Major north?south thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California
Grand Avenue
is a major north?south thoroughfare in
Los Angeles, California
. Primarily located in
downtown's
Bunker Hill
,
Financial
, and
South Park
districts, the avenue features many of the area's most notable destinations, and also connects to
City Hall
via
Grand Park
.
History
[
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Originally called Charity Street (or Calle de la Caridad in Spanish), Grand Avenue was renamed by
City Council
in 1887.
[1]
During this time, the avenue was home to many mansions and hotels, with most of the mansions converted into rooming houses or hotels in the early the 20th century.
[2]
In the 1950s, the much of Grand Avenue was converted from residential to a financial district. As stated in the
New York Times
, “first conceived in the 1950s by downtown power brokers like
Buffy Chandler
, the wife of
Norman Chandler
, who was then the publisher of The Los Angeles Times, the avenue was intended as a citadel of office towers and cultural monuments at the top of Bunker Hill.”
[3]
In order to do this, neighborhoods were bulldozed down, replaced by skyscrapers, freeway ramps, tunnels, parking lots, underground roadways, and streets.
[4]
In 1966, the
Civic Center
was built between Grand Avenue and
Hill Street
.
[2]
In 2001, the Grand Avenue Committee was created with the goal of "uniting the separate government entities that often were at odds ? the City and the County of Los Angeles ? by bringing their representatives together in a joint powers authority focused on just one issue ? reimagining Grand Avenue."
[5]
In 2005,
Frank Gehry
was hired to design an entertainment area and shopping complex, and this along with the
Walt Disney Concert Hall
were critical to the avenue's success.
[6]
In 2022, the
Grand Avenue Project
was completed, further developing the avenue.
[7]
Landmarks
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The
Los Angeles Music Center
, located on the corner of Grand Avenue and
1st Street
is a performance arts complex that houses the
Ahmanson Theatre
,
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
,
Mark Taper Forum
,
REDCAT
, and
Walt Disney Concert Hall
. The Walt Disney Concert Hall, famous for its steel focused design,
[8]
was completed in 2003 and since then has paved the way for further developments in the area.
[9]
Grand Park
is a three block park that connects the Music Center on Grand Avenue with
City Hall
on
Spring Street
. The park's redevelopment was a major part of the Grand Avenue Development Project.
Grand Hope Park
, the final landscape along the
Los Angeles Open Space Network
,
[10]
is also located on Grand Avenue.
[11]
Two museums are located on Grand Avenue: the
Museum of Contemporary Art
and
The Broad
. The Broad was built as part of the Grand Avenue Development Project.
[12]
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
, the largest church in California and sixth largest in the United States,
[13]
is located on the corner of Grand Avenue and
Temple Street
. Glory Church LA, the American English ministry of the
Korean Glory Church
, is also located on Grand Avenue, in the
Grand Olympic Auditorium
.
[14]
California Plaza
is an outdoor plaza on Grand Avenue, next to
One
and
Two California Plaza
.
The
Millennium Biltmore
, the largest hotel in the United States west of
Chicago
when it opened,
[15]
is located on Grand Avenue and
5th Street
.
Los Angeles Central Library
and the
Gas Company Tower
also abut Grand Avenue at this intersection.
Several higher education campuses are located on Grand Avenue, including
Colburn School
,
Los Angeles Trade?Technical College
,
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
, and
Metropolitan Junior College
. High schools on Grand Avenue include
High School for the Visual and Performing Arts
and
Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet
.
Dignity Health
's
California Hospital Medical Center
is located on Grand Avenue at
14th Street
.
Other landmarks on or abutting Grand Avenue include the
Wells Fargo Center
,
Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
,
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
,
One Wilshire
,
South Park Lofts
,
Trinity Auditorium
, and the
Los Angeles branch
of the
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
.
Transportation
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Transportation is provided by
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
, and includes an
A Line station
,
A and E Line station
,
J Line stops
, and bus lines 37, 38, 55, 70, 76, and 78.
[16]
References
[
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]
- ^
Fuentes, Ed; Eric Richardson (October 16, 2008).
"Old Maps and the Question of Faith"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Los Angeles
. Retrieved
June 22,
2012
.
While Charity street is certainly part of the historical record -- City Council officially renamed it on February 15, 1887 -- Faith street may just be a piece of storytelling legend.
- ^
a
b
"Timeline: How Bunker Hill transformed Los Angeles and Grand Avenue"
.
Los Angeles Times
. May 22, 2019
. Retrieved
December 1,
2020
.
- ^
Ouroussoff, Nicolai (January 28, 2007).
"Corner of Art and Commerce in Los Angeles (Published 2007)"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
December 2,
2020
.
- ^
Ouroussoff, Nicolai (January 28, 2007).
"Corner of Art and Commerce in Los Angeles (Published 2007)"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
December 2,
2020
.
- ^
"Eighteen years in the making, centerpiece of Grand Avenue Project ? 'The Grand' ? finally breaks ground : Larchmont Chronicle"
. Retrieved
December 2,
2020
.
- ^
Ouroussoff, Nicolai (January 28, 2007).
"Corner of Art and Commerce in Los Angeles (Published 2007)"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
December 2,
2020
.
- ^
Vincent, Roger (February 13, 2014)
"With sale of Two California Plaza, Bunker Hill is poised for comeback"
Los Angeles Times
- ^
"About the Walt Disney Concert Hall"
.
LA Phil
. Retrieved
December 1,
2020
.
- ^
"Defining Downtown LA | Walt Disney Concert Hall 10th Anniversary"
.
laphil.com
. Retrieved
December 1,
2020
.
- ^
"Los Angeles Conservancy | Preserving & Revitalizing Greater Los Angeles' Architectural Heritage"
.
www.laconservancy.org
. Retrieved
December 2,
2020
.
- ^
"In the form of open space"
,
Opening Spaces
, Berlin, Boston: DE GRUYTER, 2014,
doi
:
10.1515/9783038212232.8
,
ISBN
978-3-03821-223-2
, retrieved
December 2,
2020
- ^
"The Broad to be Built on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles; Broads Name Diller Scofidio + Renfro as Architect | The Broad"
.
www.thebroad.org
. Retrieved
December 1,
2020
.
- ^
https://www.traveltrivia.com/largest-churches-in-us/XqgZkXU1XQAGkiT6
- ^
"ABOUT"
.
Glory Church Los Angeles
. Retrieved
December 1,
2020
.
- ^
Jones, Finn-Olaf (April 24, 2006).
"It's De Limit, It's Deluxe, It's De-Lovely"
.
Forbes
. Archived from
the original
on 2009-03-04
. Retrieved
2009-08-27
.
- ^
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