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35-512: The Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC) was founded on September 8, 1880. By the end of its first month of existence the fledgling club counted 60 enlisted members and was able to rent its first facility, two halls located in Stearns Hall on Los Angeles Street in downtown Los Angeles . A 19th Century history indicates that the club had the dual purposes of "providing its members with the means of physical development" along with "the advantages of

70-601: A gentlemen's club . The club relocated for the first time in 1881, moving to more commodious accommodations in the Downey Block , before moving again a few years later to a still-larger home in the Stowell Block . A fire in 1893 required moving to temporary quarters in the Workman Block , next door to the previous Stowell Block location. Membership in this latter location soon topped the 400 mark, prompting

105-610: A grocery and dry goods store (Corbett & Barker), then a storage house for iron and hard lumber for Harris Newmark Co. It was then leased to a Chinese immigrant. In 1871, it was the site of the Chinese massacre of 1871 . The Adobe was torn down in 1888 in order to extend Los Angeles Street north past the Plaza. At 419 N. Los Angeles Street, at the northwest corner of Arcadia, is the Garnier Building, built in 1890, part of

140-608: A narrow, one-block north–south street likely named after darker-skinned Mexican afromestizo and/or mulatto residents during the Spanish colonial era. . At the north end of Calle de los Negros stood the Del Valle adobe (also known as the Matthias or Matteo Sabichi house ), at the southern edge of which one could turn left and enter the plaza at its southeast corner. Calle de los Negros was famous for its saloons and violence in

175-456: A saloon, a theater and a connected restaurant. Historian James Miller Guinn wrote in 1896, "in the flush days of gold mining, from 1850 to 1856, it was the wickedest street on earth...In length it did not exceed 500 feet, but in wickedness, it was unlimited. On either side it was lined with saloons, gambling hells, dance houses and disreputable dives. It was a cosmopolitan street. Representatives of different races and many nations frequented it. Here

210-558: A statue of Mexican charro entertainer Antonio Aguilar on horseback. Until the late 19th century, Los Angeles Street did not form the east side of the Plaza; it ran south only from Broad Place at the intersection of Arcadia Street. Here, the Coronel Adobe blocked the path north one block to the Plaza, but just slightly to the right (east) of the path of Los Angeles Street was Calle de los Negros (Spanish-language name; marked on post-1847 maps as Negro Alley or Nigger Alley),

245-544: A tunnel between California State 91 and Del Amo Boulevard, at which point the Alameda Corridor crosses from the east to the west of Alameda. South of Henry Ford Avenue, Alameda Street continues for another 1.4 miles (2.3 km) in Wilmington before ending at Harry Bridges Boulevard (formerly B Street). Alameda Street has a long history of Southern Pacific Railroad tracks running on or parallel to it. Before

280-566: Is approximately 21 miles in length, running from Harry Bridges Boulevard in Wilmington ; and through Carson , Compton , Lynwood , Watts , Florence-Graham , Huntington Park , Vernon and Arts District to Spring and College in Chinatown . For much of its length, Alameda runs through present and former industrial corridors, and is paralleled by Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Southern Pacific Railroad ) tracks. Alameda Street runs on

315-609: Is designated California State Route 47 between the California State Route 91 and Henry Ford Avenue. There are few at-grade crossings with other streets in this portion of Alameda, with Artesia Boulevard , Del Amo Boulevard, Carson Street, 223rd Street (at the San Diego Freeway / I-405 interchange) Sepulveda Boulevard , and Pacific Coast Highway ( SR 1 ), all flying over Alameda while being connected to it with connector ramps. Alameda Street descends into

350-855: The Fashion District , past the western edge of Little Tokyo , past the Caltrans District Headquarters, the former Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters at Parker Center and the Los Angeles Mall (which contains City Hall East). Los Angeles Street ends at Alameda Street , north of the US 101 near Olvera Street and Union Station . In South Los Angeles there are two other portions of Los Angeles Street, one running from Slauson Avenue to 59th Place and another from 122nd Street to 124th Street near Willowbrook . The block of Los Angeles Street that runs by

385-582: The Los Angeles' original Chinatown . The southern portion of the building was demolished in the 1950s to make way for the Hollywood Freeway . The Chinese American Museum is now located in the Garnier Building. It should not be confused with another Garnier Block/Building on Main St. a block away now commonly known as Plaza House . Los Angeles Street was lined with mostly commercial buildings;

