Main Street (Los Angeles)

Main Street
Length20.9 mi (33.6 km)[1]
South end33°47′55″N 118°16′31″W / 33.7986°N 118.2752°W / 33.7986; -118.2752
Lomita Boulevard at the CarsonWilmington border
Major
junctions
North end34°03′56″N 118°12′13″W / 34.0655°N 118.2036°W / 34.0655; -118.2036
Valley Boulevard in Lincoln Heights

Main Street is a major north–south thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California. It serves as the east–west postal divider for the city and the county as well.[2]

Route

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From the northeast, Main Street begins as a continuation of Valley Boulevard west of Mission Road in Lincoln Heights as 'North Main Street'.

Main Street enters Downtown Los Angeles passing by the edge of the Los Angeles Plaza. It continues through the Civic Center area, which is built on top of the site of the buildings — nearly all demolished — that in the 1880s through 1900s formed the city's Central Business District. At 3rd Street it enters the Historic Core district. At 9th Street, it merges with Spring Street in Downtown LA, and between Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and 9th Street, Main Street shares a one-way couplet with Spring Street.

Main Street continues south through South Los Angeles and enters Carson 2 miles (3.2 km) north at the intersection of Lomita Boulevard. In Wilmington Main Street moniker ends, the street continuing on as Wilmington Boulevard.

Buildings and sites north of US-101

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Buildings and sites from US-101 to Third Street

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Main from Plaza south to Arcadia

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Pico House

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Pico House was a luxury hotel built in 1870 by Pío Pico, a successful businessman who was the last Mexican Governor of Alta California. With indoor plumbing, gas-lit chandeliers, a grand double staircase, lace curtains, and a French restaurant, the Italianate three-story, 33-room hotel was the most elegant hotel in Southern California. It had a total of nearly eighty rooms. The Pico House is listed as a California Historical Landmark (No. 159).

Masonic Hall

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Masonic Hall at 416 N. Main St., was built in 1858 as Lodge 42 of the Free and Accepted Masons. The building was a painted brick structure with a symbolic "Masonic eye" below the parapet. In 1868, the Masons moved to larger quarters further south. Afterward, the building was used for many purposes, including a pawn shop and boarding house. It is the oldest building in Los Angeles south of the Plaza.

Merced Theater

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The Merced Theater, completed in 1870, was built in an Italianate style and operated as a live theatre from 1871 to 1876. When the Woods Opera House opened nearby in 1876, the Merced ceased being the city's leading theatre.[3] Eventually, it gained an "unenviable reputation" because of "the disreputable dances staged there, and was finally closed by the authorities."[4]

Plaza House

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This two-story building at 507–511 N. Main St. houses part of the LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, which includes the Vickrey -Brunswig Building next door.[5] It is inscribed on its upper floor, and on 1890s maps it is marked, "Garnier Block" (not to be confused with the Garnier Block/Building on Los Angeles Street, one block away). Commissioned in 1883 by Philippe Garnier, once housed the "La Esperanza" bakery.[6]

Vickrey-Brunswig Building

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This five-story brick building facing the Plaza at 501 N. Main St. houses LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, which also occupies the Plaza House next door. It was built in 1888 and combines Italianate and Victorian architecture; the architect was Robert Brown Young.[7]

Site of Sentous Building

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The Sentous Block or Sentous Building (19th c., demolished late 1950s) was located at 615-9 N Main St., with a back entrance on 616-620 North Spring St. (previously called Upper Main St., then San Fernando St.). Designed in 1886 by Burgess J. Reeve. Louis Sentous was a French pioneer in the early days of Los Angeles.[8] The San Fernando Theatre was located here. The site is now part of the El Pueblo parking lot.[9][10]


West side of Main from Republic south to Temple

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This block is part of the site of the current Spring Street Courthouse. Buildings previously located here include:

Northwest corner of Temple and Main

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On this corner stood four buildings in succession, the first two of which had a key role in the history of retail in Southern California, as it was home to a number of upscale retailers who would later grow to be big names in the city, and some, regional chains.

