Alvarado Street

Alvarado Street is signed as State Route 2 from Glendale Boulevard to the Hollywood Freeway.

Landmarks on the thoroughfare include the Saint Vincent Medical Center,[2] the Metro station for the B and D Lines at Wilshire Boulevard across from the adjacent MacArthur Park, and the Pico-Union Branch Library.

Langer's Delicatessen-Restaurant and El Pollo Loco's first United States restaurant are located on Alvarado Street, which is where it quickly became a local favorite.

Also, the Peoples Temple's Los Angeles building was located at 1366 South Alvarado Street.

[4] The Romanesque Revival–style structure was designed by architect Elmer Grey in 1912 for the First Church of Christ, Scientist.