LICEUL TEORETIC “CONSTANTIN NOICA” SIBIU

PROFIL: ȘTIINTE ALE NATURII INTENSIV ENGLEZĂ

LUCRARE DE ATESTAT

SIBIU
2015
 LICEUL TEORETIC “CONSTANTIN NOICA” SIBIU
PROFIL: ȘTIINTE ALE NATURII INTENSIV ENGLEZĂ

LOS ANGELES

PROFESOR COORDONATOR: ELEV:

SIBIU
2015

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THEORETICAL HIGHSCHOOL “CONSTANTIN NOICA” SIBIU
SPECIALIZATION: NATURAL SCIENCE INTENSIVE ENGLISH

LOS ANGELES

SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR: STUDENT:

SIBIU
2015

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

LOS ANGELES
Introduction………………………………………………………………………..…5

Chapter 1:Where does the name come from?...........................................................6

Chapter 2:Short history…………………………………………………………...…7

Chapter 3:About L.A. …………………………………………………...…………..8

Chapter 4:Most famous places ………………………………………..…………...13

 Hollywood.…...................................................................................................................13

 Hollywood Walk of Fame.……………………………………………………………..15

 Oscar Award Shows.…………………………………………………………………...17

 Universal Studios……………………………………………………………………….19

 Santa Monica…………………………………………………………………………...20

 UCLA……………………………………………………………………………………21

 Malibu…………………………………………………………………………………...23

 Korean Bell of Friendship……………………………………………………………..24

 Griffith Observatory…………………………………………………………………..25

 Watts Towers………………………………….……………………………………….26

Fun Facts …………………...…………...………………………………………….27

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..28
Bibliography...………………………………………………………………………29

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 INTRODUCTION

“In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.” Denzel Washington

Los Angeles is a city dominated by wealth, fame, and glamour,as perceived by Wollywood.
Its popular beaches along the Pacific Ocean attract more than 30 million people a year. The city’s
celluloid self-image, with its palm trees, shopping malls, and opulent lifestyles, has been idealized
as the ultimate “American Dream”. While known for its museums and galleries, it is still the
fantasy worlds of Hollywood and Disneyland that draw most people to Los Angles.

Los Angeles offers a wealth of entertainment and outdoor pleasures to its visitators. At the
center of the film industry, L.A. dominated the world stage for most of the 20th century. It is
therefore not surprising that L.A. sees itself as the “Entertainment Capital of the World”. But the
glamour of the movies is just one aspect of the city that manufactures the American Dream.

Los Angeles is often billed as the "Creative Capital of the World," due to the fact that one in
every six of its residents works in a creative industry and that there are more artists, writers,
filmmakers, actors, dancers and musicians living and working in Los Angeles than any other city
at any time in history.

Chapter 1

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WHERE DOES THE NAME COME FROM? MEANING OF L.A.

The name Los Angeles comes from the Spanish language and it means "The
Angels". The name is an abbreviation from the original name of the place. The original name
is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula" (in English, "town
of our lady the Queen of Angels of the little Portion").
On Wednesday, August 2, 1769, Father Juan Crespi, a Franciscan priest
accompanying the first European land expedition through California, led by Captain
Fernando Rivera Y Moncado, described in his journal a "beautiful river from the northwest"
located at "34 degrees 10 minutes." They named the river Nuestra Seńora de los Angeles de
la Porciúncula. In the Franciscan calendar, August 2 was the day of the celebration of the
feast of the Perdono at the tiny Assisi chapel of St. Francis of Assisi. Early in St. Francis’
life, the Benedictines had given him this tiny chapel for his use near Assisi. The chapel,
ruined and in need of repair, was located on what the Italians called a porziuncola or "very
small parcel of land." Painted on the wall behind the altar was a fresco of the Virgin Mary
surrounded by angels. Now contained within a Basilica, the chapel was named Saint Mary of
the Angels at the Little Portion. The newly discovered "beautiful river" was named in honor
of this celebration and this chapel. In 1781, a new settlement was established along that river.
The settlement came to be known as El Pueblo de Nuestra Seńora la Reina de los Angeles de
Porciúncula or The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Little Portion although its
official name was simply El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles.

