Things to Do in Downtown Los Angeles

Located in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles, Grand Park is a 12-acre civic park stretching from The Music Center to City Hall. The park offers year-round free public programming and green spaces to connect, create, and celebrate.

This European-style gourmet shopping experience is conveniently located on Lexington Avenue. The Market features local vendors offering ingredients and prepared foods ready for your next meal at home or gifts for loved ones.

An architectural staple in downtown Los Angeles, The Bradbury Building was built in 1893. This five-story structure is best known for its ornate ironwork and extraordinary skylit atrium of access walkways, stairs, and elevators.

California’s largest used and new book and record store, The Last Bookstore first launched in 2005 in a downtown Los Angeles loft. That’s when owner Josh Spencer took his decade of sales experience and decided to focus on his first love: books.

Little Tokyo has welcomed all to shop, dine, worship, and reside since its founding in 1884. This historic Los Angeles neighborhood offers museums, bars, restaurants, and more to its local residents and visitors alike.

Named in honor of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, an airplane beacon sits on the very peak of City Hall’s pyramid. Explore City Hall’s observation deck, free to the public and open during normal business hours, Monday to Friday.

Discover Chinatown, a festive dining and shopping destination in Los Angeles. Find traditional Chinese restaurants, dim sum houses, specialty stores, and authentic bakeries in pagoda-style buildings adorned with red lanterns.

Take a short ride from Hill Street to Grand Avenue on Bunker Hill aboard this century-old hillside cable railway system. Originally opened in 1901, Angel’s Flight is the world’s shortest railway which has made more than 100 million trips.

Serving over five million Catholics, The Cathedral of Our Lady stands in the midst of downtown L.A. as the heart of hundreds of parish churches and communities. This is where the Archbishop celebrates the major liturgies of the year.