Olvera Street, Los Angeles: A Street of Memory 1937 Vericolor
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Vericolor production offering touristic view Olvera Street and the old Mexican quarter in Los Angeles, California.
Olvera Street is in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, California, and is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. Many Latinos refer to it as La Placita Olvera. 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...
Los Angeles was founded in 1781 on a site southeast of Olvera Street near the Los Angeles River by a group of Spanish pobladores (settlers), consisting of 11 families — 44 men, women, and children, accompanied by a contingent of soldiers — who had set out from the nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel to establish a secular pueblo along the banks of the Porciúncula River at the Indian village of Yang-na. The initial settlement was dubbed El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles... As the town grew, it eventually built its own parish church, which is today known as the Old Plaza Church. Unpredictable flooding forced settlers to move the town to higher ground. The town, complete with a church and rectangular plaza surrounded by house lots and planting fields, was placed in its current location in the early 19th century. Spanish colonial rule lasted until 1820. This period saw the first streets and adobe buildings of the town constructed. The town came under the control of newly independent Mexico in 1821. During this time of Mexican rule, which lasted until 1848, the Plaza area was the heart of Mexican community life in Los Angeles and center of an economy based upon cattle ranching and agriculture.
Hard times
For a time after the Mexican-American War and Gold Rush, the Plaza remained the center of a diverse town. The central street of the Plaza, Vine or Wine Street, was extended and had its name changed by City Council ordinance in 1877 to Olvera Street to honor Augustín Olvera, the first Superior Court Judge of Los Angeles County and long-time Olvera Street resident. In the 1880s, Los Angeles began quick expansion through a massive influx of Anglo and European settlers who arrived via the railroad. The old Plaza area became a forgotten remnant of the city's roots, and the remaining adobe and brick buildings within the Plaza area fell into disrepair as the civic center of the city shifted to present-day Temple and Main Streets.
A good view of the street during this period is to be found in Charlie Chaplin's 1921 film The Kid, which featured a number of scenes in it, mostly on the west side a few doors north of the Pelanconi House. At the time of the film, years before its makeover by Christine Sterling, it was hardly considered to be a proper street, but rather just a dingy, dirty alley.
Its decline as the center of civic life led to its reclamation by diverse sectors of the city's poor and disenfranchised. The Plaza served as a gateway for newly arrived immigrants, especially Mexicans and Italians. During the 1920s, the pace of Mexican immigration into the United States increased to about 500,000 per year. California became the prime destination for Mexican immigrants, with Los Angeles receiving the largest number of any city in the Southwest. As a result of this dramatic demographic increase, a resurgence of Mexican culture occurred in Los Angeles. It was within this social and political climate that Christine Sterling began her public campaign to save the old Francisco Avila Adobe from demolition and build up Olvera Street as a Disneyland-like center of Mexican romance and tourism.
Sterling's efforts to rescue the Plaza-Olvera area began in 1926, when she discovered the deteriorated conditions of the area, and in particular the Avila Adobe, the oldest existing home in the city. After raising the issue of the Avila Adobe with the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Sterling approached Harry Chandler, the publisher of the Los Angeles Times with a plan to restore...
The oldest residence in Los Angeles: Avila Adobe
10 Olvera St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Avila Adobe(Oldest house in LA)
The Avila Adobe was built in 1818 by Francisco Avila and has the distinction of being the oldest standing residence in Los Angeles, California. It is located in the paseo of historical Olvera Street, a part of Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, a California State Historic Park. The building itself is registered as California Historical Landmark #145,[1] while the entire historic district is both listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
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Ávila Adobe, Los Angeles, Ca, Eua, By Ricardo Galluf, Lumix 3D, Vídeo 1
Ávila Adobe fica na área central de Los Angeles, Califórnia, e tem a casa mais antiga de Los Angeles 1818, e fizeram dela uma casa museu, fica numa área de predominância mexicana, onde fica a embaixada do México, vizinha a vários restaurantes e coisas típicas do México.
Setembro de 2012. Se puder assista em HD.