East side of Main from Arcadia south to Commercial

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Baker Block

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  • Baker Block, 334–348** N. Main at the southeast corner of Arcadia Street, opened late 1878, Second Empire architecture. The Baker Block was erected on the site of Don Abel Stearns' adobe mansion also called El Palacio, built in 1835-1838 and demolished in August and September of 1877;[22] Col. Robert S. Baker who had the Baker Block built, had married Stearns' widow, Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker. When built, it was called the "finest emporium of commerce south of San Francisco". The ground floor housed retail tenants such as Coulter's (1879–1884), George D. Rowan and Eugene Germain. The second floor was offices, and the third floor held the city's most upscale apartments. In 1919, Goodwill Industries bought the building and opened its store and operations. That is not to say though, that nobody fought to save the building. The Metropolitan Garden Association tried to move the Baker Block to another location for use as a public recreation center, while city councilman Arthur E. Briggs raised funds to convert the building into a city history museum. Nonetheless, in 1941, Goodwill sold the building to the city, which demolished it in 1942. Currently, the US 101 freeway, and the new, more southerly route of Arcadia Street, run over most of the site.[23]

South of Baker Block

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South of the Baker Block stood buildings that are now the site of the northwestern-most part of the Los Angeles Mall:

  • Downey Building (not to be confused with the "Downey Block"), 324–330** N. Main, opened 1878, three stories, captured in a 1957 color photo standing alone as the last building on the block, demolished that year.[24] In the 1930s photo above, it is home to the Librería Española.
  • Grand Central Hotel, opened 1876, demolished.
  • Pico Building, 318-322** N. Main, opened 1867, the city’s first bank building, to house the new Hellman, Temple & Co. bank, then in 1871 the first location of Hellman’s own bank Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles, forerunner of Security Pacific National Bank. Later tenants included the Los Angeles County Bank (1874-1878), Charles H. Bush, jeweler and watchmaker (1878-1905), Louis E. Pearlson’s jewelry, loan and pawnshop (from 1905), as well as several barber shops and then a succession of owner-operated restaurants. The last occupants were a jewelers and the Mexican restaurant Arizona Cafe #2. Demolished 1957 to make way for a parking lot.[25]
  • Bella Union Hotel, later the St. Charles Hotel, 314–316** N. Main. Opened 1835, demolished 1940. Home to the Azteca Cafe in the 1930s.
  •  312 N. Main, two stories, home to a saloon in the mid-1890s
  •  306–308 N. Main, three stories, home to offices (at #308) and Bright's Cheap Store (#306) in 1882.[26]

  • Ducommun Block or Ducommun Building, 300-2-4** N. Main (200-2-4* N. Main). In the 1880s, home to the Ducommun hardware store, a furniture store and Prager Dry Goods. In the early 20th century, site of the Security Pacific National Bank.[27] Home to the Federal Theatre from c. 1913–1917.[28]

The Los Angeles Mall replaced these blocks; it is a small shopping center at the Los Angeles Civic Center, between Main and Los Angeles Streets on the north and south sides of Temple Street, connected by both a pedestrian bridge and a tunnel. It features Joseph Young's sculpture Triforium, with 1,500 blown-glass prisms synchronized to an electronic glass bell carillon. The mall opened in 1974 and includes a four-level parking garage with 2,400 spaces.

East side of Main from Commercial south to First

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Currently, this site is the southernmost end of the Los Angeles Mall; Triforium is approximately on the site of Commercial Street.[29]

  • #240 Farmers and Merchants Bank was located here in 1896[29]
  • #236 Los Angeles Savings Bank was located here in 1896[29]
  • #226-8 Commercial Bank, renamed First National Bank in 1880, was located here in 1896.[30]First National Bank was located here in 1896.[29]
  • #214–222 (pre-1890 numbering: 74): New Lanfranco Block, built 1888, architects Curlett, Eisen & Cuthbertson[31] Site of the Old Lanfranco Block, demolished in 1888.[32][29]
  • #200–202 (NE corner of Requena) Southern Pacific ticket office as of 1888-9[33]
  •  #158–172: United States Hotel, southeast corner of Main and Requena St. (a.k.a. Market St.). Built 1861-2, demolished 1939. When built it was one of three hotels in the city, alongside the Bella Union and the Lafayette Hotel. It was ornate and Italianate in style, with a "profusion of brackets, corbel tables and oriel windows. On one end, a tower with a mansard roof lit by l'oeil de boeuf windows, poked up another story to signal the hotel's location to travelers.”[34] Today, location of the south plaza of the Los Angeles Mall.

West side of Main from Temple south to First

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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. Proceeding south along Main on the right-hand side one would pass the east side of Temple Block.
  • Junction with Market Street
  • Clock Tower Courthouse until demolished in 1895, or the Bullard Block built in its place after 1895.
  • Junction with Court Street
  • Illich's Restaurant and Oyster Parlors, 41–43 (pre-1890 numbering) 145–7 (post-1890) N. Main St.. Starting in the 1870s as a small chophouse, Illich's grew to be the largest restaurant in the city. Owner Jerry Illich was born in Dalmatia. He was connected with the Maison Doree restaurant at 4th and Main and later opened his own restaurant in 1896 on west 2nd Street between Broadway and Hill.[35]
  • Northwest corner of First and Main streets.

East side of Main from First to Second

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  • Grand Opera House (1884, demolished 1936, capacity c. 1,300–1,800), 110 S. Main, in later years known as the Orpheum (Dec. 1894–Sep. 1903), Clune's Grand (c. 1912), The Grand (c. 1920s), and Teatro México (1930s). (The Orpheum Circuit (circuit meaning "chain") moved the Orpheum name to a different venue in 1903 at 227 S. Spring, and again in 1911 to what is now the Palace Theatre). This theater was the site of the first commercial showing of motion pictures in the city, when on July 6, 1896, several films from the Edison Studios were projected by Billy Porter, who would later become a famous silent film director. Appeared in the film in Busby Berkeley's Bright Lights (1st National/Warner Bros, 1935). Demolished in 1936 to make way for a parking lot.[36]
  • Forster Block, 122–128 S. Main St. (post-1890 numbering), 22–28 S. Main St. (per-1890 numbering), was a two-story building built in the early 1880s, five doors south of the Grand Opera House. It housed a coffee house of the Women's Christian Temperance Union at #26, heavily damaged in an 1885 fire, and a saddlery.[37]

Third from Spring to Main, Third and Main

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On the corner of Third and Main:[38]

  • Wells Fargo and Co. offices, northwest corner of 3rd/Main as of 1894
  • The Thom Block, southeast corner of Mayo/Third and Main as of 1894
  • Schwartz Block and Jackson House, southwest corner of 3rd/Main as of 1894



Buildings and sites south of Third Street

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Sources include the Clason map of Downtown Los Angeles:[39]

300 block

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On the west side of Main St. south of 3rd Street were:

  • #311–317 - Round House (demolished)
  • 300 block west side - site of Belasco Theatre

On the east side of Main St. south of 3rd Street were:

  • Panorama Building, 312–324 S. Main (post-1890 numbering), with retail shops and offices such as the Olmsted & Wales Panorama bookstore and the Los Angeles Evening Express offices. In the center of the building was a passage to the back and an exhibition space for a panoramic painting, debuting in late 1887: a copy of the Panorama of the Siege of Paris by Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, depicting a battle of the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian war—the last one between the French resistance and Prussian besiegers, which led to the fall of Paris in January, 1871. When attendance dwindled, investors (including local landowner and capitalist Daniel Freeman) sold the painting to buyers in San Francisco and the rotunda housed at various times the Empire Stables and "Panorama Stables', with stalls for horses in the former exhibition space., in 1906 it was transformed into a state-of-the-art roller skating rink, which was unsuccessful. Owner Adolph Ramish demolished the building in 1907 and the Adolphus (later Hippodrome) Theatre was built on the site.[40] Today the site is a large open-air parking lot.[41]
  • Hotel Westminster at the end of the block, 342 S. Main St., northeast corner of 4th and Main. Robert Brown Young, architect. Opened 1888, demolished 1960.[42] Now the Medallion Apartments, opened 2010.[43]

4th and Main

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  • NW corner 4th/Main - Hotel Barclay
  • NE corner 4th Main - site of Hotel Westminster, now site of Medallion Apartments
  • #400–410 (SE corner of 4th/Main) - San Fernando Building
  • #401 (SW corner of 4th/Main) - Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles building (former)
  • #403–411 S. Main, entrance also on 124 W. 4th, Isaias W. Hellman Building (1912-5, Morgan, Walls and Morgan).[44] Not to be confused with the Hellman Building on Spring Street nearby.
  • #420–426 (NE corner of Winston): site of Main Street Savings Bank Building, demolished
  • #430 (SE corner of Winston, approximate numbering): Federal Building or Government Building, demolished. The Post Office moved here in June 1893 from 6th and Broadway.
  • #443: site of Lexington Hotel[45]

5th and Main

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  • NW corner 5th/Main - former Rosslyn Hotel main building, now The Rosslyn lofts
  • 112 W. 5th (SW corner 5th/Main) Hotel Rosslyn Annex
  • SE corner 5th/Main former Charnock Block a.k.a. Pershing Hotel and Roma Hotel (508 S. Main), now New Pershing Apartments, last original two-story 19th-century commercial block left in the Historic Core.[46] The Charnock Block was constructed in two phases, the 5th St. face in 1889 and the Main St. face in 1907. In 1923, it became the Pershing Hotel. It is a rare example of Late Victorian-era commercial architecture and Second Empire architecture still existing in the Historic Core. The Roma was built in 1904 by Fred L. and Frank M. Lee. In 1989, both buildings were joined and renovated and are now apartments; they are contributing buildings to the "5th-Main Street Commercial Historic District", National Register of Historic Places (eligible 2007).[47]
  • Burbank Theatre, 548 S. Main, opened 1893, closed 1974, demolished.[48] Now the site of the Topaz Apartments at #550.

6th and Main

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7th and Main

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8th and Main

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  • NW corner 8th/Main, Great Republic Building, now Great Republic lofts (entrance on Spring Street)
  • SW corner 8th/Main, National City Building, now National City Tower lofts
  • SE corner 8th/Main Hotel Huntington Building, now Huntington Apartments
  • #810, site of California Theatre (opened 1918, closed 1987, demolished 1990) and
  • #842 site of the Miller Theatre (opened 1913, originally 714 seats, later 924, demolished)[51]

9th and Main

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  • NW corner of 9th/Main, W. M. Garland Building
  • SW corner of 9th/Main Marsh & Strong Building

Theaters on Main Street

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Orpheum Theatre when located at the Grand Opera House building, c. 1898

While the Broadway Theater and Commercial District several blocks west is famous enough to warrant constituting a National Register-listed historic district, Main Street was home to dozens of theatres and early cinemas as well. The peak era was the early 1910s, before the more upscale cinema market migrated west to Broadway. There were 27 theaters and cinemas running on Main in 1912. In 1939 there were still 18 operating between 2nd and 9th streets.[52]

  • Art Theatre, 551 S. Main St.
  • Banner Theatre, 458 S. Main St.
  • Bijou Theatre, 553 S. Main St.
  • Burbank Theatre, 548 S. Main St.
  • California Theatre, 810 S. Main St.
  • Clune's Theatre, 453 S. Main St.
  • Crystal Theatre, 247 S. Main St.
  • Denver Theatre, 238 S. Main St.
  • Dohs Theatre, 166 N. Main St.
  • The Downtown Independent, 251 S. Main St.
  • Electric Theatre, 262 S. Main St.
  • Estella Theatre, 515 N. Main St.
  • Federal Theatre, 300 N. Main St.
  • Follies Theatre, 337 S. Main St.
  • Galway Theatre, 514 S. Main St.
  • Gayety Theatre, 523 S. Main St.
  • Gem Theatre, 649 S. Main St.
  • Grand Opera House, 110 S. Main St. (a.k.a. Orpheum Theatre, which changed venues over the years)
  • Happy Hour Theatre, 125 S. Main St.
  • Hippodrome Theatre, 320 S. Main St.
  • Hollander Theatre, 115 E. 1st St. ,
  • Jade Theatre, 315 S. Main St.
  • Lark Theatre, 613 S. Main St.
  • Liberty Theatre, 266 S. Main St.
  • Linda Lea Theatre, 251 S. Main St.
  • Main Theatre, 438 S. Main St.
  • Merced Theatre, 420 N. Main St.
  • Miller's Theatre, 842 S. Main St.
  • Mott's Hall, 133 S. Main St.
  • Muse Theatre, 417 S. Main St.
  • Nickel Theatre, 255 S. Main St.
  • Novelty Theatre, 136 S. Main St.
  • Olvera St. Theatre, W-10 Olvera St. / 620 N. Main St.
  • Optic Theatre, 533 S. Main St.
  • People's Amphitheater, N. Main St. near 1st
  • Picture Theatre, 545 S. Main St.
  • Playo Theatre, 349 N. Main St.
  • Plaza Theatre, 224 N. Main St.
  • Princess Theatre, 121 W. 1st St.
  • Principal Theatre, 433 N. Main St.
  • Regal Theatre, 323 S. Main St.
  • Regent Theatre, 448 S. Main St.
  • Republic Theatre, 629 1/2 S. Main St.
  • Rex Theatre, 324 S. Main St.
  • Roosevelt Theatre, 212 N. Main St.
  • Rosslyn Theatre, 431 S. Main St.
  • Rounder Theatre, 510 S. Main St.
  • Sherman Theatre, 518 S. Main St.
  • Star Theatre, 529 S. Main St.
  • Star Theatre, 100 block of E. 5th St.
  • Stearns Hall, SE corner N. Main St. and Arcadia St.
  • Tally's Phonograph and Vitascope Parlor, 137 S. Main St.
  • Teatro Hidalgo, 373 N. Main St.
  • Teatro Torito, W-12 Olvera St. / 622 N. Main St.
  • Temple Theatre, 155 N. Main St.
  • Victor Theatre, 1718 S. Main St.
  • Wood's Opera House, 410 N. Main St.

Transportation

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Main Street carries Metro Local lines: 10, 33, 48, 55, 76, and 92; most of those lines run on Main Street in downtown only, while Line 76 serves Main Street in Northeast Los Angeles and Line 48 in South Los Angeles. The A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail System meets Main Street at its intersection with North Vignes Street near the Chinatown Station. The B and D lines are just past the intersection of Main Street and North Alameda Street near Union Station.[53][54]

Architecture map

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Landmarks are shown on the following street grid of the Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles.

For the area north of Third Street, see Victorian Downtown Los Angeles
For the area to the west of Hill Street, see Financial District, Los Angeles
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THIRD ST. THIRD ST. THIRD ST. THIRD (orig. MAYO) ST.

 300 
F. P. Fay Bldg 1904⁠–⁠90d D&F[61][62]
now 🅿️ garage

 301⁠–⁠313 
1895⁠–⁠1917d Muskegon Block
1918 WLW/ACM Chur
Million Dollar Th.

 300–310 
Bradbury B.
1893 SH/GW

Wilson Court
former alley

 312-6 
Gilbert Block c.1900–c.60
Central Th. 1929–c.57[63]
now Guadalupe wedding chapel

 301–311  Washington B.
1912 P&B[64]

 300–4 
J. B. Lankershim[65] Bldg a.k.a.
National Title[66] Bldg
1897–1959d RBY[67]

 301–9 
Schwartz Block 1888⁠-⁠d⁠[68]
Hotel Jackson 1890s
Citizens Nat'l Bank/
Cotton Exch Bldg
1906-?d
[69][65][66]⁠HA

now Reagan State Bldg 1990

 300–4 
Thom Block d⁠[70]
Milan H.
Blakesley H.

Lewis drugstore[71]

now 🅿️[72]

126–30 E. 3rd
Empire/ Unique Th.
1905 RBY

now 🅿️

Toy District
Angels Flight
 312-322   315–325 

1897 JP Homer Laughlin B.
ds 1898–1905 Coulter's
ds 1905–17 Ville de Paris
1917– Grand Central Market

 318-22 
Blackstone B. 1906–pres RBY
Blackstone DS 1906-17
The Fair
Cozy Theater 1930s-50s[73]
 324-6  Shannon B.
 328-30  Boos Bros Cafeteria
 332-4  So. Cal. Music
 336-8  Gray B. 1950s: Central Stationery & Printing Co.

