Restaurant garden on the Central Manufacturing District Terminal rooftop

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A pepper tree blocks the left side of the restaurant building once called the Executive Club, but the fountain and garden the on top of the south wing of the Central Manufacturing District Terminal are visible with the water tower in the background. According to one account this was the first restaurant in the area 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.