Heritage Broadway Architecture in LA Photos

Broadway is a downtown Los Angeles' historic street & heritage structures lay a few blocks to either side.

See also: Los Angeles & Orange Counties, California Cinemas & Theaters, Los Angeles Art Deco & Moderne Buildings, Pershing Square Area Heritage Architecture in LA
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Story Building (1916) (610 West 6th Street) 10 floors.
Style: Beaux Arts. Architect: Morgan, Walls & Clements.

White terra-cotta details of Story Building.

Los Angeles Theater (1931) (615 South Broadway).
Style: Second Empire. Architect: S. Charles Lee.

610 South Broadway with elaborate brown facade.

Details of 610 South Broadway.

Schauber's Cafeteria (1927) (620 South Broadway). Style: Spanish Colonial Revival. Architect: Charles F. Plummer.

Palace Theater (1911) (630 South Broadway) was formerly named Orpheum Theater.
Style: Second Empire. Architect: G. Albert Landsburgh.

Terra-cotta panel of medieval flute player on Palace Theater. California Cinemas & Theaters

Tower Theater (1925-6) (Broadway at 8th). Style: Art Deco. Architect: S. Charles Lee.

Former May Company Department Store (1881 & 1906) (Broadway at 9th).

Details of former May Company Department Store.

Orpheum Theater (1928) (842-6 South Broadway) 12 floors. Architect: G. Albert Landsburgh.

Eastern Columbia Building (1929) (849 South Broadway) 13 floors with turquoise terra-cotta.
Style: Art Deco. Architect: Claude Beelman. Claude Beelman Architecture

Art Deco top of Eastern Columbia Building. Los Angeles Art Deco & Moderne Buildings

Eastern Columbia plus 9th & Broadway Buildings.

Metalwork over portal of 9th & Broadway Building (1929) (850 South Broadway) 13 floors.
Style: Art Deco. Architect: Claude Beelman. Claude Beelman Architecture

Texaco / United Artists Theater Building (1927) (929 South Broadway) 13 floors.
Style: Art Deco & Spanish Revival. Architect: Walker & Eisen plus Charles Howard Crane. Walker & Eisen Architecture

Former United Artists Theater entrance.

Carved face above United Artists Theater entrance.

Washington Mutual Building (Hill at 9th Streets).

Row of carved California figures on Washington Mutual Building.

Carved Indian face on Washington Mutual Building.

Garfield Building (1928-30) (403 West 8th Street) 13 floors.
Style: Art Deco. Architect: Claude Beelman. On National Register.

Warner Brothers Downtown Building & Theater (now Jewelry Center Building (1920) (Hill at 7th Streets) 8 floors.
Style: Beaux Art. Architect: B. Marcus Priteca.

Gargoyle perches on Italianate building (NW corner of Main at 7th Streets).

Gargoyle on building at Main & 7th Streets.

Upper stories of Hellman Commercial Trust & Savings Bank Building (now Bank of America) (1924) (NE corner of Spring & 7th Streets). Style: Beaux Art. Architect: Schultze & Weaver.

Entrance columns of Hellman Commercial Trust & Savings Bank Building.

I.N. Van Nuys Building (1910-1) (210 West 7th Street) 11 floors.
Style: Beaux Art. Architect: Morgan & Walls.

Pacific Coast Stock Exchange (1929-30) (618 South Spring Street) with sculptures by Salvatore Cartaino Scarpitta.
Style: PWA Moderne. Architect: Samuel E. Lunden plus John Parkinson & Donald B. Parkinson.

Italianate building on NW corner of Hill & 6th Streets.

Arcade Building (1923) (541 South Spring Street) 12 floors. Architect: MacDonald & Applegarth.

Bradbury Building (1893) (304 South Broadway) 5 floors. Architect: George H. Wyman. On National Register.

Interior iron balconies of Bradbury Building.

Open walkways of Bradbury Building used as a set for film Blade Runner.

Elevator grillwork of Bradbury Building.

Million Dollar Theater (now Grand Central Square) (1917) (307 South Broadway) 12 floors. Architect: Albert C. Martin, Sr. California Cinemas & Theaters

Details of entry arch of Million Dollar Theater.

Ibis-headed Egyptian-style figure on Million Dollar Theater.

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