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Korea town offers good places to
eat.
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The Wiltern Theater Building
towers over the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Western
Avenue.
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Michael C. Ford, John DeNike, and
Joe & Susan Crawford get together at the Hamburger Hamlet
on San Vicente Boulevard in West Los Angeles.
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Nat Cole's King Cole Court,
the Salvation Army's Heartbeat Theater, and many other
classic radio offerings originated from the C.P. MacGregor Studios
on Western Avenue.
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Union Station looks much the same as it
did a half century ago.
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Walking through Union Station you
can almost hear Jack Benny approaching the ticket window. "Oh,
Mister. Mister!" And Frank Nelson replying, "YYYYyyyyyeeeeeessss?"
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Union Station is now where the
Red Line and Orange Line subways meet, as well as Amtrack and
comnmuter trains.
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The Plaza is where the little village
of El Pueblo de Nuestra Doña la Reina de Los Angeles de
Porciúncula started over two hunderd years ago.
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Olvera Street has been a popular
tourist site since it was closed to traffic and restored in 1931.
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Pío Pico, the last Mexican
governor of California, owned the Pico House Hotel, built in
1879-1880.
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Nineteenth century buildings near the Plaza
now house the Chinese-American Museum.
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A nineteenth century fire house
faces the Plaza, with City Hall (the Pointy Building) in the
background.
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