Broadway (Los Angeles)

Major thoroughfare in Los Angeles County, California, USA

Not to be confused with Main Street.

Broadway

Broadway looking north from 11th Street, 2020

Maintained by| Local jurisdictions
Length| 17.75 mi (28.57 km)
Location| Los Angeles County, California, United States
South end| Main Street in Carson
Major
junctions|

* SR 91 in Carson
* I-10 in Downtown
* US 101 in Downtown
* I-5 in Lincoln Heights

Northeast end| Mission Road in Lincoln Heights
Construction
Inauguration| 1890

Broadway Theater and
Commercial District (NRHP)
Broadway Theater and
Entertainment District
(City of Los Angeles)

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

Los Angeles Theatre on Broadway

Location| 300—849 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates| 34°2′48″N 118°15′4″W﻿ / ﻿34.04667°N 118.25111°W﻿ / 34.04667; -118.25111
Architect| Multiple
Architectural style| Early Commercial, Classical Revival, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.| 79000484
Significant dates
Added to NRHP| May 9, 1979[1]
Boundary increase| April 12, 2002[2]

Broadway is a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles County, California. The portion of Broadway from 3rd to 9th streets was Los Angeles's main commercial area from the 1910s until World War II and in 1979, it was listed as the Broadway Theater and Commercial District in the National Register of Historic Places,[1] the first and largest theater district to be listed.[3] The district was expanded to 2nd and Olympic in 2002.[2]

## Route

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South Broadway's southern terminus is Main Street just north of the San Diego Freeway (I-405) in Carson. From there it runs 10 miles (16 km) north through Athens and South Los Angeles to Downtown Los Angeles, where it enters downtown's Historic Core and the Broadway Theater and Commercial District. Broadway continues through the Civic Center and across US-101, where signs read "North Broadway" as the street enters Chinatown. Broadway then curves northeast, passing through railyards and then crossing Interstate 5, where it heads due east to its terminus at Mission Road in Lincoln Heights.

## History

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### Founding and extension

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Broadway was originally named Ford Street and is one of the oldest streets in Los Angeles. It was laid out by Edward Ord as part of his 1849 plan for the city. The street began at the south side of Fort Moore Hill, one block north of Temple Street, at Sand Street (later California Street). It was named after Fort Moore.[4]

In 1890, the street was renamed Broadway from 1st to 10th Street (now Olympic Boulevard), while the rest of the street was renamed North Broadway.[5][6] Proposals to connect Broadway to Buena Vista Street (now North Broadway) and also extend Broadway south into what was part of Main Street were made as early as February 1891.[7] The Broadway Tunnel opened in 1901, traveling through Fort Moore Hill and extending North Broadway to Buena Vista Street at Bellevue Avenue (later Sunset Boulevard, now Cesar Chavez Avenue).[8]

In September 1911, a bridge across the Los Angeles River opened, connecting Buena Vista Street to Downey Avenue, both of which were renamed North Broadway[9][10][11] despite significant objections from residents and landowners.[12][13][14][15] The bridge was referred to as the Buena Vista Street Bridge even after the streets were renamed.[16]

A section of Broadway in South Los Angeles was named Moneta Avenue until 1923.[8]

### Commercial and entertainment center

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See also: History of Retail in Southern California

Prior to the 20th century, Los Anbgeles's Central Business District was located along Spring and Main Street between Los Angeles Plaza and 2nd. In 1895, J.W. Robinson's opened a four-story department store at 239 S. Broadway,[17][18] starting the shift of the main shopping district to Broadway, and numerous historic buildings, including commercial, residential, and office, as well as movie palaces and live theaters, were built along Broadway between 1893 and 1934.[1][2]

From c. 1905 through the 1950s, Broadway was considered the center of Los Angeles. The square footage of Broadway's four largest department stores alone totaled more than three million square feet, roughly the size of American Dream Meadowlands. These stores were:

* The Broadway, 577,000 sq ft (53,600 m2)[19]
* Bullock's, 806,000 sq ft (74,900 m2)[20]
* May Co., more than 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2)[21]
* J. W. Robinson's, 623,700 sq ft (57,940 m2)[22][23]

### Decline and revitalization

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Los Angeles's premier theater district shifted to Hollywood in the 1920s,[24] while its commercial center left Broadway in the 1950s,[1] after which Broadway declined significantly.

The Broadway Theater and Commercial District, the first and largest historic theater district listed on the National Register of Historic Places,[25] was designated in 1979 and expanded in 2002. The district contains twelve theaters and more than fifty additional buildings,[1][2] several of which were in disuse or disrepair at the time of their designation, many of which have since been repurposed or restored. Additionally, Broadway's department stores closed in the 1970s and 1980s, at which point the area transitioned to a working class Latino shopping destination.[26]

In the 2010s, a sneaker and streetwear retail cluster emerged on Broadway between 4th and 9th streets; it has been named Sneaker Row.[27] Retail at 9th & Broadway has also proliferated during this time, with the opening of Acne Studios, Oak NYC, Aesop, Tanner Goods, BNKR, Austere, A.P.C., and Urban Outfitters.[28][29]

#### Bringing Back Broadway

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In 2008, the City of Los Angeles launched a $40-million ($58.4 million in 2024) campaign to revitalize Broadway, known as Bringing Back Broadway, this despite some merchants' concerns that the campaign would spread the gentrification occurring in other parts of downtown to Broadway.[30] The campaign's commission, led by City Councilman Jose Huizar, recommended widening sidewalks, eliminating traffic lanes, constructing new parking structures, and adding streetcar service reminiscent of the street's past.[31]

In 2014, a pedestrian-friendly project widened Broadway's sidewalks and replaced its parking lane with planters, chairs, and cafe tables. Mayor Eric Garcetti said the effort, part of the larger Great Streets Initiative that focused on walkability and transit throughout Los Angeles, represented "a shift from the way that our neighborhoods have been planned."[32]

## Buildings and sites

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See also: Street grid of landmarks in the Historic Core, Los Angeles

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### North of Hollywood Freeway

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* Broadway Tunnel at Fort Moore Hill (1901), southern entrance

* Chinatown East Gate

* Chinatown East Gate, 943 N. Broadway
* Little Joe's (razed), 904 N. Broadway
* site of Broadway Tunnel (1901–1941) below Fort Moore Hill (leveled), between today's Temple St. and César Chávez Bl.

### Hollywood Freeway to Temple

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This area south to Second Street was Los Angeles's Central Business District during the 1880s and 1890s. It is now the Civic Center.

* 1905 view south on Broadway from Temple. Times Mirror printing house in foreground, marked 110 N. Broadway. The 1888 City Hall towers on Broadway's 200 block in the distance. Fort Moore Hill, now leveled, at right.

* c.1893–1900, looking east at Broadway along Third from Bunker Hill

### Temple and Broadway

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Cable cars of the Temple Street Cable Railway ran along Temple Street starting in 1886 and were replaced with Pacific Electric streetcars in 1902.[33][34]

#### Northwest corner

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* Women's Christian Temperance Union Temple, 1890

* The three-story brick Women's Christian Temperance Union building was erected in 1888 for $45,000.[35] Also known as the Temperance Temple, it has been demolished[36] and was replaced in 1957 by the Los Angeles County Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant.[37]

#### Southeast corner

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* Los Angeles High School on Pound Cake Hill, 1870s

* "Red Stone" Courthouse and Post Office (1891-1936)

* Hall of Records (1911–1973)

* Clara Shortridge Foltz courthouse

This location was at the time known as Pound Cake Hill. The buildings located here faced New High Street to their east and Broadway to their west. They were as follows:[38]

* Los Angeles High School, whose original location (1873-1887) was between New High on the west and Broadway on the east, south of Temple Street. It was moved to California and Sand streets, and in 1890 a new facility was built on Fort Moore Hill, immediately north of where Broadway today crosses the Hollywood Freeway. The Pound Cake Hill school was demolished and replaced by:
* First, the Red Stone Courthouse (or "Red Sandstone Courthouse"), which took over the function of courthouse from the Clocktower Courthouse (also called the Temple Courthouse). It was damaged beyond repair by the Long Beach earthquake of 1933 and was torn down in 1936.
* The Los Angeles County Hall of Records (1911) was built next to (south of) the Red Sandstone Courthouse in 1911. The building was was deemed unsafe after the 1971 San Fernando earthquake and was demolished in 1973.

Currently on the site are:

* Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center (Los Angeles County Grand Jury), originally known as the Criminal Courts Building, opened in 1972
* A portion of Grand Park, which stretches mid-block between Temple and First, from City Hall at Spring Street, to the Music Center at Grand Avenue.

