The Los Angeles Fashion District , previously known as the Garment District , is a business improvement district (BID) in, and often cited as a sub-neighborhood of, Downtown Los Angeles . The neighborhood caters to wholesale selling and has more than 4,000 overwhelmingly independently owned and operated retail and wholesale businesses selling apparel, footwear, accessories, and fabrics.
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12-563: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Garment District (Los Angeles) The Fashion District has no official, government-recognized status. It is recognized as a subdistrict of Downtown by the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council (DLANC) , which states its boundaries as: In earlier documents, the DLANC defined the eastern parts of what it now terms
18-652: The Cooper Building, the Fashion Center Building and "The Alley", now known as Santee Alley. Workers are mostly Latin American and Asian immigrants. The LA Fashion District BID states that it "has pioneered a collaborative effort among area stakeholders that continues to foster a clean, safe, and vibrant environment for everyone who experiences the district. We are promoting increased business activity, enhancing property values, and attracting further investment in
24-651: The Fashion District as the Warehouse District , Produce District , and Southern Industrial District . The identification of a "garment district" is relatively new in Los Angeles' history as a large city. In 1972 the Los Angeles Times defined the L.A. Garment District as being along Los Angeles Street from 3rd to 11th Street, an area that today straddles the border of Skid Row and the very northwest end of
30-440: The current Fashion District. At the time, the newspaper stated that 2,000 garment manufacturers were located in that area, which was "virtually unknown to most Los Angeles residents". By 1982 the district was a roughly 20 block area from Maple to Main and 7th to 12th streets and had become a popular place for Angelenos to seek fashions at cheaper prices. There were about 500 retail outlets, and key destinations for shoppers included
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