Downtown Los Angeles/Main Street

Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered a district like Hollywood, even though it is home to the city and county governments. The area features many of the city's major arts institutions and sports facilities, a variety of skyscrapers and associated large multinational corporations and an array of public art, unique shopping opportunities and the hub of the city's freeway and public transportation networks.

Some of the buildings of the Downtown core date from the early 1900s, with the topmost floors of most of the office buildings at mostly 14 and 15 stories. Between 1918 and 1958, a city ordinance capped building heights at 150 feet, leading to an unusually homogenous skyline. This was due to earthquake risk; thus, the Los Angeles City Hall was the tallest building for decades at 454 ft., until the development of Century City, in the western part of the Los Angeles basin. The unique Bradbury building, built in 1893, was the largest cast iron structure at the turn of the century, with a lacy, airy interior. The Grand Central Market somehow captures an early 1900s feel, with customs in distinct contrast to the current supermarkets of the U.S. Source wikipedia

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