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Los Angeles
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A visit to Los Angeles
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Through its relatively short history, Los Angeles has
been a focal point for people wanting to live the
American dream. The beautiful location and the
warm Pacific climate help sweeten the easy-going
lifestyle in the now very large American city that -
with its suburbs and neighbouring cities - forms one
of the world’s largest metropolitan areas.
You cannot think of Los Angeles without also
thinking of Hollywood and all the cinema
productions that go on here. It is one of the main
attractions for the many tourists here, because they
can get close to the entire environment and get the
feeling of being in the middle of the glamour and
limelight.
The Los Angeles area also provides a varied range
of attractions and entertainment. Amusement parks
are lined up, and the area also offers a fine selection
of museums.
If you want to get out of town, there are national
parks that offer anything from cliffsides by the sea
and lush green areas to the vast desert areas East of
the city. And if you want to ad some extra colouring
to the holiday, Tijuana in Mexico is not far to the
South.

Have a great trip!
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Historical outline
Like the rest of the USA, the Los Angeles area has
been inhabited for thousands of years by tribes who
migrated here from Siberia.
The first real European presence here was in 1769,
when the Spanish colonised the Californian area
from the South under the direction of Gaspar de
Portolà. The group of 60 people spent a night in the
deserted area by a river and were attracted by the
character and fertile nature of the land: This was a
place with potential for urban settlement.
The Catholic missionary Juan Crespi named the river
El Rio de Nuestra Señora la Reyna de Los Angeles
de Porciuncula - the River of Our Lady, Queen of
the Angels of Porciuncula - and this how Los
Angeles was later named.
In 1771 the Spanish established the San Gabriel
mission in the area, and later Spanish settlers
followed from Mexico. They were to found new
towns here in the name of the Spanish king. In 1781
12 families arrived here and named their town after
the nearby river, shortening it to Ciudad de Los
Angeles.

The Spanish rule gradually weakened and from 1821,
Los Angeles became part of the independent Mexico.
Because of this, no further development of
significance took place in the area, and it was a small
town that after the war between Mexico and the
USA between 1846 and 1847 was taken over by the
United States and became part of the State of
California. This happened formally in 1850.
In 1876 the railway arrived to Los Angeles when
Southern Pacific constructed a line from Tucson,
Arizona. The line continued to San Francisco, and
thus the city gained a central position for passenger
and goods transport. Within a decade Los Angeles
was exporting produce such as oranges to the East
Coast of the USA.
During the 1880's, several towns were founded and
established as part of Los Angeles, including
Hollywood that rose on the land of a ranch. The
city blossomed, and by 1890 the population had
reached 50,000.
Oil was discovered in the Los Angeles area in 1892
and during the following decades, the production
reached an impressive scale, making Los Angeles an
even more important part of the US economy.
Water was scarce in the dry California, and a larger
urban development required an increase of the
water supply. This came in 1913, when Irish
William Mulholland finished the 400-kilometre
aqueduct from the Owens Valley in central
California to Los Angeles. The water supply led to a

large extension of Los Angeles' area in 1915.
During the roaring twenties, an increasing number
of cinema studios moved to the districts
surrounding Hollywood, and soon Los Angeles was
the centre of the American cinema industry. Large
theatres were built, and cultural life boomed as a
consequence of the great role that cinema and
movie stars have been playing ever since this
beginning.
The 1920's was also the decade when Los Angeles
began attracting the growing civil and military
aviation industry, which has since then been one of
the driving forces in turning California into a high-
tech industrial region centred in Los Angeles and
Silicon Valley.
The city grew beyond a million, and its
administration was established in impressive
buildings, not least the City Hall from 1928, and
two years later the city rose to international fame, as
when it hosted the Olympic Games. However,
Hollywood and the Olympics were not the only
drivers in the city's entertainment industry; in 1955
Walt Disney opened the theme park Disneyland in
the suburb of Anaheim and this park has since
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served as a template for similar parks in and outside
Los Angeles.
The city's growth continued with increases in the
population year after year. Around 1960, 2.5 million
people lived in the sprawling urban area, with
marked differences from one district to the other.
The city contained a large group of poor,
unemployed people and along with run-down
residential neighbourhoods, this led to the six-day
Watts Riot, turning the city into a battleground.
In 1984 Los Angeles hosted the Olympic Summer
Games for the second time, and when the USA
hosted the Soccer World Cup 10 years later, the Los
Angeles stadiums were once more used for
international sports.
Los Angeles drew many headlines during the 1990's.
There were the 1992 riots after a court case, and
two years later the city was struck by an earth quake
whose epicentre was close to the city.
The last couple of decades have seen huge
investments in the development of central
downtown areas as well as the traditional main
street of Hollywood, Hollywood Boulevard. This
has spurred a revival within art, music and
architecture, and also for the dream factories of Los
Angeles that have produced so many movies
through the years.
Today Los Angeles is the second-largest urban area
in the USA with a population of around 10 million
and activities 24 hours a day.

