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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...
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    (1822), Avila Adobe (1818) (the city's oldest surviving residence), the Olvera Street market, Pico House (1870), and the Old Plaza Fire Station (1884). Four...
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    Los pobladores del pueblo de los Ángeles (English: The townspeople of Los Angeles) refers to the 44 original settlers and 4 soldiers from New Spain (Spanish...
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    Angeles, California. Avila Adobe is located in the paseo of historic Olvera Street, a part of the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, a California State...
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    Fontes. Politi began sketching and painting from a regular spot on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, where he sketched tourists and sold drawings...
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    Avenue Pacific Coast Highway Slauson Avenue Spring Street Vermont Avenue Western Avenue Olvera Street Santee Alley Los Angeles portal List of Los Angeles...
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  • La estación de la Calle Olvera (English: The Olvera Street Station) is a 2008 American drama television film directed by Pablo Garcia. It first aired on...
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  • Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street is a 1946 picture book written and illustrated by Leo Politi. The story is about Pedro's participation in a posada....
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    were as a preservationist who helped save the Avila Adobe and created Olvera Street in Los Angeles. She also helped create China City. "The booklets and...
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    couple lived in a "large adobe home" adjoining the present site of Olvera Street in the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District. They had three children...
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    Sunset Boulevard (category Streets in Los Angeles)
    Alameda Street near Union Station and beside Olvera Street in the historic section of Downtown. The portion of Sunset Boulevard east of Figueroa Street was...
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    commemorated in the historic district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street, the oldest part of Los Angeles. New Spain achieved its independence...
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  • through Cesar Chavez Avenue. Sunset Boulevard Pueblo de Los Angeles Olvera Street Terminal Annex Union Station Evergreen Cemetery East Los Angeles Civic...
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    Olvera is a town in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 8,585 inhabitants. At the tip of...
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  • located outside the Olvera Street area; Vega's parents, who had immigrated from Tijuana, had operated a restaurant in Olvera Street. Many employees have...
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    also served on the Los Angeles Common Council. He is the namesake of Olvera Street by the Plaza de Los Ángeles. Accompanying his uncle, Ygnacio Coronel...
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  • illustrated by Leo Politi. The book explores Los Angeles' Latino Community's Olvera Street. The book was a recipient of a 1949 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations...
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    Hotel in Yosemite National Park, and the restoration of downtown's Olvera Street. As a real estate investor, he was a partner in syndicates that owned...
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    Newport Bay OC Fair & Event Center Old Towne, Orange Historic District Olvera Street Old World Village O'Neill Regional Park Orange County Great Park Palm...
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  • mass deportation in California: Thousands of protesters convened at Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles to voice their dissent against the heightened...
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  • O'Rourke) were a famous team of cabaret puppeteers who founded the Olvera Street Puppet Theatre in Hollywood in 1935. Within the puppeteering community...
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    Christine Sterling began a restoration of the historic area, starting with Olvera Street. Today the Pueblo's original outline is preserved by the El Pueblo de...
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    public parks, plazas, gardens and other open space: Los Angeles Plaza Olvera Street El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument Cathedral of Our Lady of...
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    Southern California. Located on 430 North Main Street, it sits across the old Los Angeles Plaza from Olvera Street and El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument...
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  • Old Warner Brothers Studio * Oldest McDonald's restaurant (Downey) * Olvera Street (Downtown) O'Melveny Park Open Fist Theatre Company Orcutt Ranch Horticulture...
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    Skid Row is bordered by Third Street to the north, Seventh Street to the south, Alameda Street to the east, and Main Street to the west. The term "skid...
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    "Culinary SOS: How to make the avocado sauce from Cielito Lindo on Olvera Street". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 10, 2017. Snider, N.; Boisvert,...
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  • film personality Tom Gubbins, and Christine Sterling, the "Mother of Olvera Street." Snow Flower and the Secret Fan explores the complex relationship between...
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    1001 North Alameda Street, on the edge of Chinatown, in the Historical District of Los Angeles, two blocks north of Olvera Street, and close to Union...
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    third fire company was formed by the residents in the neighborhood of Sixth Street and Park. It was given the name of "Park Hose Co. No. 1". East Los Angeles...
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