LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes

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LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Plaza House and Vickrey-Brunswig Building.
Plaza House and Vickrey-Brunswig Building.
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EstablishedApril 2011 (2011-04)
Location501 North Main Street
Coordinates34°03′22″N 118°14′24″W / 34.056164°N 118.240008°W / 34.056164; -118.240008
CEOLeticia Rhi Buckley
Public transit accessUnion Station
Websitelapca.org

LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, also called LA Plaza is a

experience design expert Tali Krakowsky such as a reconstruction of a 1920s Main Street.[2]
The museum shares the stories of the history, cultures, values, and traditions of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and all Latinos in Los Angeles and Southern California. The museum programs include exhibitions, educational programs, and public programming.

The museum is near

Plaza House
(1883).

It is owned by

Los Angeles County which also owns Los Angeles County Museum of Art and others.[4] For a time after its founding, LA Plaza struggled with financial problems; Donations and grants were expected to surpass $3.5 million in 2017.[5]

A walkway is used to display large outdoors sculptures.[6]

History

Construction

County Supervisor Gloria Molina was called "one of the project's earliest supporters and, by all accounts, the person most responsible for bringing it to fruition" by the Los Angeles Times. Part of the cost was funded by Molina's county discretionary spending funds.[4] The center is on 2.2 acres (0.89 ha), with a price tag of $54 million and an operating budget of $850,000. It was designed by Chu+Gooding Architects.

The rehabilitation of the shell and core of the historic Plaza House and Vickrey-Brunswig Building was completed in December 2009. The LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes Foundation completed tenant improvements to the two buildings and relocated their administrative offices to the fifth floor of the Vickrey-Brunswig Building in October 2010.[7]

In October 2010, human remains were discovered from an old cemetery during excavations for an outdoor garden walkway and fountain. 118 bodies were removed before community concerns about the possible Native American origin of the remains and poor archaeological handling halted the construction in January 2011. Referring to an

Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.[3][4][8]

A public artwork, Walls Against Walls, is a chunk of the

Washington D.C.
in November 2019.

Operation

A $135-million development of 341 apartments with shops and community facilities near the cultural center provides funding for nonprofit foundation that runs LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. The project was approved in 2014 along with a deal with the county Board of Supervisors to lease the parcel to the foundation for a dollar who then sublets it to the developer. The site had two public parking lots so the county no longer gets that income but does get property tax revenues from the development.[9]

The project includes a pedestrian oriented arcade facing Spring Street that incorporates prominent access to the LA Plaza Paseo, which connects the parcels to LA Plaza and Union Station. The layout facilitates pedestrian access to Fort Moore and Grand Park on Hill Street.[7] With this project, the revitalization of downtown Los Angeles appears to be reaching the area around Union Station and Olvera Street.[9]

References

  1. ^ Boehm, Mike (October 5, 2011). "La Plaza is an open and empty space downtown". Los Angeles Times.
  2. Good
    . Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Tobar, Hector (April 1, 2011). "An apology comes too late; Mishandling of buried remains mars Molina's dream museum". Los Angeles Times. p. A2. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d Johnson, Reed (April 11, 2011). "New focus for Latino culture". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  5. ^ Bermudez, Esmeralda (July 15, 2017). "L.A.'s Mexican American cultural center begins to blossom after a rocky start". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  6. ^ Chiotakis, Steve (February 19, 2020). "Traveling down the newest historic walkway in downtown LA | Greater LA". KCRW. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  7. ^ a b FUJIOKA, WILLIAM T. (January 7, 2014). "APPROVAL OF LA PLAZA DE CULTURA Y ARTES FOUNDATION; LA PLAZA CULTURA VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL PLAN PROJECT DESCRIPTION" (PDF). Chief Executive Office. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
  8. The Huffington Post
    . Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  9. ^ a b Sewell, Abby (October 28, 2014). "Downtown's development boom nears historic Olvera Street". Los Angeles Times.

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