Sawtelle

Sawtelle is a neighborhood in West Los Angeles, on the Westside of Los Angeles, California. The short-lived City of Sawtelle grew around the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, later the Sawtelle Veterans Home, and was incorporated as a city in 1899.

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Type: Suburb with 39,800 residents
Description: neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States
Also known as: “Japantown, Los Angeles”, “Little Osaka”, “Sawtelle Japantown”, and “Sawtelle, Los Angeles”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nuart Theatre and Tongva Sacred Springs.

Nuart Theatre

Movie theater

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The Nuart Theatre is an art-house movie-theater in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the flagship location of the Landmark Theatres chain in the United States.

Tongva Sacred Springs

Archaeological site

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The Tongva Sacred Springs are a group of springs located on the campus of University High School in Los Angeles, California. The springs, called Koruu'vanga by the native Gabrieleno Tongva people, were used as a source of natural fresh water by the Tongva people since at least the 5th century BC and continue to produce 22,000–25,000 US gallons of water a day.

Expo/Bundy station

Railway station

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Expo/Bundy station is an elevated light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Bundy Drive and Exposition Boulevard in Sawtelle, a neighborhood in West Los Angeles, California. It serves the Metro E Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tehrangeles and West Los Angeles.

Tehrangeles

Neighborhood

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Tehrangeles is a portmanteau deriving from the combination of Tehran, the capital of Iran, and Los Angeles. Also known as Little Iran or Little Persia, a sprawl of Persian community developed in the Los Angeles area generally consisting of Westwood…

West Los Angeles

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West Los Angeles is an area of the city of Los Angeles within the larger area of the West Side of Los Angeles County. The area includes the neighborhoods of Bel-Air, Brentwood, Century City, Cheviot Hills, Mar Vista, Palms, Sawtelle, West LA, and Westwood.