Koreatown Plaza ~ Los Angeles, CA Architects: Gruen Associates Designed:1986 Amid the clutter of sma
Koreatown Plaza ~ Los Angeles, CAArchitects: Gruen AssociatesDesigned:1986Amid the clutter of small shops and businesses that line Western Avenue between Olympic Boulevard and Eighth Street rises a giant new structure with just a single sign in English: Koreatown Plaza. Workers are putting the finishing touches on the $25-million, trilevel, indoor mall–the first mid-city development of its size in years. ~ LA Times, 1987 -- source link
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