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Avalon, California. / 33.34083°N 118.32778°W / 33.34083; -118.32778. Avalon is the only incorporated city on Santa Catalina Island, in the California Channel Islands, and the southernmost city in Los Angeles County. The city is a resort community with the waterfront dominated by tourism -oriented businesses.
Catalina was successfully developed into a tourist destination by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley, Jr. beginning in the 1920s, with most of the activity centered around the only incorporated city of Avalon, California. Since the 1970s, most of the island has been administered by the Catalina Island Conservancy .
4,096 (2010) Pop. density. 55/sq mi (21.2/km 2) Santa Catalina Island ( Tongva: Pimuu'nga or Pimu; Spanish: Isla Santa Catalina; often shortened to Catalina Island or Catalina) is a rocky island off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina. The island covers an area of about 75 square miles (194 square kilometers).
The Catalina Casino is an entertainment facility in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles in California, US. It is the largest building on the island and the most visible landmark in Avalon Bay when approaching the island from the mainland. The large building contains a movie theater, ballroom, and formerly an island art ...
San Clemente Island ( Tongva: Kinkipar; Spanish: Isla de San Clemente) [1] is the southernmost of the Channel Islands of California. It is owned and operated by the United States Navy, [2] and is a part of Los Angeles County. It is administered by Naval Base Coronado.
Area code. 310. Two Harbors, colloquially known as " The Isthmus ", is a small unincorporated community island village on the island of Santa Catalina Island, California, United States, with a population of 298 ( Census of 2000). It is the second center of population on the island, besides the city of Avalon. It is mainly a resort village.
The Avalon Ballroom was a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at 1244 Sutter Street [1] (or 1268 Sutter, [2] depending on the entrance). The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969. It also had a reopening 34 years later, from 2003 to 2005.
January 24, 1927. Renovated. 2007–2008. Website. avalonhollywood .com. Avalon (or Avalon Hollywood) is a historic nightclub in Hollywood, California, located near the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, at 1735 N. Vine Street. It has previously been known as The Hollywood Playhouse, The WPA Federal Theatre, El Capitan Theatre, The Jerry Lewis ...