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Pacific Indemnity Building at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue The Texaco Building can be seen further down the street, heading west. On the left side of the street is See's Candy and Magic Mirror Beauty Salon, while on the right…

OLD OR NEW, THEY SWEEP CLEAN--These residents of Los Angeles' Korea town community take a centuries-old tradition seriously as they sweep the sidewalks in their neighborhood. They say they are planning to have such a cleanup once each month.

Wilshire Christian Church, 634 Normandie Avenue, Koreatown, Los Angeles, California. The tall Equitable Life building dominates from behind on Wilshire Boulevard. -- Dunitz slides folder #3: Environmental Communications. Thirty seven. Los Angeles…

Interior of the new $25 million Koreatown Plaza, located at 928 South Western Avenue #300. Designed by Ki Suh Park, a managing partner of Gruen Associates, the plaza represents part of the successful redevelopment of Koreatown, which began in the…

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.