My Neighborhood Project

Central Los Angeles

By Alejandra Cambonchi

Early Twentieth Century

Los Angeles incorporated as a city in 1850 .

POPULATION OF LOS ANGELES in 1898 the city had a population of

100,000, which grew to over a million by 1930.

Ávila Adobe Ávila Adobe is the oldest house in Los

Angeles located on Oliver St. built in 1818

now part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles

Historic Monument. It is a historical

landmark still open today for the public.

Left: (1945) Bottom: (2008)

La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles(The Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels)Picture taken between 1890- 1900 The Church is considered a historica

landmark as it is known as the oldest

church in Los Angeles. It was built in

1822 as the only Catholic Church at

the time. It still remains active to

present day. Bottom:(2007)

Great Depression In Los Angeles

Due to the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the Great Depression began in the 1930s lasting 10 years.

Four to Five million Americans were out of work by 1931.

Immigrants such as Mexican Americans received resentment. “In Los Angeles they were accused of stealing jobs from ‘real’ Americans.”

This led to the Mexican Repatriation where those of Mexican ancestry were forced to leave the U.S. across the border, many deported against their will even after so many had been brought over to work just years earlier. Unemployed men vying for jobs at the American

Legion Employment Bureau in Los Angeles during the Great Depression

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

opened in 1923. It is a historical

Landmark located in University Park

near Exposition Park and the

University of Southern California. . It

hosted both the 1932 and the 1984

Summer Olympics.

1932 Summer OlympicsThe 1932 Summer Olympics

took place in South Los Angeles

during the worldwide Great

Depression.

Many nations and athletes were

unable to pay for the trip to Los

Angeles.

There was a total of 37 nations

were represented at the 1932

Games.

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics were

held again in Los Angeles, CA. Athletes from 140 nationscompeted at the Los Angeles Games. Los Angeles was chosen withouta vote since it was the only city tosubmit a bid to host the games. Soviet Union, East Germany,Cuba, other Eastern Block countriesand allies, and Iran and Libyaboycotted the 1984 Olympics, as theU.S. had done before in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Times during World War II

As a result of the attack of Pearl Harbor, war hysteria and racial prejudice led to the United States Executive Order 9066 authorized by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

This allowed those of “foreign enemy ancestry” such as those from Japan, Italy, and Germany to be targets.

This also included Jewish Refugees and This lead to the Japanese American

internment that ordered those of Japanese ancestry to Internment Camps.