Downtown Los Angeles' Best Photo Spots

Complete with pedestrian and bike lanes this bridge is the best vantage point to take spectacular photos of downtown L.A. It spans about 1,200 feet and cost a whopping $60 million to build. It isn't the firs...

Legend has it that Architect George Wyman initially refused mining tycoon Lewis Bradbury’s offer to design this iconic building. That is, until the ghost of Wyman’s late brother Mark intervened by telling hi...

Housed in the Spring Arts Tower in Downtown L.A. and boasting 22,000 square feet of space, this haven of books is one of the last bastions of the written word on real paper. While the name of the store might...

Though the exterior shots of the Ghostbusters Firehouse were of another firehouse in New York, the interior shots of the Ghostbusters’ offices were shot here in L.A.s historical Firehouse 23. It has also ser...

This DTLA fixture has been around since 1917. Although the landscape of L.A. has changed since then, the market still is a gathering place for vendors from the Southern California region to sell their produc...

Angelenos at the turn of the 20th Century couldn’t be bothered to walk up the steep incline from Hill street to Bunker Hill, so Angels Flight—the “Shortest Railway in the World” was born. The train ride last...

UPDATE: Sadly, some apartment developer built a huge building where this parking lot used to be. Luckily, the Banksy art still exists but now it's sandwiched between two buildings. ----- Another provocative ...

Eli Broad was the philanthropist who put up an astounding 140 million bucks to finance this artistic endeavor. The angular, geometric building was opened in 2015. Its collection numbers 2,000 pieces, all con...

Here’s Frank Gehry doing what he does best—creating beautifully abstract structures that appear inspired by scrap piles of sheet metal. For this particular job, Gehry goes to town on Walt Disney’s dollar to ...

A sidewalk tree grows in Little Tokyo and in 2011 it became the bearer of the hopes and aspirations written on small, color pieces of rectangular paper. Started by Naoko Ikeda, the owner of the local Bloomin...

Next to the famous Union Station a Mexican marketplace thrives. Here you can buy handmade traditional Mexican clothing, accessories, and edible goodies. Several restaurants and stands sell locally grown chop...

Established by the inventor of the French dip sandwich, Philippe’s has been a local favorite since 1908. The downtown location was opened in 1951, and it’s fostered a neighborly camaraderie among its patrons...

This tiny enclave of Downtown L.A. dates back to the 1930s when Hollywood and L.A. were the stuff of dreams. Classic movie buffs will immediately know this exotic little square from the film "Chinatown" star...

Created in Guangzhou, this bronze likeness of the martial arts master was shipped to Los Angeles to be unveiled in 2013. Lee was born in San Francisco but spent much of his life in L.A., even opening a marti...