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GENERAL INFORMATION ON CHUNG KING ROAD
Chung King Road is the main gallery row of Chinatown Los Angeles' premiere art gallery district. In an intimate courtyard-style setting; Chung King Road harbors an eclectic mix of decades-old family-owned Chinese arts and crafts boutiques, a sprinkling of artists studios and a potpourri of contemporary (mostly western) art galleries, above which the homes of mostly Chinese residents rest. There are more than thirty-three contemporary art galleries in Chinatown.
To the left is Chung King Road at night in front of the HABLA Underground Gallery, during one of Chinatown's group art gallery openings. |
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Chung King Road is not visible from the street. It is a pedestrian only alleyway, similar to a courtyard. It is also known as the West Plaza of Chinatown. Chung King Road lies directly behind the parking lot of the Pacific Alliance Medical Center which is a light salmon-colored building on College Street, between Yale Street and Hill Street. Below is a detailed map.
The Chinatown BID has a very useful website full of information about Chinatown, including transportation to and from Chinatown. Here is a link from the Chinatown BID website, regarding transportation to Chinatown: http://chinatownla.com/gettinghere.php |
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MAP and DIRECTIONS |
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Take the 110 freeway to the Hill Street/Chinatown exit, which is right by Dodger's Stadium. Chung King Road is immediately there at the exit, you just can't see it from the street.
There is a public parking lot on North Hill Street at the exit of the 110 FWY, just one block north of College St. The parking lot is at the north end of Chung King Road and opens into the plaza. It's a short walk to the HABLA Gallery from that parking lot.
There is free and meter parking all along Yale Street and Bernard Street. If you park on Yale Street; you would then walk onto the parking lot of the Pacific Alliance Medical Center and enter Chung King Road from the south end of the plaza. If you park on the Bernard Street cul-de-sac, you can take the side walk there to Hill Street and walk onto the public parking lot to enter Chung King Road from the north end of the plaza.
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DRIVING FROM DOWNTOWN VIA SERVICE STREETS
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Take Figueroa, Hill or Broadway north from Downtown to Alpine which runs west and east. Take Alpine to Yale Street. Go North on Yale St. The very next intersection is Yale Street and College Street. The landmarks are the Pacific Alliance Medical Center and Castelar Elementary School, which are both on that corner. Yale Street will swing around to the right and turn into Bernard Street which ends in a dead-end or cul-de-sac There's free street parking all along Bernard Street. There is also free parking along Yale Street in front of the Chinese First Baptist Church. The public parking lot is on N Hill Street, one block north of College, just at the 110 FWY exit. |
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The Chinatown stop on the Metro Gold Line (which you can transfer to from the MetroLink at Union Station) is a very short walk from the HABLA Underground Gallery. If you're coming on foot from the Chinatown Train Station, simply walk straight into the Chinatown East Plaza which will be directly in front of you. Walk thru that plaza and cross Hill Street. Walk into Chung King Court (West Plaza) and turn left. You will see lots of art galleries. The HABLA Underground Gallery will be on your right hand side, in between the art galleries POVEvolving and China Art Objects. It is in the Basement of 935 Chung King Road, in the Lower Level of the Lili Bernard Art Studio.
Another great way to get to Chinatown on foot from Downtown Los Angeles is by the DASH bus. It's only 25 cents and leaves about every ten minutes. It's clean, efficient, cheap and fun.
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photographs, text and map © 2009 by Lili Bernard |
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