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. 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 the mile 16 km Mid-Corridor Trench : a local roadway on the east and the main Alameda Street to the west.
Each of these streets is grade-separated from the rail line. Alameda Street descends into 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. Alameda Street has a long history of Southern Pacific Railroad tracks running on or parallel to it.
This area is known as the Alameda Corridor. The street is located on Tongva land. In the s, historian William David Estrada records that immigrants from France came to Los Angeles in small numbers and settled around 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 s, "with the support of local police and elected officials, many of whom were regular visitors" to 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. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. Road in Los Angeles County, California. Route description [ edit ]. Downtown and Chinatown [ edit ]. South of Downtown [ edit ]. California State Route 47 [ edit ].
