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chitect George Herbert Wyman in 1893, has a Victorian gem of an in terior-a glass-skylit court, ornate conf~8lintdown grillwork, and open-cage elevators. Union Station (800 Alameda St.), a building familiar to moviegoers all over the world, was built in a Span be seen throughout most of Holly ish Mission style that subtly com Why We Love Los wood, while the Hollywood Walk of bines Streamline Moderne and Fame honors show business immor Moorish design elements. For the Angeles And Why You tals along Hollywood Boulevard and shopping buffs, there is the fashion Vine Street. At the new Hollywood district, a jewelry mart, and the arts Will Too! and Highland Complex, you can district. Call (213) 683-6873 for more Doris Small Helfer enjoy shopping, movies, restaurants, information. hotels, entertainment, and the Kodak The Southern California Chapter is Theatre-the new and permanent Theme Parks thrilled to be welcoming the Special home of the Academy Awards, con For those of you seeking a little ad Libraries Association to the fabulous certs, live theatre, and special events. venture, check out some of City of the Angels. We know you The Academy of Motion Picture Arts California's theme parks. Call (714) will find the many terrific meetings and Sciences (333 S. La Cinema 781-4565 for information about at the conference hard to leave, but Blvd., Beverly Hills) is responsible Disneyland and Disney's California should you have some free time or for the Academy Awards every year. Adventure (1313 S. Harbor Blvd., vacation before or after the confer The library is open to the public but Anaheim). Six Flags (Magic Moun ence, Los Angeles offers a wide va space is limited. Call (310) 247-3000 tain Pkwy., Valencia) rocks visitors riety of attractions. The following is to make reservations. The Museum with some of the best roller coasters a small sampling of things to do in of Television & Radio (465 N. in the world. Call (661) 255-4111 for your free time or on vacation. To Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills) features information. Knott's Berry Farm view an extensive list, go to http:/ I a collection of more than 95,000 tele (8039 Beach Blvd., Buena Park) of library.csun .edu/ dhelfer /2002/ vision and radio programs. Call (310) fers some outstanding "coasters" of welcome.html. 786-1000 for details. its own, plus many buildings trans planted from old mining towns. Movie and TV Fans Downtown and Environs Phone (714) 220-5200 for details. Tickets for TV series and game show Downtown Los Angeles is a micro Universal Studios Hollywood (100 tapings at many studios, including cosm of many cultures that make the Universal City Plaza, Universal City) CBS Studio Center, Culver Studios, city one of the world's most diverse offers rides and attractions inspired and Universal Studios, can be ob communities. Chinatown (north of by your favorite movies and TV tained through Audiences Unlimited Sunset Blvd., between Broadway and shows. Call (818) 508-9600 for more by calling (818) 506-0067. Para Hill St.) features dozens of restau information. mount Television also tapes a num rants and hundreds of shops special ber of hit shows. To obtain tickets, izing in Chinese food and other All of these fabulous theme parks are call (323) 956-1777. "The Tonight Asian imports; call (213) 617-0396 within a one-hour drive of down Show Starring Jay Leno" is taped at for more information. Shopping pla town L.A. NBC Television. Call (818) 840-353 7 zas, excellent restaurants, Buddhist to obtain tickets for NBC. Warner temples, and the Japanese American Outdoors Bros. Studios (4000 Warner Blvd., Cultural and Community Center are Within Griffith Park are tennis Burbank) offers a two-hour working found in Little Tokyo (bounded by courts, golf, horse stables, pony studio tour, which involves some Los Angeles, Temple, 3rd and rides, a merry-go-round, children's walking. Reservations are required. Alameda Sts.). Call (213) 628-2725 railroads, a collection of old railroad Call (818) 954-1744 at least one or 689-8822 for details. Olvera Street cars and engines, the L.A. Zoo and week in advance to reserve a spot. (bounded by Main at Los Angeles Greek Theatre, and the Autry Mu Mann's Chinese Theatre (6925 Hol St.) features a colorful Mexican mar seum of Western Heritage. At Santa lywood Blvd.) is open to the public ketplace and historic El Pueblo de Monica Pier (Colorado Boulevard & and features the famous cement Los Angeles (1781) and Avila Adobe Ocean Ave. in Santa Monica) you can hand and foot prints. The Hollywood (1818). Call (213) 628-1274 for more enjoy eateries, souvenir shops, ar Sign, one of Southern California's information. The Bradbury Building cades, and Pacific Park. Call (310) most recognized icons, can clearly (304 S. Broadway), designed by ar- 458-8900 for details. Venice Beach information outlook 43 is an L.A. must-see with bicyclists for details. Huntington Library, Art The Museum of Tolerance (9786 W. and skaters, magicians, a chain-saw Collections, and the Botanical Gar Pico Blvd), adjacent to the Simon juggler, and street artists. You can dens (1151 Oxford Rd. , San Marino) Wiesenthal Center, uses state-of-the rent skates and bicycles at the south contains more than 600,000 books art interactive technology and chal end of the boardwalk. and some 300 manuscripts, includ lenges visitors to confront bigotry ing such treasures as a Gutenberg and racism. Call (310) 553-8403 for Museums Bible. Call (626) 405-2100 for infor more information. The Norton Exposition Park (south of the USC mation on any of these locations. Simon Museum (411 W. Colorado campus and adjacent to the Memo Blvd. , Pasadena) houses a stunning rial Coliseum and Sports Arena) Deposits of oil collected in shallow Old Master and Impressionist art boasts several of Southern pools and coagulated into sticky as collection. Call (626) 449-6840 for California's top cultural attractions, phalt can be found at the La Brea Tar details. including the Natural History Mu Pits (5801 Wilshire Blvd). More than seum, (213) 763-3466 and the Cali 100 tons of fossil bones have been re fornia Science Center, (323) 724- moved in excavations over the last 3623. The California African seven decades and many are on dis American Museum presents chang play at the George C. Page Museum For additional information on ing exhibitions of art, culture, and next door. Call (323) 934-PAGE for these and other wonderful history. Call (213) 744-7432 for more details. LACMA, (the Los An more information. geles County Museum of Art) is lo L.A. sights, visit the Southern cated at 5905 Wilshire Boulevard. Call The Getty Center (1200 Getty Cen (323) 857-6000 for information. California Chapter Web site at ter Drive) includes the Getty Mu MOCA (the Museum of Contemporary http:/ /library.csun.edu/ seum, Research Institute, and Con Art) at California Plaza is located at servation Institute in a stunningly 250 South Grand Avenue in Los An dhelfer /2002/welcome.html. beautiful setting. Call (310) 440-7300 geles. Call (213) 626-6222 for details.
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