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420-492: The brothels . Those on North Alameda Street, adjacent to the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks, were the most active and became "the first view of Los Angeles for arriving train passengers." In the late 19th century, the corner of Alameda Street and Macy Street (now Cesar Chavez Avenue) was home to residences shared by Mexican and Chinese families. Along Alameda and Los Angeles Streets to Second Street

455-527: The 10-mile (16 km) Mid-Corridor Trench : a local roadway on the east and the main Alameda Street to the west. Here, Alameda Street intersects with Slauson Avenue , Florence Avenue , Firestone Boulevard (former SR 42 ) and Imperial Highway . Each of these streets is grade-separated from the rail line. Though Alameda Street has interchanges with I-10 , SR 91 and I-405 , it does not have an interchange with I-105 near Watts. Alameda Street

490-527: The Alameda Corridor in a trench adjacent to Alameda, the trackage is now shared by the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad (Southern Pacific's company). Los Angeles Union Station fronts onto Alameda Street. The street is located on Tongva land. In the 1820s, historian William David Estrada records that immigrants from France came to Los Angeles in small numbers and settled around

525-549: The Commercial and Alameda streets, close to the original village site of Yaanga . The street became a center of prostitution activity in Los Angeles by the late 19th century, after the city council passed an ordinance prohibiting prostitution from the new central business district . Prostitution reportedly peaked in the 1890s, "with the support of local police and elected officials, many of whom were regular visitors" to

560-573: The Del Valle adobe had been removed, and Los Angeles Street had been extended to form the eastern edge of the Plaza, thus passing in front of the Lugo Adobe . Calle de los Negros remained for a few more decades, behind a row of houses lining the east side of Los Angeles Street between Arcadia and Aliso streets. This was also the western edge of Old Chinatown from around the 1880s through 1930s. It reached eastward across Alameda St. to cover most of

595-640: The LAAC founded a number of other institutions, including the California Yacht Club (1922) and Riviera Country Club (1926). They are now separate entities. The club faced significant financial burdens due to World War II and the subsequent growth of suburbs . Athletes from the LAAC have earned numerous medals in the Summer Olympics , with a particularly high number during the 1932 Los Angeles Olympiad . The total Olympic medal tally for

630-594: The LAAC is 97 medals, including 47 gold. Los Angeles Street Los Angeles Street , originally known as Calle de los Negros ( Spanish for "Street of the Black [People]") is a major thoroughfare in Downtown Los Angeles , California , dating back to the origins of the city as the Pueblo de Los Ángeles . The principal length of the street proceeds north from 23rd Street, past Interstate 10 , through

665-553: The Old Plaza was originally known as "Calle de los Negros" or "Alley of the Black People". On late 19th century maps it is also marked with a contemporary English translation of that phrase, Nigger Alley. The Chinese massacre of 1871 took place on Los Angeles Street when it was still known as Calle de los Negros. The printing house for the city's first newspaper, Star of Los Angeles , was located on Los Angeles Street, which

700-446: The absence of workers in the gold rush migration to California." The Chinese population increased from 14 in 1860 to almost 200 by 1870. Guinn stated that the alley stayed "wicked" through and after its transition to the city's Old Chinatown. Calle de los Negros was reconfigured in 1888 when Los Angeles Street was extended north, with a small, shallow row of houses remaining between the new section of Los Angeles street's eastern edge and

735-420: The area that is now Union Station. It proceeded one more block past the Plaza, with the buildings on the east side of Olvera Street forming its western edge, until terminating at Alameda Street. Since the early 1950s, Los Angeles Street has formed the eastern edge of the Plaza, but the buildings lining its eastern edge, including the Lugo Adobe , were removed. The site is now Father Serra Park . When it

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770-593: The building of Union Station, Southern Pacific trains would travel along Alameda between Naud Junction and the Southern Pacific Arcade Station on 5th Street. Though Southern Pacific eventually rerouted its downtown tracks to the LA River, Alameda still carries SP tracks between 27th Street and the Port of Los Angeles. This area is known as the Alameda Corridor . With the 2002 completion of

805-494: The club also established an outdoors athletic park, which included a running track and path for bicycling, a baseball diamond , tennis courts , and facilities for croquet . It also provided rooms designed for socialization, including an expansive reading room, as well as designated areas for billiards and cards . In 1912 it moved into its own new Los Angeles Athletic Club Building at 431 West Seventh Street in Downtown Los Angeles . The twelve-story Beaux-Arts style clubhouse

