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Downtown City of Industry (Neighborhood)
Hacienda Heights CA
~5.31 miles from Whittier city center
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Industry Hills Heliport (JID)
City of Industry CA
~6.66 miles from Whittier city center
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Los Angeles Commerce Business Plaza Heliport (JBP)
Los Angeles CA
~7.42 miles from Whittier city center
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Cerritos Center for Performing Arts
Los Angeles CA
~7.87 miles from Whittier city center
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The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) is the Southland's premier performing arts and conference facility, offering great performances in music, dance and theater and unique facilities for meetings, banquets and special events.Owned and operated by the City of Cerritos, the CCPA presents an annual season from August through May. The schedule, which includes more than 150 performances, consists of an eclectic mix of artists. The CCPA has hosted performances by Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston, Clint Black, The Chieftains, Kathleen Battle, Dance Theater of Harlem, Royal Shakespeare Company, and many others.The CCPA features a flexible theater capable of six different seating and stage configurations, ranging from a 1,800-seat arena theater to a 900-seat recital hall setting. Th...
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Alhambra Golf Course
San Gabriel CA
~8.91 miles from Whittier city center
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Knott's Soak City USA
Los Angeles CA
~9.41 miles from Whittier city center
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A separately gated water adventure park immediately adjacent to Knott's Berry Farm, Knott's Soak City offers 13 California beach-themed acres designed for thrill seekers of all ages. Here is a little bit of information about Knott's Soak City to help you plan your visit : TICKETS: Knott's Soak City general admission for adults is $28.99. For children between ages 3-11 or for seniors 62+ admission is only $17.99. If you want to save a few dollars, pre-purchase your tickets online, print them at home, and knock off $5 (for adult tickets only). If you're a California resident, an adult ticket price can be purchased for $23.99. Arriving after 3pm? Adult admission after 3pm is reduced to $17.99, child and senior prices are still $17.99 as well. Annual Passes: W...
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Brea Mall
Disneyland - Anaheim CA
~9.47 miles from Whittier city center
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The Brea Mall is a shopping mall located in the northern Orange County city of Brea, California. Brea is within minutes of California State University, Fullerton. It is owned and operated by the Simon Property Group, and is home to four major department stores, over 175 specialty shops and boutiques, and a food court. It is approximately 1,310,000 square feet (1.31 million).Originally, the mall was anchored by The Broadway, Sears, May Company California, J. W. Robinson's, and Nordstrom. Nordstrom replaced its original store with a newer and larger store in the late 1980s. In 1993, May Department Stores merged J. W. Robinson's and May Company California to form the former Robinsons-May. As a result, the J. W. Robinson's store was sold to J.C. Penney, and the May Company California locat...
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Alhambra (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~9.49 miles from Whittier city center
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West Coast Deaf Bible College
2660 W Woodland Dr Anaheim CA - 714-527-4031
~9.58 miles from Whittier city center
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Fullerton College
Disneyland - Anaheim CA
~9.66 miles from Whittier city center
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Fullerton College is a public community college located in Fullerton, California. It is the oldest community college in continuous operation within the state of California, having been established in 1913. Originally enrolling 28 students during its first year in 1913, currently enrolling over 20,000.
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Buena Park Mall
Disneyland - Anaheim CA
~9.67 miles from Whittier city center
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Buena Park Downtown, formerly Buena Park Mall, is an enclosed shopping mall located on La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, California, near the Knott's Berry Farm theme park. Currently managed by Developers Diversified Realty, the mall is anchored by Bed Bath & Beyond, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Ross Dress For Less, Sears and Wal-Mart. DDR also owns the adjacent Buena Park Place shopping center, which features Petsmart, Office Depot, Kohl's and Circuit City as primary tenants.As of 2007 it is the 20th largest mall in Orange County around 1,100,000 square feet (102,000 m2) of retail space. It has languished in sales, however; at $123 million, it brings in half of other malls its size, such as Simon Property Group's Westminster Mall and Westfield MainPlace.
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Knotts Berry Farm
Los Angeles CA
~9.84 miles from Whittier city center
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Knott's Berry Farm is the brand name of two separate entities: a theme park in Buena Park, California, and a manufacturer of food specialty products (primarily jams and preserves) based in Placentia, California. The theme park is owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company which has made a deal to be acquired by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, and the food specialty business is part of The J. M. Smucker Company.
