Los Angeles (/lɒs ˈændʒəlᵻs/ loss AN-jə-ləs or loss AN-jə-liss) (Spanish for "The Angels"), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States after New York City, the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Los Angeles County. Situated in Southern California, Los Angeles is known for its mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, sprawling metropolis, and as a major center of the American entertainment industry.
Population: 3,792,621
Latitude: 34° 03' 8.03" N
Longitude: -118° 14' 37.25" W
Precious Blood Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church and parish in the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region. The church is located one block north of Lafayette Park at 435 South Occidental Boulevard in the Westlake se…
Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles Asistencia was originally founded in early 1784 within the burgeoning Pueblo de Los Ángeles as an asistencia (or "sub-mission") to the nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.
The Norwalk/Sante Fe Springs Metrolink Station is a Metrolink rail station in the city of Norwalk, California. It is served by Metrolink's 91 Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Riverside and Metrolink's Orange County Line running from Los Angele…
The Men's Gym on the campus of UCLA, now known as the Student Activities Center, is a 2,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, California. It opened in 1932. It was home to the UCLA Bruins men's basketball teams until Pauley Pavilion opened fo…
Hazard's Pavilion was a large auditorium in Los Angeles, California, located at the intersection of Fifth and Olive Streets. Showman George "Roundhouse" Lehman had planned to construct a large theatre center on the land he purchased at this location…
Garvanza is a neighborhood in northeast Los Angeles bordered by Highland Park to the west, South Pasadena to the east and Pasadena to the north.
San Gabriel Valley Airport (formerly El Monte Airport) (IATA: EMT, ICAO: KEMT, FAA LID: EMT) is a public airport one mile (1.6 km) north of El Monte, in Los Angeles County, California. The airport covers 103 acres (42 ha) and has one runway. In Nove…
Columbia Park (formally Columbia Regional Park) is a 52-acre (21 ha) recreational urban regional park in the City of Torrance, located in southern Los Angeles County, California. Columbia Park provides the community with soccer fields, baseball diam…
The Chavez Ravine Arboretum, in Elysian Park, just north of Dodger Stadium, at 929 Academy Road, Los Angeles, California, contains more than 100 varieties of trees from around the world, including what are believed to be the oldest and largest Cape …
Charter High School of the Arts Multimedia and Performing (or CHAMPS) is a public high school that operates on the campus of the First Lutheran Church of Van Nuys and in the nearby Phoenix office building. The campuses are located at 6952 and 6842 V…
Bungalow Heaven is a neighborhood in Pasadena, California named for the more than 800 small craftsman homes built there from 1900 to 1930, most of which still stand.
Brookside Golf Course is a multi-course golf facility located in Pasadena, California. The facility offers two courses, the longer C.W. Koiner Course (Course #1) and the shorter E.O. Nay Course (Course #2), divided by the Arroyo Seco. It was designe…
Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of Loretto High School is a Catholic, archdiocesan, all-female high school located in the Harvard Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
The Airport Tunnel (Los Angeles), also known as the Sepulveda Boulevard Tunnel, is a highway tunnel in Los Angeles, carrying Sepulveda Boulevard underneath the two runways (25L/25R) and taxiways on the south side of the Los Angeles International Air…
ARCO Tower or 1055 West Seventh is a 33-story, 141 m (463 ft) skyscraper constructed from 1988 to 1989 in Los Angeles, California. It is 32nd tallest building in Los Angeles, and the second tallest in Westlake. It has a very prominent position in th…
1100 Wilshire is a 37-storey, 151.18 m (496.0 ft) residential skyscraper completed in 1987 in Los Angeles, California. It is the 22nd tallest building in the city, the 2nd tallest residential building in the entire Southern California region, and th…
Whittier Narrows Dam is a 56 foot (17 m) tall earth dam on the San Gabriel River located, as its name implies, at the Whittier Narrows in Montebello, California. It provides water conservation storage and is also the central element of the Los Angel…
Valley Beth Shalom (informally called VBS) is a conservative synagogue in Encino, Los Angeles, California. With over 1,800 member families it is one of the largest synagogues in Los Angeles and one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the Unite…