Broadway Theater District (Los Angeles)
Broadway Theater District | |
Broadway Theater District streetscape | |
| Location | 300—933 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°2′48″N 118°15′4″W / 34.04667°N 118.25111°W |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000484 |
| Added to NRHP | May 9, 1979 |
The Broadway Theater District in the Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles is the first and largest historic theater district listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). With twelve movie palaces located along a six-block stretch of Broadway, it is the only large concentration of movie palaces left in the United States. The same six-block stretch of Broadway, and an adjacent section of Seventh Street, was also the city's retail hub for the first half of the twentieth century, lined with large and small department stores and specialty stores.
NRHP refers to the district as the Broadway Theater and Commercial District, while the City of Los Angeles Planning Department refers to the Broadway Theater and Entertainment District.