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Cerritos
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Cerritos, in southeast LA County, was one of the early landing spots for Taiwanese immigrants. The titanium-clad Cerritos Library is a standout, the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts puts on shows, and Los Cerritos Center is the mall. Plenty of Asian restaurants and grocery stores, too.
Jasmine says
The 562: the OG council of Taiwanese immigrant elders.
The city library here was the first public building in North America
with a titanium exterior,
and the world's first 'experience library':
a 15,000-gallon saltwater tank at the entrance (with sharks),
a 40-foot T. rex named Stan in the kids' area,
a space shuttle hanging from the ceiling,
and a European-style reading room with a fireplace and crystal chandeliers.
It was originally built in 1973 for hometown First Lady
Pat Nixon; no wonder every family photo is taken here.
'My parents moved to Cerritos in the '90s.
Technically, we're the OGs who
"escaped the 626" first;
back then the 626 didn't even have traffic yet.'
Three generations under one roof, memories of growing up together.
The 562's original Taiwanese-immigrant elder council, with a spaceship library as its landmark.
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