Downtown Los Angeles
LA's urban core
Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California—a cluster of high-rises, government buildings, and cultural institutions amid a sprawling metropolitan area.
Often shortened to DTLA, it serves as the city's civic and financial core: We're heading downtown for the concert.
The area has undergone significant revitalization, transforming from a place Angelenos avoided into a destination with lofts, restaurants, and nightlife.
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- crowdLarge public gathering
- food trucksMobile dining establishments
- street artIllicit public murals
- marketVenue for trade
bus · Chinatown · muralists · concerts · civic center · Hollywood Sign · traffic · Los Angeles County · Little Tokyo · taxi · Bunker Hill · Sunset Boulevard · skyline · Koreatown · historic district · fashion district · MacArthur Park · siren
Downtown Los Angelessuburban sprawl
Unplanned outward residential development
rural areas · exurbs · bedroom communities · small-town America · farmland
Downtown Los AngelesMalibu
Affluent coastal California city
Palmdale · Lancaster · Orange County · Riverside · San Bernardino
Downtown Los Angelesrural retreat
Countryside escape destination
Irvine · Calabasas · gated communities · beach town · tract housing
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