Chapter 2

SHORT HISTORY
The city of Los Angeles was founded in 1781 under the name El Pueblo de Nuestra
Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porcincula. (Our Lady the Queen of the angels of

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 Porcincula). Los Angeles began as a small community, but with time it grew larger, so that
around the1800, its population was reported to be around 315.
Los Angeles and it surrounding area became more popular after the discovery of gold
around the year 1848. As a result, that was when a lot of Americans started settling in Los
Angeles and its surrounding area.
Among the most important historical moments in LAs history one can note the following
dates:

 1822- The Plaza Catholic Church was established

 1846-1848 – war broke out between Mexico and the US; in 1847 US captured and
incorporated LA
 1851- marked the first opening of a newspaper in LA
 1870- the population reached 5, 516.
 1861-1862- marked a period of numerous flods and two years of drought, when the
population decreased
 1876 Los Angeles is connected to San Francisco by railroad
 1880 The University of South California opens.
 1892 Oil is discovered in Los Angeles
 1927 Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is built
 1928 Los Angeles City Hall is built
 1993 The Museum of Tolerance opens
 2003 Disney Concert Hall is built

Chapter 3

FACTS ABOUT LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles is the second-largest city in the United States, after New York City, and the most
populous city in California. Los Angeles is known for its mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity,
celebrity culture, traffic, and the film and television industry.. LA is the entertainment capital of the
world, a cultural Mecca boasting more than 300 museums, and a paradise of good weather. From
tourist attractions like the Walk of Fame’s collection of stars (numbering 2,482, and growing by one
or two a month) to career opportunities like those presented in the expanding biotech industry, Los

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Angeles is the place to be. It is the only city in North America to have hosted the Summer Olympics
twice. Downtown LA is the largest government center outside of Washington, D.C. Los Angeles has
the only remaining wooden lighthouse in the state (located in San Pedro’s Fermin Park) and the
largest historical theater district on the National Register of Historic Places (located Downtown on
Broadway).

Los Angeles is on the leading edge of several growth industries. LA County, with more than
87,000 jobs in the fashion industry, has surpassed New York’s fashion district workforce. The LA
five-county area also has more than 700,000 people at work in health services/biomedical activities
and 190,000 people in aerospace/technology. Here are some more facts and figures about Los
Angeles: the city, the county and the region.

 SIZE

City of Los Angeles: 472 square miles

County of Los Angeles: 4,084 square miles
Los Angeles Five-County Area: 34,135 square miles
(Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino counties)

There are 88 incorporated cities in Los Angeles County ranging from Vernon (population 112) to
Los Angeles city (population 3.8 million).

 GEOGRAPHY

Los Angeles spans a widely diverse geographic area. Primarily a desert basin, the area is
surrounded by the San Gabriel Mountain range and divided by the Santa Monica Mountains. Los
Angeles County has 75 miles of coastline and altitudes ranging from 9 feet below sea level at
Wilmington to 10,080 feet above sea level atop Mt. San Antonio. Area Rivers include the Los
Angeles, Rio Hondo, San Gabriel, and Santa Clara rivers.

 CLIMATE

Southern California’s climate has often been described as “perfect” and with good reason. Most
days are sunny and warm, with gentle ocean breezes in the summer. The humidity is low with little
rain. In fact, there are no unpleasant seasons in Los Angeles.

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Annual precipitation: 15 inches Average high temperature: 75° F
Avg. sunny/partly sunny days: 292 days Average low temperature: 57° F

 POPULATION (2011)

City of Los Angeles: 3.8 Million

County of Los Angeles: 9.8 Million
Los Angeles Six-County Area: 21.0 Million

If the Los Angeles six-county area were a state, it would surpass all states in total population size
with the exception of California and Texas. The County of Los Angeles alone would be the ninth
most populated state, behind Michigan, with 9.9 million, and ahead of Georgia, with 9.8 million
people. Los Angeles ranks as the second largest city in the nation.

 PEOPLE

The diverse, multiethnic population of Los Angeles today distinguishes the city as the cultural
hub of the Pacific Rim. In fact, Los Angeles is one of only two U.S. cities without a majority
population. People from 140 countries, speaking approximately 86 different languages, currently
call Los Angeles home.

Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 48.5 percent

White, non-Hispanic: 28.7 percent
Asian/Pacific Islander: 11.4 percent
African-American: 9.6 percent
American Indian/Others: 1.8 percent

 TOURISM STATISTICS (2011)

Total Visitors to Los Angeles County 40.3 million

Domestic Overnight Visitors 21 million
International Visitors 5.9 million
Day Visitors (traveled over 50 miles) 13.4 million
Total Visitor-Related Spending $15.4 billion
Overnight Visitor Spending $14.7 billion

 AIRPORT PASSENGERS (2011)

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Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) 61,862,052
Ontario International Airport 4,551,875
Bob Hope Airport (Burbank) 4,301,568
Long Beach Airport 3,115,433

 LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS (LAWA)

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is a unique system of three airports owned and operated by
the City of Los Angeles. Each of the airports – Los Angeles International (LAX), LA/Ontario
International (ONT) and Van Nuys (VNY) – plays an integral role in helping to meet the regional
demand for passenger, cargo and general aviation service in the 21st century.

As the gateway to the West Coast and the first international gateway to Asia/Pacific, LAX offers
direct flights from 88 domestic cities and 62 international destinations . LAX is the sixth busiest
passenger airport in the world. Opened in 1984, the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX
(TBIT) completed a major renovation program designed to make traveling through this international
gateway safer, faster and more comfortable. The three-year project, which came in under budget at a
cost of $737 million, was commemorated with a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 26, 2010.

LA/Ontario is a medium-hub, full-service airport with commercial jet service to major U.S.
cities. ONT is located in the Inland Empire, approximately 38 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles
in the center of Southern California. The airport is the centerpiece of one of the fastest-growing
transportation regions in the United States.

 BEACHES

The Los Angeles County coastline, stretching from Malibu to Long Beach, is 75 miles long.

 BUSINESSES

Tourism and Hospitality ranks among the top industries in LA County including Commercial &
Business Services; Medical & Health Services; Real Estate & Construction; Entertainment &
Sports; and Transportation & Trade.

Tourism and Hospitality is Los Angeles County’s fastest growing industry adding more jobs than
any other industry in 2011.

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 Furthermore, Tourism and Hospitality employs close to 372,000 people, representing nearly 1
out of every 10 jobs in Los Angeles County.

 THE ECONOMY

Los Angeles has developed into one of the premier centers of economic and cultural activity in
the world. If we compare the economy of the world’s top 20 countries; the LA five-county area
ranks at No. 16 and Los Angeles County ranks at No. 21 in the world. The state of California ranks
at No. 9 in the world economy ranking.

 ENTERTAINMENT

Motion Picture and Entertainment Industry in Los Angeles:

California is the leading supplier of entertainment to the world, and Los Angeles County
produces the vast majority of the state’s entertainment output. The motion picture and entertainment
industry in LA County generates approximately $48 billion annually in direct sales.

 IMPORTS/EXPORTS:

Los Angeles is the No. 1 import/export port in the United States. The total value of two-way
trade handled at the Los Angeles Customs District in 2011 is anticipated to be $387 billion.

The top trading commodities were computers, peripherals, machinery & appliances; electric
machinery, sound & TV equipment; motor vehicles & parts; refined oil products and natural gas;
and apparel and accessories.

 HIGHER EDUCATION

Los Angeles is home to 113 accredited colleges and universities, including such prestigious
institutions as the University of Southern California (USC), UCLA, Pepperdine University,
Occidental College, Loyola Marymount University and the Art Center College of Design.

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 Chapter 4
MOST FAMOUS PLACES

 HOLLYWOOD
 Hollywood not its own city, it is located in Los Angeles.Hollywood is a district in Los
Angeles, California. It is identified as one of the most happening places in the world,
and is used as a metonym for the motion picture industry of the United States.

 In 1887, prohibitionist Harvey Henderson Wilcos and his wife, Daeida, set up a sober,
Christian community in L.A. suburb and called it Hollywood.
 The Hollywood sign, located on Mount Lee in the Santa Monica Mountains in
Southern California, is one of the most recognized landmarks in the world.

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 In 1949, the alphabets 'L', 'A', 'N' and 'D', that formed the word 'land' were removed,
and the sign started to represent the Hollywood district as a whole.

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 Hollywood was founded by John Wesley Young.

 The city was devastated by the September 18, 1926 hurricane.

