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Olvera Street, Los Angeles CA | Nearby Businesses


845 N Alameda St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 628-1274

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.HistoryEarly daysLos Angeles was founded in 1781 by Spanish pobladores (settlers), on a site southeast of today's Olvera Street near the Los Angeles River. They consisted of 11 families — 44 men, women, and children — and were accompanied by a few Spanish soldiers. They had come from nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel to establish a secular pueblo on the banks of the Porciúncula River at the Indian village of Yang-na. The new town was named El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles. Priests from San Gabriel established an asistencia (a sub-mission), the Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles Asistencia, to tend to their religious needs. The pueblo eventually built its own parish church, known today as the "Old Plaza Church." Unpredictable flooding forced the settlers to abandon the original site and move to higher ground in the early 1800s.

Arts and Entertainment Near Olvera Street

China Town In LA
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828 N Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 972-8840

La Placita
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845 N Alameda St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-628-1274

Grand Park
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200 N Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 972-8080

The Museum of Contemporary Art
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152 S Central Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 621-2766

Made in America Festival Downtown La
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W 1st St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Avila Adobe
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10 Olvera Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 485-6855

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, 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.The walls of the Avila Adobe are 2.5- thick and are built from sun-baked adobe bricks. The original ceilings were 15ft high and supported by beams of cottonwood, which was available along the banks of the Los Angeles River. Though the roof appears slanted today, the original roof was flat. Tar (Spanish: brea) was brought up from the La Brea Tar Pits, located near the north boundary line of Avila's Rancho Las Cienegas. The tar was mixed with rocks and horsehair, a common binder in exterior building material, and applied to beams of the roof as a sealant from inclement weather.

Grand Park's Sunday Sessions
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210 N Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Dodger Stadium Express
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1 Gateway Plz
Los Angeles, CA 90012

323-GO-METRO

Los Angeles Lantern festival
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125 Paseo De La Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 485-8567

Nisei Showoff
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101 Judge John Aiso St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

David Henry Hwang Theater
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120 Judge John Aiso St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 625-7000

Deja Vu After Hours
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710 E Commercial St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 213-1112

Grand Park, Los Angeles CA
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209 N Spring St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

LADWP - Metro Meter Reading
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433 E Temple St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Mexican Cultural Institute
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125 Paseo de la Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 485-0221

Located at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, is the premier venue for the expression of traditional and contemporary art and culture from the Mexican, and Mexican American perspective.

The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
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120 Judge John Aiso St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 680-4462

Almansor Court
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700 S Almansor Street, Alhambra, CA 91801
Los Angeles, CA 90012

LA Art Book Fair
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152 N Central Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(212) 925-0325

Jai & Jai
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648 N Spring St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(818) 319-2957

Jai & Jai is a Gallery and Studio based in Chinatown, Los Angeles.

Visual Communications
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120 Judge John Aiso St, Bsmt
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 680-4462

Founded in 1970, VC has been a pioneer in the development of Asian Pacific American film, video, and media. VC was founded by Duane Kubo, Robert Nakamura, Alan Ohashi, and Eddie Wong. Along with a core group of artists, filmmakers, photographers, and educators, VC’s founders began searching for visual resources to build a greater consciousness of Asian Pacific history in America. Fueled by the burgeoning Civil Rights and Anti-War movements, they set out creating learning kits, photographing community events, audiotaping stories, and collecting historical images of Asian American lives. In the 1970s and 80s, VC took on several ambitious projects in the independent film production arena. That first period of production saw the creation of over fifty films and videos, as well as the production of several educational filmstrips and major photographic exhibits – visual statements on the history and contemporary issues of Asians in the US. VC premiered the first ever full length Asian American film in 1980: Hito Hata: Raise the Banner. This landmark film was a building of a community-in-progress, involving artists, professional media personnel, scholars, community organizations, and countless number of individuals and community businesses in the making of the film. In the 1990s and 2000s, VC transitioned from a film production collective to a full-service media arts center. While VC still produced films in this period, the organization also provided support services for Asian American artists and filmmakers, workshops and trainings for the community, and more presentation opportunities for independent media in Los Angeles. Throughout our history, VC programs have evolved to meet the changing needs of a diverse Asian Pacific Community of over 25 different languages, cultures, and nationalities. The organization has created award winning productions, nurtured and given voice to our youth, promoted new artistic talent, presented new cinema, and preserved our visual history. Today, VC continues to be a conduit for the Asian Pacific global communities to the American public through its numerous arts programs. Our programming includes: the annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and year‐round screenings and exhibitions; the Armed With a Camera Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists; the Digital Histories video production and digital storytelling program for senior citizens; a Media Development Fund for independent filmmakers; and C3: The Conference for Creative Content. Visual Communications is also home to the VC Archives, one of the largest photographic and moving image archives on the Asian Pacific experience in America. We see media as a powerful tool to create and share meaningful perspectives, and our programs ensure that the AAPI community has access to the resources tell their unique stories.

Local Business Near Olvera Street

La Placita Olvera
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845 N Alameda St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

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.HistoryEarly daysLos Angeles was founded in 1781 by Spanish pobladores (settlers), on a site southeast of today's Olvera Street near the Los Angeles River. They consisted of 11 families — 44 men, women, and children — and were accompanied by a few Spanish soldiers. They had come from nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel to establish a secular pueblo on the banks of the Porciúncula River at the Indian village of Yang-na. The new town was named El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles. Priests from San Gabriel established an asistencia (a sub-mission), the Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles Asistencia, to tend to their religious needs. The pueblo eventually built its own parish church, known today as the "Old Plaza Church." Unpredictable flooding forced the settlers to abandon the original site and move to higher ground in the early 1800s.

Olvera Street
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Olvera Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 628-1274

Olvera Street Merchants Association Foundation
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W10 Olvera St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 625-7074

El Paseo De Los Angeles, Olvera Street
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11 Olvera St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-626-1361

La Placita
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845 N Alameda St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-628-1274

Placita Olvera Downtown Los Angeles
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845 N Alameda St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

8184557040

La Golondrina Mexican Cafe
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17 Olvera St
Los Angeles, CA

(213) 628-4349

América Tropical Interpretive Center
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626 N. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 485-6855

Olvera Street
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125 Paseo De La Plz Ste 400
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 628-1274

La Noche Buena Restaurant
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12 Olvera St
Los Angeles, CA 90012-2921

(213) 628-2078

El Rancho Grande --Restrnt--
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36 Olvera St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 626-5750

Karinitas
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19 Olvera St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 687-7034

Pelanconi House
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17 Olvera St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

El Paseo Inn Restaurant
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11 Olvera St, # E
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 626-1361

Cavallero Rafael
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11 Olvera St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 613-0182

Italian Hall Building
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650 N Main St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 485-8432

Casa Gutierrez
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20 Olvera St
Los Angeles, CA 90012-2921

(213) 617-1093

Mexico Shop
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20 Olvera St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 613-1751

Lucha Libre Mask Shop
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5 Olvera St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 620-9266