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At 419 N. Los Angeles Street, at the northwest corner of Arcadia, is the Garnier Building, built in 1890, part of the Los Angeles' original Chinatown. The southern portion of the building was demolished in the 1950s to make way for the Hollywood Freeway. The Chinese American Museum is now located in the Garnier Building.
A dagger (†) indicates a street that no longer exists, or the pedestrianized areas, formerly considered streets on the perimeter of and now considered part of the Los Angeles Plaza. "Female boarding" was a euphemism for small rooms, "cribs", used by prostitutes. *now Cesar Chavez Ave. **later Sunset Bl., Now Paseo Luis Olivares
Placita Dolores, where from 1888 until the 1950s, Los Angeles Street used to run a short block north of the Plaza to terminate at Alameda St. When it was extended past the Plaza in 1888, [3] Los Angeles Street terminated one short block north of the Plaza at Alameda Street. Now, Los Angeles Street turns east at the north side of the Plaza to ...
The Historic Core is a district within Downtown Los Angeles that includes the world's largest concentration of movie palaces, [citation needed] former large department stores, and office towers, all built chiefly between 1907 and 1931. Within it lie the Broadway Theater District and the Spring Street historic financial district, and in its west ...
Los Angeles Theatre —Mullen & Bluett DS/ Walter P. Story Bldg. —Desmond's Bldg. —Palace Theatre —J. E. Carr Bldg. —Harris & Frank 1947-1980 Hotel Hayward E. F. Hutton (1931) California Canadian Bank (1923) Barclays Bank (1919) United California Bank Stock Exchange Mortgage Guaranty Building (1913) Banks & Huntley Bldg. (1930 ...
Spring Street in Los Angeles is one of the oldest streets in the city. Along Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles, from just north of Fourth Street to just south of Seventh Street is the NRHP-listed Spring Street Financial District, nicknamed Wall Street of the West, [2] [3] lined with Beaux Arts buildings and currently experiencing gentrification.
This block is, since 1928, the site of Los Angeles City Hall. Before 1926, Spring Street and Main Street met at Temple Street. From Temple, Main and Spring streets proceeded south; Spring at a more southwesterly angle. This created a narrow triangle with the triangle's northern point at Temple.
April 4, 1985. Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District is a historic district that consists of twelve blocks between the 6200 and 7000 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. This strip of commercial and retail businesses, which includes more than 100 buildings, is recognized for its significance with the ...