Parking canopy and Central Manufacturing District Terminal

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A stencil which says "Los Angeles Manufacturing District, the Great Western Market' is printed at the top of a parking canopy. The Great Western Market was another name for the district. The Central Manufacturing District Terminal is visible on the right.Architect Frank D. Chase designed the 1923 six-story Central Manufacturing District Westland Warehouses Produce Terminal, located at 4814 Loma Vista Avenue in Vernon. The 160 foot high Moorish tower concealed a 12,500 gallon water tank. The Pacific Coast Warehouse District leased the building in 1951 operating it though the 1980s and added two additional warehouses. This warehouse has been replaced with a tilt-up concrete building. Central Manufacturing District is an industrial tract of approximately 2800 acres, partly located within the cities of Commerce, Bell, and Vernon. In 1923, the tract comprised 300 acres of the old Rancho San Antonio, one of the original Spanish land grants.