Los Angeles: Topographic Views of Olvera Street
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Date
2007Description
The Plaza, first built in the 1820s (gazebo added later); Olvera Street (La Placita Olvera) is in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, California, and is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument (Los Angeles Plaza Historic District). Since 1911 it was described as Sonora Town. Having started as a short lane, Wine Street, it was extended and renamed in honor of Agustín Olvera, a prominent local judge, in 1877. There are 27 historic buildings lining Olvera Street, including the Avila Adobe, the Pelanconi House and the Sepulveda House. In 1930, it was converted to a colorful Mexican marketplace. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/11/2013)
Type of Work
topographical view; photographSubject
architecture, business, commerce and trade, contemporary (1960 to present), Spain--Colonies--America, historic district, vernacular architecture, commercial buildings, marketplace, Alta California, Chinese-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Twenty-first century, Spanish Colonial Revival, Nineteenth century
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