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Historic Little Tokyo


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This is the last intact block of Little Tokyo to survive massive redevelopment in the 1970s and 1980s. Thirteen buildings on First Street were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

PHOTOS:J. Mapes ("Home is Little Tokyo" mural by Tony Osumi, Sergio Diaz, Jorge Diaz, 2005)


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