Velveteria
Velveteria: The Museum of Velvet Art was a museum dedicated to paintings on velvet, established in 2005 in Portland Oregon and relocated in 2013 to Los Angeles, California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: Defunct museum
- Also known as: “Velveteria: The Museum of Velvet Art” and “Velveteria: The Museum of Velvet Paintings”
- Address: 711 New High Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Los Angeles City Hall and Union Station.
Los Angeles City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Brion VIBBER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. Los Angeles City Hall is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Velveteria.
Union Station
Railway station
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
Los Angeles Union Station is the main railroad station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest passenger rail terminal in the Western United States. Union Station is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Velveteria.
Philippe The Original
Restaurant
Philippe's, or "Philippe the Original" is a restaurant located in downtown Los Angeles, California. The restaurant is well known for continuously operating since 1908, making it one of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles. Philippe The Original is situated 590 feet southeast of Velveteria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naud Junction and Chinatown.
Naud Junction
Locality
Naud Junction was an area in northern Downtown Los Angeles, California. It was located at the junction of Main Street and Alameda Street, where Southern Pacific Railroad trains veered off Alameda to tracks along Alhambra Avenue and the Los Angeles River.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: J3ff, Public domain.
Chinatown is a neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938.
Civic Center
Quarter
Photo: Brion VIBBER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Civic Center district of Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, is the administrative core of the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, and a complex of city, county, state, and federal government offices, buildings, and courthouses.
Velveteria
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.06039° or 34° 3′ 37″ northLongitude
-118.23869° or 118° 14′ 19″ westOpen location code
85633Q66+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 6482627115OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q16960028
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Teo-Chew Association of Southern California and Chinatown Gateway Monument.
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