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Koreatown (Korean: 코리아타운, Koriataun) is a neighborhood in central Los Angeles, California, centered near Eighth Street and Irolo Street. [2]Koreans began immigrating in larger numbers in the 1960s and found housing in the Mid-Wilshire area.
The Pellissier Building and adjoining Wiltern Theatre is a 12-story, 155-foot (47 m) Art Deco landmark at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as the Wiltern Center. Clad in a blue-green glazed architectural terra-cotta tile and situated diagonal to the street ...
The lobby of the Eaves on South Gramercy Place in Koreatown is shown. The building converted into homeless housing has 58 bedrooms. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
The Miracle Mile Murders, also known as the Miracle Mile Massacre or the Koreatown Slayings, was a 2003 mass-murder in Koreatown, Los Angeles. The crime was notorious for its savagery [2] and its apparent lack of motive, and it went cold until March 2009. DNA evidence from the crime scene was ultimately used to tie the murder to Robin Cho, a 56 ...
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Damage. $1 billion. The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising [4] [5]) were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a ...
Overview. Opened in 1971, the Brass Monkey is a ski lodge style dive bar, described by the Los Angeles Times as "arguably L.A.'s best feel-good karaoke bar." [2] The bar is frequented by industry players and celebrities such as: Margaret Cho, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, John Mayer, Manny Pacquiao, Ben Stiller and Courtney Cox.
Bimini Baths (also, Bimini Hot Springs and Sanitarium; [3] currently Bimini Slough Ecology Park) was a geothermal mineral water public bathhouse and plunge in what is now Koreatown, Los Angeles, California, US. It was situated just west of downtown, near Third Street and Vermont Avenue. Bimini Baths contained a natatorium, swimming pools ...