Path · 6 stops · 0.7 km
Where Los Angeles began
A self-guided walking tour by Here Before Us
In 1781, 44 settlers, at least ten of them Black, arrived from the Gulf of California to found a pueblo by the river, near the Tongva village of Yaanga. After a flood in 1815 it was rebuilt around this plaza, the heart of the town under Spain, Mexico and the United States. Walk the plaza church of 1822, the 1818 Ávila Adobe (the oldest house still standing in the city), Olvera Street and Pío Pico's hotel, and finish at Union Station, built in 1939 over the original Chinatown, which was demolished for it.
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El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument, also known as Los Angeles Plaza Historic District and formerly known as El Pueblo de Los Ángeles State Historic Park, is a historic district taking in the oldest section of Los Angeles, known for many years as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de…
The Ávila Adobe, built in 1818 by Francisco Ávila, is the oldest standing residence in the city of Los Angeles, California. Avila Adobe is located in the paseo of historic Olvera Street, a part of the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, a California State Historic Park. The building itself is registered as…
Olvera Street, commonly known by its Spanish names Placita Olvera and Calle Olvera, is a historic pedestrian street in El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, the historic center of Los Angeles, California, United States. The street is located off of the Plaza de Los Ángeles, the oldest plaza in California, which served as the…
La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles (English: "The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels") is a historic Catholic church in Los Angeles, California, located on the historic Plaza de Los Ángeles near Downtown Los Angeles. Part of the larger El Pueblo de los Ángeles Historical Monument, the church's…
The Pico House is a historic building in Los Angeles, California, dating from its days as a small town in Southern California. Located on 430 North Main Street, it sits across the old Los Angeles Plaza from Olvera Street and El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument.
Los Angeles Union Station is the main railroad station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest passenger rail terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande Station, Central Station, and Salt Lake Station. Approved in a controversial…
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