Sitting at the top of downtown Los Angeles opposite Union Station, Olvera Street is L.A.’s oldest street. These days it’s jam-packed with Mexican crafts and tchotchkes (and a couple of pretty good Mexican restaurants) that it’s hard for me reconcile that this quiet and laid back pedestrian street in 1934 is the same place. I don’t ever remember being there and seeing L.A. City Hall.

This is the Olvera Street I’m used to seeing. This image was taken in November 2015.