Go for Broke Monument
The Go for Broke Monument in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, commemorates Japanese Americans who served in the United States Army during World War II.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Monument
- Description: Monument in Los Angeles, California, United States
- Also known as: “Go For Broke Monument”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and Los Angeles City Hall.
Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Museum
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Geffen Contemporary at MOCA is a museum.
Los Angeles City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Brion VIBBER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. Los Angeles City Hall is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Go for Broke Monument.
Little Tokyo/Arts District station
Railway station
Photo: OrdinaryScarlett, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Little Tokyo/Arts District station is an underground light rail station on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It replaced an at-grade station with the same name that was located on the east side of Alameda Street between 1st Street and Temple Street, on the edge of Little Tokyo and the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles. Little Tokyo/Arts District station is situated 840 feet south of Go for Broke Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Tokyo and Civic Center.
Little Tokyo
Quarter
Photo: Bobak, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Little Tokyo, also known as Little Tokyo Historic District, is an ethnically Japanese American district in downtown Los Angeles and the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America.
Civic Center
Quarter
Photo: Brion VIBBER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Civic Center district of Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, is the administrative core of the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, and a complex of city, county, state, and federal government offices, buildings, and courthouses.
Toy District
Neighborhood
The Toy District is a 12-block area in eastern Downtown Los Angeles, bounded by Los Angeles Street on the west, Third and Fifth streets on the north and south and San Pedro Street on the east.
Go for Broke Monument
- Categories: sculpture and historic site
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.05114° or 34° 3′ 4″ northLongitude
-118.23907° or 118° 14′ 21″ westOpen location code
85633Q26+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 912211055OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q5574772
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Go for Broke Monument” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “二戰日裔美軍紀念碑”
- Japanese: “日系人兵士の記念碑”
- Japanese: “日系人部隊記念碑”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Union Center for the Arts and East West Players.
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