Grand Avenue (Los Angeles)

As stated in the New York Times, “first conceived in the 1950s by downtown power brokers like Buffy Chandler, the wife of Norman Chandler, who was then the publisher of The Los Angeles Times, the avenue was intended as a citadel of office towers and cultural monuments at the top of Bunker Hill.” [3] In order to do this, neighborhoods were bulldozed down, replaced by skyscrapers, freeway ramps, tunnels, parking lots, underground roadways, and streets.

"[5] In 2005, Frank Gehry was hired to design an entertainment area and shopping complex, and this along with the Walt Disney Concert Hall were critical to the avenue's success.

[8][9] The Los Angeles Music Center, located on the corner of Grand Avenue and 1st Street is a performance arts complex that houses the Ahmanson Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum, REDCAT, and Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The Walt Disney Concert Hall, famous for its steel focused design,[10] was completed in 2003 and since then has paved the way for further developments in the area.

The Millennium Biltmore, the largest hotel in the United States west of Chicago when it opened,[17] is located on Grand Avenue and 5th Street.

Other landmarks on or abutting Grand Avenue include the Wells Fargo Center, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, One Wilshire, South Park Lofts, Trinity Auditorium, and the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.