Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is the

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of the city of

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. It is part of the

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region and covers a area. As of 2020, it contains over 500,000 jobs and has a population of roughly 85,000 residents, with an estimated

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of over 200,000 people prior to the

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. Downtown Los Angeles is divided into neighborhoods and districts, some overlapping. Most districts are named for the activities concentrated there now or historically, such as the

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Theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communi ...

Toy A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment. Simple examples include toy blocks, board games, and dolls. Toys are often designed for use by children, although many are designed specifically for adults and p ...

, and

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Districts. It is the hub for the city's urban rail transit system, as well as the

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and Metrolink

commuter rail Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter town ...

system covering greater

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. Also located in downtown is the

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, the administrative core of the

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. Historically, downtown held a dense concentration of

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, and

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that drew residents and visitors of all socioeconomic classes, but after the 1950s the area began to experience an economic decline. Still, it remained an important center for various activities—government business in the Civic Center, banking on Bunker Hill, and retail and entertainment, especially for Hispanic Angelenos and immigrants, on Broadway. Since the early 2000s, downtown has experienced a renaissance of economic revitalization, including the Crypto.com Arena in downtown's south end, and the restoration and repurposing of historic buildings in the area.

History

The

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village of

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was located in what is now downtown Los Angeles, possibly near or underneath where the Bella Union Hotel was located (now Fletcher Bowron Square).

Spanish and Mexican era

Father

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, a Spanish

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missionary charged with exploring sites for

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missions in California, noted in 1769 that the region had "all the requisites for a large settlement". On September 4, 1781, Los Angeles was founded by a group of settlers who trekked north from present-day Mexico. Like most

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in the

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, the town grew in a grid-like street pattern around a central plaza which faced the first church. The area passed to American control in 1847, and the small town grew to 11,000 by 1880, The business district was centered along Main Street between the Plaza and First Street.

Victorian-era Downtown

Land speculation increased in the 1880s, which saw the population of the city explode from 11,000 in 1880 to nearly 100,000 by 1896. Infrastructure enhancements and the laying of a street grid eventually brought development south of the Plaza:

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in the 1800s and 1890s along Main, Spring and Broadway south to Third Street – all of which were razed to make way for today's

. After 1900, larger buildings were constructed along Broadway and Spring from Third to Ninth streets in what is now called the Historic Core.

Downtown's golden age

By 1920, the city's private and municipal rail lines were the most far-flung and most comprehensive in the world in mileage, even besting that of

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. By this time, a steady influx of residents and aggressive land developers had transformed the city into a large metropolitan area, with DTLA at its center. Rail lines connected four counties with over of track. During the early part of the 20th century, banking institutions clustered around South Spring Street, forming the

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. Sometimes referred to as the " Wall Street of the West", the district held corporate headquarters for financial institutions including

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, Farmers and Merchants Bank, the

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, California Bank & Trust, and International Savings & Exchange Bank. The Los Angeles Stock Exchange was also located on the corridor from 1929 until 1986 before moving into a new building across the Harbor (110) Freeway. Commercial growth brought with it hotel construction—during this time period several grand hotels, the

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(1906), the Rosslyn (1911), and the Biltmore (1923), were erected—and also the need for venues to entertain the growing population of Los Angeles. Broadway became the nightlife, shopping and entertainment district of the city, with over a dozen theater and movie palaces built before 1932. Department stores, most that had grown from local

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businesses, moved from Spring and Main streets around Temple and 1st, to much larger stores along Broadway, including The Broadway, Hamburger's, which became May Co., Robinson's,

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, Coulter's,

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, Silverwoods,

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, and the Fifth Street Store/Walker's, serving a variety of socioeconomic groups from across the city and suburbs. All but Coulter's would, in the 1920s–1950s, launch branches dotting shopping centers across a growing Southern California. Numerous specialty stores also flourished including those in the jewelry business which gave rise to the Downtown Jewelry District. Among these early jewelers included the Laykin Diamond Company (later becoming Laykin et Cie) and Harry Winston & Co., both of which found their beginnings in the

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at Fifth and Spring streets.

