Los Angeles’ Broadway

Councilman Jose Huizar visits an Urban Outfitters clothing outlet that recently set up shop in the former Rialto Theatre on Broadway.  (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)

Downtown resident Rosie Triplett walks past the Broadway Lounge as the last rays of sunshine illuminate structures along Broadway in the historic commercial core of Los Angeles.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

News vendor Irma Hernandez sits inside her tiny stall along Broadway.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A old commercial property is reflected in the sign of a sandwich shop along Broadway.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

The Eastern Columbia Building on Broadway.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A worker hangs lettering on the Beaux Arts marquee of the old Orpheum Theatre on the southern end of Broadway in the historic commercial core of downtown Los Angeles. One of the original movie palaces of L.A., the Orpheum opened its doors in 1926.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A woman peers out of the order window of a hamburger stand along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A dog named Candy sits on the sidewalk outside a jewelry store along Broadway.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A woman pauses to peruse fashions on display outside a clothing store along Broadway.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A bridal shop along Broadway.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Pedestrians wait to cross Broadway at Sixth Street.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A statuette of Jesus Malverde, top right, the patron saint of drug smugglers, is dispalyed in the window of a Latino botanica along Broadway.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A man sits in a shaft of sunlight at the foot of an old commercial building along Broadway.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

An ice cream vendor crosses Broadway at the intersection of Ninth Street.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)