranges to the East

Coast of the USA

During the 1880's, several towns were founded and established as part of Los Angeles, including Hollywood that rose on the land of a ranch The city blossomed, and by 1890 the population had reached 50,000

Oil was discovered in the Los Angeles area in 1892 and during the following decades, the production reached an impressive scale, making Los Angeles an even more important part of the US economy

Water was scarce in the dry California, and a larger urban development required an increase of the water supply This came in 1913, when Irish William Mulholland finished the 400-kilometre aqueduct from the Owens Valley in central California to Los Angeles The water supply led to a large extension of Los Angeles' area in 1915

During the roaring twenties, an increasing number

of cinema studios moved to the districts surrounding Hollywood, and soon Los Angeles was the centre of the American cinema industry Large theatres were built, and cultural life boomed as a consequence of the great role that cinema and movie stars have been playing ever since this beginning

The 1920's was also the decade when Los Angeles began attracting the growing civil and military aviation industry, which has since then been one of the driving forces in turning California into a high-tech industrial region centred in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley

The city grew beyond a million, and its administration was established in impressive buildings, not least the City Hall from 1928, and two years later the city rose to international fame, as when it hosted the Olympic Games However, Hollywood and the Olympics were not the only drivers in the city's entertainment industry; in 1955 Walt Disney opened the theme park Disneyland in the suburb of Anaheim and this park has since

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served as a template for similar parks in and outside

Los Angeles

The city's growth continued with increases in the

population year after year Around 1960, 2.5 million

people lived in the sprawling urban area, with

marked differences from one district to the other

The city contained a large group of poor,

unemployed people and along with run-down

residential neighbourhoods, this led to the six-day

Watts Riot, turning the city into a battleground

In 1984 Los Angeles hosted the Olympic Summer

Games for the second time, and when the USA

hosted the Soccer World Cup 10 years later, the Los

Angeles stadiums were once more used for

international sports

Los Angeles drew many headlines during the 1990's There were the 1992 riots after a court case, and two years later the city was struck by an earth quake whose epicentre was close to the city

The last couple of decades have seen huge investments in the development of central downtown areas as well as the traditional main street of Hollywood, Hollywood Boulevard This has spurred a revival within art, music and architecture, and also for the dream factories of Los Angeles that have produced so many movies through the years

Today Los Angeles is the second-largest urban area

in the USA with a population of around 10 million and activities 24 hours a day

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Metro: Union Station

The first Chinese arrived in Los Angeles in 1852 and

through a steady immigration, Chinatown soon

emerged as a coherent Chinese district After a

decline in the early part of the 20th Century,

Chinatown moved to its present location

You get the best impression of the Chinese

inspiration and culture on North Broadway by the

gate to Central Plaza Around Central Plaza, Chinese

shops and restaurants abound

2 Union Station

North Alamada Street 800 www.amtrakcalifornia.com Metro: Union Station

The Los Angeles Union Station was built in 1939 and is considered the last of the great American railway constructions The station was built as the terminal for the three large railway companies in the area; Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The 1940's was the decade of trains in Los Angeles, but soon after aeroplane travel took over, and in the 1970's the national railway company, Amtrak, was founded and kept the station running on a smaller scale In the 1990's, the station was pivotal to the extension of the city and regional public transport, and the station came back to life

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Metro: Union Station

Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers in 1781

in the area surrounding the present Olvera Street

The street itself is not original, but it displays 20

renovated old buildings as well as a general

inspiration from Spanish Mexico

Avila Adobe is the oldest building in Los Angeles,

built in 1818 by Don Francisco Avila The house has

been turned into a museum depicting Los Angeles

life in the 1840's The Sepulveda House was built in

1887 and is home to the visitor centre of El Pueblo,

which offers general information

4 St Vibiana’s Cathedral

114 E 2 nd Street

www.vibianala.com

Metro: Civic Center

St Vibiana's Cathedral was built by Ezra Kysor in

1876, modelled on a Baroque church in Barcelona

The facade and interior are in classic style The

church hints at a European atmosphere, wedged

between the skyscrapers of the large city

The church was badly damaged during an

earthquake in 1994 and has since been

decommissioned The Catholic Parish was given a

new plot of land and constructed the Cathedral of

Our Lady of the Angels, which was consecrated as

the new cathedral St Vibiana's has since been

turned into an art and exhibition space

5 Los Angeles Times Building

West 1 st Street 202 www.latimes.com Metro: Civic Center

The Los Angeles Times headquarters from 1935 is one of the grand building projects of the 1930's The building has since been extended, and visitors have a chance to get a glimpse of the editors' work