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Tour 1: Los Angeles
1. Chinatown
Chinatown
www.chinatownla.com
Metro: Union Station
The first Chinese arrived in Los Angeles in 1852 and
through a steady immigration, Chinatown soon
emerged as a coherent Chinese district. After a
decline in the early part of the 20th Century,
Chinatown moved to its present location.
You get the best impression of the Chinese
inspiration and culture on North Broadway by the
gate to Central Plaza. Around Central Plaza, Chinese
shops and restaurants abound.
2. Union Station
North Alamada Street 800
www.amtrakcalifornia.com
Metro: Union Station
The Los Angeles Union Station was built in 1939
and is considered the last of the great American
railway constructions. The station was built as the
terminal for the three large railway companies in the
area; Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Atchison,

Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
The 1940's was the decade of trains in Los Angeles,
but soon after aeroplane travel took over, and in the
1970's the national railway company, Amtrak, was
founded and kept the station running on a smaller
scale. In the 1990's, the station was pivotal to the
extension of the city and regional public transport,
and the station came back to life.
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3. El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical
Monument
Olvera Street
www.cityofla.org/elp
Metro: Union Station
Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers in 1781
in the area surrounding the present Olvera Street.
The street itself is not original, but it displays 20
renovated old buildings as well as a general
inspiration from Spanish Mexico.
Avila Adobe is the oldest building in Los Angeles,
built in 1818 by Don Francisco Avila. The house has
been turned into a museum depicting Los Angeles
life in the 1840's. The Sepulveda House was built in
1887 and is home to the visitor centre of El Pueblo,
which offers general information.

4. St. Vibiana’s Cathedral
114 E 2
nd
Street
www.vibianala.com
Metro: Civic Center
St. Vibiana's Cathedral was built by Ezra Kysor in
1876, modelled on a Baroque church in Barcelona.
The facade and interior are in classic style. The
church hints at a European atmosphere, wedged
between the skyscrapers of the large city.
The church was badly damaged during an
earthquake in 1994 and has since been
decommissioned. The Catholic Parish was given a
new plot of land and constructed the Cathedral of
Our Lady of the Angels, which was consecrated as
the new cathedral. St. Vibiana's has since been
turned into an art and exhibition space.
5. Los Angeles Times Building
West 1
st
Street 202
www.latimes.com
Metro: Civic Center
The Los Angeles Times headquarters from 1935 is
one of the grand building projects of the 1930's.
The building has since been extended, and visitors
have a chance to get a glimpse of the editors' work.
6. Civic Center/City Hall
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Spring Street 200
www.ci.la.ca.us
Metro: Civic Center
For decades the Los Angeles City Hall marked the
centre of the city. The 138-metre skyscraper was
built in 1928 and was the first building to exceed the
city's 45-metre building restriction which lasted until
1957. There is access to the observation deck on the
27th floor where there is a great view.
Next to the City Hall you find the central courthouse,
which is a monumental edifice from the late 1930's
and in connection with the City Hall form a
formidable administrative centre.
Across from the City Hall and courthouse, the
almost cubist Hall of Justice from 1925 is located at
210 West Temple Street.
7. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
West Temple Street 555
www.olacathedral.org
Metro: Civic Center
This Catholic cathedral was constructed 1998-2002
by the Spanish architect José Rafael Moneo, who has
created an interesting building with intriguing lines.
The cathedral can seat a congregation of 1,900 and
has a free-standing bell tower and a beautiful