Decline and redevelopment

Following

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, the development of the Los Angeles freeway network, and increased automobile ownership led to decreased investment downtown. Many corporate headquarters slowly dispersed to new suburbs or fell to mergers and acquisitions. As early as the 1920s once-stately Victorian mansions on Bunker Hill were dilapidated, serving as

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s for 20,000 working-class Angelenos. The Broadway theaters saw much use as Spanish-language movie houses during this time, beginning with the conversion of the

Million Dollar Theater The Million Dollar Theatre at 307 S. Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles is one of the first movie palaces built in the United States. It opened in 1917 with the premiere of William S. Hart's '' The Silent Man''. It's the northernmost of the col ...

in the 1950s to a Spanish-language theater.

Recent years

In the early 2000s, the neighborhood became popular with Artists and Creatives due to low rent, open loft space, and many vacancies. In mid-2013, downtown was noted as "a neighborhood with an increasingly

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and well-heeled residential population". Because of the downtown area's office market's migration west to Bunker Hill and the

Financial District A financial district is usually a central area in a city where financial services firms such as banks, insurance companies, and other related finance corporations have their headquarters offices. In major cities, financial districts often host ...

, many historic office buildings have been left intact, which is simply used for storage or remaining empty during recent decades. In 1999, the

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passed an

adaptive reuse Adaptive reuse is the reuse of an existing building for a purpose other than that for which it was originally built or designed. It is also known as recycling and conversion. The adaptive reuse of buildings can be a viable alternative to new con ...

ordinance, making it easier for developers to convert outmoded, vacant office and commercial buildings into renovated lofts and luxury apartment and condo complexes. As of early 2009, 14,561 residential units have been created under the adaptive reuse ordinance, leading to an increase in the residential population. With 28,878 residents in 2006,Cara Mia DiMassa,
Downtown L.A. has gained people but lost jobs, report says
", ''Los Angeles Times,'' February 21, 2007. 39,537 in 2008,
DowntownLA.com demographic study and over 60,000 in 2017,Scott Beyer,
Downtown L.A. Is America's Most Colorful Neighborhood
", ''Forbes,'' April 28, 2017. downtown Los Angeles is seeing new life and investment. * Crypto.com Arena, which opened in 1999, has contributed immensely to the revitalization plans, adding 250 events and nearly 4 million visitors per year to the neighborhood. Since the opening of the Staples Center, the adjacent L.A. Live complex was completed, which includes the Microsoft Theatre and the

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. *

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, a rail transit network centered on the downtown area, facilitates access to the city center, especially from the congested West Side. *

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s and investors planned a $1.8 billion revitalization project along Grand Avenue, which included the development of Grand Park, a large city park, and the construction of major city landmarks, including the

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-designed

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and contemporary art museum

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, which opened in 2015. *On August 7, 2007, the

approved sweeping changes in zoning and development rules for the downtown area.Sharon Bernstein and David Pierson,
L.A. moves toward more N.Y-style downtown
", ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 8, 2007. Strongly advocated by Mayor

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, the changes allow larger and denser developments downtown; developers who reserve 15% of their units for low-income residents are now exempt from some open-space requirements and can make their buildings 35% larger than current zoning codes allow. *In 2009, Bottega Louie opened on the first floor of the historic Brockman Building on Grand Avenue and Seventh Street. It contributed to the revitalization of DTLA by creating Restaurant Row, which has since brought numerous new restaurants and retail shops to the area. In 2012, the upper 11 floors of the Brockman Building were bought with the intention of being sold as luxury lofts. *Several labels of

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moved into the Los Angeles Arts District in 2019 where the company had purchased a former

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assembly plant. * Broadway retail is transitioning from a broad mix of stores catering mostly to Hispanic immigrants and a burgeoning

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and

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retail cluster has emerged from 4th to 9th streets: Sneaker Row. * Oceanwide Plaza has planned to open in 2020, but was later changed to unknown date due to financial problems and costs. Multiple Olympic and

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events will be held in DTLA during the

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and

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. After six years of construction, the new Sixth Street Viaduct opened on July 9, 2022 at a cost of $588-million. This new bridge replaced a 1932 viaduct of the same name which was demolished in 2016 due to a fact that it would collapse if there were a major earthquake, and alkali-silica reaction – colloquially known as "concrete cancer". Pedestrian and bicycle access points link to other projects such as 12 acres of new park space below the viaduct.

Shopping malls

Shopping centers include FIGat7th, and The Bloc Los Angeles, an open-air shopping area. Others include Japanese Village Plaza in Little Tokyo, City National Plaza, the Homer Laughlin Building, and the Los Angeles Mall.

