I walked Figueroa Street | DOCUMENTARY | Forgotten Children Inc.

Figueroa Street Chronicles: Stories from the Sidewalks of LA

The intersection of Century Boulevard and Figueroa Street represents a convergence of Los Angeles' early colonial roots and its 20th-century expansion as a global aviation and transit hub. Figueroa Street is one of the oldest and most significant north-south thoroughfares in Los Angeles, named after General José Figueroa, the Mexican governor of Alta California (1833–1835). It was originally known as Calle de los Chapules (Street of the Grasshoppers) and later became Pearl Street before being re