forecourt.
8. Los Angeles Music Center
North Grand Avenue 135
www.musiccenter.org
Metro: Civic Center
The Music Center is a cultural complex with several
buildings. The Walt Disney Concert Hall is a unique
architectural gem that caters to the sense in both
interior and exterior. Construction was completed
in 2003, and the large concert hall hosts the Los
Angeles Philharmonics, among other performances.
The elegant Dorothy Chandler Pavilion was built
1962-64 and houses among other things the city
opera. Both the Ahmanson Theatre and the Mark
Taper Forum date from 1967 and host various
shows and plays.
9. Museum of Contemporary Art
South Grand Avenue 250
www.moca.org
Metro: Pershing Square
The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
hosts one of the largest collections of European
and American art since the 1940's in the USA. More
than 5,000 pieces are on display, including works by
artists such as Claes Oldenburg and Jackson
Pollock.
10. Bradbury Building
South Broadway 304
Metro: Pershing Square
The Bradbury Building was built from 1889-93 by

the architect George Wyman, with inspiration from
Edward Bellamy's book from 1987 about the
utopian year 2000. The five-storey atrium with cast-
iron staircases is an impressive space that has been
used as a location in the movie Blade Runner.
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11. Biltmore Hotel
South Grand Avenue 506
www.millenniumhotels.com/millenniumlosang
eles
Metro: Pershing Square
The Biltmore Hotel from 1923 is one of the
historical hotels of Los Angeles. This place has
hosted numerous Hollywood stars, kings and
presidents, including John F. Kennedy. A walk
through the hotel and the elegant Pershing Square in
front is an exciting experience.
12. Library Tower
West 5th Street 633
www.lapl.org
Metro: Metro Center
The library Tower from 1989 is at 310 metres the
tallest building in Western USA. Beneath the
Library Tower, the Bunker Hill Steps , also known

as The Spanish Steps, turn and twist. At the base
there is also the Los Angeles Central Library, worth
visiting for its architecture.
13. Westin Bonaventure
South Figueroa Street 404
www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/bonaventure
Metro: Metro Center
The Westin Bonaventura is a luxury hotel, and with
its five tall cylinders of glass and mirrors, it is
among the city's most notable and modern
buildings. You can take the external lifts to the
rotating restaurant on the 35th-floor, which
obviously offers splendid views.
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14. Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Santa Monica Boulevard 6000
www.hollywoodforever.com
Metro: Hollywood/Vine
This cemetery, founded in 1899, contains some of
the greatest names in Hollywood history. In 1926
10,000 on-lookers attended Rudolph Valentino's
funeral. The imposing mausoleum for Douglas
Fairbank Sr., star of silent movies, is worth seeing,
and the words "That's all, folks" are engraved upon
the tombstone of Mel Blanc, whose voice is known
from popular cartoons such as Bugs Bunny and
Sylvester the Cat.
15. Griffith Park

Crystal Springs Drive 4730

www.ci.la.ca.us/RAP/grifmet/tt
Metro: Hollywood/Vine
This is the largest park in Los Angeles, and in true
Hollywood style it offers plenty of entertainment
beside the beautiful landscaping and the views across
town. The Audry National Center describes the
history of the Western part of the USA, for example
through exhibitions on the way of life of the
cowboys and Indians.
The Travel Town Museum is a railway museum,
celebrating the Western USA's railway history and
construction. Many locomotives and carriages are on
display, and there is also a miniature train. Griffith
Park is also the home of the Los Angeles Zoo.
15a. The Hollywood Sign
The letters in the mountains, spelling out
Hollywood, are Hollywood's landmark and one of
the most famous symbols of the world. The 13-
metre tall letters initially spelled out Hollywoodland
and were erected in 1923 as a marketing gimmick.
The last four letters were removed in 1949.
15b. Griffith Observatory
East Observatory Road 2800
www.griffithobs.org
The Observatory opened in 1935 on the Southern
side of Mount Hollywood, and offers a lovely view
of the city as well as of the stars. Inside the building,
the work of the observatory is explained in an

engaging manner.
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16. Capitol Records Building
North Vine Street 1750
Metro: Hollywood/Highland
The Capitol Records Building is one of the most
characteristic buildings in Hollywood. It was built in
1954 as the first round office building in the world
and was designed to resemble a stack of records with
a pickup at the top. Capitol Records was the first
West Coast record company, and through the years
they have signed up many famous names such as The
Beatles, Beach Boys, Duran Duran, and Tina Turner.
17. Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard
Metro: Hollywood/Vine/Western/Highland
This is one of the most famous streets in the USA,
known from numerous movies - including Pretty
Woman - and also known as The Boulevard of
Broken Dreams. The nick-name derives from the
time when cinema moved away from Hollywood,
and the only ones left behind were the ones without
success.
Today great investments have been made to revive

