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Los Angeles's Olvera Street (Images of America) | 
 enlarge | Author: William D. Estrada
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 839876
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0738531057
Dewey Decimal Number: 979.494
EAN: 9780738531052
ASIN: 0738531057
Publication Date: April 3, 2006
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Product Description
Olvera Street Mexican marketplace and its plaza form the home of Latino culture in the Los Angeles region. Still standing in this downtown location of many fiestas, including Cinco de Mayo, are the Avila Adobe, plaza church La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles, Pico House, Sepulveda House, and L.A. Firehouse No. 1. El Pueblo de La Reina de Los Angeles was founded in 1781. The 1820sbuilt plaza was ruled for decades by the magnanimous Judge Agustin Olvera. Wine Street was renamed in his honor after his 1876 death and took on a back-alley toughness depicted in early Hollywood films. In the 1920s, Christine Sterling campaigned to save
the Avila Adobe from demolition and transform Olvera Street into an internationally recognized tourist destination, which opened in 1930. Today the old plaza and Olvera Street shops, restaurants, museums, and vendors draw 1 million people annually under the auspices of El Pueblo de Los
Angeles Historical Monument.
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visit on weekends September 29, 2006
The historic parts of Olvera Street documented in this book are in just a few city blocks. Near the Art Deco Union Station. But much older. Today, you can walk along Olvera and see much unchanged from many of the early photos in the book.
The text and photos manage to convey the vibrancy of the crowds in the central marketplace. Of course, what the text fails to do is pass on the fragrant aromas of the many restaurants in the market. Or the sometimes cacophonous medley arising from mariachi singers in the small central plaza.
Weekends are the best time to see Olvera, because of the large crowds.
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