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Downtown Los Angeles

Cliftons Cafeteria
Cliftons Cafeteria
Cliftons Cafeteria
Cliftons Cafeteria
Homeless Man
Homeless man feeds pidgeons while dancing
Sign at shop on broadway
Sign at shop on broadway
view of broadway
View of Broadway

I went downtown to feel urban for the day. Hung out at the central library, pershing square, broadway historic core, and then had lunch at this cute nostalgic place called Clifton’s.

Trip to Suburbia

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A Metrolink Train

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Underground path to train at Union station

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Red Line subway train in tunnel

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Reflection of me in sunglasses

I went on a dull day trip on the train to check out Santa Clarita in the valley. I did not take any pictures except of the train and union station. That should tell you how cookie-cutter and suburban the area was.

Union Station and Olvera Street

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Performer at Olvera

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Another Performer

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Old Firehouse, probably one of the first

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Olvera Street shops

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Me

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Olvera Street shops

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Mexican Marionettes

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More shops

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Mexican Guitars

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Union Station

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Poster on metro for Olvera Street

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Chinatown stop on Gold Line

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Gold Line

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Chinatown

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Trains

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Me

I took a fun trip to downtown and stopped by Union Station and Olvera Street.? The latter is home to the first house built in LA and now has ethnic shops and food.