840-559: The construction of the club's own permanent building, a four-story structure with a cavernous gymnasium located on an enlarged third floor. It was located on the east side of Spring Street between 5th and 6th, architects were McCarthy & Mendel. The club provided a venue for gymnastics , athletic training, and team sports, including organization of a civic football team which played the inaugural intercity match with San Francisco in January 1892. During its first two decades of existence

875-410: The early days of the town, and by the 1880s was considered part of Chinatown, lined with Chinese and Chinese American residences, businesses and gambling dens. The neglected dirt alley was already associated with vice by the early 1850s, when a bordello and its owner both known as La Prietita (the dark-skinned lady) were active here. Its other businesses included malodorous livery stables, a pawn shop,

910-603: The east side of the Old Plaza, Los Angeles , and once also ran along the westside of Old Chinatown. In the late 19th century, Alameda Street and Commercial Street were Los Angeles' original red-light district. South of Union Station, Alameda Street enters Little Tokyo and the former Warehouse District, now the Arts District. At one time, a lot on Alameda and 8th was a haven for free-speech demonstrations. At 27th Street, Alameda Street splits into two roadways divided by

945-470: The house to a "sporting fraternity", which operated a popular 24-hour gambling establishment with games including monte, faro, and poker ; up to $ 200,000 in gold could be seen on the tables at a time. Arguments ensued and murders were frequent. The building later became a dance hall where "lewd women" were employed, aimed at the Mexican-American population. After that, still in the 1850s, it became

980-406: The ignoble red man, crazed with aguardiente, fought his battles, the swarthy Sonorian plied his stealthy dagger, and the click of the revolver mingled with the clink of gold at the gaming table when some chivalric American felt that his word of “honah” had been impugned." By 1871, the alley was notorious as a "racially, spatially, and morally disorderly place", according to historian César López. It

1015-563: The southeast end of the business district around Los Angeles and 3rd streets was the Wholesale District. Only a few buildings were notable: Corner of 5th St. Corner of 9th St. 34°3′12″N 118°14′27″W  /  34.05333°N 118.24083°W  / 34.05333; -118.24083 Alameda Street Alameda Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in Los Angeles County, California . It

1050-604: The western edge of the new, shortened alley. The site of Calle de los Negros is now the Pueblo parking lot and a cloverleaf-style entrance to the US 101 freeway. The Coronel Adobe was built in 1840 by Ygnacio Coronel as a family home. It stood at the northwest corner of Arcadia Street and Calle de los Negros; Los Angeles Street terminated at its southern end. The area gradually became an area for gambling and saloons, and upper-class families left to live elsewhere. Around 1849, they sold

1085-559: Was designed for the LAAC by John Parkinson and George Bergstrom , and is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument . The building was notable for being the first in Southern California to have an interior swimming pool built on an upper floor. Due to its position in the growth and development of Los Angeles, the LAAC had significant success during its first 60 years, with membership reflecting its position in Los Angeles society and early Hollywood culture. During its heyday,

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1120-483: Was extended past the Plaza in 1888, Los Angeles Street terminated one short block north of the Plaza at Alameda Street. Now, Los Angeles Street turns east at the north side of the Plaza to terminate at Alameda Street at a right angle, directly across from the Union Station complex. What was the short block of Los Angeles Street north of the Plaza is now part of Placita Dolores , a small open plaza which surrounds

1155-474: Was here that a growing number of Chinese immigrant railroad laborers settled after the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. There, William Estrada notes, the "Chinese of Los Angeles came to fill an important sector of the economy as entrepreneurs. Some became proprietors and employees of small hand laundries and restaurants; some were farmers and wholesale produce peddlers; others ran gambling establishments; and some occupied other areas left vacant by

1190-486: Was known at the time as Calle Zanja Madre (Mother Ditch street). Los Angeles Street was the easternmost street in the city's central business district during the 1880s and 1890s . Around Los Angeles and 3rd was the wholesale district, which over time moved further and further southeast into what is now the Fashion District and beyond. The Coronel Adobe was demolished in 1888 and 1896 Sanborn maps show that

1225-516: Was primarily a Japanese community, shared with Mexicans, and the last remnants of the French community. Metro Local Line 202 runs along Alameda Street between Del Amo Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway. Metro Local Line 58 formerly served Alameda Street between Union Station and Washington , but was discontinued in 2005. Three Metro A Line Stations are located on Alameda Street: Little Tokyo/Arts District , Union Station , and Chinatown , with

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