#### Southwest corner

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* The second location of the Los Angeles County Hall of Records, opened 1962.

Adjacent to the south, mid-block, is a portion of Grand Park.

### First and Broadway

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* Looking south along Broadway from First, 1904-5. At right, from left to right: C.H. Frost Building, 141-3, the turreted Roanoke Bldg, Newell & Gammon Bldg., Mason Opera House. At left, Chamber of Commerce, 1888 City Hall.

#### Northeast corner

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* Los Angeles Times Building, 1886

* Los Angeles Times building, 1886. This building was razed after a 1910 bombing and a new headquarters was opened on this site in 1912. The newspaper later moved further south on Spring Street to the Los Angeles Times building, now part of Times Mirror Square, occupying the entire block between Broadway, Spring, First and Second streets.[39]

#### Northwest corner

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* Site of the Tajo Building (1896–mid-20th c.).[40] Now the location of the Los Angeles County Law Library.[41]

#### Southeast corner and east side of 100 block

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* Times Mirror Square 1973 Pereira addition

* Postcard c.1910 of Chamber of Commerce

* Site of the Culver Block retail and office building.[42] Now the site of the Times Mirror Square 1973 Pereira Addition, so called because it was designed by William Pereira.
* South of the Culver Block was the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Building, 128–130 S. Broadway, opened February 12, 1904,[43] a landmark at the time featured on postcards and in books. 6 stories, 4 floors. Ground floor offices included those of the Los Angeles Herald and Consolidated Bank.[44]

#### Southwest corner

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* Mason Opera House

* From left to right: C.H. Frost Building, Roanoke Bldg., Newell & Gammon Bldg., and Mason Opera House

The southwest corner, during Victorian times the site of unremarkable retail and office buildings, was from 1958 the location of the State Office Building, (1958-60, architect Anson C. Boyd, razed 2006). It was named the Junipero Serra State Office Building, and this moniker would be transferred to the former Broadway Department Store building at 4th and Broadway when it was opened to replace this building in 1998.[45] It is now the location of the New U.S. Courthouse built in 2016, taking up the entire block between Broadway, Hill, First and Second.[46]

Just south of the southwest corner was the Mason Theatre, 127 S. Broadway. Opened in 1903 as the Mason Opera House, 1,600 seats. Benjamin Marshall of the Chicago firm Marshall & Wilson designed the building in association with John Parkinson. Marshall is known for designing the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago. Remodeled in 1924 by Meyer & Holler. Later, as the Mason Theatre, it showed Spanish-language films. Demolished 1955.[47]

145 S. Broadway,[48]site of the C. H. Frost Building, later known as the Haig M. Prince Building. Built 1898, architect John Parkinson,[49] Now the location of the new United States Courthouse built in 2016, taking up the entire block between Broadway, Hill, First and Second.[46]

### Second and Broadway

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* Broadway looking south from 2nd, 1895-1905

#### Northeast corner

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* Hellman Building, 1918

One of several Hellman Buildings across Downtown L.A. — not to be confused with the still-existing Hellman Building at Fourth and Spring — was located here (#138) from 1897 to 1959.[50] The site is now a parking structure, part of the Times Mirror Square complex.

#### Southwest corner and west side of 200 block

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* American National Bank Building, southwest corner, 1890. To the left are the turret and two gables of the YMCA Building (1889), then the Potomac Block (1890)

* Merchants Trust Company Building, 1910

* Potomac Block c.1890-1895

* Ville de Paris department store, 1901

* Boston Dry Goods and Harris Newmark buildings(Blanchard Hall), 1899

The west side of the 200 block of South Broadway had a key place in the retail history of Los Angeles from the 1893 through 1917, as it was home to several prominent early department stores such as the Ville de Paris, Coulter's department store from 1905–1917, and J. W. Robinson's "Boston Dry Goods" store from 1895–1915. All three stores would move to Seventh Street when it became the upscale shopping street between 1915 and 1917.

* On the southwest corner of 2nd and Broadway was Judge O'Melveny's house, built in 1870. This was replaced by the American National Bank (later California Bank) Building, which in turn was replaced by the California Building in 1911. Nos. 201-213 Broadway are now known as the Broadway Media Center.

Further south on the west side of Broadway, was 207–211, location of the:

* YMCA Building (#207–209–211), Romanesque Revival architecture, opened in July 1889, demolished in 1903.
* The YMCA operated here at #207 from 1889 until 1903,
* City of London opened here in August 1891, run by Messrs. Hiles and Niccolls, who came from the City of Paris department store. It carried curtains, window shades, comforters, and the like.[51] It operated here until August 1895, when it moved next door to the Potomac Block at #213.[52]

The YMCA Building was demolished to make way for the:

* Merchants Trust Co. Building.[53]

##### Coulter's complex

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The adjacent Potomac Block and Bicknell Block originally housed prominent retailers of the day, then were joined together in 1906 by Coulter's department store to form a complex, opening it as a new, 157,000 sq ft (14,600 m2) store in June, 1905.[54][55][56]

###### Potomac Block

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The Potomac Block, 213–223 S. Broadway, was from 1905 to 1917 known as the B. F. Coulter Building. It was originally developed by lumberyard and mill owner J. M. Griffith. It was designed in 1888 by Block, Curlett and Eisen in Romanesque architectural style[57] and opened on July 17, 1890.[58]

Tenants included:

* Ville de Paris department store (at 221–223, from 1893 through 1906),[57]
* City of London Dry Goods Co., which moved here from next door at #211 in August 1895 and advertised for this location through August 1899.[52]

It was the first time major retail stores opened on South Broadway, in what would be a shift of the upmarket shopping district from 1890 to 1905 from around First and Spring to South Broadway. In 1904, Coulter's bought the Potomac Block, and combined it with the Bicknell block to create its new store that opened in 1905.

After Coulter's moved:

* 215 continued as a branch of Coulter's through 1927. Then, 215–217 was home to the Pacific Furniture House in the 1940s.
* 219 housed Fisch's Department Store in the 1940s.

The building was demolished in 1953 and is still the site of a parking lot.[59]

###### Bicknell Block

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The Bicknell Block (or Bicknell Building) at 225–229 S. Broadway, with back entrances at 224–228 S. Hill Street. was part of Coulter's from 1905 from 1917. After Coulter's moved in 1917, it housed the Western Shoe Co. (through 1922), later known as the Western Department Store (1922–1928). Lettering covered the face of the building from top to bottom through the end of the 1950s: "THE LARGEST SHOE DEPT. IN THE WEST".[60]

##### Further south

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* 231-235, the Harris Newmark Building, Blanchard Hall Music & Art Building 1899, Abram Edelman), Bartlett Music Co. (#233), annex to J. W. Robinson's (#235); Goodwill Industries store (#233-235, 1950s–60s). The building still stands, but all floors except the ground floor have been removed.
* 237-241, the Boston Dry Goods Building (completed 1895, demolished, architects Theodore Eisen and Sumner Hunt, designer of the Bradbury Building)[61][62] The building was home to J. W. Robinson's "Boston Dry Goods" store from 1895 to 1915, Scott's Department Store (239–241, 1920s), Third Street Store (237–241, 1950s–60s). Demolished, currently the site of a parking lot.
* 251 was home to the I. Magnin speciality department store, which opened here on January 2, 1899;[63] starting 1904, I. Magnin announced that the store would be known by the name of its manager, Myer Siegel.[64]

#### Southeast corner and east side of 200 block

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* Looking north along Broadway, east side, past 2nd Street. From top left: Los Angeles Times Bldg., the 1911 Hall of Records behind it, the Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Hellman Bldg., Nolan, Smith and Bridge Bldg., Gordon Bldg., Crocker Bldg., Copp Bldg., 1888 City Hall

* Los Angeles City Hall (1888–1928)

* B'nai B'rith Temple (opened 1873)

* Victor Clothing Company Building

The southeast corner of 2nd and Broadway was the site of:

* First Presbyterian Church in 1894.[65] The church was replaced sometime before 1906
* Nolan, Smith and Bridge Building, #200-4 S. Broadway, stores and a restaurant.[66]
* Now the corner is the site of the Historic Broadway underground light rail station.