the life and the attraction that the street had in the
1920's. Many buildings have been restored to their
past glory, and new entertainment centres have
been added.
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17a. Cinemas on Hollywood Boulevard
www.kodaktheatre.com
In Hollywood's childhood, the cinemas were the
place to launch and watch the great movies of the
day. Today some of the 500 cinemas that used to
crowd the street are having a revival. El Capitan
from 1926 (no 6638) saw the premiere of Citizen
Kane and other great movies. The Pantages (no.
6233) opened in 1930 in a beautiful Art Deco style

and hosted the Oscar show during the 1950's. The
Egyptian Theatre (no. 6712) dates from 1922 and is
now the home of American Cinemateque where
classic movies are screened. The modern Kodak
Theatre (no. 6801) by the Hollywood & Highland
Center is the current venue of the Oscars.
18. Star Homes
Från Hollywood Boulevard
Metro: Hollywood/Highland
Several companies offer tours around the private
world of the movie stars. The bus tours often last a
couple of hours and offer the chance of seeing the
exterior of the homes of many movie stars from the
past as well as today. Some of the homes are small
palaces.
19. Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
Hollywood Boulevard 6925
www.manntheatres.com
Metro: Hollywood/Highland
Grauman's Chinese Theatre is - if anything - the
heart of Hollywood. The theatre was built by the
agent Sid Grauman in 1927 in a grand Chinese style
as an extravagant site for opening nights. It was the
big place to be during the 1930's and 40's, and the
Walk of Fame began outside this building.
The Walk of Fame is the parade of stars where
especially Hollywood celebrities have left their
footprints in the cement of the walk that now
stretches for four kilometres. It all began with the
Starlet Norma Talmadge, and the trend continued.

The imprints in the pavement include Groucho
Marx, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Tom
Cruise.
20. Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood Boulevard 7000
www.hollywoodroosevelt.com
Metro: Hollywood/Highland
The Roosevelt was built in 1927 as the first luxury
hotel in the area. Soon after, it became the place to
meet up for many of the great personalities of
cinema and culture of the time, including W.C.
Fields and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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The hotel is steaming with history. The first Oscar
Awards were held here in 1929, and in the lobby, Bill
Robinson taught Shirley Temple to dance. It is said
that both Montgomery Cliff and Marilyn Monroe
left a part of their souls here.
21. Rodeo Drive
Metro: Hollywood/Highland
Rodeo Drive is the most fashionable shopping street
in the USA, and it is filled with expensive
international shops. The street is in the centre of the
so-called Golden Triangle district, which offers
window-shopping in one exclusive shop after the

other. There is also the chance of seeing a movie star
on a shopping spree.
22. Sunset Boulevard
Metro: Hollywood/Highland
Sunset Boulevard goes all the way from the centre
of Los Angeles through both Hollywood and
Beverly Hills via the descent from the Santa Monica
Mountains to the beautiful Pacific coast with the
famous sunset.
The long boulevard contains several sights,
including movie studios such as Fox
Network/KTTV Studios (no. 57746) and KTLA
Studios (no. 5800), that used to be the location of
the Warner Bros. Studio.
The Cinema Dome Theatre from 1963 (no. 6360)
and Crossroads of the World Centre from 1936 (no.
6671) are two landmark buildings, as is the pink,
palm-encircled Beverly Hills Hotel (no. 9641).
Closer to the coast is Lake Shrine (no. 17190),
which is a very idyllic place that was appreciated by
Elvis Presley, and where some of Mahatma
Gandhi's ashes are preserved.
23. Venice
The neighbourhood with the lovely Venice Beach
was originally designed to recreate some of the
charming canal atmosphere of Venice. The area is
cosy, elegant, and a great place for a stroll.
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Day Tours from
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24. Malibu
Malibu, 50 km W
The mundane area of Maliby offers spectacular coast
stretches, rocks, ravines, and of course the beautiful
Californian beaches. The area is home to many
wealthy people who appreciate the scenery and the
proximity to Los Angeles.
24a. The Getty Villa
www.getty.edu
The millionaire J. Paul Getty built this villa in the