Olvera Street and Avila Adobe
Olvera Street is in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, and is part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. Many of the Plaza District's Historic Buildings are on Olvera Street, including the Avila Adobe (1818), the Pelanconi House (1857), and the Sepulveda House (1887). The tree-shaded, pedestrian mall marketplace with craft shops, restaurants and roving troubadours is a popular tourist destination
The Avila Adobe was built in 1818 by Francisco Avila and has the distinction of being the oldest standing residence in Los Angeles, California. It is located in the paseo of historical Olvera Street, a part of Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, a California State Historic Park. The building itself is registered as California Historical Landmark #145,[1] while the entire historic district is both listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
The Plaza is the third location of the original Spanish settlement El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Ángeles sobre el Río Porciúncula, the first two having been washed out by flooding from the swollen Río Porciúncula (Los Angeles River). The Avila Adobe was one of the settlement's first houses to share street frontage in the Pueblo de Los Angeles of Spanish colonial Alta California
LOS ANGELES - El Pueblo De Historical Monument, Olvera Street, California, USA, Travel, 4K UHD
LOS ANGELES - El Pueblo De Historical Monument, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, Travel, 4K UHD
LOS ANGELES - 엘 푸에블로 드 역사지구(El Pueblo De Historical Monument), 올베라 거리(Olvera Street), 로스앤젤레스, 캘리포니아, 미국, 여행, 4K UHD
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The 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. The district, centered on the old plaza, was the city's center under Spanish (1781–1821), Mexican (1821–1847), and United States (after 1847) rule through most of the 19th century. The 44-acre park area was designated a state historic monument in 1953 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Olvera Street, known for its Mexican marketplace, was originally known as Wine Street. In 1877, it was extended and renamed in honor of Augustín Olvera, a prominent local judge. Many of the Plaza District's contributing historic buildings, including the Avila Adobe and Sepulveda House, are located on Olvera Street. In 1930, it was adapted by local merchants into the colorful marketplace that operates today.
The mural América Tropical (full name: América Tropical: Oprimida y Destrozada por los Imperialismos, or Tropical America: Oppressed and Destroyed by Imperialism, by David Siqueiros, was unveiled above the street in 1932. It was soon covered up to mask its political content. The Getty Conservation Institute has performed detailed conservation work on the mural to restore it and the America Tropical Interpretive Center opened to provide public access.
CASA AVILA ADOBE
LA CASA AVILA ADOBE ES CONSIDERADA LA CASA MAS ANTIGUA DE LA CIUDAD DE LOS ANGELES
HouseSmarts Avila Adobe Episode 83
We can learn so much from the past. And in Los Angeles you can't get any more past than the Avila Adobe. It's the oldest surviving residential structure in the city. Originally built in 1818, the Adobe has been in ruins and revived several times. Lou explores it's history throughout the episode.
El Pueble de Los Angeles Avila Adobe
Olvera Street: Avila Adobe ( Oldest House in Los Angeles )
We visited Olvera Street today and checked out Avila Adobe, the oldest existing residence in Los Angeles, some Aztec dancing and the Union Station. We put it all together in this 5 minute video. Hope you enjoy!
Filmed using: DJI Osmo Pocket, D750, Iphone 8s
Los Angeles, California - Olvera Street HD (2016)
Olvera Street is in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, and is part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. Many of the Plaza District's Historic Buildings are on Olvera Street, including the Avila Adobe (1818), the Pelanconi House (1857), and the Sepulveda House (1887). The tree-shaded, pedestrian mall marketplace with craft shops, restaurants and roving troubadours is a popular tourist destination.
Hidden Treasures: Avila Adobe Oldest House in LA on Olveria Street
The Avila Adobe, was built in 1818 by Francisco Avila.
