California
Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles reveals a city much older and denser than the Hollywood stereotype. This walk moves from Tongva land and the Spanish Plaza through the deliberately created Olvera Street marketplace, Union Station and the erased original Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Broadway's movie palaces, the Bradbury Building, Angels Flight, Bunker Hill urban renewal, Grand Central Market and América Tropical to show how Los Angeles repeatedly moved and remade its center.
Stories in Downtown Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Plaza: The City Before the Metropolis
- Olvera Street: The Old Street Reinvented in 1930
- Union Station: The Beautiful Terminal That Displaced a Chinatown
- Little Tokyo: A Community Emptied by Government Order
- Broadway: The Movie Palace Before Hollywood Boulevard
- Bradbury Building: A Dark Exterior Hides a City of Light
- Angels Flight: The Railway That Explains Bunker Hill
- Bunker Hill: Urban Renewal Builds a New Downtown by Removing the Old One
- Grand Central Market: Immigration Keeps Downtown Edible
- América Tropical: The Mural Olvera Street Was Not Supposed to Become