The Arts district

Back in LA, back to getting out and about, not as much as I did pre-lockdown, but gradually getting back to old places again.

I had stayed in the Arts warehouse district in New Orleans, so now, back to the Arts district in LA.

There are big murals, and they aren’t defaced.

I was in the area from Santee, Alameda, Traction, and what became very quickly is this is a hipster, high income area. Yes, we are downtown, but a lot of the blight that one sees one block over – isn’t present here. Less vagrants on the streets than in my area in the valley – big money must talk.

Old buildings with their ghost signs are now apartments with added balconies with potted plants.

The old Americano Hotel, today it is high end housing. The building across the street is new and new to me.

I would like to see this lit up at night, I’m sure the neon is very nice.

I had never seen the completed One Santa Fe – I had seen it being built, I had seen some of the old buildings that came down in order to build this 1/2 mile long building – yes, it is half a mile long.

Looking east towards the LA river.

West, towards Alameda Ave and the rest of downtown.

My destination was this, Hawser and Wirth. This is an old flour mill, Globe Grain and Milling company, other wise known as A-1 Globe Mills. It operated from 1941 until the mid 60s.

I love these kind of details in the architecture, both the beautiful metal insignia as well as the mosaic floor. I know, I could have gotten a better image of the floor.

Yes, this is a picture taken from the back of the logo – ah, but what a logo, look at those letters!

Next, I’ll share more of the building and what I did there.

Leah

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