Mid-block were:

* Crocker Building, #212–6[67] Home to Victor Clothing from 1920 to 1964
* B'nai B'rith Temple (1873), 214 S. Broadway (post-1890 numbering), the city's first synagogue, razed to make way for the Copp Building, 218–224 S. Broadway, home to the original (1908) Pig 'n Whistle candy shop and tea room.[68] The Pig 'n Whistle would open locations at 7th and Broadway and in Hollywood, where it would become a landmark restaurant that still operates today.
* City Hall (1888–1928; opened 1888, demolished 1929; 228–238 S. Broadway, architect Solomon Irmscher Haas, Romanesque Revival). Now a parking lot. Three stories, it had a 150-foot (46 m) campanile. Red and brown brick. Housed the Los Angeles Public Library for a time until it moved to the new Hamburger's department store building at Eighth and Broadway in 1908.[69] The site is now part of the "(213) S. Spring" parking garage.[41]
* #240-246 the Hosfield Building, location of the Natatorium (indoor swimming pool) in 1894 and the Imperial Restaurant in 1906.[67] After 1964, location of Victor Clothing, notable for its changing murals reflecting local Chicano culture. Victor Clothing operated here until 2001, and was known for its frequent ads on Spanish-language television.[70]

### Third and Broadway

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#### Northwest corner

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* Irvine-Byrne Building (built 1895)

The corner is home to one of the oldest buildings outside the Plaza area, the 1895 Irvine-Byrne Building or Irvine Block or Byrne Building; now called the Pan American Lofts. The architect was Sumner Hunt. It was built in a hybrid Spanish Colonial Revival/Beaux-Arts style.

The building was home to the renowned I. Magnin clothing store that opened here on January 2, 1899;[71] on June 19, 1904, I. Magnin announced that the Los Angeles store would henceforth be known as Myer Siegel.[64] After a fire at the Irvine Byrne Building destroyed its store on February 16, 1911, Myer Siegel moved further south on Broadway.

It was modernized and converted to lofts in 2007 and given its present name. The halls and staircase have appeared in many films and television commercials.[72]

From Third Street south to Olympic Blvd. (originally Tenth St.), and from Hill Street east to Los Angeles Street, including Broadway, is the Historic Core district, the city's main commercial and entertainment area in the first half of the 20th century.

#### Northeast corner

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* Broadway, east side, looking south past 3rd, c.1903-4. From left to right: 1888 City Hall, Rindge Block, Bradbury Building

* Broadway, east side, looking north past 3rd, c.1888. From left to right: 1888 City Hall, Rindge Block, Bradbury Building

On this corner:[73]

* Originally the J. C. Graves house stood here; Graves bought the property in 1879 for $2,250. The house was sold and removed to 10th and Hope streets in 1888.
* Rindge Block (1898, sold in 1899 for $190,000 to Frederick H. Rindge, the "King of Malibu"), 248–260 S. Broadway, commercial building; the top floors were removed and only the ground floor remains.

#### Southwest corner

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* Million Dollar Theatre

* Million Dollar Theatre, (1917-8, architects Albert C. Martin and William Lee Woollett, Spanish Baroque Revival style, 2,345 seats), 307 (orig. 301–313) S. Broadway. It is the northernmost of the movie palaces that comprise the Broadway Theater District and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[74] Built by Sid Grauman who would later open Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The theater was designed by architects with a fanciful facade in the Churrigueresque style. After more than 30 years as one of the city's most prestigious first-run movie palaces, the Million Dollar Theater presented Spanish-language films and variety shows from 1950 until the late 1980s. The theater had a seating capacity of 2,345 when it opened in 1918.[75]
* Before that, from c. 1895–1917, the Muskegon Block stood on the site,[76] (built c. 1895),[77] named after Muskegon, Michigan where its developer Thomas Douglas Stimson had made his fortune in lumber. From 1905–1917, the Ville de Paris department store was located next door at the Homer Laughlin Building, and the Muskegon Block housed retail tenants such as millinery, men's furnishings, jewelry, piano and music stores,[78] as well as offices.

#### Southeast corner

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* Bunker Hill to Bradbury Building and Stimson Block. 1894–5.

* Bradbury Building, 1894

* Bradbury Building (1893, architects Sumner Hunt and George Wyman, Italian Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival, and Chicago School styles), the oldest remaining commercial building in Downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Conservancy calls it an icon and a "unique treasure". Commissioned by gold-mining and real estate millionaire Lewis Bradbury. It is famous for its light-filled atrium, open cage elevators, marble stairways and ornate iron railings, and has appeared in many films including Blade Runner.[75]

### Third to Fourth

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#### West side

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* Ville de Paris department store in the Homer Laughlin Building, c. 1905

* Homer Laughlin Building, 2014

* West side of the 300 block, 1905

* Karl's Building, 1909

* Homer Laughlin Building (1896, John Parkinson), 317 S. Broadway, site of Grand Central Market since 1917. Former site of Coulter's (1898–1905) and Ville de Paris (1905–1917)
* 327–329 S. Broadway, former J. R. Lane Dry Goods store, then Field's jewelry store and the Broadway food market. Now a food court. Top floors removed; now single story.[41]
* Jacoby Building (John B. Parkinson[79]), 331–335 S. Broadway, Jacoby Bros. department store 1900-1935,[80] Boston Store late 1930s.[81] Two of four floors removed[82]
* former Haggarty's department store from 1905[83] to 1917, 337–339 S. Broadway[84]
* Karl's Building (1903, Abram M. Edelman) 341–345 S. Broadway[1] former J. M. Hale department store from 1909[85] through the 1920s.
* Zobel Building (c. 1912),[1] 351-353 S. Broadway, former site of The Wonder, opened 1921, largest retail silk store in the United States[86]
* Grant Building (1898, Frank Van Trees), 355–363 S. Broadway, originally Grant Block, three stories,[87] enlarged to seven stores 1901–2 by John Parkinson,[88] now two stories,[89] former site of W. E. Cummings shoe store, then Montgomery Bros jewelry store,[90] then Weatherby-Kayser[91]

#### East side

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* Blackstone Building (1907), 318–322 S. Broadway,[92] housed Blackstone's Department Store 1907-1917, as well as a Los Angeles County Library and the Cozy Theater. Originally five stories, now three[93]
* Trustee Building (1905, Parkinson and Bergstrom),[92] 340 S. Broadway, site of various retail stores including Columbia Outfitting in the 1920s.
* O. T. Johnson Block (1895, Robert Brown Young), 350 S. Broadway, originally three stories,[1] now one[41]
* O. T. Johnson Building (1902, John Parkinson),[1] 356–364 S. Broadway, NE corner of 4th and Broadway, originally seven stories,[94][95] now two[41]

### Fourth to Fifth

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#### West side

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* Junípero Serra State Office Building, (1915, Parkinson and Bergstrom), SW corner of 4th and Broadway, former site of The Broadway
* Wilson Building (1909), 431 S. Broadway, former site of Woolworth's
* Metropolitan Building, (1913, Parkinson and Bergstrom), NW corner of 5th and Broadway, former site of Owl Drug Co., (1914–1934), L.A. Public Library (1913–1926), J. J. Newberry (1939-1990)

#### East side

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* Judson-Rives Building

* Bumiller Building

* NE corner 5th/Broadway, early 1920s

* Chester Williams Building

* Perla on Broadway (2022), 400 S. Broadway, 35-story condominium tower
* site of first Thrifty Drug Store (razed), 412 S. Broadway
* Judson-Rives Building (1906, Charles Ronald Aldrich), 424 S. Broadway, ten stories, currently The Judson
* Bumiller Building (1906, Morgan & Walls), 430 S. Broadway, six stories, currently the Broadway Lofts
* Broadway Mall (1980s), 440 S. Broadway, former site of the Parmalee-Dohrmann building[96]
* Chester Williams Building (1926, Curlett & Beelman), NE corner of 5th and Broadway, twelve stories

### Fifth to Sixth

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* Broadway looking south from 5th Street, 1950s

#### West side

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* West side of Broadway south from 5th, 1927 postcard

* North from 6th, c.1906

* Schulte United Building

* F. and W. Grand Silver Store Building

* Fifth Street Store Building (1927, Alexander Curlett), 501 S. Broadway, former site of Steele, Faris, & Walker Co. (1905–1909), Fifth Street Store (1909–1925),[97][98] Walker's (1926–1946),[99] Milliron's (1946–1953),[99] Ohrbach's-Downtown (1953–1959)[100]
* Remick Building (1902, Abram M. Edelman), 517-19 S. Broadway
* Reeves Building (1903, John Parkinson), 525 S. Broadway
* Schulte United Building (1928), 529 S. Broadway
* Lerners Building (1931, Philip Barker), 533 S. Broadway
* F. and W. Grand Silver Store Building (1931), Walker & Eisen, 537-541 S. Broadway. site of F. & W. Grand Silver (1931–1934), National Dollar (1934), Richman Brothers (1950s), and Hartfield-Zodys (1960s)[101]
* Swelldom Building (1920, Davis & Davis and Henry F. Withey),[102] 555–561 S. Broadway, Swelldom opened in the building 1920.[103][104]

