Pacific Electric Building
The historic Pacific Electric Building, opened in 1905 in the core of Los Angeles as the main train station for the Pacific Electric Railway, as well as the company's headquarters; Main Street Station served passengers boarding trains for the south and east of Southern California.Photo: Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Apartment building
- Description: historic building in Los Angeles, California
- Also known as: “Huntington Building” and “Pacific Electric Lofts”
- Address: 610 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cecil Hotel and Cole’s Pacific Electric Buffet.
Cecil Hotel
Hotel
Photo: jimwinstead, CC BY 2.0.
The Cecil Hotel is an affordable housing complex in Downtown Los Angeles. It opened on December 20, 1924, as a hotel, but declined during the Great Depression and subsequent decades.
Cole’s Pacific Electric Buffet
Restaurant
Photo: Mamalujo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cole's Pacific Electric Buffet, also known as Cole's P.E. Buffet and Cole's French Dip, is a restaurant and bar located at 118 East 6th Street in the Historic Core of downtown Los Angeles, California.
Palace Theater
Theater building
Photo: Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palace Theatre, formerly Orpheum Theatre, Orpheum-Palace Theatre, Broadway Palace, Fox Palace, and New Palace Theatre, is a historic five-story theater and office building located at 636 S. Palace Theater is situated 890 feet northwest of Pacific Electric Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gallery Row and Downtown Los Angeles.
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.
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.
Jewelry District
Neighborhood
Photo: Bobak, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Jewelry District is a section of Downtown Los Angeles where a variety of jeweled products are sold.
Pacific Electric Building
- Categories: historic building, tram stop, building, and residential building
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.04465° or 34° 2′ 41″ northLongitude
-118.24977° or 118° 14′ 59″ westElevation
413 feet (126 metres)Inception
1904Levels
9Height
152 feet (46 metres)Open location code
85632QV2+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 428017454OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsWikidata ID
Q7122437
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Pacific Electric Building” goes by many names.
- French: “Pacific Electric Building”
- Japanese: “メインストリート・ターミナル”
- Urdu: “پیسفک الیکٹرک بلڈنگ”
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