6 Civic Center/City Hall

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Spring Street 200

www.ci.la.ca.us

For decades the Los Angeles City Hall marked the

centre of the city The 138-metre skyscraper was

built in 1928 and was the first building to exceed the

city's 45-metre building restriction which lasted until

1957 There is access to the observation deck on the

27th floor where there is a great view

Next to the City Hall you find the central courthouse,

which is a monumental edifice from the late 1930's

and in connection with the City Hall form a

formidable administrative centre

Across from the City Hall and courthouse, the

almost cubist Hall of Justice from 1925 is located at

210 West Temple Street

7 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

West Temple Street 555

www.olacathedral.org

This Catholic cathedral was constructed 1998-2002

by the Spanish architect José Rafael Moneo, who has

created an interesting building with intriguing lines

The cathedral can seat a congregation of 1,900 and

has a free-standing bell tower and a beautiful

forecourt

8 Los Angeles Music Center

North Grand Avenue 135 www.musiccenter.org Metro: Civic Center

The Music Center is a cultural complex with several buildings The Walt Disney Concert Hall is a unique architectural gem that caters to the sense in both interior and exterior Construction was completed

in 2003, and the large concert hall hosts the Los Angeles Philharmonics, among other performances The elegant Dorothy Chandler Pavilion was built 1962-64 and houses among other things the city opera Both the Ahmanson Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum date from 1967 and host various shows and plays

9 Museum of Contemporary Art

South Grand Avenue 250 www.moca.org

Metro: Pershing Square

The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art hosts one of the largest collections of European and American art since the 1940's in the USA More than 5,000 pieces are on display, including works by artists such as Claes Oldenburg and Jackson Pollock

10 Bradbury Building

South Broadway 304 Metro: Pershing Square

The Bradbury Building was built from 1889-93 by the architect George Wyman, with inspiration from Edward Bellamy's book from 1987 about the utopian year 2000 The five-storey atrium with cast-iron staircases is an impressive space that has been used as a location in the movie Blade Runner

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11 Biltmore Hotel

South Grand Avenue 506 www.millenniumhotels.com/millenniumlosang eles

Metro: Pershing Square

The Biltmore Hotel from 1923 is one of the historical hotels of Los Angeles This place has hosted numerous Hollywood stars, kings and presidents, including John F Kennedy A walk through the hotel and the elegant Pershing Square in front is an exciting experience

12 Library Tower

West 5th Street 633 www.lapl.org Metro: Metro Center

The library Tower from 1989 is at 310 metres the tallest building in Western USA Beneath the Library Tower, the Bunker Hill Steps , also known

as The Spanish Steps, turn and twist At the base there is also the Los Angeles Central Library, worth visiting for its architecture

13 Westin Bonaventure

South Figueroa Street 404 www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/bonaventure Metro: Metro Center

The Westin Bonaventura is a luxury hotel, and with its five tall cylinders of glass and mirrors, it is among the city's most notable and modern buildings You can take the external lifts to the rotating restaurant on the 35th-floor, which obviously offers splendid views

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Tour 2: Los Angeles

14 Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Santa Monica Boulevard 6000

www.hollywoodforever.com

Metro: Hollywood/Vine

This cemetery, founded in 1899, contains some of

the greatest names in Hollywood history In 1926

10,000 on-lookers attended Rudolph Valentino's

funeral The imposing mausoleum for Douglas

Fairbank Sr., star of silent movies, is worth seeing,

and the words "That's all, folks" are engraved upon

the tombstone of Mel Blanc, whose voice is known

from popular cartoons such as Bugs Bunny and

Sylvester the Cat

This is the largest park in Los Angeles, and in true

Hollywood style it offers plenty of entertainment

beside the beautiful landscaping and the views across

town The Audry National Center describes the

history of the Western part of the USA, for example

through exhibitions on the way of life of the

cowboys and Indians

The Travel Town Museum is a railway museum,

celebrating the Western USA's railway history and

construction Many locomotives and carriages are on

display, and there is also a miniature train Griffith

Park is also the home of the Los Angeles Zoo

15a The Hollywood Sign

The letters in the mountains, spelling out Hollywood, are Hollywood's landmark and one of the most famous symbols of the world The 13-metre tall letters initially spelled out Hollywoodland and were erected in 1923 as a marketing gimmick The last four letters were removed in 1949

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16 Capitol Records Building

North Vine Street 1750

Metro: Hollywood/Highland

The Capitol Records Building is one of the most

characteristic buildings in Hollywood It was built in

1954 as the first round office building in the world

and was designed to resemble a stack of records with

a pickup at the top Capitol Records was the first

West Coast record company, and through the years

they have signed up many famous names such as The

Beatles, Beach Boys, Duran Duran, and Tina Turner

17 Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard Metro: Hollywood/Vine/Western/Highland

This is one of the most famous streets in the USA, known from numerous movies - including Pretty Woman - and also known as The Boulevard of Broken Dreams The nick-name derives from the time when cinema moved away from Hollywood, and the only ones left behind were the ones without success

