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The oldest part of Los Angeles

Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2016-11-23 18:37:45 - Graham Ellis

From a walk around the oldest part of Los Angeles yesterday - 22nd November 2016. The oldest building in the city is the Adobe House (where the pictures of the Cacti and the dining rom are taken from) - and that's 3 years younger than our home in Melksham.

In the 19th Century, this part of the city was China Town - and there's a museum to Chinese American peoples there. We took a look and some of the conditions in which they lived and the persecution were truly shocking ... and the China Town was swept away to allow for the construction of Union Station which is close by. These days, the area's 'little Mexico' as you'll see from the colourful photos - and the areas's a lovely mix of all shapes and sizes and cultures. Concern at the storm clouds that have gathered at the election of Donald Trump to be next president; California did not vote for him, and there's a desire for th storm clouds to bring merely a gentle rain onto the area which is often parched, and not a deluge that washes it away in a tide of fear and discrimination.