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  HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is an internationally-recognized Hollywood icon. The man
credited with the idea for creating a Walk of Fame, was E. M. Stuart, who served in 1953 as
the volunteer president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

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 Each year an average of 200 nominations are submitted to the Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce Walk of Fame Selection Committee. Anyone, including fans, can nominate
anyone active in the field of entertainment as long as the nominee or his or her management
approves the nomination (a letter of agreement from the nominated celebrity or
representative must accompany the application). Nominees must have a minimum of five
years' experience in the category for which they are nominated and a history of "charitable
contributions".
The nominations of those not selected are rolled over to the following year for
reconsideration; those not selected two years in a row are dropped, and must be renominated
to receive further consideration. Living recipients must agree to personally attend a
presentation ceremony within five years of selection. A relative of deceased recipients must
attend posthumous presentations. Presentation ceremonies are open to the public.

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 Celebrities that do not have a star:

 Clint Eastwood
 George Clooney
 Julia Roberts
 Robert Redford
 Beyonce
 Oprah Winfrey
 Angelina Jolie
 Brad Pitt
 Al Pacino
 Whitney Houston
 Robert de Niro
 Leonardo DiCaprio
 Jay-Z
 Will Smith
 Mariah Carey

 OSCAR AWARD SHOWS

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 The Academy Awards or The Oscars is an annual American awards ceremony honoring
cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a
copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, which is better known by its
nickname Oscar.
In 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented at a banquet dinner at the Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel. From 1930 to 1943, the ceremony alternated between two venues:
the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard and the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los
Angeles.
Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood then hosted the awards from 1944 to 1946,
followed by the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles from 1947 to 1948. The 21st Academy
Awards in 1949 were held at the Academy Award Theater at what was the Academy's
headquarters on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood.
From 1950 to 1960, the awards were presented at Hollywood's Pantages Theatre. With the
advent of television, the awards from 1953 to 1957 took place simultaneously in Hollywood
and New York, first at the NBC International Theatre (1953) and then at the NBC Century
Theatre, after which the ceremony took place solely in Los Angeles. The Oscars moved to
the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California in 1961. By 1969, the
Academy decided to move the ceremonies back to Los Angeles, this time to the Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Music Center.
In 2002, the Dolby Theatre (formerly known as the Kodak Theatre) became the current
venue of the presentation.
In 1953, the first televised Oscar ceremony enabled millions throughout the United States
and Canada to watch the proceedings. Broadcasting in color began in 1966, affording home
viewers a chance to fully experience the dazzling allure of the event. Since 1969, the Oscar
show has been broadcast internationally, now reaching movie fans in over 200 countries.
Oscar statuette is made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34
cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.85 kg) and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a
crusader's sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes represent the
original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, and Technicians.

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  UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Universal Studios Hollywood is a film studio and theme park in
the unincorporated Universal City community of the San Fernando Valley region of the city

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of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood
film studios still in use Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Spread over 415 acres, the world’s largest working movie and television studio and them
park, Universal Studios Hollywood started out as a poultry farm. In 1915, Carl Laemmle
bought a chicken ranch on this site and moved his film studio here from Hollywood. He
charged visitors 25 cents to see films being made, and guests and guest could also buy fresh
eggs. With the advent of the “talkies” in 1927, the sets needed quiet and the visits stopped.

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 SANTA MONICA
Santa Monica's always been considered a great resort town, thanks to its beautiful weather
year-round and oceanside location. It's been said that the city was originally named for Saint
Monica of Hippo, because the Spaniards first visited on her feast day.
Santa Monica is home to many Hollywood celebrities and executives and is a mixture of
affluent single-family neighborhoods, renters, surfers, professionals, and students. The
Census Bureau 2010 population for Santa Monica is 89,736.
Partly because of its agreeable climate, Santa Monica had become a famed resort town by
the early 20th century. The city has experienced a boom since the late 1980s through the
revitalization of its downtown core and significant job growth and increased tourism.
Santa Monica has had several piers over the years; however, the current Santa Monica
Pier is actually two adjoining piers that long had separate owners. The long, narrow
Municipal Pier opened September 9, 1909, primarily to carry sewer pipes beyond the
breakers, and had no amenities. The short, wide adjoining Pleasure Pier to the south, a.k.a.
Newcomb Pier, was built in 1916 by Charles I. D. Looff and his son Arthur, amusement park
pioneers. Attractions on the Pleasure Pier eventually included the Santa Monica Looff
Hippodrome building (which now houses the current carousel and is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places), the Blue Streak Racer wooden roller coaster (which was
purchased from the defunct Wonderland amusement park in San Diego), the Whip, merry-
go-rounds, Wurlitzer organs, and a funhouse.

