Points on the animated map of Los Angeles walking tour:
1. Union Station - the main railway station in Los Angeles and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western USA.
2. Ávila Adobe - built in 1818 is the oldest standing residence in the city of Los Angeles.
3. Olvera Street - the oldest part and “the birthplace" of Los Angeles. Today a colorful Mexican marketplace lined with street vendors, cafes, restaurants and gift shops.
4. The Wall against Walls - a piece of the Berlin Wall to support a world without walls.
5. "The Old Plaza Firehouse" - the oldest fire station in the city, built in 1884, Firehouse Museum since 1960.
6. "L.A. Freeway Kids" - Glenna Boltuch Avila's mural was part of the set of freeway murals commissioned for the 1984 Olympics.
7. Triforium - a visionary, futuristic sculpture. Los Angeles’ most controversial public artwork.
8. The Los Angeles Times Building - dating from 1935 and with late Art Deco styling, it is a landmark in Downtown.
9. Los Angeles City Hall - completed in 1928 was for decades the major visual symbol of downtown Los Angeles.
10. Court of Historic American Flags
11. Grand Park with Arthur J. Will Memorial Fountain
12. Walt Disney Concert Hall
13. The Broad museum
14. Angels Flight Railway - One of L.A.'s most enduring landmarks and the "shortest railway in the world". Opened in 1901, it still carries passengers.
15. Grand Central Market - the city's largest and oldest public market.
16. The Bradbury Building - architectural landmark in downtown Los Angeles. Built in 1893 is best known for its extraordinary skylit atrium of access walkways, stairs and elevators, and their ornate ironwork.
17. Public Art "Anthony Quinn" or "The Pope of Broadway" (1985) by Eloy Torrez - one of the largest murals in Los Angeles. Shows the actor in a dance stance from his famous role in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek.
18. Biddy Mason Memorial Park - a memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a fledgling city.
19. "The Last Bookstore" - California’s largest new and used bookstore with creative displays and book sculptures.
20. Spring Arcade Building - opened in 1924, the Broadway Arcade, also known as the Spring Street Arcade, incorporates three historic buildings that once formed one of the premiere shopping areas of the country.
21. Los Angeles Theatre - constructed in 1930 historic movie palace. Closed in 1994, used most often today as a location for filming.
22. Apple Tower Theatre - Built in 1927 "Old Tower Theater" is now home to Apple Store. Renovated with original stained glass, decorative ceilings and more.
23. Eastern Columbia Building - Art Deco building opened in 1930. Called “Jewel of the West” for its golden doorways, zigzag details and its majestic use of blue.
24. "Woman, Life, Freedom” - One of the murals in Los Angeles where Iranian-American artists show solidarity with Iranian women and the protesters in Iran.
25. St. Vincent Court - A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.
26. Old Warner Bros. Theatre Inside Downtown Jewelry Exchange
27. Pershing Square
28. One of the largest murals of the tragically deceased Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna.
29. The Millennium Biltmore Hotel - a luxury hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Upon its grand opening in 1923, the Los Angeles Biltmore was the largest hotel west of Chicago in the United States. Filming location of hundreds of movies.
Video Timeline Links:
0:00 Los Angeles USA Walking Tour Intro and animated Map
1:20 Union Station Square
3:13 Olvera Street
9:30 El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park
15:25 Civic Center
27:17 Grand Park
38:16 Los Angeles Music Center
42:36 California Plaza
47:49 Angels Flight Railway
50:38 Historic Core
57:58 Broadway Theater and Commercial District
1:16:23 South Park
1:19:20 Jewelry District
1:29:58 Pershing Square
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