Geography

Downtown Los Angeles is flanked by

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to the north and northwest,

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to the northeast,

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to the east, Vernon to the south, Historic South Central and University Park to the southwest, and Pico-Union and Westlake to the west.
"Central L.A.," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times''
"Downtown," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times''''The Thomas Guide,'' 2006, pages 634 and 674 Downtown is bounded on the northeast by Cesar Chavez Avenue, on the east by the

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, on the south by the Los Angeles city line with Vernon, on the southwest by East Washington Boulevard and on the west by the 110 Freeway or Beaudry Avenue, including the entire

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with the 101 Freeway.

Districts

The neighborhood includes these districts: *

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* Bunker Hill *

(built on the razed site of the Central Business District during the 1880s–1890s) * Fashion District *

* Flower District * Gallery Row * Historic Core (contains the Broadway Theater District,

and Old Bank District) * The Run *

Industrial District Industrial district (ID) is a place where workers and firms, specialised in a main industry and auxiliary industries, live and work. The concept was initially used by Alfred Marshall to describe some aspects of the industrial organisation of nat ...

* Jewelry District * Little Tokyo *

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* Toy District * Wholesale District or Warehouse District

Climate

Population

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The 2000 U.S. census found that just 27,849 residents lived in the 5.84 square miles of downtown—or 4,770 people per square mile, among the lowest densities for the city of Los Angeles but about average for the county. The Southern California Association of Governments estimates that downtown's daytime population is 207,440. The population increased to 34,811 by 2008, according to city estimates. By the end of 2019, the population of the district had grown to 85,000 residents, and 7,956 residential units were under construction. The median age for residents was 39, considered old for the city and the county. Downtown Los Angeles is almost evenly balanced among the four major racial and ethnic groups—

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(23%),

African Americans African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa ...

(22%),

Latinos Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans who have a Spanish or Latin American background, culture, or family origin. This demographic group includes all Americans who identify as Hispanic or Latino, regardless of race. According to th ...

(25%) and

non-Hispanic whites Non-Hispanic Whites, also referred to as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans who are classified by the United States census as "White" and not of Hispanic or Latino origin. According to annual estimates from the Unit ...

(26%)—according to an analysis of 2010 census data made by

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researchers. A study of the 2000 census showed that downtown was the second–most diverse neighborhood in Los Angeles, its diversity index being 0.743, outrated only by Mid-Wilshire. The ethnic breakdown in 2000 was

, 36.7%; blacks, 22.3%;

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, 21.3%;

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, 16.2%, and others, 3.5%. Mexico (44.7%) and Korea (17%) were the most common places of birth for the 41.9% of the residents who were born abroad, about the same ratio as in the city as a whole. The median household income in 2008 dollars was $15,003, considered low for both the city and the county. The percentage of households earning $20,000 or less (57.4%) was the highest in Los Angeles County, followed by University Park (56.6%) and Chinatown (53.6%). The average household size of 1.6 people was relatively low. Renters occupied 93.4% of the housing units, and home or apartment owners the rest. In 2000, there were 2,400 military veterans living downtown, or 9.7% of the population, considered a high rate for the city but average for the county overall. In 2010, census data concluded that 40,227 people lived in downtown Los Angeles. In 2013, a study by Downtown Center Business Improvement District showed that of the 52,400 people resided in downtown Los Angeles, the demographic breakdown was 52.7% Caucasian, 20.1% Asian, 17.0% Latino, and 6.2% African-American; 52.9% female, 47.1% male; and 74.8% of residents were between the ages of 23–44. The median age for residents was 34. The median household income was $98,700. The median household size was 1.8. In terms of educational attainment, 80.1% of residents had completed at least 4 years of college. The study was a self-selecting sample of 8,841 respondents across the DTLA area. It was not a "census" but rather a comprehensive survey of Downtown LA consumers. An additional study by the Downtown Center Business Improvement District showed that by 2017 the population reached 67,324. In early 2020 the population was estimated to have exceeded 80,000 at the end of 2019.

