Broadway & Spring Street

The old commercial core. The Broadway movie palaces and their terracotta fronts, the banks along Spring Street, the department stores, the neon, and what the buildings became after the money left.

Part of Los Angeles

47 moments in this segment.

1. 1875 - Broadway from 4th Street looking north, Los Angeles, ca.1880-1900 (.1). Los Angeles, 1875. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
2. 1880 - Lithograph of the Baker Block on the southeast corner of Main Street and Arcadia Street. Los Angeles, 1880. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
3. 1880 - s view of the Downey Block located on the northwest corner of Temple and Main streets as…. Los Angeles, 1880. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
4. 1882 - Forster Block, east side of Main St., 5 doors south of Grand Opera House, c.1882. Los Angeles, 1882. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
5. 1882 - Los Angeles Street north from Arcadia Street, c.1882. Los Angeles, 1882. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
6. 1886 - J. W. Robinson's Boston Store at Jones Block, 171-3 N. Spring St., Los Angeles 1886–1895. Los Angeles, 1886. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
7. 1886 - North Main Street looking north from Temple, T.E. Stanton, 1886. Los Angeles, 1886. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
8. 1886 - View south on Spring at 2nd, Hollenbeck Hotel when two stories, 1886. Los Angeles, 1886. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
9. 1887 - C. 1887 view looking east along south side of 3rd Street incl. former New York Brewery, …. Los Angeles, 1887. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
10. 1887 - Fourth Street looking west from Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1887. Los Angeles, 1887. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
11. 1888 - View south on Spring from Temple, Los Angeles, c.1883–1894. Los Angeles, 1888. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
12. 1888 - Widney Block, north side of First Street between Spring and Main streets c.1888. Los Angeles, 1888. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
13. 1890 - Broadway Los Angeles J W Robinsons Boston Dry Goods 1895. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
14. 1890 - Broadway 200 N Block 1890s. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
15. 1890 - California Bank Building SW corner 2nd and Broadway Los Angeles around 1890. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
16. 1890 - Broadway and Third Street, looking east on Third Street from Olive Street, Los Angeles, …. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
17. 1890 - Broadway-Temple-NW-Temperance-Temple-of-the-Womens-Christian-Temperance-Union-1890. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
18. 1894 - Jevne grocers on east side of Spring looking south from Franklin c.1893-6. Los Angeles, 1894. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
19. 1895 - Broadway looking south from Second Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895-1905. Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
20. 1895 - Adams Boulevard looking west from Severance Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895-1900 (). Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
21. 1895 - Boston Dry Goods (J. W. Robinson Co.) New Store, 1895, 239 S. Broadway, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
22. 1896 - Harris & Frank's London Clothing Co. at 119–125 N. Spring Street. Los Angeles, 1896. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
23. 1896 - Looking north on Spring Street from First Street, c.1896-1900. Los Angeles, 1896. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
24. 1900 - st and Main St SW corner Hotel Natick 1900 Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1900. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
25. 1900 - Chamber of Commerce, 4th and Broadway c.1900. Los Angeles, 1900. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
26. 1901 - Exterior view of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Building on Broadway between F…. Los Angeles, 1901. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
27. 1902 - Exterior view of the Fifth Street Department Store, on the corner of Broadway and Fifth …. Los Angeles, 1902. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
28. 1904 - Broadway looking north from Fourth Street, ca.1904-1905. Los Angeles, 1904. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
29. 1906 - Los Angeles-1906-The Broadway Hotel. Los Angeles, 1906. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
30. 1906 - Broadway, north from Sixth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1906. Los Angeles, 1906. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
31. 1907 - Broadway, looking north from Seventh Street, Los Angeles, ca.1907-1917. Los Angeles, 1907. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
32. 1908 - Broadway and Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1908-1910. Los Angeles, 1908. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
33. 1908 - Chamber of Commerce Building on Broadway btw 1st-2nd, ca.1901-1911. Los Angeles, 1908. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
34. 1908 - block Main Street south from 5th, c.1908. Los Angeles, 1908. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
35. 1908 - Broadway Department Store, Los Angeles, ca.1908-1910. Los Angeles, 1908. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
36. 1910 - Exterior view of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank, on the corner of Main Street a…. Los Angeles, 1910. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
37. 1910 - Exterior view of the International Bank Building on the southwest corner of Spring Stree…. Los Angeles, 1910. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
38. 1910 - Broadway at night (c.1910). Broadway lit up, the bright commercial spine of early-20th-century downtown.
39. 1910 - Interior of Fred Detmers Optical Store, 354 South Broadway, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1910. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
40. 1910 - Chamber of Commerce 128 S Broadway 1910. Los Angeles, 1910. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
41. 1915 - Desmonds Spring St to 1924 LAT 14 Sep 1924. Los Angeles, 1915. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
42. 1917 - BroadwaySouthFromSeventh1917. Los Angeles, 1917. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
43. 1917 - BroadwayNorthFromSeventh1917 (cropped). Los Angeles, 1917. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
44. 1917 - BroadwayNorthFromSeventh1917. Los Angeles, 1917. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
45. 1924 - East side of Broadway, 1924.New King Hotel in Gordon Bldg. (206–10). 1920–1964 location …. Los Angeles, 1924. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
46. 1933 - Main Street, downtown (1930s). The bustling commercial heart of Depression-era downtown.
47. 2010 - BroadwayTunnel L.A. Los Angeles, 2010. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.