Bunker Hill is the cultural heart of Los Angeles
Bunker Hill is the cultural heart of Los Angeles, with several arts schools, theaters and performance venues along Grand Avenue.
Notable destinations include:
Central Los Angeles Area High School Number 9, a performing arts school on Grand Avenue. The school features a futuristic post-Modern design, noted for its conical theater, spiral tower facing the 101 Freeway and glass-and-steel entryway on Grand Avenue.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels at Grand Avenue and Temple Street. The 58,000 square-foot complex can hold 3,000 attendees. A plaza and small park are open to the public.
The Los Angeles Music Center is a complex of music and theatrical halls on the Grand Avenue cultural corridor between Temple Street to the north and Second Street to the south, including the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theater and Walt Disney Concert Hall.
South of the Music Center is the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the only museum in Los Angeles dedicated solely to contemporary artworks produced after 1940.
The Colburn School of Performing Arts is a leading performance and music school, consisting of the School of Performing Arts and the Conservatory of Music.
Dining and performances are available at the Water Court at California Plaza. Free outdoor concerts are scheduled during the summer, operated by the nonprofit Grand Performances. Several new restaurants have opened in the area in recent years.
The historic Angels Flight funicular railway sits at the eastern portion of California Plaza. Re-opened in 2010, the twin rail cars Olivet and Sinai serve the Historic Core neighborhood. On a steep incline of Bunker Hill, the railway previously ran from 1901 to 1969, and 1969 to 2001.
Reference sources:
OnBunkerHill.org
PublicArtinLA
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