Main Street (Los Angeles)
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Main Street is a major north–south thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California. It serves as the east–west postal divider for the city and the county as well.
Main Street looking north from Temple, photo by T.E. Stanton, 1886. The Baker Block is the prominent building towards the back. Left side: Cosmopolitan Hotel, Farmers and Merchants Bank , Downey Block with Commercial Restaurant.
La Placita Church (La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles)
Pico House in 1875
Pico House and the Plaza in 1876, photo taken from Fort Moore
Los Angeles Plaza
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Los Angeles Plaza or Plaza de Los Ángeles is located in Los Angeles, California. It is the central point of the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District. When Spanish Governor Felipe de Neve founded the Pueblo de Los Ángeles, his first act was to locate a plaza for the geographical center from which his town should radiate. De Neve's plaza was rectangular in form—75 varas wide by 100 in length. It was located north of the church; its southerly line very nearly coincided with the northerly line of West Marchessault street. On this, the cuartel, the public granary, the government house and the capilla (chapel), fronted.
Los Angeles Plaza (1869)
Los Angeles Plaza and Pico House (1890)
Los Angeles Plaza (c. 1905)