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SPECIAL THANKS TO: ANGELS WALK LA Angels Walk LA is a California not-for-profit Mayor Richard J. Riordan ADVISORY BOARD public benefit corporation supported by: ANGELS WWALK The City Council of the City of Los Angeles HONORARY CHAIRMAN THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Nick Patsaouras, Patsaouras & Associates Council Member Richard Alatorre OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES Christine Essel, Chair MEMBERS Council Member Rita Walters Peggy Moore, Vice Chair Daniel Adler, Vice President, Walt Disney Imagineering Armando Vergara, Sr., Treasurer Michael Antonovich, County Supervisor 5th District Juanita G. Chavez BUNKER HILL Kenneth Aran, Attorney, Aran, Polk & Burke Law Firm Mee Hae Lee A Christine M. Robert James L. de la Loza, Executive Officer for Planning and Programs, John E. Molloy, Administrator FRIENDS OF THE WALK: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority W George Eslinger, Director, Bureau of Street Lighting THE LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT MARJORIE ARAN Tom Gilmore, President, Hertz Group OF TRANSPORTATION FRANCES BANERJEE Samuel H. Halle II, Vice President, Maguire Partners Department of Transportation Anne Mueller, Vice President, The Yellin Company MAGUIRE PARTNERS ROBERT BARRETT Aldolfo V. Nodal, Director, Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles Robert F. Maguire III, Managing Partner Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau Curtis C. Roseman, Professor, USC Department of Geography Daniel F. Gifford, Partner LEAH BISHOP John R. Miller, Partner O’Melveny & Myers LLP Daniel Rosenfeld, Asset Manager, City of Los Angeles Timothy H. Walker, Partner ROBIN BLAIR Stanley Schneider, C.P.A., Gursey & Schneider Accounting Firm / Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Dr. Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California HISTORIC COREDISTRICT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN CAPTAIN RICHARD BONNEAU Ted T. Tanaka, Ted T. Tanaka Architects Los Angeles Police Department TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Timothy Walker, Partner, Maguire Partners DUANE CAMERON Broadway Spring Center Robert S. Wolfe, Senior Attorney, California Court of Appeals BOARD OF DIRECTORS – 1997 CAROLYN KOZO COLE Ira Yellin, Senior Vice President, Catellus Development Corporation Member Alternate Los Angeles Public Library Michael Antonovich Nick Patsaouras DEPUTY CHIEF ALAN COWEN EX-OFFICIO Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Michael Bohlke Los Angeles Fire Department Tom La Bonge, Special Assistant to the Mayor of Los Angeles Don Knabe Robert Arthur RICHARD JARAMILLO Zev Yaroslavsky Robert Abernethy Department of Transportation Bonnie Brody, Deputy, Council Member Richard Alatorre Gloria Molina Viven Bonzo Rodney Collins, Deputy, Council Member Rita Walters RICHARD KALLUS, M.D. Richard Riordan, Chair Hal Bernson RICHARD KEATING Richard Alatorre Nate Holden DMJM/Keating ANGELS WALK LA Jose Legaspi Jackie Goldberg GEORGE D. KIRKLAND Carol Schatz Richard Alarcon Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau Deanna Spector Executive Director James Cragin George Nakano RICHARD KOSHALEK Douglas Huls Director of Operations John Fasana Beatrice LaPisto-Kirtley Museum of Contemporary Art Jenny Oropeza Joyce Lawrence FRANCINE LIPSMAN Angels Walk LA Publisher Larry Zarian Jan Heidt Bradbury Building Sam Hall Kaplan Writer MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR DON LOZE Mike Eberts Contributor Pershing Square Property Owners Association John H. Welborne Contributor Dean Dunphy Tony Harris ROBERT SILBERMAN Jeanne Willette Contributor Broadway Spring Center MTA TECHNICAL ADVISORS Robert S. Wolfe Contributor DACE TAUBE James L. de la Loza, Executive Officer, RTP&D Walter Zooi Contributor University of Southern California, Library Robert D. Cashin, Deputy-Executive Officer Shirley Bleviss Photography ELIZABETH GAY TEOMAN Multimodal Planning Los Angeles Public Library DesignTeal Graphics Andres Ocon, Director of Central Area Team PROFESSOR ROBERT TIMME, DEAN Robin Blair, Project Manager - Angels Walk Angels University of Southern California, School of Architecture ANGELS WALK LA, INC. R. Scott Page, Senior Operations Planner 333 South Spring Street, E2 • Los Angeles, California 90013 Walk LA Tel: 213-613-0080 Fax: 213-613-0886 © 1997 Angels Walk LA ©1997 Angels Walk L.A., Inc. All rights reserved. THE TRANSIT & WALKING DISTRICTS OF HISTORIC LOS ANGELES ANGELS WALK Main Walk Metro Red Line BUNKER HILL/HISTORIC CORE DISTRICT Side Stroll Metro Blue Line 1 The Ronald Reagan 19 One Bunker Hill Building SECOND STREET 20 The Gas Company 2 Biddy Mason Park Tower 3 Bradbury Building 21 Regal Biltmore HILL STREET Hotel 4 Victor Clothing Company 22 Pershing Square 4 5 Million Dollar 23 Jewelry District SPRING STREET OLIVE STREET GRAND AVENUE BROADWAY 10 MAIN STREET Theater 