Architecture Walking Tour 10/12/18

ASAI Event 10/12/18

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Architecture Walking Tour 10/12/18

Venice, California 90291, United States

Created By: ASAI

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Meet at the Walt Disney Concert Hall * (111 S. Grand Avenue 90012)

* Go to the Blue Ribbon Garden of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. We do not go inside.

- Grand Park

- Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels (step inside)

- City Hall (observation deck view possible due to timing of tour)

- LA Times Building

- Historic Spring Street

- Broadway Theater District

- Grand Central Market (step inside)

End at Bradbury Building ** (304 S. Broadway 90013)


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What You'll See on the Tour

Walk to the Blue Ribbon garden, which is the most beautiful part of the Concert Hall.  Past the barge with billowing sails is a public park that doubles as an oasis for concertgoers. At the center of the garden is a rose fountain dedicated... Read more
The curved concrete lines represent the meridians of the earth.  Architects John Fishback, Tony Paradowski and Jessa Chisari of Rios Clemente Hale Studios. A huge component of the park that some may not have noticed is that park is h... Read more
What historically took centuries to construct was accomplished in three years in the building of the 11-story Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. This first Roman Catholic Cathedral to be erected in the western United States in 30 years be... Read more
**View the observation deck** The 27th-floor Observation Deck is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Los Angeles City Hall, completed 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and hou... Read more
After 137 years, the Los Angeles Times is moving from downtown Los Angeles to El Segundo. The move marks the end of an era for The Times and an opportunity to look back at its storied history. The development of Times Mirror Square, located... Read more
The Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building began construction in 1929, just three days before ‘Black Thursday’ and the market collapse. The eleven-story Exchange building was designed by Samuel Lunden in the Moderne style of architecture. ... Read more
Broadway thrived for decades as the entertainment epicenter of Los Angeles. Massive department stores and magnificent movie palaces drew generations of Angelenos to the city center. Still a vibrant shopping street, the area is now a hub of ... Read more
Step inside and take a look around. Central Market takes up the ground floor and basement of two adjacent buildings, one which fronts on Broadway, and the other on Hill Street. The one facing Broadway was the first constructed, built in 189... Read more
At the southwest corner of Broadway and 3rd Street is the Bradbury Building, a reddish-brick, Renaissance-style structure built in 1893.  The Bradbury Building is the oldest commercial building remaining in the central city and one of Lo... Read more

 

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