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California State University Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive Los Angeles CA - 323-343-3000
~9.88 miles from Whittier city center
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California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or CSLA) is a public university, part of the California State University system. The campus is located in the eastern region of Los Angeles, California, United States, in the University Hills district at the center of Los Angeles metropolitan area just five miles (8 km) from Los Angeles civic and cultural center. It is located next to two major interstate highways: Interstate 10 and Interstate 710.
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St. John Greek Orthodox Church
Anaheim CA
~10.24 miles from Whittier city center
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South Gate (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~10.34 miles from Whittier city center
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South Gate is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is part of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County. As of January 1, 2009, the city had a total population of 102,770. The "City of South Gate" was incorporated on January 20, 1923, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.In 1990, South Gate was one of ten U.S. communities to receive the All-America City Award from the National Civic League.The city was named in 1918 after the South Gate Gardens on the Cudahy Ranch. The city was incorporated five years later using a shortened form of that name. The name refers to the city's being south of Los Angeles.South Gate is located at 33°56'39?N 118°11'42?W (33.944264, -118.194903).According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total ...
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Arcadia Historical Society
5639 Gary Park Ave. Arcadia CA - 626-446-8512
~10.52 miles from Whittier city center
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The Arcadia Historical Society, founded in 1954, was created for the purpose of collecting and displaying artifacts and materials which preserve the rich heritage of Arcadia.
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California State University Fullerton
Fullerton CA - 714-278-2011
~10.71 miles from Whittier city center
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Cal State Fullerton became the 12th state college in California in 1957. California State University, Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is currently the second largest California State University campus. The University is located in the city of Fullerton, in Orange County, California, USA.
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Science Education Adventure
6900 Orange Ave Long Beach CA - 562-529-7383
~10.84 miles from Whittier city center
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Santa Anita Race Track
285 W Huntington Dr Arcadia CA
~10.86 miles from Whittier city center
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Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the autumn and in winter. The track is home to numerous prestigious races including both the Santa Anita Derby and the Santa Anita Handicap. As of March 5, 2009, Santa Anita's parent company (Magna Entertainment Corp.) filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.Santa Anita Park opens annually on December 26, with daily racing continuing through April 20. In addition, Santa Anita's fall meeting, presented by the Oak Tree Racing Association, takes to the track from late September to early November every year and will be home to the 2008 Breeders' Cup World Championships.
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Trinity College Graduate Study
1661 N Raymond Ave # 140 Anaheim CA - 714-992-9123
~10.87 miles from Whittier city center
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Trinity College of Graduate Studies. Integrating Christian Spirituality and Psychology. 1661 Raymond Ave. Ste. 140 , Anaheim , CA 92801 ...www.tcgs.edu/
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Huntington Park (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~11.08 miles from Whittier city center
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Huntington Park is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 61,348.This section does not cite any references or sources.Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2008)Named for prominent industrialist Henry Huntington, Huntington Park was incorporated in 1906 as a streetcar suburb for workers in the rapidly expanding industries to the southeast of downtown Los Angeles. (To this day, about 30% of its residents work at factories in nearby Vernon and Commerce.) The stretch of Pacific Boulevard in downtown Huntington Park was a major commercial district serving the city's largely working-class residents, as well as those o...
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Huntington Library
Los Angeles CA
~11.19 miles from Whittier city center
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The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens (or The Huntington[1]) is an educational and research institution established by Henry E. Huntington in San Marino, California, USA. In addition to the library, the site houses an art collection strong in English portraits and French eighteenth-century furniture and botanical gardens that feature North America's strongest collection of cycads.
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Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
Los Angeles CA
~11.37 miles from Whittier city center
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The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 127 acres (51.4 ha), is an arboretum, botanical garden, and historical site nestled into hills near the San Gabriel Mountains, at 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA. It is open daily during business hours, for a fee.The Arboretum is located across the street from the Santa Anita Park, the horse racetrack, and the shopping mall Santa Anita Fashion Park, now known as Westfield Santa Anita.Important in prehistory as a year round source of water fed by the Raymond Fault, the body of water known as Baldwin Lake attracted both waterfowl and other animals as well as arriving Native Americans. No documentation of the original appearance has survived, however it is safe to assume it would have been a natural wetland with tul...
