• On Olvera Street, the oldest thoroughfare in LA, visitors can savor the sights and sounds of Mexican culture.
• From sushi bars to shopping to Japanese gardens, Little Tokyo is home to nearly a quarter million Japanese.
• LA also has its own Chinatown where you can find many places to delight in Chinese cuisine and shops with everything from inexpensive trinkets to antique porcelain.

In addition to these cultural treasures, downtown LA has an extraordinary number museums, like our Grand Avenue neighbor, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and architectural gems to appreciate. You can see the Italian Renaissance-style Biltmore Hotel, the Beaux-Arts-style Central Library, the pre-modern Bradbury Building, the Art Deco/Mission-style Union Station, the Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Concert Hall and of course, the Music Center's other venues the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum excellent buildings in the New Formalism design style.