11/14/2023 0 Comments La red line map![]() The romantic Perch restaurant and bar, one of the Coolest Downtown LA Bars, is on Hill Street right across 5th Street from the Metro exit. Pass Pershing Square and the Biltmore walking up 5th Street (or walk through the Biltmore) to reach the US Bank Tower, where you'll find OUE Skyspace LA with its 70th-floor Skyslide and Observation Deck.ĭown the block, The Standard hotel at Flower and 6th has one of the most famous rooftop bars in the city. It's worth stepping inside to check out the ornate lobby and Gallery Bar. Facing the square is the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. If you exit the Pershing Square Station at 5th and Hill, you'll be at Pershing Square itself with its colorful geometric sculptures. A few are in use as clubs or churches, but they all open up for one night in January for Night on Broadway. This part of Broadway stretching several blocks south is known for the density of classic theatres, most of which are closed most of the time. Just a square brick building on the outside, the elaborate ironwork inside was inspired by a science fiction novel and has been used as a movie location in a number of films. If you walk through Grand Central Market to Broadway, the Bradbury Building is across the street on the other side. Pershing Square is also the closest stop for Grand Central Market, which is across from the Hill Street end of Angels Flight. If Angeles Flight is running, you can catch a ride up the hill, otherwise, it's a steep walk up. Although Pershing Square itself is a block further south, there's an exit from the Metro station at 4th and Hill, a block below California Plaza. If you're heading for California Plaza, the Pershing Square Station is closer than Civic Center. At this point, you're closer to the Pershing Square Metro Station. There's a stairway adjacent to Angels Flight for when it's not operating. The Angels Flight funicular railway - when it's operational – travels one block from California Plaza down to Hill Street. Next to the Disney Concert Hall heading south on Grand Avenue is The Broad, LA's newest museum of contemporary art, and across the street from that the main campus of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).īehind the MOCA and the Omni Hotel in California Plaza, an outdoor performance venue used by Grand Performances summer concert series. There are free tours of both the Disney Concert Hall and the main Music Center Campus. The Los Angeles Music Center on Grand Avenue includes five performance venues, one of which is Frank Gehry's stunning Walt Disney Concert Hall. The park hosts weekly outdoor yoga and various music events and festivals. There's also a Starbucks near the foot of the fountain. Kids and adults cool off in the water in the summer. Grand Park itself has a small botanic garden, grassy areas, and benches as well as a large fountain at the top with a light show at night. The Civic Center Metro Station lets you off in the middle of the three-block expanse of Grand Park with exits toward City Hall (Broadway/Spring Street) at the bottom of the hill and exits toward the Music Center (Hill Street/Grand Ave) at the top of the hill. If you walk left out of Union Station, you'll be in Little Tokyo, where you'll find the Geffen Contemporary, a branch of the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Japanese American National Museum as well as numerous Japanese shops and restaurants.įrom the south end of Olvera Street at El Pueblo, you're just a block and a freeway overpass from LA City Hall, which is a little closer to the Civic Center Metro Station. You can also take the Gold Line one stop from Union Station to the Chinatown Station, which is a block and a half from Chinatown Central Plaza. The Chinatown Gate at Broadway is just a couple short blocks straight up Cesar Chavez Avenue, but it's 4 more blocks up to Chinatown Central Plaza. To the right of El Pueblo from Union Station at Alameda and Main Street is the southeast corner of New Chinatown. ![]() Right across Alameda Street from Union Station, you'll find El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument (Olvera Street), which includes LA Plaza museum of Mexican culture in LA, the Chinese American Museum ,and The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles in addition to its most popular feature, the Mexican Marketplace with its many vendors of Mexican imports and Mexican restaurants. ![]() ![]() It connects you to Metrolink inter-city commuter trains and numerous bus lines as well as the Metro Gold Line to East LA and Pasadena. Union Station is the Downtown LA terminus of the Red Line.
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