Let's Meet At Olvera Street

Olvera Street It's where we're spending Mother’s Day Children run around La Calle, and play La placita de Olvera Street Family's coming, it’s where we’ll meet We’ll do some shopping with the merchants there Spend time at the Candela Shop Square Spiced and decorated, colorful and unusual candles Buy a pair of huaraches, traditional Mexican sandals Time for a new peasant blouse and a shirt that says Chicana We’ll lunch at the famous taquitos place and listen to some Mana Olvera Street is in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. Historically, it abutted the original Chinatown, which was later removed to its modern location to make way for Union Station. There are 27 buildings of various ages still standing. Los Angeles was founded in 1781 by Spanish pobladores, on a site southeast of today's Olvera Street near the Los Angeles River. They consisted of 11 families and were accompanied by a few Spanish soldiers. The new town was named El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles.