Historic Core, Los Angeles

Historic Core
Historic Core
3rd Street, 4th Street, Broadway, Hill Street, Main Street, Olympic Boulevard, Spring Street

The Historic Core is a district within

Skid Row

.

The Historic Core falls into two business improvement districts, Historic Core (south of 4th St.) and Downtown LA (from 2nd to 4th Street). The total Historic Core is thus composed of:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Los Angeles Street from 2nd to 6th streets,
Spring Street and Main Street
from 2nd to 7th streets,

Broadway from 2nd to 9th streets,
Hill Street from 2nd to 10th streets

Please consult the articles about the individual streets and historic districts above for a full discussion of the architectural landmarks in the district.

History

The Historic Core was the central business district of the city from the first decade of the 1900s through the 1950s. Before 1900

Million Dollar Theatre featured the biggest names in the Spanish language entertainment world. This paralleled the general white flight occurring in Central Los Angeles

at the time, which saw Broadway become a major center for Latino life in the city.

Although

drug dealing had occurred in the area as far back as the early 1920s, they became epidemic in the 1960s. The area's movie palaces, built between 1911 and 1931, became grindhouses. The last of them closed in the 1990s; the Orpheum Theatre

recently underwent a complete restoration at a cost of several million dollars, and is now used for major movie premieres (such as "Collateral" in 2005), celebrity events (Michael Jackson's birthday party), comedy shows (Bill Burr), fashion shows, concerts (Opeth), and plays. Most of the older buildings have stores that cater to the Latino immigrant working class.

The developing

street gang problem in Los Angeles which began to worsen at the end of the 1960s and got considerably worse in the late 1970s, also hurt traditional commercial activity in the area, as it did much of downtown. While the LAPD

indicates that the area is a sort of neutral zone, which has not been claimed by any single gang and random gang violence is rare, the area remains one of the major areas for street drug sales in Los Angeles.

Redevelopment

In 1999, the

South Park

neighborhood have been overwhelmingly dedicated to condominiums.

Map of landmarks

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

Abbreviations and notes

Abbreviations: DS=Department Store. Res.=residential building
Architectural styles: AD=
Italian Renaissance Revival, It=Italianate, Rom=Romanesque, RR=Renaissance Revival

Architects: C&B=
Parkinson & Bergstrom, RBY=Robert Brown Young

Italics indicate the building's current name or main tenant.

Non-italics indicate a historic name or tenant of an existing building.

*An asterisk indicates a demolished building.

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

	H I L L S T.		Irvine Byrne Block/ now Pan American Lofts (1895)	B R O A D W A Y		Douglas Bldg. (1899)	S P R I N G S T R E E T	Stimson Bldg. (1893–1963)		M A I N S T R E E T			L O S A N G E L E S S T R E E T
THIRD ST.		THIRD ST.			THIRD ST.			THIRD ST.			THIRD ST.
			—Million Dollar Theatre		—Bradbury Bldg. (1893)			Ronald Reagan State Bldg. (1990)						Toy District
Angels Flight		Homer Laughlin Building (1898): Now Grand Central Market. formerly Coulter's, Ville de Paris			Broadway Spring Center parking structure (1990)				Round House
			Grant Bldg. (1898)		Trustee Building (#340, 1905 PB) —O. T. Johnson Block (#350, 1895 It RBY) —O. T. Johnson Bldg. (#356, 1902 JB Rom)	parking lot		Hellman Bldg. (1902)
FOURTH ST.		FOURTH ST.			FOURTH ST.			FOURTH ST.			FOURTH ST.
		The Broadway DS/ Junípero Serra State Office Bldg. #2			vacant	parking lot		Continental Bldg. (1902)			San Fernando Bldg. (1906 IRR)			Toy District
Subway Terminal Bldg./ Now "Metro 417"		—Hotel Clark —Occidental Hotel —Boos Bros. Cafeteria —St. Clarenden Hotel			Judson C. Rive Bldg. (1907)	419 S. Spring 435 S. Spring		Stowell/El Dorado Hotel/ El Dorado Lofts (1913) Dog Park
Title Guarantee Bldg. (1930)			Fallas Paredes DS and lofts		Chester Williams Bldg. (1926)	Crocker Bank/ Spring Arts Tower (1915)		Title Insurance and Trust Company Building/ Trust Bldg. (1928)	Rowan Bldg (1912)			King Edward Hotel (1906 P&B)
FIFTH ST.		FIFTH ST.			FIFTH ST.			FIFTH ST.			FIFTH ST.
Pershing Square		Pershing Square station (Metro Rail)	Fifth Street Store DS		Roxie Theatre Cameo Theater Arcade Theatre (now retail)	Hotel Alexandria (1906)		Security Trust and Savings Bank/ Security Bldg. Lofts (1907)	Hotel Rosslyn Annex		Pershing Hotel/ Pershing Apts. (1889)	Baltimore Hotel (1910)
					Spring Arcade				Los Angeles Theater Center (1916)		Parking Structure (#545)	Topaz Apts.
		Paramount Theatre/ International Jewelry Center	Swelldom DS		Silverwoods DS/ Broadway Jewelry Mart	Pacific Southwest Bank (1910)					Santa Fe Bldg. (1906)
SIXTH ST.		SIXTH ST.			SIXTH ST.			SIXTH ST.			SIXTH ST.
—Consolidated Reatly Bldg./ California Jewelry Mart (1908/1935) —Sun Realty Bldg./ Los Angeles Jewelry Center (1931) —Harris & Frank Bldg./ Wholesale Jewelry Exchange (1925)		—Western Jewelry Mart —William Fox Bldg. (Fox Jewelry Plaza) (1932)	Los Angeles 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)			—Pacific Electric Bdng. (1905) —Cecil Hotel (1924)
Warner Bros. (a.k.a. Pantages, Warren) Theatre (1920) Now Jewelry Theater Center		Bullock's DS/ St. Vincent Jewelry Center			Bank of Italy/ Bank of America/ SB Lofts (1924)	Bartlett Bldg. (1911)
SEVENTH ST.		SEVENTH ST.			SEVENTH ST.			SEVENTH ST.			SEVENTH ST.
Curlett & Beelman , Art Deco and Neo-Gothic)			State Theatre		—Hotel Lankershim —Globe Theatre						Dearden's DS
Garfield Bldg. (1930)		Union Bank & Trust Company Bldg. Union Lofts (1922)				Griffin on Spring Apts. (2018)		Great Republic Lofts (1923)
EIGHTH ST.		EIGHTH ST.			EIGHTH ST.			EIGHTH ST.			EIGHTH ST.
RKO Hillstreet Theatre (1922-1963)/ 820 Olive/ 825 South Hill (res.)		Hamburger's DS (1908-1923)/ May Company DS (1923-1986)/ May Company Building			Tower Theatre (1927 BR) Rialto Theatre (1917 AD/CR) Orpheum Theatre (1926 BA)	Lane Mortgage Bldg. (1923)		National City Tower (1924)^[6] ^[7]			—California Theatre (1918–1990 BA)			Gray Bldg. (#824)
Coast Fed. Savings Bldg. (1926)		Parking lot Alexan tower (planned)	Eastern Columbia Bldg. (1930)			City Club Bldg. (1925)^[8]						Harris Newmark Bldg. (1926 RR C&B)		Cooper Bldg. (1926 C&B)
NINTH ST.		NINTH ST.			NINTH ST.						NINTH ST.
small retail		May Co. Garage Bldg.(1926)	— Blackstone's DS (1907–1917)—United Artists Theatre/ Ace Hotel											Gerry Building (1947 SM)
South Park by Windsor Apts.					Broadway Palace Apts. (2017)
OLYMPIC BL.		(formerly TENTH ST.)			OLYMPIC BL.						(formerly TENTH ST.)
		Mayan Theater Belasco Theatre			Broadway Palace Apts. (2017)
			Western Pacific Bldg. (1925)		Broadway Palace Apts. (2017)
White Log Coffee Shop^[9]					Los Angeles Railway HQ/ Hoxton Hotel (1925)
ELEVENTH ST.		ELEVENTH ST.			ELEVENTH ST.						ELEVENTH ST.
Proposed 43-story Sky Trees res. tower^[10]			Herald-Examiner Bldg. (1914)		Commercial Club/ Proper Hotel (1926)			Harris Building (1923 BA)

References

^ p.8, "Historic Core A Los Angeles Property-Based Business Improvement District Management District Plan", City of Los Angeles, May 14, 2018, retrieved October 15, 2020
^ ""Boundary Map", Historic Core Business Improvement District, retrieved October 15, 2020".
^ "DCBID Boundaries | Downtown LA". downtownla.com.
^ "Water and Power Associates".
^ "Los Angeles Fifty Years Ago: The Re-Creation of a Vanished City". Los Angeles Times. November 15, 1931. p. 90. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
^ "Historic downtown Los Angeles high-rise sold to Canadian investors". Los Angeles Times. October 15, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
^ "Spring Street Housing Tower Sells for $43 Million". Los Angeles Downtown News - The Voice of Downtown Los Angeles. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
^ "PCAD - City Club Building, Los Angeles, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu.
^ "PCAD - White Log Coffee Shop, Los Angeles, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu.
^ "Skyscraper with condos and a hotel proposed for downtown Los Angeles". Los Angeles Times. April 10, 2020.

External links

Historic Core Business Improvement District

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[1] .8, "Historic Core A Los Angeles Property-Based Business Improvement District Management District Plan", City of Los Angeles, May 14, 2018, retrieved October 15, 2020

[2] ""Boundary Map", Historic Core Business Improvement District, retrieved October 15, 2020".

[3] "DCBID Boundaries | Downtown LA". downtownla.com.

[wap-4] "Water and Power Associates".

[lat1931-5] "Los Angeles Fifty Years Ago: The Re-Creation of a Vanished City". Los Angeles Times. November 15, 1931. p. 90. Retrieved May 13, 2019.

[6] "Historic downtown Los Angeles high-rise sold to Canadian investors". Los Angeles Times. October 15, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2021.

[7] "Spring Street Housing Tower Sells for $43 Million". Los Angeles Downtown News - The Voice of Downtown Los Angeles. Retrieved May 22, 2021.

[8] "PCAD - City Club Building, Los Angeles, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu.

[9] "PCAD - White Log Coffee Shop, Los Angeles, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu.

[10] "Skyscraper with condos and a hotel proposed for downtown Los Angeles". Los Angeles Times. April 10, 2020.

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