books.google.com - Growing south from the plaza where the city of Los Angeles was founded as a tiny pueblo in 1781, the area now known as downtown L.A. was first developed in the late 1800s as a residential neighborhood, complete with churches and schools. As the population surged at the turn of the 20th century, the downtown...http://books.google.com/books/about/Early_Downtown_Los_Angeles.html?id=1XGVAdrVtbIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareEarly Downtown Los Angeles
