Founded in 1781, the oldest of all the L.A. neighborhoods, Downtown Los Angeles also seems to be the newest because of the accelerated urban revitalization and rapidly growing skyline. While we're living and working here, we are witness to Downtown's second golden age, revealing cultural shifts, design cues and typography trends reminiscent of the city's first golden age in city living, speakeasies, sign painting, craft cocktails, public transit and more.
Pizza that tastes like New Orleans.
It's like a visual candy store for designers, and well literally, a candy store for everyone else.
This quirky 1926 Spanish-Mediterranean hotel feels more like a Moroccan movie set from an old B-movie than anything else. Throughout the Fig Street Café, the Nomad Bar and the Veranda Bar with a view of the pool brings relaxation into focus amid the growing skyscrapers of the city in the background, and ornate decor adds coziness and compliments its sultry atmosphere. The Hotel Figueroa provides us a nice respite from the touristy neighborhood of South Park and the hustle and bustle of Staples Center and L.A. Live just outside its walls.
