This document provides a brief history of several landmarks in Koreatown, Los Angeles including the Wiltern Theater which opened in 1931, the Brown Derby restaurant which opened in 1926 and moved locations in 1937 before being renovated in 1980, and the Ambassador Hotel which opened in 1921 and was demolished in 2005 with the sites of these landmarks and three religious buildings, Wilshire Blvd. Temple, Saint Basil Roman Catholic Church, and Wilshire Christian Church now occupying the area.

1. Koreatown Esther Lim

2. Wilshire and Western

3. Wilshire and Western Now

8. Brown Derby Today

10. Ambassador Hotel Now

11. Wilshire Blvd. Temple

12. Saint Basil Roman Catholic Church

13. Wilshire Christian Church

14. Ban Ya Sa Buddhist Temple