Grand Central Market
The six-story Homer Laughlin Building on Broadway in Los Angeles was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by architect John B. Parkinson in 1896. It was the city’s first fireproofed, steel-reinforced structure. Coulter’s Dry Goods occupied the ground floor with offices above. In 1905, after Coulter’s moved out, the lower floors were extended to cover the full width between Broadway and Hill Street and Ville de Paris Department Store moved in. When the space was vacated in 1917, the Grand Central Market moved in to stay. The “Wonder Market,” as it was then called, was billed as “the largest and finest public market on the Pacific Coast.” Today, the Market’s 40 stalls are home to an only-in-LA blend of legacy vendors like China Cafe and Tacos Tumbras, rising stars and success stories from the city’s buzzing food scene.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
Photographer: Andrew Schmidt
Photographers: Lonny Ross, Andrew Schmidt