Template:Street grid of landmarks in Los Angeles Plaza area
Below is a map of the Plaza area with streets and monuments marked as they appeared in the 1880s.
Abbreviations and notes
[edit]- d = demolished
- Italics indicate buildings or streets that no longer exist
- "Female boarding" was a euphemism for small rooms, "cribs", used by prostitutes.[1]
| CALLE CORTA/[2]SHORT/ BELLEVUE/ SUNSET now CÉSAR CHÁVEZ AVE |
616–620
600–8 |
M A I N S T R E E T |
former MACY ST. | former MACY ST. | A L A M E D A S T R E E T |
former MACY ST. | ||||||||||||||||||
| UPPER MAIN ST.—> a.k.a. SAN FERNANDO ST. a.k.a. NORTH SPRING ST. |
17 La Golondrina restaurant 1924–pres
|
V I N E or W I N E since 1877 O L V E R A |
12
10 Plaza Substation 1905-pres Olvera House 19th c.–pres
115 E
125 E |
L |
|
850
Institución Caritativa/ former APABLAZA ST.
OLD CHINATOWN | ||||||||||||||||||
|
BREAD/CHURCH/[2]MARCHESSAULT/SUNSET |
former MARCHESSAULT ST. |
former MARCHESSAULT |
former MARCHESSAULT | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
525–41
|
This block: "Chinese businesses" p1888 Ascensión Jerelna res. 1854-?[2] Ascensión Navarro res. 1855-?[2]
510–526
c.504–8 now Yaanga Park |
745–753 |
OLD CHINATOWN | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
ex-BRIDGE ST. 1850s/[5] HAYES ALLEY/ SONORA ST./ REPUBLIC ST. |
former REPUBLIC/PLAZA ST. |
former FERGUSON ALLEY c.1888–c.1951 |
former SHAFER ST. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
411–427 [9]late 19th c. Russian Baths
369–75 |
424–440
418–422
412
Nick Covarrubias livery stable p1881[13]
R. M. Baker Bldg p1881–d[13] |
S Á N C H E Z |
|
L |
|
"Female Boarding"
Hotel de France now UNION STATION | ||||||||||||||||||
|
now Hollywood Freeway (US 101) |
ARCADIA ST.
BROAD PLACE 1850s–1888[5][11] |
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- ^ Hadley Meares, "Hell’s Half Acre: In the old red light district of Los Angeles, women worked in squalor while pimps and landlords grew rich", Curbed L.A., November 17, 2017
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Map of the old portion of the city surrounding the plaza, showing the old plaza church, public square, the first gas plant and adobe buildings, Los Angeles city, March 12th, 1873" (Map). Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
- ^ a b "Digital Sanborn Maps, Los Angeles 1888 vol. 1, Sheet 11_b" (Map). Los Angeles Public Library. 1888.
- ^ a b c d e "Map of Los Angeles, 1853". Jewish Museum of the American West. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ a b 1853 map of Los Angeles, Jewish Museum of the American West
- ^ "Hoffman House Hotel, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA". PCAD. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Plate 11b, Image 25 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Los Angeles 1894". Library of Congress. 1894. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Signoret House and Russian Baths, southwest corner of Main and Republic Streets". El Pueblo Monument Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Results for search "279 N. Main" "California Stables"". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Plate 14b, Image 31 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Los Angeles (1894)" (Map). Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. 1894.
- ^ a b c "Plate 274, Image 29 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Los Angeles 1906" (Map). Library of Congress. 1906. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Los Angeles in 1881". oac.cdlib.org. Los Angeles Times. 29 November 1931. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Au Gamin De Paris - advertisement". Los Angeles Star. 27 December 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
Au Gamin De Paris, kept by LOUIS GRUILLOT and Miss J. FILLEAN ––––– Coffee Saloon and Private Boarding. Dinners, Suppers, or Lunches, served to private parties, and Refreshments furnished for Assemblies. Bar furnished with the choicest Liquors and Cigars. Lunch served every night. Aliso street No. 9 — Beaudry's Block, Los Angeles.
- ^ Insurance Maps of Los Angeles, California (Map) (1888 ed.). New York: Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., Ltd. 1888. Plate 12.
