Thai Town, Los Angeles

For other places called Thai Town, see Thai Town.
Thai Town
Neighborhood of Los Angeles
Thai Town neighborhood sign located at the intersection of Normandie Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard.
Thai Town neighborhood sign
located at the intersection of
Normandie Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard.
Thai Town is located in Los Angeles
Thai Town
Thai Town
Location within Central Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34°06′00″N 118°18′16″W / 34.10000°N 118.304522°W / 34.10000; -118.304522
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLos Angeles
CityLos Angeles
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Sidewalk shrine to Phra Phrom on Hollywood Boulevard outside Thailand Plaza, 2015
Thai Town Plaza on Hollywood Boulevard

Thai Town (Thai: ไทยทาวน์) is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. In 2008, it was one of the five Asian Pacific Islander neighborhoods (Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Historic Filipinotown, Koreatown, and Thai Town in the city that received federal recognition as a Preserve America neighborhood.[1] It is the only officially recognized Thai Town in the United States.[2]

  1. ^ "Preserve America Neighborhood Designation Historic Filipinotown" (PDF). lacity.org. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, America's Only Thai Town Celebrates 15 Years in Los Angeles, NBCNews.com, October 30, 2014