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A picture take in the heart of the Promenade
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Businesses on Third Street, between Utah and Oregon (now Santa Monica Blvd.), 1880.
The Third Street Promenade is a pedestrian street in Santa Monica, California, United States. It is considered one of the premier shopping destinations in West Los Angeles and frequently draws crowds from all over Los Angeles County. Due to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean coupled with Los Angeles' mild climate, it has become a popular tourist destination. It is part of a larger redevelopment area in Downtown Santa Monica.

Third Street has been a center of business in Santa Monica since the town's inception in the late 1800s. The Promenade's roots date back to the 1960s when the Santa Monica Mall was developed and an outdoor shopping promenade similar to the one known today, though less upscale in nature. By the late 1970s, it was in serious decline. The area was gentrified during the 1980s to become what it is today.

"Third Street" currently has the original Starbucks Hear Music Coffeehouse and also boasts a Mann Theatres, AMC Theatres, and Loews Theatres, as well as a popular farmers' market.

Larger tenants include Anthropologie, French Connection UK, Borders, Barnes & Noble, Urban Outfitters, a three-story Gap, Armani Exchange, Apple, American Eagle Outfitters and Pottery Barn.

Street performers and entertainers are a frequent sight on the street. On a typical Saturday night in the summer, singer-songwriters, classical guitar players, magicians, clowns, hip-hop dancers, lounge singers, session drummers, and many harder-to-classify artists line up approximately 50 feet apart from each other all along Third Street.
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The southern end of the mall faces Santa Monica Place.
Santa Monica Place (1980) is an adjacent mall designed by Frank Gehry and built before the Santa Monica Mall was converted into the Promenade.

It is where Pee-Wee's bike was stolen in the motion picture Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

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Car-free zones (also known as auto-free zones and pedestrianised zones) are areas of a city or town in which automobile traffic is prohibited. They are instituted by communities who feel that it is desirable to have areas not dominated by the automobile.
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Santa Monica, California
Downtown Santa Monica as seen from the Santa Monica Pier
Nickname: SaMo, The Peoples Republic of Santa Monica
Location of Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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West Los Angeles (also known as West L.A. or the Westside) is generally considered to be the portion of Los Angeles, California that lies east of the Pacific Ocean, west of La Cienega Boulevard (or, by some, Fairfax or even La Brea Avenue), south of the Santa Monica
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Los Angeles County is a county in California and is by far the most populous county in the United States. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau give an estimated 2006 population of 9,948,081 residents, [1] while the California State government's population bureau
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Gentrification, or urban gentrification, is a phenomenon in which low-cost, physically deteriorated neighborhoods undergo physical renovation and an increase in property values, along with an influx of wealthier residents who may displace the prior residents.
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Mann Theatres is a movie theatre chain that owns and operates 16 theatres with 92 screens in Southern California, including the world-famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The theatres are located in the Los Angeles area. Its motto is "Where Hollywood goes to the movies".
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AMC Entertainment Inc.
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Loews Theaters, founded in 1904 by Marcus Loew, was the oldest theater chain operating in North America until it merged with AMC Theatres on January 26, 2006.

It was noted for being the distribution arm and parent company for Hollywood giant Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) until,
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Farmers' markets are markets, usually held out-of-doors, in public spaces, where farmers can sell their produce to the public.

Products at farmers' markets are renowned for being locally-grown and very fresh.
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Anthropologie is a retailer of high-end casual clothing and other merchandise run by Urban Outfitters, Inc.. A rather young apparel corporation, Anthropologie has used unique marketing and branding techniques to become a forerunner in women's fashion.
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Borders Group, Inc.

Public (NYSE: BGP )
Founded 1971 (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Headquarters Ann Arbor, Michigan

Key people George L. Jones, CEO & Chairman
Edward Wilhelm, CFO
Industry Retail (Specialty)
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Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Public (NYSE:  BKS )
Founded 1873 (as a printing business)
1917 (first bookstore opened)
Headquarters New York City

Key people Leonard Riggio, Chairman
Steve Riggio, CEO, Vice Chairman
Mitchell S.
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Urban Outfitters, Inc.

Public (NASDAQ:  URBN )
Founded 1970
Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Key people Chairman: Richard Hayne Founders: Richard Hayne, Scott Belair
Industry Retail (Apparel)
Products Clothing, footware, housewares
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Gap, Inc.

Public (NYSE:  GPS )
Founded San Francisco, California, 1969
Headquarters San Francisco, California, USA

Key people Founded by Donald Fisher and Doris Fisher
Glenn Murphy, Chairman & CEO
Byron H. Pollitt, Jr.
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Created in 1991, Armani Exchange (often A|X) is a subsidiary brand of Giorgio Armani. It is geared towards younger customers and features urban style, prêt-à-porter products, especially T-shirts, jeans, polos, and sports coats.
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Apple Store is a chain of retail stores owned and operated by Apple Inc., dealing in computers and consumer electronics. As of September 2007, Apple has opened 194 [1] stores, including 172 in 36 US states, ten in the United Kingdom, seven in Japan, and four in Canada.
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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

Public (NYSE:  AEO )
Founded 1904, company establishment
1977, switch to current branding
Headquarters Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Key people Jay L. Schottenstein; Chairman
James V. O'Donnell; CEO
Roger S.
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Pottery Barn is an American-based chain of home furnishing stores with stores in the United States and Canada. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

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Busking is the practice of doing live performances in public places to entertain people, usually to solicit donations and tips. Those engaging in this practice are called buskers. Busking is a British term used in many areas of the English-speaking world.
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Santa Monica Place is a three-story, 570,000 square-foot shopping mall in Santa Monica, California. The mall is located at the south end of the famous Third Street Promenade, and is also two blocks from the Santa Monica Pier and the beach.
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Frank Gehry

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain
Personal information
Name Frank Gehry
Nationality  Canada
 United States
Birth date January 28 1929 (1929--)
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 film directed by Tim Burton and written by Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman, and Michael Varhol. The original music score is composed by Danny Elfman.
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