University of Southern California USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
  • Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
  • About Us
  • Civic Center/Little Tokyo
  • Fashion District
    • Map
    • Bendix Building
    • California Mart
    • City Market
    • Coca-Cola Building
    • Cooper Building
    • Dearden's Department Store
    • Fire Station #30
    • Flower Market
    • Los Angeles Street
    • Santee Alley
    • Wall Street
  • Historic Core
  • New Downtown
  • South Park
  • Pueblo/Chinatown
  • Wholesale District/Skid Row
  • Acknowledgements
  • Sources
  • Dr. Curtis C. Roseman
  • Email: croseman@usc.edu

City Market

9th and San Pedro

The City Market is the old produce market, founded in 1909 by a multiethnic group of immigrant farmers from China, Russia and Japan. Designed in the days of horse and wagons, the City Market was overtaken by the much larger Seventh Street Terminal Market.

PHOTOS: J. Mapes