#### East side

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* Title Guarantee Block, a.k.a. Jewelry Trades Building

* Pettebone Building

* Roxie Theatre

* Cameo Theater

* Arcade Theater

* Broadway-Spring Arcade

* Silverwood's Building

* Postcard, looking south, circa 1930 to 1945

* Jewelry Trades Building (1913, Morgan, Walls and Morgan), 500 S. Broadway
* Pettebone Building (1905, Robert Brown Young), 510-512 S. Broadway
* Roxie Theatre (1931, John M. Cooper), 518 S. Broadway, 1600-seat movie palace[3]
* Cameo Theater (1910, Alfred Rosenheim), 528 S. Broadway, 900-seat Nickelodeon,[3] converted to retail[105]
* Arcade Theater (1910, Morgan and Walls), 534 S. Broadway, 1450-seat English-music-hall theater,[3] converted to retail
* Broadway-Spring Arcade (1924, MacDonald and Couchot), 540 S. Broadway
* Hubert-Thom McAn Building (1900, John B. Parkinson) 546 S. Broadway
* site of Tally's New Broadway (1903 – 1910), 554 S. Broadway, the "first real motion picture theater in Los Angeles."[106]
* Silverwood's Building (1920, Walker and Eisen), 556-8 S. Broadway, former site of Silverwoods[92]

### Sixth to Seventh

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#### West side

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* W. side of Broadway, 600 block c.1907–9

* Central Department Store and H. Jevne Building, 1920s postcard

* Los Angeles Theatre

* Yamato Inc. in the Hoffman Building, 1910 postcard

* H. Jevne Company Building (1906-7, Parkinson & Bergstrom), 603 S. Broadway, site of Norton Block prior to 1906[107]
* Hotel Palms, repurposed for retail in 1906-7[108]
* Central Department Store (Samuel Tilden Norton), three stories[109]
* Los Angeles Theatre (1931, S. Charles Lee and S. Tilden Norton), 615 S. Broadway, 2000-seat movie palace[3]
* Mailing's Building (1930, S. Charles Lee), 617-619 S. Broadway, Myer Siegel previously located here (1921 or 1922-1927)[110]
* site of S. H. Kress, 621-625 S. Broadway
* Hoffman Building (1906), 635-637 S. Broadway, former site of Yamato Inc.
* St. Vincent's Jewelry Mart, NW corner of 7th and Broadway, former site of Bullock's dept. store

#### East side

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* Broadway 600 block, east side, 1923

* Broadway 600 block, east side, 2012

* Walter P. Story Building

* Desmond's Building

* Clifton's Cafeteria

* Palace Theater

* Walter P. Story Building (1909, Morgan & Walls) 600-610 S. Broadway, SE corner of 6th and Broadway, former site of Mullen & Bluett
* Desmond's Building (1924, Albert C. Martin, Sr.), 616 S. Broadway. Housed Desmond's flagship store 1924-1981, six stories[111]
* Schaber's Cafeteria Building (1928, Charles F. Plummer), 620 S. Broadway
* Palace Theatre (1911, G. Albert Lansburgh), 630 S. Broadway, 2200-seat originally 1068-seat today vaudeville theater and movie palace[3]
* Forrester Building (1907, Charles Frederick Whittlesey), 638 S. Broadway
* J. E. Carr Building (1908-9, Robert Brown Young),[112] 644–646 S. Broadway, site of Harris & Frank 1947–1980.[113]
* Clifton's Cafeteria, 648 S. Broadway, former site of Boos Bros. Cafeteria

### Seventh to Eighth

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* Broadway north from 7th, 1917

* Broadway south from 7th, 1917

#### West side

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* State Theatre

* State Theatre (1921, Weeks & Day), 703 S. Broadway, 2,450-seat vaudeville theater and movie palace[114]
* F.W. Woolworth Building (1920, Weeks & Day), 719 S. Broadway, currently a Ross Dress for Less
* Cheney Block (1913), 731-733 S. Broadway
* Rowley Building (1908), 735 S. Broadway
* Issacs Building (1913), home of Reich and Lièvre, 1917-ca. 1927, 739-745 S. Broadway
* Merritt Building (1915, Reid & Reid), 761 S. Broadway

#### East side

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* Hotel Lankershim

* Chapman Building, 1910s

* Globe Theatre

* site of Hotel Lankershim (1905, Robert Brown Young), 700 S. Broadway, demolished 1980s
* Yorkshire Hotel (1909, Parkinson and Bergstrom), 710-714 S. Broadway
* Parmelee Building (1907, Parkinson and Bergstrom), 716 S. Broadway
* Barker Brothers Building (1909, Robert Brown Young), 722 S. Broadway
* Globe Theatre in the Garland Building (1913, Morgan, Walls & Morgan) 744 S. Broadway, 2000-seat movie palace
* Chapman Building (1912-3, Ernest McConnell), 756 S. Broadway, northeast corner of 8th Street, thirteen stories[115][116][117]

### Eighth to Ninth

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#### West side

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* May Co. Building, 1912

* Eastern Columbia Building

* May Company Building (1906, Alfred F. Rosenheim), 829 S. Broadway
* site of Tally's Broadway (1910 — 1928), 833 S. Broadway[118]
* Eastern Columbia Building (1930, Claud Beelman), 849 S. Broadway, considered "the jewel of downtown"

#### East side

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* Tower Theatre

* Rialto Theatre

* Platt Building

* Orpheum Theatre

* Ninth and Broadway Building

* Tower Theatre (1927, S. Charles Lee), 802 S. Broadway, originally a 1000-seat theater,[119] now an Apple Store
* Singer Building (1922, Meyer & Holler), 808 S. Broadway, bought by Singer Sewing Machine Company in 1939
* Rialto Theatre (1917, Oliver Perry Dennis, 1923-remodel William Lee Woollett), 812 S. Broadway, former nickelodeon, now retail[120][121][122]
* Wurlitzer Building (1923, Walker and Eisen), 818 S. Broadway
* Braun Building (1913, Walter Jesse Saunders), 820-822 S. Broadway
* Platt Building (1927, Walker and Eisen), 830 S. Broadway[123]
* Orpheum Theatre (1926, G. Albert Lansburgh), 842 S. Broadway, 1976-seat theater[3]
* Ninth and Broadway Building (1930, Claud Beelman), 850 S. Broadway[124]

### Ninth to Olympic

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#### West side

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* Blackstone's Department Store Building

* Ace Hotel and United Artists Theatre

* Blackstone's Department Store Building (1916, John and Donald Parkinson, first floor facade remodel by Morgan, Walls & Clements in 1939), 901 S. Broadway
* Ace Hotel Los Angeles (1927, Walker & Eisen),[26] 921-933 S. Broadway, houses United Artists Theater (1927, Charles Howard Crane), a 2214-seat movie palace[3]
* Western Costume Building (1925, Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr.), 939 S. Broadway

#### East side

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* Broadway Leasehold Building (1914, Meyer & Holler), 908 S. Broadway[125]

### South of Olympic

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#### West side

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* Herald Examiner Building

* Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Building (1914, Julia Morgan), SW corner 11th and Broadway[126]
* Athens Park, 124th to El Segundo Blvd on Broadway
* Globe Department Store, 51st and Broadway[127]

#### East side

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* Los Angeles Railway Building (1925, Noerenberg & Johnson), 1060 S. Broadway, site of The Hoxton[128]
* Proper Hotel (1926, Curlett & Beelman), 1100 S. Broadway[129]

## Public transportation

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The Los Angeles Metro Rail's Historic Broadway station is an underground light rail station near the intersection of 2nd and Broadway,[130][131] which is served by the E Line east to East Los Angeles and west to Santa Monica, and on the A Line northeast to Union Station, Pasadena, and Azusa and south to Long Beach.[132]

Metro J Line bus rapid transit (BRT) has 5 stations adjacent to Broadway in South Los Angeles: 37th Street/USC, Slauson, Manchester/I-110, Harbor Freeway, and Rosecrans. These stations are along the Harbor Transitway, a dedicated busway between Downtown L.A. (Adams Blvd.) and the Harbor Gateway, near Carson, in the median of the Harbor Freeway (I-110), just west of Broadway. J Line BRT runs as far south as San Pedro and as far northeast as El Monte.