 337-41 
Salisbury Block
 343-7 
Hogan B.

 308–314   311–317 

Round House
a.k.a. Garden of Paradise
1850s–1889

[65][66]c.1890–?
311–3 Pinney Bldg
[74]⁠315–7 Pridham Block
319–25 Turnverein Hall
(Turnhalle)/
New Star Vaudeville Th.
335–9 Belasco Th.

 312–324 
Panorama B.
1880s-1984

Rotunda (rear)
1887⁠–⁠1907:

Siege of Paris
panorama/[75]
stables⁠/icerink
1907–52:
Adolphus/ Hippodrome Theatre
[76]

now 🅿️

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1913–d
Black B.[77]
now Pershing Sq. B Line D Line 

 331–335 
ds 1900–35 Jacoby Bros.

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1898/1902 JP Grant Bldg
jewelers Montgomery Bros.
shoes W. E. Cummings

 340  Trustee B. 1905 PB

 350  O. T. Johnson Block 1895 It RBY

 356  O. T. Johnson Bldg
1902 JB Rom

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Citizen M hotel 2021–

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Hellman Bldg
1903
now HWH 🏠

103 W 4th
[78]1897 M&W
Hotel Van Nuys
now Hotel Barclay⁠🏠

 332–346 
Hotel Westminster
1888⁠–⁠1960d RBY
now Medallion Apts⁠🏠

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Germaine
[79]Bldg d

[71]Edison H. now retail, 🅿️

FOURTH ST. FOURTH ST. FOURTH ST. FOURTH ST.

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Hotel Clarendon/
Hotel Sherman
1895–1939

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Wilson Bldg/
Occidental Hotel/
Clark Hotel
?–1913

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J. A.
Williams
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Broadway
Department
Store
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1895–
1914d

1915: 401–23 B'way, 414–34 Hill were joined as the:
Broadway Dept Store Bldg 1915 P&B
1999 renamed Junípero Serra B. #2

The Broadway Department Store 1896–1973
State of California offices 1999–present

 400 
Mason B. c.1897–d[80]
Perla on Broadway 🏠 2020

Angelus Hotel 1901⁠–⁠56d JP[81]
now 🅿️

 400 
Continental
Bldg
1902 JP/GB BA a.k.a. Braly Block
now Continental Lofts

 410 
Hellman Bldg
1903 AR BA
now Hellman Lofts 🏠

 400 
San
Fernando
B.

1906 IRR

Toy District



 417 
Subway
Terminal
B.

1925–55 Pacific
Electric

now res
Metro 417

 436–8 
Boos Bros. Cafeteria

St. Clarenden H.

 443–7
?–⁠1911 Brockton Shoes
ds 1911⁠–⁠22 Myer Siegel
ds 1922⁠-⁠c.1927 Bon Marché
5&10¢ 1927⁠–⁠mid⁠-⁠90s: 
J. J. Newberry's

Fallas Paredes
ds 1996-2022

 424 
Judson C. Rive B. 1907

 433
Title Insurance & Trust Co B. 1928
UCLA Extension

 416 
Stowell/ El Dorado Hotel 1913
El Dorado Lofts

Dog Park

(411 W. 5th)
1929-30 P&P AD
Title
Guarantee
B.
now 🏠

(515 W. 5th)
 451–459 
1913 JP⁠/⁠GEB RR 
Metropolitan B.
1914⁠–⁠34 Owl Drugs
1913⁠–⁠26 Public Library
Foreman
& Clark

ds c.⁠1915⁠–⁠28

1916⁠–⁠28 Janss land dev.
Fallas Paredes
ds 1996⁠-⁠2022

Now small/vacant retail,
Downtown Metro Lofts

Chester Williams B. 1926

 453 
Spring Arts Tower P&B
Citizens Nat'l Bank 1915–63
Crocker Bank 1963–70s
Pacific Stock Exchange 1970s
Now art studios, The Last Bookstore

 460 
Rowan B. 1912
The Rowan 🏠

 451 
1914 P&B BA
Hotel
Rosslyn

now Rosslyn Lofts

121 E. 5th
King
Edward
Hotel

1906 P&B

now 🏠.