Public transportation

Local and regional service

Downtown Los Angeles is the center of the region's growing rail transit system, with six commuter lines operated by Metrolink, as well as six

urban rail transit Urban rail transit is a wide term for various types of local rail systems providing passenger service within and around urban or suburban areas. The set of urban rail systems can be roughly subdivided into the following categories, which som ...

lines and local and regional bus service operated by

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(Metro). Major Metro stations in the district include

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, Civic Center/Grand Park station, Pershing Square station,

7th Street/Metro Center station 7th Street/Metro Center station is an underground light rail and rapid transit station on the A Line (Los Angeles Metro), A, B Line (Los Angeles Metro), B, D Line (Los Angeles Metro), D, and E Line (Los Angeles Metro), E lines of the Los Angele ...

, Pico station, Little Tokyo/Arts District station,

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, and

Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill station Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill station is an underground light rail station on the A and E lines of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station also has street level stops for the J Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. The sta ...

. *The

system has four rail lines that serve downtown Los Angeles: the A Line, B Line, D Line, and E Line. *In late 2009, the Metro J Line bus rapid transit project opened, replacing two unconnected bus rapid transit lines with through service at street level through the downtown area. *In 2006, a portion of the Metro Red Line (now the B Line) was rebranded by Metro as the Metro Purple Line (now the D Line), a heavy-rail subway line which runs from

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. A westward extension of the line to Westwood is currently under construction. *Metro operates an extensive bus network, including Metro Local, Metro Express commuter lines, and Metro Rapid buses with signal priority and limited stops. *

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operates seven local

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shuttle lines downtown on weekdays: Lines A, B, C, D, E and F.DASH Schedule
, LADOT. Weekend service is operated on lines DD (Downtown Discovery), E and F.
, LADOT. *The Regional Connector Transit Corridor connected the A, E, and L Lines between the Little Tokyo/Arts District and 7th Street/Metro Center stations which opened on June 16, 2023. This had the A and E Lines take over different parts of the L Line, which was promptly discontinued. Union-Station-LA-Waiting-Ro

Amtrak

Amtrak operates intercity passenger train service on five routes through

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: the ''

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'', ''

Southwest Chief The ''Southwest Chief'' (formerly the ''Southwest Limited'' and ''Super Chief'') is a Amtrak Long Distance, long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and American Southwest ...

'', ''

Sunset Limited The ''Sunset Limited'' is a long-distance passenger train run by Amtrak, operating on a route between New Orleans and Los Angeles. Major stops include Houston, San Antonio and El Paso in Texas, as well as Tucson, Arizona. Opening in 1894 thr ...

'', and ''

Texas Eagle The ''Texas Eagle'' is a long-distance passenger train operated daily by Amtrak on a route between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, with major stops in St. Louis, Little Rock, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin. Three days per week, t ...

''.

Greyhound

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operates a major bus terminal in downtown Los Angeles at the intersection of Seventh and Alameda streets.

Service to Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles World Airports operates a direct shuttle, LAX FlyAway Bus, every 30–60 minutes between

and

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Transit expansion

*The Metro E Line was built in two phases and completed in 2016. The first phase of the project connected

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downtown with Culver City via the former

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Santa Monica Air Line right-of-way. The second phase extended the line to

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. The E Line shares tracks with the Metro A Line north of Washington Boulevard, and shares the Pico Station,

, and Little Tokyo/Arts District station with the A Line. *

is set to be a major stop on the under-construction

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system, though it will not be a part of the project's Initial Operating Segment. The project would connect Northern and Southern California via the

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, with service averaging . *Work is planned to bring

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-style trolley service to downtown Los Angeles via Broadway, connecting the L.A. Live development with the Grand Avenue cultural corridor and Bunker Hill.

Parks and open space

Downtown Los Angeles is home to several public parks, plazas, gardens and other open space: *

Los Angeles Plaza Los Angeles Plaza or Plaza de Los Ángeles is located in Los Angeles, California. It is the central point of the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District. When Spanish Governor Felipe de Neve founded the Pueblo de Los Ángeles, his first act was to lo ...

Olvera Street Olvera Street, commonly known by its Spanish language, Spanish name Calle Olvera, is a historic pedestrian street in El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument, El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, the historic center of Los Angeles. The street is loc ...

El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument, also known as Los Angeles Plaza Historic District and formerly known as El Pueblo de Los Ángeles State Historic Park, is a historic district taking in the oldest section of Los Angeles, known for m ...

* Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels meditation garden and olive garden (park)
Biddy Mason Park
* Grand Park *

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* Pershing Square *

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South Lawn *

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's Police Administration Building South Lawn *

Los Angeles State Historic Park Los Angeles State Historic Park, also known as LA Historic Park and the Cornfield, is a California State Park located near the Chinatown and Elysian Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The former rail yard and brownfield consists of a long open ...

gardens *

Community Park *The Water Court at California Plaza, an outdoor performance and dining space with water features, fountains, shaded seating areas and an amphitheater. *Japanese Garden and plaza at the Little Tokyo Cultural and Community Center Plaza *Japanese Garden at the Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens *Garden at Bank of America Plaza Several future park proposals for the district make use of public-private partnerships between developers and the city of Los Angeles, including a public park at the proposed Nikkei Center development in Little Tokyo; a park at the Medallion development in the Historic Core; and a

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at the Wilshire Grand Hotel replacement project, currently under construction. Additionally, the city recently completed a new park located on the 400 block of South Spring Street in the Historic Core neighborhood.

Skyline

Despite its relative decentralization and comparatively new high-rises (until 1958, the city did not permit any structures taller than the 27-story City Hall building), Los Angeles has one of the largest skylines in the

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, and its development has continued in recent years. The skyline has seen rapid growth due to improvements in seismic design standards, which has made certain building types highly earthquake-resistant. Many of the new skyscrapers contain a housing or hotel component. Some current and upcoming examples of skyscraper construction include: *705 Ninth Street, a 35-story residential tower, was completed in 2009. *717 Olympic, a 26-story residential tower, was completed in mid-2008. *888 Olive, a 32-story apartment tower by Vancouver-based Omni Group, opened in 2015. *Concerto, a 28-story residential tower, was completed in early 2009. A second phase (Tower II) is currently under construction. *The

Grand Avenue Project The Grand Avenue Project was a government lead revitalization effort for the Bunker Hill neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles on Grand Avenue and centered around Grand Park, its surrounding county government buildings and its parking lots. ...

, designed by architect

, is a multi-phase project on four parcels. It includes a 39-story hotel tower at the corner of First Street and Grand Avenue and a civic park. * L.A. Live, a multi-phased dining, entertainment and hotel development that includes a

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and JW Marriott Hotel hybrid as well as Ritz-Carlton-branded condominiums, was completed in February 2010. *

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completed a 24-story

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and Residence Inn tower near L.A. Live, which opened in July 2014, and plans to build a 20+ story Renaissance Hotel to open in 2016. *Metropolis, a mixed-use four-tower project (60, 50, 38, and 19 stories) at Francisco and Ninth streets, is currently under construction. *''South'', a three-tower complex called Elleven, Luma, and Evo, spans the block from 11th Street and Grand Avenue to 12th Street and Grand Avenue, and was completed in phases ending in early 2009. *The Wilshire Grand Tower redevelopment, a 900-room hotel and office project built in 2017, is the tallest tower west of the

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, at . * Figueroa Centre, a 975-foot residential and hotel tower proposed across from The Original Pantry restaurant on the Figueroa Corridor. The tower proposed will become the third tallest building in Los Angeles when completed. * Angels Landing, a proposed super tall tower at 1020 ft. Currently in the funding stage. Approved by the city council in 2017.

Building height limits: 1904–1957

The first height limit ordinance in Los Angeles was enacted following the completion of the 13-story Continental Building, located at the southeast corner of Fourth and Spring streets. The purpose of the height limit was to limit the density of the city. There was great hostility to skyscrapers in many cities in these years, mainly due to the congestion they could bring to the streets, and height limit ordinances were a common way of dealing with the problem. In 1911, the city passed an updated height limit ordinance, establishing a specific limit of . Exceptions were granted for decorative towers such as those later built on the Eastern Columbia Building and United Artists Theatre, as well as the now-demolished Richfield Tower.

Flat Roof Ordinance

The pattern of buildings in Los Angeles to feature flat rooftops was the result of a 1974 fire ordinance which required all tall buildings in the city to include rooftop

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s in response to the devastating 1974

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in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in which helicopters were used to effect rescues from the flat rooftop of the building. The

Wilshire Grand Center Wilshire Grand Center is a skyscraper in the financial district of downtown Los Angeles, California, occupying the entire city block between Wilshire Boulevard and 7th, Figueroa, and Francisco streets. Completed in 2017, it is the tallest b ...

was the first building granted an exception by the

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in 2014. However, as the building was under construction, L.A. City Council removed the flat roof ordinance as of 2015.

