Downtown LA’s Historic Core is a story of contrasts. Next to yesteryear’s aging nickelodeons it’s no surprise to find a bustling boutique hotel, or to uncover a vegan-vending pizza stand among stalls of parked vehicles. It’s as if layers of the city’s history converge at its heart, creating a harmonious discord that excites, delights, and surprises just like its quivering quakes. Every nook and cranny must be explored to fully apprehend the mysteries and marvels that lie along the fault lines of this city’s teeming streets.
A pizza stall located in the middle of a generic downtown parking lot, perfect for late night eats.
Amid Downtown's glossy buildings and bustling byways is a rickety old track that sits above Hill Street. The two car funicular trolley once serviced the populations of Bunker Hill and the Historic Core by transporting passengers to-and-from either location along a steep grade. Today, the tracks sit as a testament to a bygone era and provide a particularly picturesque feature as the vintage engineering sits against the backdrop of modern steel and glass.