early 1970's. It is styled as a Roman country villa,
and the inspiration was Villa dei Papiri in the Roman
city of Herculaneum that was buried in 79AD at the
eruption of Vesuvius. The many beautiful details of
the Getty Villa have been created through
painstaking research of ruins and effects from places
like Pompeii.
The exterior of the villa is very elegant with its
arcades, pools, and beautiful landscaping.
The villa showcases some of J. Paul Getty’s large
antiques collection, containing more than 44,000
objects. 1,200 works of art - mainly Greek, Roman
and Etruscan - can be seen in the 23 galleries of the
villa.
24b. J. Paul Getty Museum
www.getty.edu
Los Angeles is also home to the Getty Museum
where part of J. Paul Getty's large art collection is
on display, including European paintings from
before 1900 and part of the large antiques collection.
25. Highway 1
Highway 1
www.hearstcastle.com
Highway 1 follows the Pacific coast of the USA,
and between Los Angeles and San Francisco the
road offers a view of some of the world's most
beautiful stretches of coast. The rock formations
change at every turn of the road and offer a
different experience at each turn. There are many
places to stop for a break, including some of the

lovely and up-scale coastal towns.
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About 300 kilometres North of Los Angeles, you
reach San Simeon and the most beautiful man-made
scenery of the drive, Hearst Castle. The hill-top
castle from 1919 was built by the newspaper
magnate William Randolph Hearst. Earth was added
to the hilltop, trees were moved here, a zoo was built,
and the castle itself was built in a Spanish
Renaissance style with Moorish inspiration. The
grounds contain a Roman swimming pool, Roman
baths, and a colossal collection of arts and antiques,
primarily from European history.
26. Crystal Cathedral
Lewis Street 12141, Garden Grove, 40 km SØ
www.crystalcathedral.org
The Crystal Cathedral is a large church that was built
by the architect Philip Johnson who used more than
10,000 mirror-glass windows for this modern and
unique construction. The initiative to the
construction was taken by the Reverend Robert
Schuller who has preached for millions of people
across the world through decades. The Crystal
Cathedral was inaugurated in 1980 and can seat a
congregation of 3,000 in the 12-storey church room

where everybody has the chance to follow the
service on a Jumbotron monitor.
Services from the Cathedral are also transmitted by
TV to several countries across the world.
27. San Diego
San Diego, 200 km SE
www.sandiego.org
www.gaslamp.org
San Diego is a relaxing city that is dominated by
holiday makers and beach-goers. The city has many
kilometres of palm-lined avenues, sandy beaches,
and entertaining tourist attractions. Besides the
large tourism industry, the city is also home to a
naval base and several IT businesses.
The main historical sights in San Diego are the
Spanish Mission San Diego del Alcala and the old
Spanish and European district, Old Town. The
mission church was built by the Spanish as the first
church in California in 1769, and the visitor centre
offers a chance to experience the history of the
place. Old Town is primarily from the period 1821-
71. In 1868 New Town was founded, and focus
shifted to this part of the city. Today the lovely area
displays a great many restored buildings.
In New Town - the American San Diego - Horton
Plaza marks the city centre. The city developed
from this spot in 1867 and the area just South of it
is the Gaslamp Quarter with gaslights in the streets
and many shops and small restaurants. San Diego
offers many parks, including the large Balboa Park

with the city's world-famous Zoo and several
museums. At Belmont Park there is a range of
entertainment, including the large marine and
aquarium park, Sea World, that offers shows and
spectacular fish and sea-creatures from around the
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world. Just North of Belmont Park is the prestigious
La Jolla.
28. Tijuana
Tijuana, Mexico, 220 km SE
www.seetijuana.com
Tijuana in Mexico is an exciting place for a daytrip,
and in spite of large numbers of tourists from the
USA and recent developments in the city, it is still
possible to get an impression of the Mexican culture
and way of life. It is possible to join an organised
trip to Tijuana, for example with buses departing
from places close to the border.
Tijuana was officially founded in 1889, and
especially during the last two decades, the growth
has been explosive. In the early 20th Century the
population was 250, and now it is around 2 million.
The city's main street is Avenida Revolucíon with
many shops and restaurants with lovely Mexican

food. In this avenue you will also find the Banco
HSBC, built in 1929 in a French 19th Century style.
The city's cathedral is Catedral de Nuestra Señora
de Guadalupe, which was inaugurated in 1902 but
not completed until the 1970's. The elegant Hotel
Caesar's was opened in 1930 by César Cardini and
is famous for being the place where Caesar's Salad
was invented. Another historical building is the Jai
Alai Palace, built in 1947 in a neo-classical style with
inspiration from the Basque Country in Northern
Spain.
The so-called Tijuana Tower was built in 1928 as
the Agua Caliente Tower. It was built by the Agua
Caliente Casino as a control tower for its private
airfield that closed in the 1950's.
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29. Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park, 325 km NE
www.nps.gov/deva
Death Valley is an extreme area. With temperatures
of up to 50

