Hill Street is a major north–south thoroughfare in

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, measuring in length. It starts on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard near the campus of

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, and passes north through

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, past such landmarks as Pershing Square, the Subway Terminal Building, Angels Flight,

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and

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. Hill Street merges with the Arroyo Seco Parkway near

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History

Hill Street was originally laid out in 1849 by

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. At that time, the street ended in the north at 1st Street, where the foot of Fort Hill sat. The stretch of modern Hill Street north of the old hill was originally named Calle del Toro (Bull Street),Alternate Link
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. was renamed Castelar in 1874, and finally renamed North Hill in 1960.Alternate Link
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Transportation

The Metro B Line and Metro D Line run underneath Hill Street between

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and 4th Streets and operate the Civic Center and Pershing Square stations along the way.

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lines 2, 4, 10, 28, 81, and 94 run along the surface. The Angels Flight funicular climbs west up Bunker Hill from Hill between 3rd and 4th streets.

Education

Number of schools are located at or nearby Hill Street. They include Cathedral High School, Castelar Elementary School,

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, Evans Community Adult School, the William Jefferson Clinton Middle School, Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet High School, Santee Education Complex, and Los Angeles Trade-Tech College.

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has the

branch located at Hill and Ord Streets.

Landmarks

;North of US-101 freeway: Chinatown Lib

* Chinatown Branch Library, Hill and Ord streets * Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts (back side) *

Pioneer Memorial (451 N. Hill) * Site of

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building (1891, razed) ;Civic Center: Stanley Mosk Courthouse

* Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (2002, Rafael Moneo,

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with deconstructivist elements) *

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(1960, Stanton, Stockwell, Williams and Wilson,

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) * Los Angeles County Hall of Records (1962) * Grand Park * Stanley Mosk Courthouse (1958, Stanton, Stockwell, Williams and Wilson,

) * New United States Court House (Los Angeles) (2016), built on the site of the demolished First Junipero Serra State Office Building ( Stanton & Stockwell, 1960) ;Third to Fourth streets: * Angels Flight *

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;Fourth to Fifth streets: * Former Broadway Department Store (back side), now Junipero Serra State Office Building (#2) * Subway Terminal Building , now Metro 417 residential * Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building (1930) Fifth to Sixth streets: * Pershing Square * Pershing Square station * Site of Paramount Theatre (movie palace), now International Jewelry Center ;Sixth to Seventh streets: *Consolidated Reatly Bldg./California Jewelry Mart (1908/1935) *Sun Realty Bldg./Los Angeles Jewelry Center (1931) *Harris & Frank Bldg./Wholesale Jewelry Exchange (1925) *Western Jewelry Mart *William Fox Bldg. (Fox Jewelry Plaza) (1932) * former Warner Bros. (a.k.a. Pantages, Warren) Theatre (movie palace, 1920), now Jewelry Theatre Center *

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department store buildings (back entrance), now St. Vincent Jewelry Center ;Seventh to Eighth streets: * Foreman & Clark department store building (site, 1928) * Garfield Building (1930) * Union Bank and Trust Company building (1922), now Union Lofts ;Eighth to Ninth streets: * Site of the RKO Hillstreet Theatre (1922–1963), now 820 Olive (residential) *Coast Federal Savings Building (1926) ;Ninth St. to Olympic Blvd.: * May Company Garage - 1926 - one of the Nation's first parking structures (

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No. 1001) * South Park by Windsor Apts. ;South of Olympic Blvd.: * The Mayan * Site of Belasco Theatre * White Log Coffee Shop * John Adams Middle School (151 W. 30th St.)

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References

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