FIFTH ST. FIFTH ST. FIFTH ST. FIFTH ST.
PERSHING
SQUARE

Pershing Square
B Line D Line 

Fifth Street Store ds

 518  Roxie Th.

 528  Cameo Th.

 534  Arcade Th.

now retail

 501 
Hotel Alexandria 1906

 510 
Security Bldg 1907 PB
Security T&SB
now Security Bldg Lofts

 514 
Hotel
Rosslyn
Annex

 500–2 
Charnock
Block
1889 Vic/SE
Pershing Hotel
now New
Pershing
Apts

 501 
Baltimore
Hotel 1910

now 🏠

 538⁠–⁠546     Spring Arcade     537⁠–⁠543  
(a.k.a. Broadway Arcade)


543
Desmond's
ds 1915–24

 514 
Security T&SB 1916 JP BA
now L.A. Theater Center

 545 
🅿️

 550 
Topaz Apts 2018

 550  
Paramount Th.
International
Jewelry Ctr

 555–61  
ds Swelldom

 556–558  
ds Silverwoods
(1904–74)
now Broadway Jewelry Mart

(215 W. Spring)
 561 
1910 JP/GEB Trust & Savings Bank Bldg
1910 L.A. T&SB
1922 Pacific SW T&SB

now Randolph Lofts

 548 
Marley Lofts

 560 
Santa Fe B. 1908 M&W BA
now Santa Fe Lofts

SIXTH ST. SIXTH ST. SIXTH ST. SIXTH ST.

Consolidated
Realty
B.
1908/35
now California Jewelry Mart

Sun Realty B. 1931
L.A. Jewelry
Center

 635 
Harris &
Frank B.
1925
Harris &
Frank
1925⁠–⁠50

now Wholesale
Jewelry
Exchange


 606  
Western
Jewelry
Mart

 608 
William Fox B. 1932
Fox
Jewelry
Plaza

 601-605 
1907 P&B H. Jevne Co B.
grocer 1907–20 H. Jevne
1921–31[82] Bedell Dept Store
1936–8 Jacoby's
1940–? Zukor's[83]
now Three One Four apts

 615 
Los Angeles Th.

 600–610  
Walter P. Story B. 1909 MW&C BA
Mullen & Bluett ds

 616 
Desmond's ds

 620  
Schaber's cafeteria

 630   Palace Th. 1911 GAL RR

 644  
Joseph E Carr B. 1909 HH
W & J. Sloane 1909–1935
Brooks Clothing Co 1935–47
Harris & Frank 1947⁠–⁠80

 648 
Boos Bros. Cafeteria 1916
Clifton's Cafeteria 1935–

 601  
Hotel Hayward

 621  
E. F. Hutton 1931

 625  
California Canadian Bank 1923

 639  
Barclays Bank 1919

 600 
United California Bank B. 1961 CB
U.C.B. HQ 1961–73
now Thurman Lofts

 618 
Stock Exchange B. 1931 P&P CM
L. A. Stock Exchange
Pacific Stock Exch.
now ExchangeLA nightclub

 626 
Mortgage Guaranty B. 1913
City Lofts

 632–4 
Banks & Huntley B. 1930 P&P AD

 610 
Pacific
Electric
B.
1905
Pacific
Electric
Lofts

 640 
Hotel Cecil
1924–pres LLS[84]

 651–7 
410 W. 7th
1920 BMP BA

Pantages/ Warner Bros Th
now Jewelry
Theater Center

 640–50   639–59 

Bullock's ds 1907 P&B
now St. Vincent Jewelry Ctr

 656–666  (219 W 7th)
Haas B. 1915 MW&M BA
now 🏠, hotel, retail

215 W. 7th  651–3 
Bartlett Bldg
1911 P&B
Union Oil HQ
1911–23
2002–pres 🏠

now Jaide Lofts

SEVENTH ST. SEVENTH ST. SEVENTH ST. SEVENTH ST.