0
C it is one of the hottest places on
Earth. At an altitude of up to 86 metres below sea
level, it is the lowest location in the USA and at the
same time one of the driest with only 50 millimetres
of rain per year.
The landscape is moon-like with very varied, eroded
formations, making a visit memorable. The sparse
flora blooms in spring and is a marked contrast to
the rough landscape.
The National Park has visitor centres in Furnace
Creek and Beatty, whilst the palace-like ranch
Scotty's Castle is worth a visit due to the
extraordinary building in the rather unusual setting.
Close by, you can visit the deep crater of Ubehebe.
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With children in Los Angeles
Disneyland (West Ball Road 700, Anaheim):

Disney’s Hollywood Studios (Alameda Avenue):
www.studioscentral.com
Los Angeles Zoo (Zoo Drive 5333):
www.lazoo.org
Travel Town Museum (Griffith Park, Crystal Springs
Drive 4730):

www.ci.la.ca.us/RAP/grifmet/tt
Universal Studios Hollywood (Universal City Plaza 100):
www.universalstudioshollywood.com
Warner Bros Studio (Riverside Drive 3400):
www.wbstudiotour.com
Shopping in Los Angeles
Olvera Street, Rodeo Drive, Sunset Boulevard,
Robertson Boulevard, Melrose Avenue, Abbot
Kinney Boulevard, Montana Avenue, Third Street,
Hollywood Boulevard, Highland Avenue
Beverly Center (8500 Beverly Boulevard):
www.beverlycenter.com
Bloomingdale’s (Beverly Center):
www.bloomingdales.com
Brea Mall (1065 Brea Mall):
www.brea-mall.com
Citadel Factory Stores (5675 E Telegraph Road):
www.citadeloutlets.com
Fox Hills Mall (294 Fox Hills Mall):
www.westfield.com/foxhills
Grand Central Market (317 S Broadway):
www.grandcentralsquare.com
Macy’s (Beverly Center):
www.macys.com
Manhattan Village (3200 Sepulveda Avenue):
www.shopmanhattanvillage.com
Ontario Mills (One Mills Circle):
www.ontariomills.com
The Block at Orange (20 City Boulevard W):
www.blockatorange.com

The Grove (189 The Grove Drive):
www.thegrovela.com
The Oaks (101 Freeway/Lynn Road):
www.shoptheoaksmall.com
Westfield Century City (10250 Santa Monica
Boulevard):
www.westfield.com/centurycity
Westminster Mall (1025 Westminster Mall):
www.simon.com
Public transportation in Los
Angeles
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority:
www.mta.net
Los Angeles metro:
www.metro.net
Los Angeles’s Airports:
www.lawa.org
John Wayne Orange County Airport:
www.ocair.com
California's railways:
www.amtrakcalifornia.com
USA’s railways:
www.amtrak.com
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Facts about USA
Political
Official name United States of America
Capital Washington
Government Federal republic
Head of State President George W. Bush
Deputy Head of State Vice President Richard B. Cheney
National day July 4
Date of independence July 4, 1776 from Great Britain
Primary religion Christianity
Language English
Area 9,631,420 km²
Population (2000) 281,421,000

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North Canada, The Arctic Sea
South Mexico, Gulf of Mexico
East The Atlantic Ocean
West The Pacific Ocean, Bering's Sea, Bering's Strait
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Highest Mountains
Mount McKinley 6,194 meters
Mount Saint Elias 5,489 meters
Mount Foraker 5,304 meters
Mount Bona 5,045 meters
Mount Blackburn 4,996 meters
Mount Sanford 4,949 meters
Mount Fairweather 4,671 meters
Mount Hubbard 4,557 meters
Mount Bear 4,520 meters
Mount Hunter 4,442 meters
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