Downtown Los Angeles

The Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles is home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The contemporary architecture combined with the atmosphere of the city enhanced the musical experience. On the first of December, within the walls of the modern venue, the audience was taken back to the eighteenth and eighteenth century when Bach and Beethoven were in the center of classical music. Although the performance of the previous concert I attended (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra) was outstanding, I could feel the the LA Philharmonic, led by Gustavo Dudamel, is more prestiges. The audience was well-dressed and had a joyful attitude toward the event. The program included Johan Sebastian Bach’s Adagio and Fugue in C major, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Quintet in E-flat major. As the name of…

Little Tokyo: a relatively small 67 acres of land, rich with cultural and social history, a hotspot for tourists and Los Angeles natives alike, a landmark of Japanese American society right in the center of downtown Los Angeles. With its roots tracing as far back as the 1880’s, even to this day it continues to bring in and entertain tourists daily, with its small town charm and many interesting and exciting attractions. Little Tokyo serves as a hub for Japanese culture and tradition, new and…

888 volunteers serving thousands of people. (http://salvationarmynorth.org/about-us/quick-stats/) The Salvation army dose not only help the homeless hungry and sick. But also helps people just in need of the help desperately, for example Saira’s story. Saira’s story is not unusual. Fleeing a relationship that left her hurting and infected with HIV, she needed to start over somewhere safe. She came to Los Angeles with her kids and found The Salvation Army’s Alegria. She’s received support…

Nathaniel is a 58 year-old single African American homeless man who suffers from a mental illness that lives in the city of Los Angeles. Nathaniel began experiencing delusions, hallucination, and hearing voices when he was a young boy. When Nathanial was approximetly13 years old he had his first hallucination, in which he saw a car that was on fire and that it was driving away. Nathanial’s mental illness has progressed as he has become older. Nathaniel’s first mental breakdown occured while he…

Skid row Skid Row refers to an impoverished urban area in a city, mainly occupied by the poor and homeless (Wiki 1). Skid Row is in Downtown Los Angeles, it is a large area, around 54-blocks and contains one of the most large and stable homeless populations in the United States (Wiki 1). Skid Row was not always like this until the late 1800s, it was a place of agriculture (Wiki 1). In my essay I will discuss the history about Skid Row in Los Angeles and the how it is now. In the article History…

As a result, the old New York-Los Angeles rivalry is changing, at least on the East Coast side of the equation. No longer do in-the-know New Yorkers reflexively parrot sneers like the old Woody Allen line, that the only cultural advantage of Los Angeles is the right turn on red. Indeed, Los Angeles has seemingly become the flight fantasy of choice for the likes of Ms. Turner, who insists that anything good she was giving up in overpriced, overstressed Brooklyn is already in place on the booming…

Los Angeles The city of Los Angeles is situated in the South of California, on the west cost of the USA. Home to 4 million people, it’s the most important city in the county of Los Angeles. This city is renowned as a great cultural capital of the world. The downtown of Los Angeles is a center of global business and homme to some of the finest examples of American architecture. Los Angeles is also famous thanks to the tourism. Indeed, a lot of visits linked to the world of the cinema and the…

Occidental College is the oldest private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, and was founded in 1887 by members of the Presbyterian Church . Although historically it was associated with the Presbyterian Church, it is presently non- sectarian in affiliation. It has a beautiful 120 acre campus in the Eagle Rock neigborhood of Los Angeles, California, which is about 8 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Because of its location close to Downtown L.A., it offers college students unlimited…

Los Angeles’s Koreatown is the symbolic heart of Korean American. The Korean cultures have been integrated in American society in different aspects, such as cuisines, beliefs, social services, and cultural events. However, because of language, cultural, and psychological barriers, Korean Americans still struggle with issue and challenges especially in employment and public health. Many cannot surpass the hardships of the glass ceiling, while others have limited access to public health services…

Location and Secure Property: The city of Los Angeles, California has two separate approaches regarding the business of sport and sport participation in its city. On one side, Los Angeles is a city engulfed with the reputation of being a city filled with high-profile professional sport teams such as the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, and the newly relocated Los Angeles Rams. With the city having such an array of different sport and entertainment venues, this is a great opportunity…