Historic Core
The Historic Core is a district within Downtown Los Angeles that includes the world's largest concentration of movie palaces, former large department stores, and office towers, all built chiefly between 1907 and 1931.- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighborhood of Los Angeles, California
- Also known as: “Historic Core, Los Angeles”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles and Angels Flight Railway.
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Museum
Photo: Minnaert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum with two locations in Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Angels Flight Railway
Angels Flight is a historic 2 ft 6 in narrow-gauge funicular railway in the Bunker Hill district of Downtown Los Angeles, California. It has two funicular cars, named Olivet and Sinai, that run in opposite directions on a shared cable.
Roxie Theatre
Historic building
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roxie Theatre is a historic former movie theater in the Broadway Theater District of Los Angeles, California. The venue opened in 1931 as the last theater to be built on Broadway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Los Angeles and Gallery Row.
Downtown Los Angeles
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Los Angeles is a city of diverse cultures, and many of them are showcased in and around the city's Downtown. While Downtown L.A. has been considered primarily a business and manufacturing hub for the last several decades, its long-heralded revival has really gained some traction as new restaurants, retail chains, boutiques, and trendy hotels open at a rapid pace.
Gallery Row
Neighborhood
Gallery Row is a neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles, designated by the city council in 2003 to promote the concentration of art galleries along Main and Spring Streets.
Toy District
Neighborhood
The Toy District is a 12-block area in eastern Downtown Los Angeles, bounded by Los Angeles Street on the west, Third and Fifth streets on the north and south and San Pedro Street on the east.
Historic Core
- Categories: neighborhood, historic district, and locality
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.04879° or 34° 2′ 56″ northLongitude
-118.24993° or 118° 14′ 60″ westOpen location code
85632QX2+G2OpenStreetMap ID
node 10845318622OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q4147619
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Satellite Map
Discover Historic Core from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Historic Core” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Historic Core”
- Italian: “Historic Core”
- Persian: “هیستوریک کور (لس آنجلس)”
- Persian: “هیستوریک کور”
- Polish: “Historic Core”
- Urdu: “ہسٹورک کور، لاس اینجلس”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jewelry District and Bunker Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Junipero Serra Building and UCLA Downtown.
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