Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles with historic theaters, towers and pedestrians

Place Identity

Metropolitan Core • Los Angeles

Central Los Angeles

Downtown
Los Angeles

Under Construction
DTLA

Los Angeles at its most concentrated.

Civic life, culture, housing, business, transit and distinct neighborhoods come together at the metropolitan center of Los Angeles.

Explore Downtown See the Districts

02 — Where it sits

The center of the region

Freeways, rail and boulevards converge here. Every part of the basin is measured from this point.

PACIFIC OCEANSan Fernando ValleyHollywoodWestsideEast Los AngelesSouth Los AngelesLong BeachDTLASCHEMATIC • NOT TO SCALE • LINES = MAJOR REGIONAL CORRIDORS
Place type
Metropolitan Downtown
City
Los Angeles
Region
Central Los Angeles
Character
Multi-District Urban Center
Transit
Metro Rail + Regional Rail + Bus
Civic role
City + County + Regional Institutions
Planning framework
Downtown Community Plan

04 — Many downtowns within downtown

Districts of DTLA

Twelve place identities. Names reflect editorial place-identification geography and may not match official boundaries.

05 — Downtown structure

How downtown fits together

A spine of north–south streets, cross-cut by 7th and Olympic, ringed by freeways and the river, with Union Station as the hinge.

CHINATOWNVICTOR HEIGHTSBUNKER HILLCIVIC CENTERFINANCIALHISTORIC CORELITTLE TOKYOSKID ROWARTS DISTRICTSOUTH PARKFASHIONCENTRAL INDUSTRIALFIGUEROAGRANDHILLBROADWAYSPRINGMAINALAMEDA7TH STOLYMPIC BLVDUS 101I-110I-10LOS ANGELES RIVERUNION STATIONDIAGRAM • EDITORIAL DISTRICT ZONES • NOT OFFICIAL BOUNDARIES

06 — Move through downtown

Connected through Los Angeles

Districts tied together by one of the largest concentrations of transit in Southern California.

AMetro A LineBMetro B LineDMetro D LineEMetro E Line

Regional Connector — links A + E lines through Downtown

Union Station

Metrolink • Amtrak • Metro Rail • Bus

Bus
Walking
Cycling
Stops Along the Rails

Live

  • Apartments
  • Lofts
  • Residential towers
  • Historic buildings
  • Mixed-use neighborhoods

Work

  • Government
  • Professional services
  • Corporate offices
  • Fashion
  • Wholesale
  • Creative industries

Create

  • Arts
  • Architecture
  • Music
  • Design
  • Museums
  • Performance

Visit

  • Restaurants
  • Hotels
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Shopping
  • Cultural destinations

08 — DTLA taking shape

Projects + change

Selected development, adaptive reuse and public projects changing Downtown Los Angeles.

ProposedApprovedUnder ConstructionOpenAdaptive Reuse
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Status — awaiting verification

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Featured Project 03

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Featured Project 04

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Featured Project 05

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09 — Streets + public realm

Downtown at street level

Downtown is not merely its towers.

Broadway

Broadway

Historic streetscape

Grand Avenue

Grand Avenue

Cultural corridor

Little Tokyo

Little Tokyo

Pedestrian streets

Arts District

Arts District

Warehouse streets

Figueroa + 7th

Figueroa + 7th

Office core sidewalks

Spring Street • Main Street • Public plazas • New public spaces — more coming

10 — Planning the core

Downtown's next chapter

Primary resource

Downtown Community Plan

The City of Los Angeles planning framework guiding land use, growth, development and neighborhood character across Downtown.

View Official Downtown Community Plan

Secondary resource

Downtown Community Plan Implementation Overlay

View Implementation + Maps

12 — See downtown

See downtown

Theater marquees at golden hour
BroadwayHistoric CoreTheater marquees at golden hourDate: —Photo: Place Identity
Steel, stone and sidewalk
Grand AvenueBunker HillSteel, stone and sidewalkDate: —Photo: Place Identity
The waiting room
Union StationCivic CenterThe waiting roomDate: —Photo: Place Identity
Lofts and murals
Industrial StreetArts DistrictLofts and muralsDate: —Photo: Place Identity
Lanterns at dusk
First StreetLittle TokyoLanterns at duskDate: —Photo: Place Identity
Morning commute
Figueroa StreetFinancial DistrictMorning commuteDate: —Photo: Place Identity
Textiles to the curb
Santee StreetFashion DistrictTextiles to the curbDate: —Photo: Place Identity
The skyline at blue hour
Sunset BoulevardEcho Park viewThe skyline at blue hourDate: —Photo: Place Identity
Downtown Los Angeles skyline at blue hour

Downtown Los Angeles / DTLA

Many districts. One metropolitan center.

Downtown Los Angeles is simultaneously civic center, neighborhood, cultural destination, employment hub and home—an urban core continually being remade.

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