20110704 El Pueblo－乘著蒲公英的降落傘

Independent Day, I chose the oldest part of Los Angeles as my tour.

Olvera Street. I saw this cultural street several times.

The stores on the street sell traditional clothes and stuff.

The man was singing and playing guitar.

A man was singing and playing guitar in this restaurant, too.

Traditional Mexican dress.

Sundial.

Cafe shop.

There is a small park at the end of the street.

The church across of the street.

People put doll, balloon, or teddy bear here and pray.

PICO HOUSE (1869-70)

Known as the "finest hotel in Southern California", the Pico House boasted "bathrooms and water closets for both sexes" on each floor. Poi Pico, the last governor of Mexican California, sold his land in the San Fernando Vally to raise money for construction of the Pico House, the city's first three story building and most elegant hotel. Designed in the Italianate style by Ezra F. Kysor, two facades were stuccoed to look like blue granite. The hotel had eighty-two bedrooms, twenty-one parlors and two interior courtyards. A French restaurant was located on the ground floor. Pico lost the hotel by foreclosure in 1880. From 1892-1920 it was called the National Hotel. The facade was restored in the 1960s and additional interior work was done in 1980-81.