{"id":459,"date":"2012-02-23T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=459"},"modified":"2012-02-10T22:38:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T03:38:59","slug":"a-virtual-tour-of-los-angeles-%e2%80%9cthe-city-of-angles%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/a-virtual-tour-of-los-angeles-%e2%80%9cthe-city-of-angles%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"A Virtual Tour of Los Angeles: \u201cThe City of Angles\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below I have put up a video tour of Los Angeles, California.\u00a0 I lived in Los Angeles for four years while studying for my doctorate and although I didn\u2019t like the city much when I first moved there, I learned to love it!\u00a0 It really is a great city with a lot to offer in terms of culture because the city attracts people from all over the world.\u00a0 Los Angeles is California\u2019s largest city with a population of around 4 million people living in and around the city.\u00a0 The city name, Los Angeles, means &#8220;The Angels&#8221; in Spanish.\u00a0 It is for this reason that Los Angels is often referred to as \u2018The City of Angels.\u2019\u00a0 The city has many other nick names as well, including: L.A., La-La-Land, Tinseltown, and the Southland.\u00a0 Although Los Angeles has much to offer it is best known around the world because of its large entertainment industry.\u00a0 In fact another way people often refer to Los Angeles is as \u201cThe Entertainment Capitol of the World.\u201d\u00a0 Los Angeles is a major tourist destination in the United States, much like New York or Miami, but if you can\u2019t get to Los Angeles any time soon, the following video gives a great overview of all this city has to offer.\u00a0 Below I\u2019ve given a little more information about some of the sites you see in the video.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Los Angeles movie\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uFZL4jwmZN0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The video starts off walking down the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\u00a0 This sidewalk* has stars in the pavement with the names of famous actors and actresses.<\/p>\n<p>Around 18 seconds into the video you see the famous Hollywood sign.\u00a0 This sign was first built in 1923 to promote real estate** development in Hollywood.\u00a0 It later fell into disrepair but was built again and still remains in the Hollywood Hills today while the area around the sign has never been developed with houses.<\/p>\n<p>Around 28 seconds into this video you see the famous sidewalk outside Grauman\u2019s Chinese Theater.\u00a0 This is where famous actors and actresses have left their hand and foot prints in cement.<\/p>\n<p>At 45 seconds the video begins to look at Downtown Los Angeles, beginning with the theater district, which includes the modern silvery Walt Disney Concert Hall.\u00a0 This impressive building was designed by the architect Frank Gehry.<\/p>\n<p>Around 1 minute and 20 seconds into the video you begin to see the area of the city called the Westside.\u00a0 This is mostly a residential*** neighborhood, which is located not far from the ocean.\u00a0 Small homes in this area of Los Angels can cost between $500,000 and 1 million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>One minute and 36 seconds into this video you begin to see the Universal Studios City Walk.\u00a0 This is a street that is connected to the Universal Studios Hollywood Theme Park.\u00a0 It is free to walk around on this street, to do shopping and to eat at the many restaurants, but you have to pay admission to enter the Universal Studios Theme Park.<\/p>\n<p>At 2 minutes and 5 seconds into the video you are taken to Beverly Hills.\u00a0 This is actually its own city and not technically part of Los Angeles City, but since Beverly Hills is surrounded by Los Angeles City on all sides most people don\u2019t know Beverly Hills is its own city.\u00a0 This is one of the most expensive places to live in the Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n<p>You are introduced to Venice Beach around 2:10 minutes into the video.\u00a0 There is a very popular boardwalk**** along this beach where people are often selling artwork and doing street performances.<\/p>\n<p>At 2 minutes 58 seconds you begin to see the streets of Santa Monica.\u00a0 Again, like Beverly Hills, Santa Monica is its own city located within Los Angeles.\u00a0 It is located next to Venice Beach.\u00a0 There are lots of upscale shops and nice homes in Santa Monica.<\/p>\n<p>At 3 minutes and 4 seconds into this video you are taken to Long Beach.\u00a0 Traveling along the coast, Long Beach is the next major city south of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>* sidewalk = a paved or asphalted path for people to walk on at the side of a road<br \/>\n** real estate = property consisting of houses and land<br \/>\n*** residential = an area designed for people to live in<br \/>\n**** boardwalk = a promenade or walkway along a beach or waterfront<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below I have put up a video tour of Los Angeles, California.\u00a0 I lived in Los Angeles for four years while studying for my doctorate and although I didn\u2019t like the city much when I first moved there, I learned to love it!\u00a0 It really is a great city with a lot to offer in&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/a-virtual-tour-of-los-angeles-%e2%80%9cthe-city-of-angles%e2%80%9d\/\">Continue 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