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The Potomac Block was a commercial building with a historical role in the retail history of Los Angeles, at 213–223 S. Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles, on the west side of Broadway between 2nd and 3rd streets.[1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 8 relations: Broadway (Los Angeles), Coulter's, Downtown Los Angeles, History of retail in Southern California, Romanesque architecture, Victorian Downtown Los Angeles, Ville de Paris (department store), William and Alexander Curlett.

  2. Broadway (Los Angeles)
  3. Buildings and structures demolished in 1953
  4. Commercial buildings in Los Angeles
  5. Romanesque Revival architecture in California

Broadway (Los Angeles)

Broadway, until 1890 Fort Street, is a thoroughfare in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Coulter's

Coulter's was a department store that originated in Downtown Los Angeles and later moved to the Miracle Mile shopping district in that same city. Potomac Block and Coulter's are Demolished buildings and structures in Los Angeles.

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Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is the central business district of Los Angeles.

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History of retail in Southern California

Retail in Southern California dates back to its first dry goods store that Jonathan Temple opened in 1827 on Calle Principal (Main Street), when Los Angeles was still a Mexican village.

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Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Victorian Downtown Los Angeles

The late-Victorian-era Downtown of Los Angeles in 1880 was centered at the southern end of the Los Angeles Plaza area, and over the next two decades, it extended south and west along Main Street, Spring Street, and Broadway towards Third Street. Potomac Block and Victorian Downtown Los Angeles are Demolished buildings and structures in Los Angeles.

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Ville de Paris (department store)

Ville de Paris was a department store in Downtown Los Angeles from 1893 through 1919.

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William and Alexander Curlett

William F. Curlett (County Down, Ireland, March 3, 1846 – January 21, 1914, San Francisco) and Alexander Edward Curlett (called Aleck) (San Francisco, February 6, 1881 – September 5, 1942) were a father-and-son pair of architects.

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See also

Broadway (Los Angeles)

Buildings and structures demolished in 1953

Commercial buildings in Los Angeles

Romanesque Revival architecture in California

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac_Block

Also known as B. F. Coulter Building.