Metro Local bus line 45 serves most of the length of Broadway, between Lincoln Heights through Downtown to the Harbor Freeway Station. Local routes 4, 30, and 40 serve portions of Broadway downtown.

## See also

[edit]

* Los Angeles portal

* Broadway Theater District (Los Angeles)
* List of contributing properties in the Broadway Theater and Commercial District

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* The Broadway Theater Tour
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* Cinema Treasures
* USC Geography Department Old Broadway page
* You-are-here Broadway Photo Gallery
* The Broadway Initiative of the Los Angeles Conservancy

* v
* t
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History of retail in Southern California

Department stores
with origins in|

| Central
Los Angeles|

* Barker Bros.
* Blackstone's
* Brooks Clothing
* Bon Marché
* The Broadway‎
* Bullock's‎
* Bullocks Wilshire
* Central
* City of Paris
* Coulter's
* Dearden's
* Desmond's
* B. H. Dyas
* Eastern-Columbia
* Fallas Paredes
* Famous (Cal Hirsch & Sons)
* Fifth Street Store
* The Globe (51st & S. Broadway)
* Haggarty's ("New York Store")
* The Hub
* J. M. Hale Co.
* Hamburger's ("People's Store")
* Harris & Frank
* Jacoby Bros.
* May Co. (buildings: May Co. Downtown LA – May Co. Wilshire – May Co. Mission Valley)
* Milliron's (Milliron's/Broadway Westchester)
* Mullen & Bluett
* Myer Siegel
* Phelps-Terkel
* J. W. Robinson's
* Robinsons-May
* Sears-Pico
* Silverwoods
* Swelldom
* Ville de Paris
* Walker's (L.A.)

|

L.A. neighborhoods|

* Iver's (Highland Pk)
* Nahas (N Hwd)
* Quigley's (Hwd)
* Rathbun's (N Hwd)
* Robertson Co. (Hwd)
* Sears Pico–Rimpau

Long Beach|

* Buffums
* The Emporium
* Marti's
* Robert's
* Walker's LB
* Wise Company

Pasadena|

* Boadway Bros.
* Meyer's
* Nash's

Rest of L.A. Co.|

* Boston Stores (Inglewood)
* Butler Bros. (Vernon)
* Chaney's (Hawthorne)
* I. H. Hawkins (Redondo Bch)
* Henshey's (Santa Monica)
* Hinshaw's (Arcadia/Whittier)
* Kitson (W Hwd)
* Myers (Whittier)
* Webb's (Glendale)
* Wineman's (Oxnard/Huntington Pk)

Bakersfield|

* Brock's

Inland Empire|

* Willets (Colton)
* Harris Company (San B'do)

Orange Co.|

* Rankin's (Santa Ana)
* The S.Q.R. Store (Anaheim)

San Diego–Tijuana|

* Barnett-Stine
* Dorian's
* Holzwasser's
* Marston's
* Walker Scott

Elsewhere|

* J. C. Penney
* Montgomery Ward
* Ohrbach's
* Sears

Clothing and shoes|

* Bond's
* Brooks Clothing
* C. H. Baker shoes
* C&R Clothiers
* Hartfield's
* Judy's
* Leed's shoes
* Mandel's (shoes)
* Miller's Outpost/Anchor Blue
* Victor Clothing
* Weatherby-Kayser shoes
* Zachary All

Discount and
membership stores|

* The Akron
* Curacao
* Fedco
* Fedmart
* Gemco
* Pic 'N' Save
* Unimart
* White Front
* Zody's

Drugstores|

* Disco Drug and Discount Centers
* Sav-on
* Schwab's Pharmacy
* Thrifty

Furniture and
home furnishings|

* Barker Bros.
* Dearden's
* Parmelee-Dohrmann

Grocery stores|

* Alpha Beta
* Boys Markets
* Chaffee
* Food Giant
* Giant
* Haas, Baruch & Co./Hellman, Haas & Co.
* Hughes Markets
* Market Basket
* Pantry Food Stores
* Pavilions
* Ralphs
* Shopping Bag
* Stater Bros.
* Smart & Final
* Thriftimart
* Tianguis
* Vons

Home enter-
tainment, appliances|

* Adray's
* Cal Stereo
* Federated Group
* Golden Bear Home and Sport Centers
* Ken Crane's
* Leo's Stereo
* Pacific Stereo
* Rogersound Labs
* University Stereo

Home improvement|

* Builders Emporium
* National Lumber
* Ole's Home Centers

Music|

* Licorice Pizza
* Music Plus
* Peaches Records and Tapes
* The Wherehouse
* Wallichs Music City

On-street shopping|

* Los Angeles:
* Plaza
* 1880s-90s CBD
* Broadway (CBD)
* Broadway & 87th, South L.A.*
* Seventh St.
* Flower St.
* Hollywood Blvd.
* Lankershim, North Hollywood
* Miracle Mile, Wilshire Blvd.
* Westwood Village (near UCLA)
* Other cities:
* Beverly Hills: Rodeo Drive
* Burbank: Golden Mall
* Huntington Park: Pacific Blvd.
* Long Beach: Pine St.
* Palm Springs: La Plaza/Palm Canyon Dr. \- See also History of retail in Palm Springs
* Pasadena: Lake Ave.
* Pasadena: Old Pasadena
* Santa Ana: 4th St.
* Santa Monica: Main St. \- 3rd St. Promenade

L.A.
shopping center
"firsts"|

* Oldest origins of a major L.A. chain: Harris & Frank (1876) - 1st dept. store on Broadway: A. Fusenot Co./Ville de Paris \- 1st dept. store on 7th off Broadway: J. W. Robinson's (1915) - 1st planned shopping district: Westwood Village (1929) - 1st suburban dept. store branch: B. H. Dyas/Broadway Hollywood (1927) - 1st center with multiple supermarkets: Broadway & 87th Street shopping center (1936) - 1st center with department store anchor: Broadway-Crenshaw Center (1947) - 1st enclosed mall: Lakewood Center (1951) - 1st mall in Orange County: Anaheim Plaza (1955) - 1st center with 4 dept. stores: Panorama City Shopping Center (1964)

Shopping centers|

| Los Angeles|

| L.A. Central Area|

* ARCO Plaza*
* Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
* Beverly Center
* Beverly Connection
* The Bloc Los Angeles
* Broadway & 87th Street*
* Crossroads of the World
* Eagle Rock Plaza
* El Mercado de Los Angeles
* Farmers Market
* FIGat7th
* Grove at Farmers Market
* Japanese Village Plaza
* Los Angeles Mall
* Midtown Crossing & Sears-Pico
* Ovation Hollywood
* Town & Country Market*
* Weller Court
* West Hollywood Gateway

|

Westside|

* Airport Marina Hotel*
* Brentwood Country Mart
* Edgemar
* Malibu Country Mart
* Palisades Village
* Platform, Culver City
* Promenade at Howard Hughes Center
* Santa Monica Place
* Third Street Promenade
* Westfield Century City
* Westfield Culver City

San Fernando Valley|

* Americana at Brand
* Burbank Town Center
* Commons at Calabasas
* Fallbrook Center
* Glendale Fashion Center
* Glendale Galleria
* NoHo West
* Northridge Fashion Center
* Panorama Mall
* Promenade (Woodland Hills)*
* Sherman Oaks Galleria*
* Universal CityWalk
* Valley Plaza*
* Westfield Fashion Square
* Westfield Topanga

San Gabriel Valley|

* Eastland Center
* El Monte Shopping Center*
* El Rancho Santa Anita
* Indian Hill Mall*
* The Paseo
* Plaza West Covina
* Pomona Mall*
* Puente Hills Mall
* Shops at Santa Anita

South Bay|

* Del Amo Fashion Center
* Fisherman's Village
* Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center
* Old Towne Mall*
* Peninsula Center
* Promenade on the Peninsula
* South Bay Galleria
* SouthBay Pavilion

Southeast L.A. Co.|

* Los Cerritos Center
* Cerritos Towne Center
* Citadel Outlets
* Lakewood Center
* La Mirada Mall*
* Plaza México
* Promenade at Downey
* Quad at Whittier
* Santa Fe Springs Mall*
* Santa Fe Springs Shopping Center*
* Shops at Montebello
* Stonewood Center
* Uptown Whittier
* Whittier Downs*
* Whittwood Town Center*

