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8 Hitting the bars and clubs of Hollywood for a night of tabloid-worthy dec-
adence and debauchery.
Sights & Activities
Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles is historical, multi-layered and fascinating. It's a city within a city,
blessed with landmark architecture and superb kitchens for all budgets. It's a power nexus
with City Hall, the courts and the hall of records, and an ethnic mosaic. Yet just 15 years
ago it was still a relative ghost town at night when it was abandoned to the skid-row
tramps and addicts, and the ravers who braved the scene for a warehouse or loft party in
rickety relics. But today its streets are alive with young professionals, designers and artists
who have snapped up stylish lofts in rehabbed art-deco buildings, and the growing gallery
district along Main and Spring Sts draws thousands to its monthly art walks. And speaking
of art, street art is everywhere. It's as if an entire city has something to say in just a few
blocks. Start at Olvera Street ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.calleolvera.com ; ) , where the
original Mexican city was founded, then stroll from Little Tokyo to Chinatown (
GOOGLE MAP ; www.chinatownla.com ) to the Fashion District ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ;
www.fashiondistrict.org ) . Don't miss the molten blend of steel music and psychedelic archi-
tecture that is Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; info
213-972-7211, tickets 323-850-2000; www.laphil.org ; 111 S Grand Ave; guided tours usually noon &
1pm Tue-Sat; ) . Union Station ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 6am-6:30pm Mon-Fri) is an archi-
tectural classic from a bygone era. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA; MAP
GOOGLE MAP ; 213-626-6222; www.moca.org ; 250 S Grand Ave; adult/child $12/free, 5-8pm Thu
free; 11am-5pm Mon & Fri, to 8pm Thu, to 6pm Sat & Sun) is downtown's best museum, fol-
lowed closely by the Grammy Museum ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.grammymuseum.org ;
800 W Olympic Blvd; adult/child $13/11, after 6pm $8;
11:30am-7:30pm Mon-Fri, from 10am Sat &
Sun;
) in the LA Live ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.lalive.com ; 800 W Olympic Blvd) complex.
 
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