Government and infrastructure

The

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Health Services Los Angeles County, officially the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, operates the public hospitals and clinics in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County and is the United States' second largest municip ...

operates the Central Health Center in downtown Los Angeles. The Southern California Liaison of the

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has its office in the

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State Building in downtown Los Angeles. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Los Angeles Branch is located in downtown Los Angeles.

Economy

DTLA is a node in the tech economy that extends beyond

Silicon Beach Silicon Beach is the Westside (Los Angeles County), Westside region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area that is home to more than 500 technology companies, including Startup company, startups. It is particularly applied to the coastal strip fr ...

. A venture capital firm counted 78 tech-oriented firms in DTLA in 2015. This included mobile apps, hardware, digital media and clean-tech companies plus co-working spaces, start-up incubators, and other related businesses. The

has become a popular spot for companies seeking out something different from typical modern offices. The central location is accessible from various parts of the Los Angeles Basin. The cultural life has also made the area attractive to young tech employees. Two Bit Circus is the only

amusement park An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, and events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central theme, often fea ...

located in the area.

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has its corporate headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.

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, a Chinese technology firm, has its North American headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. The Last Bookstore is an

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founded in 2005 by Josh Spencer, that was called California's largest new and used bookstore by ''

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'' in 2019.

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has its headquarters in the

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Education

Central LA High School for the Visual and Performing Arts

Downtown residents aged 25 and older holding a four-year degree amounted to 17.9% of the population in 2000, about average in the city and the county, but there was a high percentage of residents with less than a high school diploma. These are the elementary or secondary schools within the neighborhood's boundaries:
"Downtown Schools," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times'' * Ramon C. Cortines School Of Visual And Performing Arts, Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts,

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high school, 450 N. Grand Ave. * Downtown Business High School, LAUSD alternative, 1081 W. Temple St. * California Academy for Liberal Studies Early College High School, LAUSD charter, 700 Wilshire Blvd. * Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High School, LAUSD charter, 644 W. 17th St. * Abram Friedman Occupational School, LAUSD adult education, 1646 S. Olive St. * Metropolitan Continuation School, LAUSD, 727 S. Wilson St. * Para Los Ninos Middle School, LAUSD charter, 1617 E. Seventh St. * Jardin de la Infancia, LAUSD charter elementary, 307 E. Seventh St. *

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Catholic Elementary School, private, 1200 E. 81st St. * Tri-C Community Day School, LAUSD, 716 E. 14th St. * City of Angels School, LAUSD alternative school, 1449 S. San Pedro St. (formerly Central High School) * San Pedro Street Elementary School, LAUSD, 1635 S. San Pedro St. * Saint Turibius Elementary School, private, 1524 Essex St. * American University Preparatory School, private, 345 S. Figueroa St. The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising is at 800 S. Hope St., and the

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for music and the performing arts is at 200 S. Grand Ave.

Emergency services

Fire services

The

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operates the following fire stations in downtown Los Angeles: * Station 3 (Civic Center/Bunker Hill) * Station 4 (Little Tokyo/Chinatown/Union Station/Olvera Street) * Station 9 (Central City/Skid Row) * Station 10 (Convention Center area)

Police services

The

operates the Central area Community Police Station in downtown Los Angeles. Civic Center Los Angeles Superior Court

References

External links

Central City Association of Los AngelesBlogdowntown community siteDowntown Los Angeles Art Walk, a California public benefit companyDowntown Los Angeles neighborhood guideDowntown Los Angeles crime map and statisticsUSC Dornslife Downtown Walking TourImage of Downtown Los Angeles and Glendale Freeway seen from Eagle Rock, California, 1984.
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Downtown Center Business Improvement District

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History

Spanish and Mexican era

Victorian-era Downtown

Downtown's golden age

Decline and redevelopment

Recent years

Shopping malls

Geography

Districts

Climate

Population

Public transportation

Local and regional service

Amtrak

Greyhound

Service to Los Angeles International Airport

Transit expansion

Parks and open space

Skyline

Building height limits: 1904–1957

Flat Roof Ordinance

Government and infrastructure

Economy

Education

Emergency services

Fire services

Police services

See also

References

External links

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