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The Olvera Street sign stands in a spot that has been at the center of LA’s history for thousands of years. Photo by Mike Schlitt. Olvera Street was the brainchild of a white woman, Christine Sterling ...
Olvera Street has a complex history within Los Angeles. The street is among the most historic in the city and still counts the oldest home in LA — the Avila Adobe, built in 1818 — as one of ...
Olvera Street is worth a stop if you're in the area, especially if you're going to Grand Central Market or Los Angeles Union Station. Some vendors only accept cash, so keep that in mind if you ...
Downtown’s historic Olvera Street, one of the oldest streets in Los Angeles, was named this week as one of the country’s top five “Great Streets” by the American Planning Assn. Oct. 2, 2015 ...
Las Posadas is a longtime Los Angeles tradition on Olvera Street in Los Angeles. The nightly procession, which began on Dec. 16, 2022 is a re-enactment of the journey by Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.
Perhaps the most famous donkey in all Southern California, the life-sized stuffed burro in Olvera Street’s El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, which countless Angelenos and tourists from around the world ...
As of Thursday, the city commission that oversees Olvera Street — El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument — ordered the owners to pay over $242,000 in back rent and fees in the next 30 ...
As a young man growing up in 1980s Los Angeles, Pedro Alamillo would often find himself on Olvera Street, a historic downtown enclave known as the “birthplace of Los Angeles.” Alamillo would ...
Has time run out for Los Angeles' Olvera Street burro? After five decades, it may have to move. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2024.