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One of the beauties of Los Angeles
is the multitude of attractions, in every region and corner of the
city.
LA's downtown area is surrounded by
freeways, intermingled with the Los Angeles River, concrete and
congestion. But take heart, attractions are plentiful like the LA
Children's Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Civic
Center.
Experience the flavor of Old Mexico
when you visit El Pueblo de Los Angeles, an historic state park
and Olvera Street, a block long Mexican marketplace. Across the
street is Union Station, an architectural treasure. Just north of
the station is a 16-block area known as Chinatown. Little Tokyo is
around the corner where you can see the Japanese American National
Museum housed in a historic Buddhist temple.
With its reputation for glamour and
glitz, Hollywood still sparkles with plenty to entertain any
visitor, like the Hollywood Entertainment Museum, the Guinness
World of Records Museum, the Wax Museum, and Ripley's
"Believe It or Not" Museum.
Just west of Hollywood is Beverly
Hills, home of the "rich and famous." But it is also
home to the Museum of TV & Radio on Beverly Drive, with the
collected works of famous radio and TV personalities.
Home to UCLA (University of
California,Los Angeles) and the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and
Culture, Westwood Village is at Wilshire and Sepulveda Boulevard,
just down the street from the Getty Center, perched on a hilltop
overlooking the Santa Monica Freeway. Down the 405 freeway a few
miles is the new Museum of Tolerance.
Near Hancock Park on Wilshire is
Museum Row. Some of the best known museums are all located on
Wilshire Boulevard like the LA County Museum of Art, the Craft
& Folk Art Museum, the Carole & Barry Kaye Museum of
Miniatures, and the Petersen Automotive. You might want to stop at
the La Brea Tar Pits and the George C. Page Museum too, as long as
you’re here.
In Pasadena see the Norton Simon
Museum, the Green Hotel, the Gamble House and the Pacific Asia
Museum. A few miles away in La Canada, take a tour of Descanso
Gardens, a 165-acre botanical garden. The old west lives on at the
Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Griffith Park, also home
to the Los Angeles Zoo and Griffith Observatory and Planetarium.
Removed from tradition, Los Angeles
has no urban center but is a collection of connecting communities,
each with its own attractions and unique character. Welcome to LA.
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