Here’s a slide show of pictures I’ve taken on Broadway in downtown L.A.
I love it down there. It’s weird because on a Saturday, Broadway is packed, but all of the surrounding streets are pretty empty. There’s a ton of old theaters on Broadway, many have been converted into stores or churches. I guess you can take a tour of all the theaters (but not all of them will let you inside). One was built by Charlie Chaplin. I want to get back down there and take more pictures now that I know more about the buildings.
It’s kind of weird how you never hear about downtown L.A. I guess because Hollywood gets all the attention. It’s really run down, the historical parts, anyway. There was starting to be a resurgence of people moving there and remodeling old buildings into apartments and stuff, but I think with the economy and housing problems that’s probably slowed down. I wouldn’t mind living down there if we didn’t have the kids to worry about.
It’s a neat city.