Lunch in Los Angeles

Olvera Street, Los Angeles California. The heart of old Los Angeles, from its days as a sleepy town in northern Mexico. During its early years, it also was home to a large population of Chinese migrants.

It was saved from destruction in the thirties and turned into sort of a romantic reimaging of the pueblo's heyday.

This is one of the many Mexican resturants at Olivera street, with an eating area open to the temperate California air, good flavour and reasonable price.

The plate here cost under a fin, combining a beef tamale and a pair of taquitos (little tacos) on a single, tasty plate.

A small group of pigeons enjoying the sidewalk.

Nicknamed the "Death Star" by city employees, the MTA building is a striking and beautiful skyscraper/megalith designed by avant-garde architecture firm Morphosis.


Later in the day, we walked back to Union station to make the last leg of our trip to Pasadena.

Union Station was built in the thirties in a strongly art deco and Spanish influenced design.

The station was packed with holiday travelers, I couldn't help but think of the place being that packed during its (and the city's) heyday.