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Los Angeles County Arboretum
301 N Baldwin Ave Arcadia CA - 626-821-3222
~11.40 miles from Whittier city center
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The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 127 acres (51.4 ha), is an arboretum, botanical garden, and historical site nestled into hills near the San Gabriel Mountains, at 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA. It is open daily during business hours, for a fee.The Arboretum is located across the street from the Santa Anita Park, the horse racetrack, and the shopping mall Santa Anita Fashion Park, now known as Westfield Santa Anita.
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Lincoln Heights (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~11.62 miles from Whittier city center
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Lincoln Heights is a neighborhood east of downtown Los Angeles, California.Lincoln Heights is bounded by the Los Angeles River on the west, the San Bernardino Freeway (I-10) on the south, and Indiana Street on the east; the district's northern border is unclear due to the area's uneven terrain. Adjacent communities include El Sereno on the east, City Terrace on the southeast, Boyle Heights on the south, Chinatown and Solano Canyon on the west, Cypress Park on the northwest, Mt. Washington on the north, and Montecito Heights on the northeast. Major thoroughfares include Valley Boulevard; Mission Road; Pasadena Avenue; North Main, Marengo, Daly, and Figueroa Streets; and North Broadway. The Golden State Freeway (I-5) runs through the district, and the Metro Gold Line has a stop in the fa...
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Long Beach City College
4901 E. Carson St. Long Beach CA
~11.77 miles from Whittier city center
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Long Beach City College, established in 1927, is a community college located in Long Beach, California. It is divided into two campuses. The Liberal Arts Campus, known as LAC, is located in the residential community of the Lakewood Village section of Long Beach, on Carson Street west of Clark Avenue. The Pacific Coast Campus, known as PCC, is located in central Long Beach, near the city of Signal Hill, on Pacific Coast Highway east of Orange Avenue. It is the only college in the Long Beach Community College District.The college as a whole is known as LBCC, as well as “City.” LBCC serves the cities of Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, and Santa Catalina Island. As of the Spring 2007 semester, the college has an enrollment of 26,729.The superintendent-president of the College is Eloy Oa...
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California Institute of Technology
Los Angeles CA
~12.07 miles from Whittier city center
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The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. The Institute maintains a strong emphasis on the natural sciences and engineering, and operates and manages NASA's neighboring Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Caltech is a small school, with only about 2100 students (about 900 undergraduates and 1200 graduate students), but it is ranked in the top ten universities worldwide by metrics such as Science Watch, Nobel Prizes, and general university rankings.
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Anaheim Museum
Po Box 1122 Anaheim CA - 714-778-3301
~12.11 miles from Whittier city center
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Watts Tower
Los Angeles CA
~12.30 miles from Whittier city center
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The Watts Towers or Towers of Simon Rodia in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California, is a collection of 17 interconnected structures, two of which reach heights of over 99 feet (30 m). The Towers were built by Italian immigrant construction worker Sabato ("Sam" or "Simon") Rodia in his spare time over a period of 33 years, from 1921 to 1954. The work is an example of non-traditional vernacular architecture and American Naïve art The Towers are located near (and visible from) the 103rd Street-Kenneth Hahn Station of the Metro Rail LACMTA Blue Line.The Watts Towers were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. According to reviewer Robert Koehler in Variety, the documentary film I Build the Tower is "the most complete visual account of self-made architect Simon Rodia and his...
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Watts (Neighborhood)
Los Angeles CA
~12.31 miles from Whittier city center
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Watts is a mostly residential neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California.The area now known as Watts is located on the Rancho La Tajauta Mexican land grant. As on all ranchos, the principal vocation was grazing and beef production.With the influx of white American settlers into Southern California in the 1870s, La Tajuata land was sold off and subdivided for smaller farms and homes. In those days each Tajuata farm had an artesian well. The arrival of the railroad spurred the development of the area, and in 1907 Watts was incorporated as a separate city, named after the first railroad station, Watts Station, that was built in the town. The city voted to annex itself to Los Angeles in 1926.Along with more Caucasian Americans, Mexican and Mexican American railroad workers ("traquer...
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