Metropolitan Building
The Metropolitan Building, in Los Angeles, California, was completed in 1913 and is one of a number of buildings built along Broadway in the early decades of the twentieth century for commercial and retail uses in what had then become the busiest and largest shopping district of the city.- Type: Apartment building
- Description: commercial building in Downtown Los Angeles
- Address: 350 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roxie Theatre and Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles.
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. Roxie Theatre is situated 400 feet south of Metropolitan Building.
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. Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles is situated 1,800 feet north of Metropolitan Building.
Cameo Theatre
Historic building
The Cameo Theatre is a historic former movie theater on Broadway in Los Angeles, California. Film mogul W. H. Clune opened it in 1910 as Clune's Broadway Theatre, one of the first purpose-built movie theaters in the United States. Cameo Theatre is situated 470 feet south of Metropolitan Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Historic Core and Downtown Los Angeles.
Historic Core
Quarter
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.
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.
Metropolitan Building
- Categories: fixed construction, building, and residential building
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.0485° or 34° 2′ 55″ northLongitude
-118.25085° or 118° 15′ 3″ westElevation
423 feet (129 metres)Inception
1913Levels
9Height
162 feet (49 metres)Open location code
85632PXX+9MOpenStreetMap ID
way 427942893OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsWikidata ID
Q6825023
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Metropolitan Building from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Metropolitan Building”.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Planet Fitness and Remick Building.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as 5th & Broadway and NYC Caribbean.
Los Angeles: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Hollywood, San Gabriel Valley, San Fernando Valley, and Long Beach.
Curious Apartment Buildings to Discover
Uncover intriguing apartment buildings from every corner of the globe.