The Dream Center (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / Vernon / Los Angeles, California
 place with historical importance, interesting place, movie / film / TV location
Founded as the Queen of Angels Hospital by the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart in 1926, with additional wings added in the 1930s and 1940s, this was once the home of most of the births in Los Angeles before closing in 1989 when it merged with Hollywood Clara Barton Memorial Hospital. In 1996, it was reopened as The Dream Center, a Pentecostal church-based building that does neighborhood outreach programs today. It has also been a filming location to numerous movies released in the early 1990s.

2301 Bellevue Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 273-7000
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Center
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Coordinates:   34°4'29"N   118°16'10"W

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  • Ahhh I was born here 7-11-70!! Glad to see it each time I pass by on the fwy!
  • I was born there May 1969!
  • I was born there in 1971
  • I was born there in 1954. I love seeing it from the freeway.
  • I was born there in may 1968 and adopted thru holy family services would love to get records of my birth
  • I was born there August 22,1961. My sister Susy, too, was born there January 19,1968. When I was born my parents lived on the other side of the 101 freemay on Union Avenue near Temple Street.
  • i was born 1981
  • I was born there in Feb. 1965 also adopted.
  • I was born there Jan 4, 1930 -- a dark & stormy night. Had a bloody diaper & supposed to die. Doctor performed first mother-to-infant blood transfusion done there on me, no blood banks then. Obviously it worked. Happy History.
  • I was also born there in the summer of 1954, July. 1st. Amazingly, after living in L.A. through the spring of 1970, I never saw the place or wondered where I had been born for all of these years. I now live in the S.F./Bay Area. -
  • I was born there Aug 11, 1940. We lived in Monterey Park and my father was working for the PE Railway. Never saw the hospital in 40 yrs of living in So Cal but appreciate the web site and the history. Now I live in Oregon
  • I was born there in 1959. I have lived in the Los Angeles County for most of my life.I meet the love of my life in Van Nuys and got married then my husband got a transfer, and we moved 2,000 miles accross the United States with our 6 children 19 years ago, I am planing a family reunion in August 2012 and proud to be able to show my grown children and a few of our grandchildren where Mom or Nana was born.
  • I was born there on January 21, 1960...what a great day that was! LOL! I love that Echo Park Lake is so close by...came home in 2004 & found it to now be the "Dream Center"...I find that to be quite auspicious...
  • Both my brother and I were born there, he in 1948 and me in April 1951. My Mother told us that one of the nuns that worked in maternity was named Sister Laboria. My Great Uncle was a Dr. there.
  • my bother an i were born in that beautiful hospital queen of angels my father didnt have a work an that same day i was born they give him a job in the hospital as housekeeping he was so happy to have a job an us to be born as twins.
  • in 1978
  • I was born there February 26, 1950
  • I was born there 12-12-1949 and many of my cousins. I had my first born there too. How very lucky I am to be a Queen of Angels girl. Very proud. Thank you!
  • I was born there 3-22-77. I've always wondered about the hospital. I never knew where it was . All I knew was that I was born at "Queen of Angels" hopital. Just recently my father told me it was now Hollywood Pres. Wow! Anyway so proud to know I was born in a hospital with such rich Los Angeles roots and history....and it is also cool to see all of the posts here from other Queen of Angels babies.
  • I worked as head of the respiratory therapy department from 1969-1971. I found the Sisters quite pleasant and encouraging. The hospital, as I recall, was sold to a firm in Pennsylvania, and a new management came in and changed the atmosphere a bit. I left due to difficulties with the new management. But it was a wonderful place to work for the most part.
  • I WAS BORN HERE ON APRIL 26 1949. I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BIRTH CERTIFICATE FROM BEING BORN THERE AND I CHEERISH IT. I AM A NATIVE CALIFORNIAN AND TRUE LA ANGEL :)
  • I, also, was born at Queen of the Angels Hospital-- on 5 March 1954! Glad to see it turned into a really good church. God bless those 2 pastors (the brothers) that had such an excellent vision for L.A. ministry!
  • I was born there on 1-27-1983, i passed by that buliding on the 101 many times & didn't found out that's where i was born at til 2007
  • I was born here too, 4/26/67, a male, but abandoned there by my young mother. I am searching for her and have a post on adopteeconnect.com. Adopted last name Cook
  • I was born there august 1, 1978.... I was adopted .... I have 2 kids of my own now that I raise on my own.... I was not meant for an easy life
  • I was born at Queen of Angels Hospital in October of 1951...often wished I could visit the old building(s)...I wonder where the room is at where I was born...I may never know.
  • Born there Aug 1951
  • I went to Queen of Angles school for x-ray technology in 1966. wonderful experience. One of the nuns was in our class. Still working as a technologist in Louisiana. Ann Brahm Harris
  • My mother Lucy Guitterez trained there. Later she met my father, L. B. Cozby. He was in the navy. Later they moved back to Floydada Texas where my father was born and they farmed until daddy died March 31st, 2013. Momma is now 98 years old and lives with me. She is still an R.N., but of course no longer practices. I also became nurse, but never reached the excellence that she was. She speaks of famous people she met while nursing there. George Raft, Jimmy Cagney, she helped take care of his mom and "Micky C." Micky Cohan.
  • Born there November 71!!
  • I was born there December 21st, 1951.
  • DK Born there 50 years ago today!
  • Born March 18th, 1980 then placed in the hands of CHS to be adopted. Would love to find my biological mother.
  • I spent 2 weeks at Queen of Angels in June 1950 with a ruptured abscessed appendix (was 16 at the time) and the Chief of Surgery performed the operation. Had special nurses and they all took very good care of me. I am blessed to still be here.