9 24 Oviatt Building 6 Grand Central THIRD STREET 25 Pacific Center 13 5 3 Market 26 Los Angeles 7 The Market Court 14 6 1 Public Library and HOPE STREET 8 Angels Flight Maguire Gardens 7 2 FLOWER STREET 12 11 8 9 Hotel Inter-Continental 27 Macy’s Plaza FIGUEROA STREET Los Angeles 28 Fine Arts Building 10 Museum of 29 Home Savings of Contemporary Art FOURTH STREET America Tower 11 Watercourt at Seventh Street/ California Plaza 15 Metro Center 16 12 Wells Fargo Center 30 Citicorp Plaza 13 Wells Fargo History 31 Seventh Market Museum Y 17 Place A 19 18 W 20 14 ARCO Center E 32 Visitor Information E R FIFTH STREET 15 Ketchum YMCA Center F R 26 O 16 Westin Bonaventure 33 Union Station/ Gateway B R 21 22 Hotel Transit Center A H 17 34 Bunker Hill Steps Olvera Street 0 1 1 18 Library Tower 23 25 Cesar E. Chavez Av SIXTH STREET College St NORTH 101 Hill St Westlake/ MacArthur Park Chinatown Station Broadway 24 6th St Music Center 34 Union Civic Center/ Station FIGUEROA STREET FLOWER STREET HOPE STREET OLIVE STREET GRAND AVENUE Pueblo De Wilshire Bl Lucas Av Tom Bradley Station Los Angeles Stepped reflecting pools embellished with sym- Union Av 33 8th St City Olvera Street ABOUT Boylston St Hall Temple St Gateway bolic sculptures and bordered by an allee of Transit Center 32 Angel's BROADWAY 9th St MAIN STREET 7th St/ 1st St SPRING STREET Flight THE Italian cypress grace Maguire Gardens at the 29 28 HILL STREET Metro Olympic Bl Spring St Center Pershing Main St 2nd St Little west entrance of the city’s beloved historic Los SEVENTH STREET Square 3rd St Tokyo FRONT 11th St 110 Station 4th St Angeles Public Library. Considered by some 27 5th St Pico Bl Figueroa St COVER the center and soul of the city, the library was Los Angeles 6th St 30 Convention Hope St Center Grand Av 7th St Olive St designed by Bertram Goodhue in 1926. The archi- Venice Bl Hill St 31 8th St San Pedro St Broadway tecturally mixed building was respectfully restored and expanded Pico 9th St Station Central Av NORTH Olympic Bl Alameda St in 1993. The tree shaded Maguire Gardens built over a parking 10 11th St structure and enlivened by a wealth of diverting fountains, public EIGHTH STREET 12th St art pieces and restaurants were also constructed at this time. Los AngelesPico StBl Grand Station This is a wonderful place to sit, have a snack and savor the city’s 16th St We hope that you have enjoyed the Bunker Hill/Historic Core District Angels Walk. As the Walk is an ongoing, ANGELS WALK passing parade and gleaming skyline, and perhaps, even dream San Pedro METRO RED LINE Station dynamic process of development, we welcome your comments and suggestions for enhancements and improvements. METRO BLUE LINE a little. See Page 30. 10 Copyright © 1997 by Angels Walk L.A., Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to reprint or reproduce any of the enclosed material must be granted in writing by Angels Walk L.A., Inc. COVER PHOTO - MAGUIRE GARDENS (Courtesy of Maguire Partners) TABLE OF CONTENTS Directions ........................................................................................... 2 1 The Ronald Reagan Building .............................................................. 3 2 Biddy Mason Park .............................................................................. 5 3 Bradbury Building .............................................................................. 6 4 5 Victor Clothing Company .................................................................... 8 6 Million Dollar Theater ......................................................................... 8 7 Grand Central Market ......................................................................... 9 8 The Market Court ............................................................................ 10 9 Angels Flight ................................................................................... 11 10 Hotel Inter-Continental Los Angeles ............................................... 12 11 Museum of Contemporary Art ......................................................... 12 12 Watercourt at California Plaza ......................................................... 13 13 Wells Fargo Center .......................................................................... 14 14 Wells Fargo History Museum ........................................................... 15 15 ARCO Center ................................................................................... 16 16 Ketchum YMCA ............................................................................... 18 17 Westin Bonaventure Hotel ............................................................... 19 18 Bunker Hill Steps ............................................................................. 20 19 Library Tower .................................................................................. 21 20 One Bunker Hill ..............................................................................