Downtown Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
The Original Pueblo of Los Angeles
Los Pobladores
— The Founders of the City of Los Angeles —
Photographed By J. J. Prats, December 4, 2018
1. The Original Pueblo of Los Angeles Marker
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The Los Angeles pueblo encompassed a square of about five and a half miles on each side with a rectangular plaza measuring 208 feet by 277 feet in the middle. Each of the corners was placed at a cardinal point of the compass. Homes were build around the plaza with space reserved on the east side for a church and municipal buildings. The physical layout of the pueblo and plaza changed several times, mainly due to recurrent flooding of the Los Angeles River. The original settlers began work on the irrigation ditch or Zanja Madre, mud-roofed huts, major public buildings, and a church by the end of 1784. Unfortunately, little information exists about the actual location or appearance of the original pueblo and plaza. ,
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The Los Angeles pueblo encompassed a square of about five and a half miles on each side with a rectangular plaza measuring 208 feet by 277 feet in the middle. Each of the corners was placed at a cardinal point of the compass. Homes were build around the plaza with space reserved on the east side for a church and municipal buildings. The physical layout of the pueblo and plaza changed several times, mainly due to recurrent flooding of the Los Angeles River. The original settlers began work on the irrigation ditch or Zanja Madre, mud-roofed huts, major public buildings, and a church by the end of 1784. Unfortunately, little information exists about the actual location or appearance of the original pueblo and plaza.
El pueblo de Los Angeles comprendía un cuadrado de aproximadamente
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cinco millas y media en cada lado con una plaza rectangular en el medio que medía 208 pies de ancho por 277 pies de largo. Las esquinas estaban ubicadas en los cuatro puntos cardinales. Las casas se construyeron alrededor de la plaza con espacio reservado para la iglesia y los edificios municipales en el lado este. El trazado físico del pueblo y la plaza cambió varias veces, debido en gran medida a la recurrente inundación del río de Los Angeles. Los pobladores orignales comenzaron a trabajar en el canal principal de irrigación or Zanja Madre, se construyeron chozas con el techo de lodo o jacales, los edificion públicos príncipales y una iglesia a finales de 1784. Desgraciadamente, existe poca información sobre la ubicación o apariencia real del pueblo y la plaza originales.
Location. 34° 3.411′ N, 118° 14.329′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Downtown Los Angeles. Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and Paseo Luis Olivares and Paseo de la Plaza on North Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Los Angeles CA 90012, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. It is embedded in the sidewalk at the edge of the plaza.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 281 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on December 19, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 2. submitted on January 5, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.