  • BORN THERE SEPTEMBER 10, 1971 :)
  • I was born there on July 20, 1946.
  • Was born there 06/08/1982. Man I love L.A.
  • I was born there May 24, 1952. My mother was a graduate of it's diplomate school of nursing. Upon graduating, she worked in the preemie nursery. When I was born she was inspired by the Latin saying over the altar, Regum Angelorum. It translated to the name which I was given: Angela Regina. My parents divorced shortly after I was born. Because my mom was a single parent, working round-the-clock shifts, the Franciscan nuns were my baby sitters. They would take me into the gift shop and let me pick from the holy cards. They were so wonderful to me and my Moms. If anyone has photos of the chapel or the hospital in general, especially the thrift shop, please contact me on Facebook: Angi Simon, Washington state.
  • Cool to think I was born at what is now the Dream Center & that it is carrying on the legacy of care for the community that the Franciscan nuns began!
  • I was born at the Queen of Angels Hospital on March 10, 1933. Exactly at the time of the BIG earthquake. A photographer came in the next morning and took a picture of me and my mother in her room. My claim to fame.
  • Was born there March 24, 1956. Would like to know if there are ways for us who started our lives there to perhaps see the particular areas of our coming of age Mailboxmeyer@gmail.com
  • I am proud to say I was born at Queen of Angles in August of 1949. I was a premature and only weighed 3 pounds 5 1/2oz. Then 65 years after I was born there, I stood on the roof thanking God for giving me life. Randy
  • I was born at Queen of Angles Oct 1958 on a Wednesday!
  • I was born at Queen of Angels December 30, 1962 and seven days later I was adopted I know my real is Hicks
  • I gave birth to my daughter Lisa, 1966, I had the best care, and was given steak and eggs. It was the best experience ever. Thank you to the staff of Queen of Angeles. Linda Miranda
  • I was born there in 1955 & my mother was born here in 1930..my grandmother was born @ home in Long Beach. Native Californian all the way!
  • I was born at the Queen of Angels hospital on January 2, 1946.
  • I was born at Queen of Angeles in July 1964. I was sadden to hear that the Hospital closed its doors in 1989. My mother told me that she was cared for so well by the nun who worked at the hospital.
  • I was born there Feb. 5, 1944. I'm glad to know my mom was taken good care of there!
  • I was born in this hospital Feb. 29,1964 Steve M now live in San Antonio
  • Was born there March 1958. So proud to see what has become of Queen of Angles.
  • I was born there June 7th 1965 My middle name is Anne after the St Anne statue at the end of hall on the floor I was born on.
  • I was born their in 1963 my parents had nothing but good things too say about the hospital. I miss the original name of Queen of Angels Hospital. Wish they would of kept the name. Probably politics.
  • Wow!! You made it by the grace of God
  • I was married to Dr. Fabio Marcotulli - head of OB-Gyn I heard so many great stories. He passed away August 18, 1999. I always wondered about all the babies he brought into Los Angeles. God rest his soul - he was a dedicated doctor that had his medical career shortened by the medical malpractice suing lawyers. This has a horror of medicine in California - paying insurance to keep your doors open. He cried when he dropped me off at court in Pasadena in 1989. Cried. A grown man. A great man. Lawyers ruined medicine.
  • 3 of my four deliveries were with Dr. Marcotulli at Queen of Angels. Tragically, my first in 1968 was stillborn. Then beautiful babies followed, my daughter in 1971 and my son in 1972. I remember the doctor as compassionate, happy, and humorous. I've always had fond memories of him. And I always make a point of viewing the former hospital when I travel the 101 into town.
  • I was born there in 1964. My parents have both passed away and I wondering if anyone knows what floor the maternity ward was on at that time. I've always loved the name of that hospital.
  • I was born at Queen of Angels on Christmas night 1949, my parents making the drive across pre-freeway Los Angeles on surface streets from the Eastmont area of East LA. I also had surgery there in 1973. Missing from the film list but one with good interior and exterior views is the 1978 romantic comedy "House Calls" with Walter Mattau, Glenda Jackson, and Art Carney.
  • In 1970 thru 1973, I dated a very beautiful and wonderful Nurse who worked many shifts there. I still have fond memories of her that will last forever..
  • Very cool. We just missed each other. I was born June 2nd 1965
  • My brother was born there December of 1948, and me in April 1951. Baby booming time! Have been trying to find the name of the obstetrician there. If you come across a roster of doctors for that time, please post!
  • The description is from an old version from their website (no longer available)...http://web.archive.org/web/20100620203220/http://dreamcenter.org/aboutus/QofA.html
  • Feb 21, 1966!
  • I was new there in Dec 1968. Treated nice i'm sure and the bill was under 50 bucks.
  • I was born in 1954, my brother in 1952 at Queen of Angels. My Mom's doc was Dr McCarthy.
  • I was born there in 1942 as a preemie. Doctor told my folks I probably would die. Nuns wouldn't let me and I'm now 74 years old. My Mom told me the 'bill' was $24.00 and she was in hospital three days (standard at that time), while I was there for over two weeks. Just found it is gone. I had recently found a photo of it my Mom had so thought I'd look it up. Glad to see it is still being used for God's work.
  • Did you ever find your biological mother?
  • I was born there on March 7, 1968 and adopted out on April 4, 1968 through Holy Family Children Services/Orphanage. I would really like to find/know who were my biological parents and place this last piece of the puzzle of my life to make it complete. I'll I know from the very limited information I've found on my adoption papers is that my birth parents were of Mexican descent and my birth dad had green colored eyes. If anyone has or might provide information that may lead me to finding them I would greatly appreciate it. Thank You!
  • I was a preemie born 2 pounds. 1969. Doctors said I wasn't going to make it.
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