Partial Tour of Avila Adobe
The oldest home in the city of Los angeles
Avila Adobe @ placita olvera 2012
The oldest existing house in Los Angeles built in 1818 by Don Fransisco Avila .. placita olvera in downtown Los Angeles
THE AVILA ADOBE :: OLDEST HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES
THE AVILA ADOBE :: OLDEST HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES
HouseSmarts Avila House Episode 124
We can learn so much from the past. And in Los Angeles you can't get any more past than the Avila Adobe. It's the oldest surviving residential structure in the city. Originally built in 1818, the Adobe has been in ruins and revived several times. Lou explores it's history throughout the episode.
Driving in Baldwin Hills| 4K California -USA
The video takes you on a short drive through parts of the Baldwin Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles.
Baldwin Hills is bounded by La Cienega Boulevard to the west, Crenshaw Boulevard to the east, Stocker Street to the south and Rodeo Road to the north with Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard forming the northeast dividing line between Baldwin Hills and Crenshaw Manor. It is bordered on the west by Culver City and it shares the eastern border of Crenshaw Boulevard with Leimert Park.[1]
The namesake mountain range is part of the neighborhood.
History[edit]
19th century[edit]
Baldwin Hills and other surrounding geography are named for the famous 19th century horse racing and land development pioneer, Elias J. Lucky Baldwin.
Ran historic early 19th century eastern hills Rancho land grant.[2][3]
Sanchez Adobe de Rancho La Cienega o Paso de la Tijera. The adobe was once the center of the rancho. In the 1920s, an addition was built linking the structures and the building was converted into a larger clubhouse for the Sunset Golf Course.[2]
Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes: original early 19th century western section Rancho land grant.
20th century[edit]
The 1932 Los Angeles Olympics housed athletes at the Olympic Village in Baldwin Hills.[4] It was the site of the very first Olympic Village ever built, for the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games. Built for male athletes only, the village consisted of several hundred buildings, including post and telegraph offices, an amphitheater, a hospital, a fire department, and a bank. Female athletes were housed at the Chapman Park Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard. The Olympic Village was demolished after the Summer Olympic Games.[5]
On December 14, 1963, a crack appeared in the Baldwin Hills Dam impounding the Baldwin Hills Reservoir. Within a few hours, water rushing through the crack eroded the earthen dam, gradually widening the crack until the dam failed catastrophically at 3:38 pm. Although the area had been evacuated after the crack had been discovered, several homes were destroyed, and most of Baldwin Vista and the historic Village Green community were flooded. The dam's failure was ultimately determined to be the result of subsidence, caused by overexploitation of the Inglewood Oil Field. The dam's failure prompted the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to close and drain other small local reservoirs with similar designs, such as the Silver Lake Reservoir. The Baldwin Hills Dam was not rebuilt—instead, the empty reservoir was demolished, filled with earth, landscaped, and converted to Kenneth Hahn Regional Park.
During the summer of 1985, a brush fire along La Brea Avenue spread up the canyon towards the homes along Don Carlos Drive in Baldwin Hills Estates. Many homes were destroyed despite the efforts of the Los Angeles Fire Department to suppress the flames. The fire killed three people and destroyed 69 homes;[6] the arsonist was never caught.
Neighborhoods[edit]
View from Baldwin Hills of Downtown Los Angeles in the distance and the San Gabriel Mountains.
Neighborhoods within Baldwin Hills include:
Baldwin Hills Estates is locally known as The Dons, because all but one street begins with the formal title of Los Angeles' original land holders.[7] The oldest two streets in the Dons are Don Luis Drive and Don Mariano Drive. Old maps show those streets with the names Sprague and Maryann. Susan B. Miller High School has called its student body The Dorsey Dons and Donnas after this neighborhood. The neighborhood is east of La Brea, southwest of Santo Tomas Drive, south of the Jim Gilliam Recreation Center and north of Stocker Street). It is sometimes called the Black Beverly Hills.[8] The neighborhood is characterized by hillside houses with swimming pools, and modern condominiums (the latter often jut out from steep hillsides, perched on stilts).
Baldwin Vista is north of Coliseum Street and west of the major thoroughfare, La Brea Avenue, with slightly smaller homes and a more secluded ambience.[6]
Credit to wikipedia
THE AVILA ADOBE :: OLDEST HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES