Exploring Downtown LA from the Subway

This building is an iconic one from old downtown LA, and I remember it from when I was a kid, and have always associated it with Los Angeles.



Here is a picture of Union Station, a stop on most of the subway lines and still a fully functioning train station, servicing rail commuters from all over the region.



This is the oldest surviving house in LA, from 1847. It's in the Mercato area of the original settlement.



This is the commemorative seal of the twelve founding families of the settlement that turned into today's LA, placed in the vicinity of the original settlement.



This is the remaining dense neighborhood from that settlement, now a thriving market for tourist money.



This is the Sepulveda House. Sepulveda was a colonel in the Alta-Californian Mexican army, and the family was prominent in the area for years.



This is the Pico Building, named for Pio Pico, the last Mexican governor of Alta-California.