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 UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles was founded in 1919 as a public, coeducational
research university. It is the only leading research institution in the world founded in the 20th
century.
UCLA offers undergraduates a choice of more than 125 undergraduate degree programs,
many of which rank among the top in the nation
Faculty include six Nobel Laureates and more than 300 Fulbright Scholarship awardees, and
more than 280 Guggenheim Fellows.
The university is organized into five undergraduate colleges, seven professional
schools, and four professional health science schools. The undergraduate colleges are the
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(HSSEAS); School of the Arts and Architecture; School of Theater, Film, and Television;
and School of Nursing.
The campus is located in the residential area of Westwood and bordered by Bel-Air to
the north, Beverly Hills to the east, and Brentwood to the west. The campus is informally
divided into North Campus and South Campus, which are both on the eastern half of the
university's land. North Campus is the original campus core; its buildings are more old-
fashioned in appearance and clad in imported Italian brick. North Campus is home to the
arts, humanities, social sciences, law, and business programs and is centered around ficus
and sycamore-lined Dickson Court, also known as the "Sunken Garden". South Campus is
home to the physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, mathematical sciences, health-
related fields, and the UCLA Medical Center. The campus includes sculpture gardens,
fountains, museums, and a mix of architectural styles.

Outstanding
graduates:
John Williams
Shakira
Jimmy Connors
Marilyn Monroe
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson
Jim Morrison
Francis Ford Copolla

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  MALIBU

Malibu was originally settled by the Chumash, Native Americans whose territory
extended loosely from the San Joaquin Valley to San Luis Obispo to Malibu, as well as
several islands off the southern coast of California. They named it "Humaliwo"or "the surf
sounds loudly". The city's name derives from this, as the "Hu" syllable is not stressed.
Malibu Colony was one of the first areas inhabited after Malibu was opened to the public
in 1929 and it is one of Malibu's most famous districts. It is located south of Malibu Road
and the Pacific Coast Highway, west of Malibu Lagoon State Beach, and east of Malibu
Bluffs Park (formerly a state park). Initially May Rindge kept control of Malibu Beach,
allowing a few wealthy Hollywood stars to build vacation homes. Nearly a decade later,
money woes forced Rindge to sell the land, and the Colony was born. Long known as a
popular private enclave for wealthy celebrities, the Malibu Colony today is a gated
community, with multi-million dollar homes on small lots. The Colony commands
breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean, affording a spectacular coastline view stretching
from Santa Monica to Rancho Palos Verdes to the south (known locally as the Queen's
Necklace and the bluffs ofPoint Dume to the north.

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 Malibu is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California. Malibu is home to
many movie stars and people in the entertainment industry. The city of Malibu is actually a
21 mile strip along the Pacific Coast Highway.
Malibu is a beautiful city full of picturesque views. It has excellent beaches where one can
go swimming, sailing and indulge in other water sports. There are a number of parks which
have facilities for baseball, soccer and other.

 KOREAN
BELL OF
FRIENDSHIP

The Korean Bell of Friendship is a massive bronze bell located at Angel’s Gate Park in
San Pedro. The bell was presented by South Korea to the people of Los Angeles in 1976 to
celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial and to symbolize friendship between the two nations. The
intricately-decorated bell weighs 17 tons, and is 12 feet high with a diameter of 7.5 feet. Four
pairs of figures - a “Goddess of Liberty” and a Korean spirit - are engraved in relief on the
bell. The bell is housed in a stone pavilion with twelve columns, each one representing an
animal of the Korean zodiac. The pavilion, formally known as the “Belfry of Friendship,” is
featured in two key scenes from The Usual Suspects (1995). Besides captures of the bell and
pavilion, be sure to take scenic Instagrams of the spectacular views of the Los Angeles
harbor and the Catalina Channel.