 701 
Foreman
& Clark B.

1928 C&B AD/NG
Foreman
& Clark
ds

 703  State Th.

 700 
Hotel Lankershim 1905⁠–⁠80s d
now 🅿️ w/1st floor retail

 720 
Z. L. Parmelee B. 1907
Parmelee Co. gas/electric fixtures

 722 
Sassony B. 1909 Barker Bros. furniture 1909⁠–⁠1936 at 724⁠-⁠732
728–734 is now 🅿️ w/1st floor retail

 740  
Garland B. 1913 MW&M NC
Globe Th. orig. Morosco Th.

 701  
Van
Nuys
Bldg

M&W 1911 RR
now
Van
Nuys
Apts

 700–4  
140 W. 7th
Financial
Center
Bldg

N&W 1924 BA[85]

 700  
Dearden's
ds 1909-2017

Garfield B.
1930
325 W. 8th

Union Bank
& Trust Co.
B.
1922 C&B

now Union Lofts

 756  
Chapman B. 1912 EM BA HCM #899
orig. L.A. Investment Co B.
now Chapman Flats

 755  
Griffin on Spring 🏠 24 fl. 2018

 756  Great
Republic
Life B.
1927 W&E BA
Gr. Rep. Life
now Gr. Rep. Lofts

EIGHTH ST. EIGHTH ST. EIGHTH ST. EIGHTH ST.

 825 
1922–63 RKO
Hillstreet
Th.

now 820 Olive / 825 S. Hill 🏠

 830   801 

May Company B.
Hamburger's ds 1908–1923
May Company ds 1923–1986
Broadway Trade Center –2015
retail, garment manufacturing

planned retail, offices, hotel[86]

 802  Tower Th.
  1927 BR

 812  Rialto Th.
  1917 AD/CR

 842  Orpheum Th.
 (1926 BA)

200 W. 8th
1923 Lane Mortgage B.
now The Craftsman

 810 
National
City
Tower

1924 AW/PE⁠⁠[87][88]

 810 
California
Th.
1918–90 BA

 824 
Gray B.

 855 
Coast Fed.
Savings
B.

1926 JM

 850 
The Alexan
planned 26 fl. 🏠

 849 
Eastern Columbia B. 1930 CB AD
1930–57 Eastern Col. DS
2006–pres Eastern Col. Lofts

 833 
City Club B.
1925 LLS⁠[89]

 851 
Harris
Newmark
B.

1926 C&B RR

 860 
Cooper B. 1926 C&B
Cooper Design Space

NINTH ST. NINTH ST. NINTH ST.
small retail

 912 
May Co Garage B.1926

 939 
South
Park

🏠

 901 
Blackstone's ds 1907–1917

1927 W&E/CHC SG  929 
Cal. Petroleum/Texaco B.
2014–24 Ace Hotel
now STILE hotel
1927⁠–⁠89 United Artists Th.
1989 Gene Scott's church
2014–24 Th. at Ace Hotel
now United Th.

 910 
Gerry
B.
1947 SM

OLYMPIC BL. (formerly TENTH ST.) OLYMPIC BL.

 1000  53 fl 🏠
Olympic & Hill

 1026  S. Broadway Broadway Palace Apts 2017 S. Hill  1001–51 

 1038  1927 SOC
Mayan Th.

 1023  1925 W&E BA
Western Pacific B.

 1061 
White Log
bar/rest. 1932 Nov[90]

 1050 
1926 MWC Chur
Belasco Th.

 1060 
L. A. Railway HQ 1925
now Hoxton Hotel

ELEVENTH ST. ELEVENTH ST. ELEVENTH ST.

 1111 
Sky Trees
Tower

planned
43-fl. 🏠[91]

(146 W. 11th St.)  1101 
1914 Herald Examiner B.
newspaper 1914–89 Herald Examiner

 1100 
Commercial Club (Chamber of Commerce social club) 1926 C&B RR
now Proper Hotel

 1101 
110 W. 11th
Harris B. 1923 BA

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