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Exterior view of the Korean Shopping Center, located at Eighth Street and Normandie Avenue. The building is highlighted by heavy tile roofs and deep overhangs. The redevelopment of Koreatown began in the early 1970s, concentrating along Western…

Exterior view of the new Koreatown Plaza, which cost about $25 million and is one example of the area's economic resurgence. The plaza, located at 928 South Western Avenue #300, just south of Wilshire Boulevard, was designed by Ki Suh Park, a…

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Susan Ahn Cuddy was born in Los Angeles in 1915. Her parents had immigrated to the U.S. in 1902 from Korea in order to study Western democracy with the hope of bettering their home country. Her father founded the Korean…

Close-up view of a shopping center sign at 2727 Olympic Boulevard in Koreatown, Los Angeles. The photograph caption dated September 16, 1988 reads, "a trip to Koreatown can be a cultural adventure. The Korean flair for things entrepreneurial is…

Looking east on Olympic from Hobart in Koreatown Asians now make up 40% of newcomers to U.S.

A mural depicting a masked Korean folk dancer graces the background of a service station at Olympic and Western avenues. Photograph dated September 16, 1988.

Three men take the time to relax in chairs in front of a "One Day Photo" shop, in the parking lot area of a plaza in Koreatown.

Looking east on Olympic Boulevard at Normandie, showing a portion of the motorcade route to be used by Pope John Paul II during his visit to the Southland. The intersection reveals a busy commercial district, full of businesses identified by signage…

Yung Ho and Pyongyang Yoon in Koreatown parade. They were honored as the oldest Korean couple in southern California.

Congressman Mervyn Dymally, Grand Marshal of the parade through Korea-town, rides westward on Olympic Boulevard near Western Avenue, July 21, 1984.