Archive for East LA

The East Side of Los Angeles on a Clear Day

Jul 31, 2010 by

Los Angeles is full of many different people, cultures, neighborhoods, and things to do. I’m always amazed at the variety of our city’s diversity. One problem that’s the subject of much lore, is that living [...]

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Pasadena’s Freeway Tunnels

Jun 13, 2010 by

How does a freeway go over a mountain? It doesn’t. That’s partly why tunnels are built. In the case of the Pasadena Freeway, it took a total of four tunnels to be exact. After discovering [...]

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Estrada Courts Public Murals in Boyle Heights

Mar 31, 2010 by

In many ways, Travelin’ Local is a hip online lifestyle magazine that brings you the latest about what’s hot and what’s not. However, along the way, it can easily be argued that we’re also a [...]

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Boyle Heights Historic Places include a Sears and a Synagogue

Mar 29, 2010 by

Both buildings are located in Boyle Heights, and they’re both listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Los Angeles, a relative new city when compared to the founding of the nation on the East [...]

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Boyle Heights and Hollenbeck Park

Mar 25, 2010

Amazingly, the journey that leads to Hollenbeck Park, which is located in Boyle Heights, originally started in Ohio and Illinois, moved to Nicaragua, and then finally arrived in Los Angeles, circa 1876. As William Mulholland [...]

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Boyle Heights Long and Rich History

Mar 17, 2010

Previously considered the area for “new” Los Angeles residents, Boyle Heights has a long and rich history. The Los Angeles neighborhood is named after Andrew A. Boyle, an Irish immigrant who built his first home [...]

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Watts is full of Art

Nov 16, 2009

If you would have lived in a neighborhood when 34 people died, 1,032 were injured, and 3,952 arrested, you would have resided in Los Angeles’ Watts section of the city, circa 1965—only one year after [...]

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Public Murals Live in East LA

Nov 10, 2009

Although Los Angeles is famous for its “Hills;” Beverly, Hollywood, Holmby, etc., there are other parts of our City of Angeles that tell other stories. One such place is Ramona Gardens– the oldest public housing [...]

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King Taco: A Los Angeles Late Night Institution

Aug 01, 2009

With its ubiquitous delivery trucks, and its Rock Star status as the late night place to eat no matter the time, King Taco, by any and all standards is a Los Angeles Institution. Indeed, after [...]

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The Best Snow Cones in Los Angeles

Jul 25, 2009

Travelin’ Local is officially declaring that from this day forward, Sunday, July 26th, here on out, is the official “Snow Cone Sunday” Holiday in Los Angeles. What self-respecting fun in the Summertime routine is complete [...]

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