Fashion-garment-district and Santee Alley downtown LA
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Fashion-district (formally known as garment district) and Santee Alley Los Angeles, CA 90015
Let's spend the day walking the garment district where Hollywood Costume and Wardrobe Department Casters buy their clothes, and do a bit of shopping ourselves.
10:30 am = meet North Hollywood metro station (picture shown)
5391 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
10:45 am = get on B red line metro and head towards union station.
11:45 am = meet at Starbucks in union station (picture shown).
800 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
12 noon = depart and catch A or E line to pico station.
Get off at the Pico station and walk towards Santee Alley using "E 12 th Street", a 14 minute walk.
1250 Flower St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
3 pm = meet for lunch at (picture shown)
"International food court"
933 Santee St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
6 pm = meet at the corner of "E 12 th Street" & "Santee street" and walk back using "E 12 th Street" to Pico metro station, a 14 minute walk.
More info:
I have personally done this walk, there is no homeless encampment or bad smells on the sidewalk to get there from pico station, Santee Alley has a Mediterranean Bazaar feel to it, you are welcome to bargain with the vendors, it's also good place to buy electronics, bring cash with you also, bring a backpack 🎒 to put all your shoppings in.
Santee Alley and the surrounding area are open from approximately 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Some vendors open between 9 and 9:30 a.m., and most will close between 5 and 5:30 p.m. By 6 p.m. the entire area is closed for the day. The alley is open seven days a week, including ALL holidays.
The Santee Alley and the surrounding area are open seven days a week.
You can park your car at North Hollywood metro station parking lot, make sure you pay the ~~3 parking fee if not you will get a fifty-three ticket. Alternatively if you own an old car and don't want to pay for parking, you can park at "Winnetka&Pierce college" station and take G orange line bus to NH metro station, bus ride takes around forty-five minutes.
For G orange line bus, no need for TAP card, since no-one checks, but will need one for B red line and A & E lines. Can buy it from the machine at NH or Union station for 2, also load it with at least 3.50 for our trips, one trip is valid for two hours with free transfer within two hours. Will cost you $1.75 each way.
https://fashiondistrict.org/santee-alley
You can download "fashion-district" map from here:
https://ontheworldmap.com/usa/city/los-angeles/los-angeles-fashion-district-map.jpg
OR
https://ctycms.com/ca-fashion-district/docs/lafd_map_final_aug18.pdf
I have posted this event on two other groups also.