Long Beach|

* Long Beach Plaza
* Long Beach Towne Center
* Los Altos Center
* Marina Pacifica Mall

Northern L.A. Co.|

* Antelope Valley Mall
* Valencia Town Center

Orange|

* Anaheim GardenWalk
* Anaheim Plaza
* Anaheim Town Square
* Anaheim Towne Center
* Asian Garden Mall
* Bella Terra
* Brea Mall
* Buena Park Downtown
* Downtown Disney
* Fashion Island
* Honer Plaza*
* Irvine Spectrum
* La Habra Fashion Square*
* Laguna Hills Mall
* MainPlace Mall
* The Market Place
* Orange County Plaza*
* Orangefair Mall*
* Outlets at Orange
* Shops at Mission Viejo
* South Coast Plaza
* Village at Orange
* Westminster Mall

Riverside|

* Desert Fashion Plaza
* Galleria at Tyler
* Hemet Valley Mall
* Indio Fashion Mall*
* Main St. pedestrian mall, Riverside
* Moreno Valley Mall
* La Plaza (Palm Springs)
* Promenade In Temecula
* Riverside Plaza
* Shops at Palm Desert

San Bernardino|

* Barstow Mall
* Carousel Mall
* Citrus Plaza
* Citrus Village
* Inland Center
* Mall of Victor Valley
* Montclair Plaza
* Ontario Mills
* Redlands Mall
* Victoria Gardens

San Diego|

* Chula Vista Center
* College Grove
* Escondido Village*
* Fashion Valley
* Grossmont Center
* Horton Plaza
* La Jolla Village Square
* Las Americas Premium Outlets
* Linda Vista Shopping Center (demolished)
* Mission Valley
* North County Mall
* One Paseo
* Otay Ranch Town Center
* Parkway Plaza
* Seaport Village
* Shoppes at Carlsbad
* South Bay Plaza
* Westfield Plaza Bonita
* Westfield UTC

Santa Barbara|

* La Cumbre Plaza
* Paseo Nuevo
* Santa Maria Town Center

Ventura|

* Collection at RiverPark
* Esplanade
* The Oaks
* Pacific View Mall
* Simi Valley Town Center

Elsewhere|

* Imperial Valley Mall, El Centro
* Valley Plaza Mall, Bakersfield

See also: History of retail in Southern California –  History of retail in Palm Springs — Note: starred (*) listings indicate former regional mall now site of strip-style community center with new name

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National Register of Historic Places in California

Lists
by county|

* Alameda
* Alpine
* Amador
* Butte
* Calaveras
* Colusa
* Contra Costa
* Del Norte
* El Dorado
* Fresno
* Glenn
* Humboldt
* Imperial
* Inyo
* Kern
* Kings
* Lake
* Lassen
* Los Angeles County
* Madera
* Marin
* Mariposa
* Mendocino
* Merced
* Modoc
* Mono
* Monterey
* Napa
* Nevada
* Orange
* Placer
* Plumas
* Riverside
* Sacramento
* San Benito
* San Bernardino
* San Diego
* San Francisco
* San Joaquin
* San Luis Obispo
* San Mateo
* Santa Barbara
* Santa Clara
* Santa Cruz
* Shasta
* Sierra
* Siskiyou
* Solano
* Sonoma
* Stanislaus
* Sutter
* Tehama
* Trinity
* Tulare
* Tuolumne
* Ventura
* Yolo
* Yuba

Lists by city|

* Los Angeles
* Pasadena
* San Francisco

Other lists|

* Bridges
* California Historical Landmarks
* National Historic Landmarks
* National Natural Landmarks

* Keeper of the Register
* History of the National Register of Historic Places
* Property types
* Historic district
* Contributing property

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California

* 20th St.
* 27th St.
* 52nd Pl.
* Adamson House
* Adobe Flores
* Alex Theatre
* Alvarado Terrace
* Anderton Court Shops
* Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park
* Ard Eevin
* Arroyo Seco Parkway
* Broadway
* Bungalow Heaven (Pasadena)
* Carroll Avenue, 1300 Block
* Civic Center (Pasadena)
* Edison (Pomona)
* Ford Place (Pasadena)
* Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District
* Lincoln Park (Pomona)
* Little Tokyo
* Pueblo de Los Angeles Plaza
* Lower Arroyo Seco (Pasadena)
* Malibu Historic District
* Menlo Ave.–W. 29th St.
* N. Harper Ave. (W. Hollywood)
* North University Park
* Old Pasadena
* Park Place–Arroyo Terrace (Pasadena)
* Pegfair Estates (Pasadena)
* Pisgah Home
* Poppy Peak (Pasadena)
* Prospect (Pasadena)
* Redondo Beach Original Townsite
* Russian Village (Claremont)
* South Marengo (Pasadena)
* S. Bonnie Brae
* South Pasadena
* S. Serrano Ave.
* Spring St.
* St. James Park
* Van Buren Pl.
* Venice Canal
* Washington Court (Pasadena)
* Whitley Heights
* Wilton Historic District

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Streets in Los Angeles County

* List of streets in Los Angeles
* List of streets in the San Gabriel Valley

City of
Los Angeles
(including
enclaves and
semi-enclaves)|

| Downtown|

* 1–10
* 1st
* 3rd
* 6th
* 7th
* 10th
* 11–40
* Broadway
* Central Av.
* Cesar Chavez Av.
* Figueroa St.
* Grand Av.
* Hill St.
* Los Angeles St.
* Main St.
* Mission Rd.
* Olympic Bl.
* Pico Bl.
* San Pedro St.
* Temple St.
* Washington Bl.
* Wilshire Bl.

|

Central|

* 1–10
* 3rd
* 6th
* 10th
* Av. of the Stars
* Beverly Bl.
* Beverly Dr.
* Beverly Glen Bl.
* Cahuenga Bl.
* Doheny Dr.
* Fairfax Av.
* Franklin Av.
* Gower St.
* Highland Av.
* Hollywood Bl.
* La Brea Av.
* La Cienega Bl.
* Los Feliz Bl.
* Melrose Av.
* Normandie Av.
* Olympic Bl.
* Pico Bl.
* Robertson Bl.
* Rodeo Dr.
* San Vicente Bl.
* Santa Monica Bl.
* Sunset Bl.
* Sunset Strip
* Venice Bl.
* Vermont Av.
* Vine St.
* Washington Bl.
* Western Av.
* Wilcox Av.
* Wilshire Bl.

Westside|

* Abbot Kinney Bl.
* Aviation Bl.
* California Incline
* Centinela Av./Bundy Dr.
* Century Bl.
* Culver Bl.
* Jefferson Bl.
* Lincoln Bl.
* Main St. (Santa Monica)
* Manchester Av.
* Montana Av.
* Ocean Av.
* Olympic Bl.
* Pacific Coast Hwy.
* Pico Bl.
* Santa Monica Bl.
* Sawtelle Bl.
* Sepulveda Bl.
* Sunset Bl.
* Venice Bl.
* Washington Bl.
* Westwood Bl.
* Wilshire Bl.

Eastside|

* 1–10
* 1st
* 6th
* 10th
* Avenues
* Cesar Chavez Av.
* Huntington Dr.
* Olympic Bl.
* Soto St.
* Washington Bl.
* Whittier Bl.

North LA|

* Avenues
* Alvarado St.
* Carroll Av.
* Colorado Bl.
* Figueroa St.
* Glendale Bl.
* Riverside Dr.
* San Fernando Rd.

South LA|

* 11–40
* 41–250
* Adams Bl.
* Avalon Bl.
* Broadway
* Central Av.
* Century Bl.
* Crenshaw Bl.
* Figueroa St.
* Florence Av.
* Grand Av.
* Imperial Hwy.
* Jefferson Bl.
* La Brea Av.
* La Cienega Bl.
* Manchester Av.
* Main St.
* Martin Luther King Jr. Bl.
* Normandie Av.
* Obama Bl.
* San Pedro St.
* Slauson Av.
* Vermont Av.
* Vernon Av.
* Washington Bl.
* Western Av.

San
Fernando
Valley|

* Balboa Bl.
* Buena Vista St.
* Burbank Bl.
* Cahuenga Bl.
* Coldwater Canyon Av.
* De Soto Av.
* Devonshire St.
* Foothill Bl.
* Brand Bl.
* Glenoaks Bl.
* Lankershim Bl.
* Laurel Canyon Bl.
* Magnolia Bl.
* Mulholland Dr.
* Nordhoff St.
* Reseda Bl.
* Riverside Dr.
* Roscoe Bl.
* San Fernando Rd.
* Sepulveda Bl.
* Sherman Way
* Sunland Bl.
* Topanga Canyon Bl.
* Van Nuys Bl.
* Ventura Bl.
* Victory Bl.
* Vineland Av.