Today great investments have been made to revive the life and the attraction that the street had in the 1920's Many buildings have been restored to their past glory, and new entertainment centres have been added

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17a Cinemas on Hollywood Boulevard

www.kodaktheatre.com

In Hollywood's childhood, the cinemas were the

place to launch and watch the great movies of the

day Today some of the 500 cinemas that used to

crowd the street are having a revival El Capitan

from 1926 (no 6638) saw the premiere of Citizen

Kane and other great movies The Pantages (no

6233) opened in 1930 in a beautiful Art Deco style

and hosted the Oscar show during the 1950's The

Egyptian Theatre (no 6712) dates from 1922 and is

now the home of American Cinemateque where

classic movies are screened The modern Kodak

Theatre (no 6801) by the Hollywood & Highland

Center is the current venue of the Oscars

18 Star Homes

Från Hollywood Boulevard

Several companies offer tours around the private

world of the movie stars The bus tours often last a

couple of hours and offer the chance of seeing the

exterior of the homes of many movie stars from the

past as well as today Some of the homes are small

palaces

19 Grauman’s Chinese Theatre

Hollywood Boulevard 6925 www.manntheatres.com Metro: Hollywood/Highland

Grauman's Chinese Theatre is - if anything - the heart of Hollywood The theatre was built by the agent Sid Grauman in 1927 in a grand Chinese style

as an extravagant site for opening nights It was the big place to be during the 1930's and 40's, and the Walk of Fame began outside this building

The Walk of Fame is the parade of stars where especially Hollywood celebrities have left their footprints in the cement of the walk that now stretches for four kilometres It all began with the Starlet Norma Talmadge, and the trend continued The imprints in the pavement include Groucho Marx, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Tom Cruise

20 Roosevelt Hotel

Hollywood Boulevard 7000 www.hollywoodroosevelt.com Metro: Hollywood/Highland

The Roosevelt was built in 1927 as the first luxury hotel in the area Soon after, it became the place to meet up for many of the great personalities of cinema and culture of the time, including W.C Fields and F Scott Fitzgerald

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The hotel is steaming with history The first Oscar

Awards were held here in 1929, and in the lobby, Bill

Robinson taught Shirley Temple to dance It is said

that both Montgomery Cliff and Marilyn Monroe

left a part of their souls here

21 Rodeo Drive

Rodeo Drive is the most fashionable shopping street

in the USA, and it is filled with expensive

international shops The street is in the centre of the

so-called Golden Triangle district, which offers

window-shopping in one exclusive shop after the

other There is also the chance of seeing a movie star

on a shopping spree

22 Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard goes all the way from the centre

of Los Angeles through both Hollywood and Beverly Hills via the descent from the Santa Monica Mountains to the beautiful Pacific coast with the famous sunset

The long boulevard contains several sights, including movie studios such as Fox Network/KTTV Studios (no 57746) and KTLA Studios (no 5800), that used to be the location of the Warner Bros Studio

The Cinema Dome Theatre from 1963 (no 6360) and Crossroads of the World Centre from 1936 (no 6671) are two landmark buildings, as is the pink, palm-encircled Beverly Hills Hotel (no 9641) Closer to the coast is Lake Shrine (no 17190), which is a very idyllic place that was appreciated by Elvis Presley, and where some of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes are preserved

23 Venice

The neighbourhood with the lovely Venice Beach was originally designed to recreate some of the charming canal atmosphere of Venice The area is cosy, elegant, and a great place for a stroll

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The mundane area of Maliby offers spectacular coast

stretches, rocks, ravines, and of course the beautiful

Californian beaches The area is home to many

wealthy people who appreciate the scenery and the

proximity to Los Angeles

24a The Getty Villa

www.getty.edu

The millionaire J Paul Getty built this villa in the

early 1970's It is styled as a Roman country villa,

and the inspiration was Villa dei Papiri in the Roman

city of Herculaneum that was buried in 79AD at the

eruption of Vesuvius The many beautiful details of

the Getty Villa have been created through

painstaking research of ruins and effects from places

like Pompeii

The exterior of the villa is very elegant with its

arcades, pools, and beautiful landscaping

The villa showcases some of J Paul Getty’s large

antiques collection, containing more than 44,000

objects 1,200 works of art - mainly Greek, Roman

and Etruscan - can be seen in the 23 galleries of the

Highway 1 follows the Pacific coast of the USA, and between Los Angeles and San Francisco the road offers a view of some of the world's most beautiful stretches of coast The rock formations change at every turn of the road and offer a different experience at each turn There are many places to stop for a break, including some of the lovely and up-scale coastal towns

Tiêu đề	A Visit to Los Angeles
Tác giả	Stig Albeck, Ventus Publishing ApS
Trường học	Not specified
Chuyên ngành	Tourism
Thể loại	Bài luận
Năm xuất bản	2008
Thành phố	Los Angeles

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