Plaza Olvera
During my visit to Plaza Olvera, I discovered much information that before, I never really bothered to pay attention to. La Placita Olvera a colorful Mexican marketplace who attracts millions of visitors. Besides its restaurants and crafts shops, Plaza Olvera also is famous for hosting traditional events like the blessing of the Animals, Cinco de Mayo, Fiestas Patrias, Dia de Los Muertos, and Las Posadas. On my visit to the Placita Olvera I also discovered Avila Adobe, this house was built in 1818 by Francisco Jose Avila. Francisco Avila was a Californio and wealthy cattle rancher. The Avila Adobe interior depicts the California lifestyle of the 1840s. Dark wood tables, four-poster beds, candelabras and elaborate carpets. Moving forward to
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Los Angeles Plaza Park (aka Father Serra park). The Plaza has three important statues of important figures in LA history. One statue is King Carlos III of Spain, the monarch who ordered the founding of the Pueblo de Los Angeles in 1780. The second statue is Felipe de Neve, the Spanish Governor of the Californias who selected the site of the Pueblo and laid out the town. Lastly was the statue of Father Junípero Serra, founder and first head of the Alta California missions. The park itself is a monument dedicated to the 44 settlers and the four soldiers that accompanied them . Encircling the gazebo at the center of the plaza there is a large plaque that list the settler's name and also plaques dedicated to the individual 11 families were placed in the ground as well. The pobladores were the 44 original settlers and the four soldiers that founded the city of Los Angeles.
Felipe de Neve was the governor of Las Californias, Neve was responsible for finding individuals do the work of building and living in the city. Neve found the inhabitants of Sonora and Sinaloa Mexico. The original pobladores consisted of these eleven families of various Spanish castas. Some of the castas included Peninsular, criollo, Mestizo, African, Mulattos and Indios. My visit to the Placita Olvera has taught me that Diversity gave birth to LA. The Chinese American Museum also demonstrates how the Chinese community was also very important to the founding of this city, but it seems that people have forgotten about this history. Origins: The Birth and Rise of Chinese American Communities in Los Angeles exhibition celebrate the growth and development of Chinese American enclaves from Downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley. This exhibit describes Chinese immigration to the United States. This exhibit emphasises on community settlement in Los Angeles. The display is divided into four distinct time periods. Each period is defined by an important immigration law and event, for example, one of them will the Chinese Exclusion
Act . This exhibit offers a brief description and a short personal story about a local Chinese American and their experiences in that particular historical period.
Placita Olvera and The Chinese American Museum have taught me that these are places where Angelenos can celebrate the complex cultural identity of the city that surrounds it. However both of this places have suffered conflict over community conservation. Political power has passed law anti-African Americans, Anti-Mexicans and Anti-Chinese in order to erase these groups history, regardless of, that these communities were indispensable to the building of the City of LA. Plaza Olvera and the Chinese American museum are important historical places to visit to be reminded who were Los Angeles first settlers and the importance they had in the building of our city.
Los Angeles Plaza Park (aka Father Serra park). The Plaza has three important statues of important figures in LA history. One statue is King Carlos III of Spain, the monarch who ordered the founding of the Pueblo de Los Angeles in 1780. The second statue is Felipe de Neve, the Spanish Governor of the Californias who selected the site of the Pueblo and laid out the town. Lastly was the statue of Father Junípero Serra, founder and first head of the Alta California missions. The park itself is a monument dedicated to the 44 settlers and the four soldiers that accompanied them . Encircling the gazebo at the center of the plaza there is a large plaque that list the settler's name and also plaques dedicated to the individual 11 families were placed in the ground as well. The pobladores were the 44 original settlers and the four soldiers that founded the city of Los Angeles.
Felipe de Neve was the governor of Las Californias, Neve was responsible for finding individuals do the work of building and living in the city. Neve found the inhabitants of Sonora and Sinaloa Mexico. The original pobladores consisted of these eleven families of various Spanish castas. Some of the castas included Peninsular, criollo, Mestizo, African, Mulattos and Indios. My visit to the Placita Olvera has taught me that Diversity gave birth to LA. The Chinese American Museum also demonstrates how the Chinese community was also very important to the founding of this city, but it seems that people have forgotten about this history. Origins: The Birth and Rise of Chinese American Communities in Los Angeles exhibition celebrate the growth and development of Chinese American enclaves from Downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley. This exhibit describes Chinese immigration to the United States. This exhibit emphasises on community settlement in Los Angeles. The display is divided into four distinct time periods. Each period is defined by an important immigration law and event, for example, one of them will the Chinese Exclusion
Act . This exhibit offers a brief description and a short personal story about a local Chinese American and their experiences in that particular historical period.
Placita Olvera and The Chinese American Museum have taught me that these are places where Angelenos can celebrate the complex cultural identity of the city that surrounds it. However both of this places have suffered conflict over community conservation. Political power has passed law anti-African Americans, Anti-Mexicans and Anti-Chinese in order to erase these groups history, regardless of, that these communities were indispensable to the building of the City of LA. Plaza Olvera and the Chinese American museum are important historical places to visit to be reminded who were Los Angeles first settlers and the importance they had in the building of our city.