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Culling

It was a day when I took several photographers out for a small photo workshop. Rather than drive, I decided to take the metro, which conveniently dropped me off at Union Station, a beautiful and iconic railway station built in 1926. It is located blocks away from City Hall, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, and Olvera Street.

I directed the photographers to wander about Olvera Street, which is home to some of the city’s oldest buildings, dating back to when California was still part of Mexico. Though it caters to countless tourists, it is still a thriving community of Latino immigrants. In the neighborhood is a Catholic church with a beautiful ...

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