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  GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY
Griffith Observatory is a facility in Los Angeles, California sitting on the south-facing
slope of Mount Hollywood in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. It commands a view of the Los
Angeles Basin, including Downtown Los Angelesto the southeast, Hollywood to the south,
and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a popular tourist attraction with
an extensive array of space and science-related displays. Since the observatory opened in
1935, admission has been free, in accordance with Griffith's will.
Located above Los Feliz on the southern slope of Mt. Hollywood, the Griffith
Observatory offers some of the best views of Los Angeles, from the Pacific Ocean to
Downtown. The Observatory, which opened in 1935, offers fascinating exhibits, the Samuel
Oschin Planetarium, Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon, Zeiss Telescope and Gottlieb Transit
Corridor. The Griffith Observatory is also one of LA’s most famous movie locations.

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  WATTS TOWERS
The towers and walls were designed and built by Italian immigrant construction worker
and tile mason Sabato ("Simon") Rodia (1879-1965), over a period of 33 years, from 1921 to
1954. The work is an example of outsider art,vernacular architecture and Italian-
American naïve art.
The Watts Towers installation consists of seventeen major sculptures constructed of
structural steel and covered with mortar, adorned with a diverse mosaic of broken glass, sea
shells, generic pottery and tile, a rare piece of 19th-century, hand painted Canton ware and
many pieces of 20th-century American ceramics -built without benefit of machine
equipment, scaffolding, bolts, rivets, welds or drawing board designs - besides his own
ingenuity.

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 FUN FACTS

 1892, oil was discovered near what is now Dodger Stadium.

 By 1923, Los Angeles produced one quarter of the world’s oil. It still sits atop the
third-largest oil field in the country!
 How did the film industry end up in L.A.? To get away from Thomas Edison. Edison
—who lived in New Jersey—held most of the country’s film patents. Filmmakers
fled westward to avoid Edison’s intellectual property claims.
 Beverly Hills started out as a modest lima bean ranch.
 In 2006, a new tar pit was discovered. It contained the remains of saber-toothed cats,
giant sloths, American lions, and a mammoth that was named Zed.
 If Los Angeles were its own country, its economy would be bigger than Saudi Arabia,
Switzerland, and Sweden’s.
 The Hollywood sign originally said “Hollywoodland.”
 Tons of stars are buried in Hollywood’s Forever Cemetery. One of them is Looney
Tunes voice actor Mel Blanc, whose gravestone reads, “That’s all folks.”
 When they were first installed, the steel walls of the Walt Disney Concert Hall
reflected so much light that nearby sidewalks hit temperatures of 140°F

CONCLUSION

Reasons to love L.A.

 Local Gateways- If you drive about a 100 miles north of Los Angeles, you are going to
find yourself surrounded by the Spanish revival splendor of Santa Barbara. Drive the same
amount of miles but in the opposite direction and you will be hanging around the trendy

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 neighborhoods of San Diego. There is also an option to drive east and be involved by the
glamour of Palm Springs and the Desert Resorts.
 Connectivity- It sounds ironic but the Los Angeles Airport (LAX) is busiest from 11:00 p.m.
to 2:00 a.m. That is when a red eye flights depart to Asia, Europe and Latin America. The
airport offers direct flights to about 90 domestic cities and 60 international destinations.
Therefore, if you live in Los Angeles, you are only hours away from the other side of the
world.
 Nature and views- Los Angeles is built on the hills, that makes city landscape very special.
 Culture- Los Angeles is a world capital of entertainment industry. There are more than 300
independent movie theaters. There are hundreds of museums including world famous Getty
Museum, Museum of Art (LACMA), private galleries. Los Angeles is exporting culture
around the world and assume that there is no culture in the city, simply stupid.
 Diversity- More than 200 languages are spoken here.
 The weather- There is no denying that Los Angeles has some of the best weather on the
planet.
 Weather- Los Angeles does not have snow storms, insane thunderstorms, oppressive
summers, weather-affected sweltering metro stations. There's sun virtually 365 days a year.
 Beaches- With hundreds of miles of coastline, Southern California beaches are unlike
anywhere else. LA residents love being active, and the beaches help facilitate that.
 Celebrities- You might walk around the corner and casually run into a famous celebrity or
even dine in the same restaurant.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 W. Deverell, G. Hise- A Companion to Los Angeles, ed. John Wiley & Sons, 23 nov. 2010

 J.D. Dickey- California : the rough guide, ed. Rough Guides, 2003

 http://tanamatales.com/ - reasons to love L.A.

 https://en.wikipedia.org

 http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/

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