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The mission became an incorporated non-profit in 1922. During the Great Depression, the Midnight Mission was a major residence in Los Angeles for people who lacked permanent housing. [9] During World War II, the mission began assisting with job placement and established job training programs.

The Brockman Building is a 12-story Classical and Romanesque Revival building located in Downtown Los Angeles. Built in 1912, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. It is currently home to an 80 unit condo complex on the top 11 floors, and the restaurant Bottega Louie sits on the 1st floor.

The Hotel Alexandria is a historic building constructed as a luxury hotel at the beginning of the 20th century in what was then the heart of downtown Los Angeles.As the business center of the city moved gradually westward, the hotel decayed and gradually devolved into a single room occupancy (SRO) hotel housing long-term, low income residents and gained a reputation for crime and being unsafe.

From the northeast, Main Street begins as a continuation of Valley Boulevard west of Mission Road in Lincoln Heights as 'North Main Street'. Main Street enters Downtown Los Angeles passing by the edge of the Los Angeles Plaza. It continues through the Civic Center area, which is built on top of the site of the buildings — nearly all ...

The Peniel Mission was an interdenominational holiness rescue mission that was started in Los Angeles, California on 11 November 1886 by Theodore Pollock Ferguson (1853–1920) and Manie Payne Ferguson (born 1850; died 8 June 1932). It was dissolved in 1949. History of The Peniel Mission [ edit] Origins and early days (1886–1894) [ edit]

The Sixth Street Viaduct spans the Los Angeles River, the Santa Ana Freeway ( US 101 ), and the Golden State Freeway ( I-5 ), as well as Metrolink ( Orange County and 91 lines), Amtrak ( Pacific Surfliner and Southwest Chief ), and Union Pacific (along with Metrolink's Riverside Line) railroad tracks and several local streets.