River Switching Station
River Switching Station is an electrical substation in Los Angeles, Southern California, California. River Switching Station is situated near the railway station Arts District Station, as well as near the bridge Sixth Street Viaduct.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Sixth Street Viaduct and Southern California Institute of Architecture.
Sixth Street Viaduct
Bridge
The Sixth Street Viaduct, also known as the Sixth Street Bridge, is a viaduct bridge that connects 6th Street in the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles with Whittier Boulevard in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. Sixth Street Viaduct is situated 910 feet east of River Switching Station.
Southern California Institute of Architecture
University
The Southern California Institute of Architecture is a private Architecture school in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1972, SCI-Arc was initially regarded as both institutionally and artistically avant-garde. Southern California Institute of Architecture is situated 2,200 feet northwest of River Switching Station.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum in Los Angeles, California, United States. As an independent and non-collecting art museum, it exhibits the work of local, national, and international contemporary artists. Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is situated 2,000 feet southwest of River Switching Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arts District and Skid Row.
Arts District
Quarter
The Arts District is a neighborhood on the eastern edge of Downtown Los Angeles, California in the United States. The city community planning boundaries are Alameda Street on the west which blends into Little Tokyo, First Street on the north, the Los Angeles River to the east, and Violet Street on the south.
Skid Row
Quarter
Skid Row is the unofficial name for a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles officially known as Central City East. Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States, estimated at over 4,400, and has been known for its condensed homeless population since at least the 1930s.
Little Tokyo
Quarter
Little Tokyo, also known as Little Tokyo Historic District, is an ethnically Japanese American district in downtown Los Angeles and the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America.
River Switching Station
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.03763° or 34° 2′ 16″ north
Longitude
-118.22989° or 118° 13′ 48″ west
Open location code
85632QQC+32
OpenStreetMap ID
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Arts District Station and Still Life Studio.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Dover Street Market and Metro Wayside Systems Location 54.
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