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  2. Hancock Park, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Area code (s) 213, 323. Hancock Park is a neighborhood in the Wilshire area of Los Angeles, California. [ 2] Developed in the 1920s, the neighborhood features architecturally distinctive residences, many of which were constructed in the early 20th century. Hancock Park is covered by a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ).

  3. La Brea Tar Pits - Wikipedia

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    Designated. 1964. Small tar pit. The La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, or pitch; brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years.

  4. Baldwin Village, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    History. Baldwin Village was developed in the early 1940s and 1950s by architect Clarence Stein, as an apartment complex for young families. Baldwin Village is occasionally called "The Jungles" by locals because of the tropical trees and foliage (such as palms, banana trees and begonias) that once thrived among the area's tropical-style postwar ...

  5. La Brea Woman - Wikipedia

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    Died. c. 8000 BC [ 1] (aged c. 22) now Los Angeles, California, United States. Body discovered. 1914. La Brea Woman was a human whose remains were found in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California. The remains, first discovered in the pits in 1914, are the partial skeleton of a woman. [ 2] At around 18–25 years of age at death, she has ...

  6. 'We don't have an Eiffel Tower. We do have a Hollywood sign ...

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    Karen Bass, mayor of Los Angeles, right, during a press conference with Casey Wasserman, chair of LA28, in Paris, France, on Aug. 10, 2024.

  7. La Brea Avenue - Wikipedia

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    La Brea Avenue is a prominent north-south thoroughfare in the City of Los Angeles and in Los Angeles County, California . 1927 Los Angeles Times map shows (1) the proposed extension of a 100-foot-wide La Brea Avenue between Jefferson Street through the Baldwin Hills toward Inglewood. La Brea is known for having diverse ethnic communities, and ...

  8. It's like Vegas' Sphere — kinda. 7 things to know about L.A ...

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    Yet Cosm Los Angeles definitely has entertainment on its mind. It will no doubt recall Las Vegas' all-encompassing arena Sphere. Yet Cosm is cozier. The centerpiece of the venue is its dome, with ...

  9. Miracle Mile, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Zip Code. 90036, 90019. Area code. 323. Miracle Mile is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California. [ 1] It contains a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard known as Museum Row. It also contains two Historic Preservation Overlay Zones: the Miracle Mile HPOZ[ 2] and the Miracle Mile North HPOZ. [ 3]