March 9, 2012 at 12:36pm 21 notes
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Koreatown’s bond to Herb Wesson is breaking amid redistricting: As L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson works to push his district farther into Koreatown, leaders in the community are fighting back. With growing political, organizing and fundraising clout, an array of Koreatown leaders have been trying to move their neighborhood out of Wesson’s district and into a neighboring one, as part of the once-in-a-decade process of redistricting. Wesson is pushing in the opposite direction, favoring a map that would send his district deeper into Koreatown. What began as a campaign of aspiration and hope centered on improving the chances of electing an Asian American lawmaker has turned into a bitter clash over Wesson’s leadership — one that threatens to cast a shadow over his recent ascension to council president. Photo: William Min, left, joins dozens of angry people at an L.A. City Council meeting this month to speak about redistricting. Many Koreatown leaders want the new council maps to leave their neighborhood out of Herb Wesson’s District 10. Credit: Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times

Koreatown’s bond to Herb Wesson is breaking amid redistricting: As L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson works to push his district farther into Koreatown, leaders in the community are fighting back.

With growing political, organizing and fundraising clout, an array of Koreatown leaders have been trying to move their neighborhood out of Wesson’s district and into a neighboring one, as part of the once-in-a-decade process of redistricting. Wesson is pushing in the opposite direction, favoring a map that would send his district deeper into Koreatown.

What began as a campaign of aspiration and hope centered on improving the chances of electing an Asian American lawmaker has turned into a bitter clash over Wesson’s leadership — one that threatens to cast a shadow over his recent ascension to council president.

Photo: William Min, left, joins dozens of angry people at an L.A. City Council meeting this month to speak about redistricting. Many Koreatown leaders want the new council maps to leave their neighborhood out of Herb Wesson’s District 10. Credit: Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times

January 9, 2012 at 10:18am 53 notes
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Hotel Normandie in L.A.’s Koreatown to get $5-million makeover: The inn’s new owner plans to turn the 1928 building with a checkered past into a 100-room boutique hotel for travelers who want to stay in the middle of town. Photo: Hotel Normandie is a squat brick structure built in 1928 at Normandie Avenue and Sixth Street in L.A.’s Koreatown. Credit: Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times

Hotel Normandie in L.A.’s Koreatown to get $5-million makeover: The inn’s new owner plans to turn the 1928 building with a checkered past into a 100-room boutique hotel for travelers who want to stay in the middle of town.

Photo: Hotel Normandie is a squat brick structure built in 1928 at Normandie Avenue and Sixth Street in L.A.’s Koreatown. Credit: Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times

October 20, 2011 at 2:44pm 143 notes
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Koreatown eats: Specialty restaurants to explore beyond Korean barbecue. Photo: A hot pot at On Dal 2 comes loaded with crab. Credit: Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times

Koreatown eats: Specialty restaurants to explore beyond Korean barbecue.

Photo: A hot pot at On Dal 2 comes loaded with crab. Credit: Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times

June 22, 2011 at 4:13pm 41 notes
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Source: Los Angeles Times
On this day, 24 years ago, the Los Angeles Times published a story about a rally in Koreatown. Around 700 Korean Americans gathered to support South Korean students, who were demonstrating for democratic reforms in their country. The original photo was published June 22, 1987, with the caption: Crowd holds signs in Korean and English at Los Angeles rally to press for democracy in South Korea and support student protesters. Our Vintage Times series is presented on Tumblr with photography from the Los Angeles Times archives.

On this day, 24 years ago, the Los Angeles Times published a story about a rally in Koreatown. Around 700 Korean Americans gathered to support South Korean students, who were demonstrating for democratic reforms in their country.

The original photo was published June 22, 1987, with the caption:

Crowd holds signs in Korean and English at Los Angeles rally to press for democracy in South Korea and support student protesters.

Our Vintage Times series is presented on Tumblr with photography from the Los Angeles Times archives.

April 30, 2011 at 4:00pm 19 notes
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Source: pasadenapictures.com
Reader photos: Bowling at Shatto Lanes in Koreatown. Taken in 2008 by Z. Urbina. If you have any photos of the Southland, submit them as a Photo Post along with a description and credit. And be sure to check out The Times’ Southern California Moments project!

Reader photos: Bowling at Shatto Lanes in Koreatown. Taken in 2008 by Z. Urbina.

If you have any photos of the Southland, submit them as a Photo Post along with a description and credit. And be sure to check out The Times’ Southern California Moments project!