San Pedro|

* Western Av.

Other valleys|

| Antelope|

* Sierra Hwy.

|

Conejo|

* Kanan Rd.
* Thousand Oaks Bl.

Crescenta|

* Foothill Bl.

San Gabriel|

* Arrow Hwy.
* Atlantic Bl.
* Azusa Av.
* Colima Rd.
* Colorado Bl.
* Fair Oaks Av.
* Foothill Bl.
* Garfield Av.
* Garvey Av.
* Huntington Dr.
* Lake Av.
* Mission Rd.
* Orange Grove Bl.
* Rosemead Bl.
* Sierra Madre Bl.
* Valley Bl.

Santa Clarita|

* Sierra Hwy.
* The Old Road

South Bay /
Gateway Cities|

* 41–250
* Alameda St.
* Alondra Bl.
* Artesia Bl.
* Avalon Bl.
* Bandini Bl.
* Carson St.
* Compton Bl./Marine Av.
* Crenshaw Bl.
* Del Amo Bl.
* El Segundo Bl.
* Firestone Bl.
* Garfield Av./Cherry Av.
* Hawthorne Bl.
* Lomita Bl.
* Long Beach Bl.
* Main St.
* Manhattan Beach Bl.
* Normandie Av.
* Olympic Bl.
* Pacific Bl.
* Pacific Coast Hwy.
* Palos Verdes Dr.
* Rosemead Bl./Lakewood Bl.
* Sepulveda Bl.
* Telegraph Rd.
* Vermont Av.
* Whittier Bl.

Canyon and
mountain roads|

* Angeles Crest Hwy.
* Angeles Forest Hwy.
* Benedict Canyon Dr.
* Beverly Glen Bl.
* Coldwater Canyon Av.
* Decker Canyon Rd.
* Kanan Rd./Kanan Dume Rd.
* Las Virgenes Rd./Malibu Canyon Rd.
* Laurel Canyon Bl.
* Mulholland Dr.
* Mulholland Hwy.
* San Francisquito Canyon Rd.
* San Gabriel Canyon Rd.
* Soledad Canyon Rd.
* Sierra Hwy.
* Topanga Canyon Bl.

Promenades
and alleyways|

* Calle de los Negros
* The Esplanade
* Indian Alley
* Ocean Front Walk
* Olvera St.
* Santee Alley
* St. Vincent's Place
* Third Street Promenade

Intersections and
traffic circles|

* Gower Gulch
* Hollywood and Vine
* Los Alamitos Circle
* Naud Junction
* Raymond Chandler Square
* SM Entertainment Square
* Sunset Junction

Historic roads|

* Arrowhead Trail
* Calle de los Negros
* Coast Bl.
* El Camino Real
* El Camino Sierra
* El Camino Viejo
* Mount Wilson Toll Road
* National Old Trails Rd.
* The Old Road
* Olvera St.
* Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Hwy.
* Ridge Rte.
* Route 66
* Stockton–Los Angeles Rd.

In popular culture|

| Film and
television|

* 77 Sunset Strip
* Caleb Dume
* Hollywood Boulevard
* 1936
* 1976
* The Kid from Gower Gulch
* King of the Mountain
* Melrose Place
* 1990s
* 2009
* Mulholland Drive
* Mulholland Falls
* Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
* Sunset Boulevard
* Sunset Strip
* 2000
* 2012
* Van Nuys Blvd.
* Vine Street

|

Music|

* "All I Wanna Do"
* "Blue Jay Way"
* "California Love"
* "Dead Man's Curve"
* "Desperados Under the Eaves"
* "Down Rodeo"
* "The Flower of Gower Gulch"
* Drip-Along Daffy
* Nelly's Folly
* "Free Fallin'"
* "I Love L.A."
* "LA Devotee"
* "Let Me Ride"
* "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)"
* Los Feliz Blvd
* Mulholland Drive
* "The New Workout Plan"
* "Pico and Sepulveda"
* "Sunset Blvd"
* Gomez and Blanco
* Grimes
* Sunset Blvd.
* "Sunset Strip"
* composition
* song
* "Unholy"
* "Whatever She Wants"

Other|

* Buena Vista Street (California Adventures)
* Hollywood Boulevard (Disneyland Paris)
* Sunset Boulevard (musical)
* How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All

All un-suffixed roads are streets unless otherwise noted.

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Downtown Los Angeles

Districts and
neighborhoods|

* Arts District
* Bunker Hill
* Chinatown
* Old Chinatown
* Sonoratown
* Civic Center
* Fashion District
* Financial District
* Flower District
* Gallery Row
* Historic Core
* Broadway Theater District
* Old Bank District
* Spring Street Financial District
* Victorian Downtown
* Jewelry District
* Los Angeles Plaza
* Little Tokyo
* ROW DTLA
* Skid Row
* South Park
* Toy District
* Wholesale District

Buildings|

| Government|

| City|

* Central Library
* City Hall
* Fire Station No. 23
* LAPD Headquarters

|

County|

* Criminal Justice Center
* Hall of Administration
* Hall of Justice
* Hall of Records
* LADWP Headquarters
* Metro Headquarters
* Stanley Mosk Courthouse
* Twin Towers Correctional

State|

* Junipero Serra
* Ronald Reagan

Federal|

* 300 North Los Angeles Street
* Courthouses
* Edward R. Roybal
* Spring Street
* United States
* Federal Reserve Bank
* Terminal Annex

Multiple|

* Caltrans District 7 Headquarters

Hotels|

| Converted|

* Ace
* Delphi
* Freehand
* Haas Trademark Collection
* Per La
* Trinity

|

Original|

* Barclay
* Bella Union
* Cecil
* DoubleTree by Hilton
* Figueroa
* Millennium Biltmore
* Pico House
* Westin Bonaventure

Industrial|

* California Mart
* Cast Iron Commercial
* Coca-Cola
* Cohn-Goldwater
* Gerry
* Santa Fe Freight Depot

Office|

| Converted|

* Barker Brothers
* Desmond's
* Engine Company No. 28
* F. and W. Grand Silver Store
* Hubert-Thom McAn
* May Company
* Metropolitan Annex
* Pettebone
* Schulte United
* Zobel

|

Original|

* 1Cal
* 2Cal
* 444 South Flower
* 611 Place
* 777
* Aon
* AT&T
* Bank of America
* Bradbury
* Braun
* Broadway Leasehold
* City National
* EY
* Figueroa at Wilshire
* Garfield
* Garment Capitol
* Gas Company
* Herald Examiner
* Issacs
* MCI
* Merritt
* Ninth and Broadway
* O. T. Johnson
* O. T. Johnson Block
* One Wilshire
* Park Central
* Parmelee
* Platt
* Remick
* South Park
* TCW
* Times Mirror Square
* Union Bank
* US Bank
* Walter P. Story
* Wells Fargo
* Wilshire Grand
* Wurlitzer

Religious|

* Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
* Cathedral of Saint Vibiana
* Higashi Honganji Temple
* Hompa Hongwanji Temple
* Koyasan Temple
* La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles
* Thien Hau Temple
* Zenshuji Soto Misson

Residential|

| Converted|

* AG Bartlett
* Blackstone
* Board of Trade
* Brockman
* Bumiller
* Chapman
* Chester Williams
* Continental
* Eastern Columbia
* Fifth Street Store
* Fine Arts
* Foreman & Clark
* Gas Company Complex
* General Petroleum
* H.W. Hellman
* I.W. Hellman
* Higgins
* The Edison
* Homer Laughlin
* Hotel Alexandria
* Palm Court
* Hotel Rosslyn Annex
* Irvine-Byrne
* J. E. Carr
* James Oviatt
* Jewelry Trades
* Judson-Rives
* Norton
* Pacific Electric
* Roosevelt
* Rowley
* San Fernando
* Security
* Singer
* South Park Lofts
* Broadway-Spring Arcade
* Subway Terminal
* Textile Center
* Title Guarantee and Trust Company
* Victor Clothing Company
* Western Costume
* Yorkshire Hotel

|

Original|

* 820 Olive
* Circa
* Forrester
* Metropolis
* Oceanwide
* Park Fifth
* Star
* William Mead

Retail|

* Bullock's complex
* Cheney Block
* Downtown Jewelry Exchange
* Finney's Cafeteria
* Hoffman
* Karl's
* LA Mart
* Lerners
* Olympic
* Reeves
* Schaber's Cafeteria
* Silverwood's
* Swelldom
* Wilson
* Woolworth's

Theaters|

| Theater District|

* Arcade
* Cameo
* Globe
* Los Angeles
* Million Dollar
* Orpheum
* Palace
* Rialto
* Roxie
* State
* Tower
* United Artists

|

Music Center|

* Ahmanson
* Dorothy Chandler
* Mark Taper
* REDCAT
* Walt Disney Concert Hall

Other|

* Belasco
* David Henry Hwang
* Mayan
* Merced
* Novo
* Peacock
* Regent
* Zipper

Other|

* Ávila Adobe
* Farmers and Merchants Bank
* Friday Morning Club
* Grand Olympic Auditorium
* Los Angeles Athletic Club
* Los Angeles Stock Exchange
* Plaza Firehouse
* Plaza Substation
* Sepulveda House

Demolished|

* Bell
* California State
* Carrillo House
* County Hall of Records (1911)
* Don Abel Stearns House
* Hotel Lankershim
* International Savings & Exchange
* Jones
* Lugo Adobe
* Montgomery House
* Parker Center
* Potomac
* Richfield
* Tajo
* Theaters
* Burbank
* California
* Follies
* Grand Opera House
* Kinema
* Majestic
* Mason Opera House
* Paramount
* Tally's Broadway
* Tally's Electric
* Tally's New Broadway
* United States Post Office and Courthouse

Other
Points of
Interest|

| Museums|

* A+D
* African American Firefighter
* The Broad
* Chinese American
* Grammy
* Institute of Contemporary Art
* Italian American
* Japanese American
* LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
* Museum of Contemporary Art

|

Parks|

* Angels Knoll
* Biddy Mason
* Grand
* Court of Historic American Flags
* Grand Hope
* Maguire Gardens
* Spring Street
* State Historic

Plazas|

* California
* Chinatown Central
* Fletcher Bowron
* Francis K Hashimoto
* Japanese Village
* Los Angeles
* Pershing
* St. Vincent's

Restaurants|

* Bavel
* Bottega Louie
* Camphor
* Cicada
* Clifton's Cafeteria
* Cole's
* Corporation Food Hall
* Hayato
* Kato
* Orsa & Winston
* Philippe's
* Q Sushi
* Shibumi
* Water Grill

Schools|

* Arizona State University California Center
* Cathedral High
* The Chicago School Los Angeles campus
* Colburn
* Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
* Ramón C. Cortines Visual and Performing Arts
* Southern California Institute of Architecture
* Southwestern Law

Shopping|

* The Bloc
* California Flower Mall
* FIGat7th
* The Last Bookstore
* Los Angeles Mall
* Santee Alley

Other|

* California Club
* California Hospital Medical Center
* Crypto.com Arena
* Indian Alley
* L.A. Live
* Los Angeles Convention Center
* Los Angeles River
* Olvera Street
* Public Art
* Two Bit Circus

Defunct|

* A. Hamburger & Sons
* The Broadway
* Bullock's
* China City
* City of Paris
* Coulter's
* Desmond's
* Fifth Street Store
* H. Jevne & Co.
* Hall of the Amigos del País
* Harris & Frank
* Hellman, Haas & Co.
* Jacoby Bros.
* J. W. Robinson's
* Little Joe's
* Mullen & Bluett
* Original Pantry Cafe
* Parmelee-Dohrmann
* Silverwoods
* St. Vincent College
* Ville de Paris

Transportation|

| Freeways|

* I-5
* I-10
* I-110/SR-110
* Arroyo Seco Parkway
* Figueroa Street Tunnels
* Harbor Transitway
* SR-60
* US-101
* Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange
* East Los Angeles Interchange
* Four Level Interchange
* Metro ExpressLanes

|

Metro|

* A Line
* B Line
* D Line
* E Line
* J Line
* El Monte Busway
* Silver Streak
* Metro Center Station
* Regional Connector
* Southeast Gateway Line

Streets|

| East-West|

* 1-10
* 1st
* 2nd St. Tunnel
* 3rd
* 6th
* 6th St. Viaduct
* 7th
* 10th
* Cesar Chavez
* Olympic
* Pico
* Temple
* Wilshire

|

North-South|

* Alameda
* Broadway
* Central
* Figueroa
* Kobe Bryant
* Grand
* Grand Avenue Project
* Hill
* Los Angeles
* Main
* San Pedro
* Spring

Intersections|

* Naud Junction
* Route 66 Western Terminus
* Squares
* Carol E. Schatz
* Cooper Do-Nuts/Nancy Valverde
* Joel Bloom
* Joel Wachs
* John Fante
* Judge Delbert E Wong
* Ray Bradbury

Union
Station|

* Aerial Rapid Transit
* Amtrak
* California High-Speed Rail
* Dodger Stadium Express
* FlyAway
* Metrolink
* Patsaouras Transit Plaza
* USC Shuttle

Other|

* Alameda Corridor
* Angels Flight
* Broadway Tunnel
* Hollywood Subway

Regions
Crescenta Valley
Downtown
Eastside
Harbor Area
Greater Hollywood
Northeast LA
Northwest LA
San Fernando Valley
South LA
Westside
Central Los Angeles & Wilshire area

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Broadway Theater and Commercial District

Contributing
properties|

| Buildings|

* Apparel Center
* Anjac Fashion
* Arcade
* Barker Brothers
* Bradbury
* Braun
* Broadway Cafeteria
* Broadway Interiors
* Broadway Mart Center
* Bullock's complex
* Bridge
* Bullock's
* Bullock's-Hollenbeck
* Eshman
* Gennet
* Hart '24
* Hart '28
* Mackey
* Pease
* Bumiller
* Chapman
* Cheney
* Chester Williams
* Desmond's
* Eastern Columbia
* Fifth Street Store
* Finney's Cafeteria
* Forrester
* Grand Central Market
* Hartfields
* Hubert-Thom McAn
* Issacs
* J. E. Carr
* Mailing's
* May Company
* Merritt
* Metropolitan Annex
* Metropolitan Building
* Ninth and Broadway
* Norton
* O. T. Johnson 2
* Jewelry Trades
* Judson-Rives
* Parmelee
* Reed's
* Remick
* Silverwood's
* Singer
* Swelldom
* Trustee
* Walter P. Story
* Wilson
* Wood Brothers
* Woolworth's
* Yorkshire Hotel

|

Theaters|

* Arcade
* Cameo
* Globe
* Los Angeles
* Million Dollar
* Orpheum
* Palace
* Rialto
* Roxie
* Tower
* United

2002
additions|

* Blackstone's Department Store
* Broadway Leasehold
* Irvine-Byrne
* United Artists Theater
* Victor Clothing Company
* Western Costume

Removed
in 2002|

* Karl's
* Lankershim Hotel
* Nelson
* O. T. Johnson
* O. T. Johnson Block

Non-
contributing|

* Blackstone
* Clifton's Cafeteria
* Haas
* Hartfield's
* Hoffman
* Jacoby Brothers
* Kress
* Reeves
* Rowley
* Zobel
* Zody's

Mentioned
but not listed|

* Burbank Theater
* Grand Opera House
* Mason Opera House
* Merced Theatre
* Metropolitan Theater

Featured
architects|

* Charles Ronald Aldrich
* Claud Beelman
* George Bergstrom
* John Cooper
* C. Howard Crane
* Alexander Curlett
* Davis & Davis
* Oliver Perry Dennis
* Abram M. Edelman
* Thornton Fitzhugh
* Hudson & Munsell
* Sumner Hunt
* G. Albert Lansburgh
* S. Charles Lee
* Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr.
* Albert C. Martin Sr.
* Ernest McConnell
* Meyer and Holler
* Morgan and Walls
* S. Tilden Norton
* John and Donald Parkinson
* Charles F. Plummer
* Willis Polk
* B. Marcus Priteca
* Reid Brothers
* Alfred Rosenheim
* Schultze & Weaver
* Train & Williams
* Walker & Eisen
* Weeks and Day
* Charles Frederick Whittlesey
* William Lee Woollett
* George Wyman
* Robert Brown Young

Other
individuals|

* Ernest A. Batchelder
* Sid Grauman
* Oliver Morosco
* Frank Romero
* Thomas Tally
* Eloy Torrez
* Kent Twitchell

Related topics|

* Broadway (street)
* Downtown Los Angeles
* Los Angeles Historic Core
* Historic districts in the United States
* National Register of Historic Places

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