- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.
- An overview is an excellent way to become familiar with the driving forces behind the face of Los Angeles today. The major types of buildings you will see are one of the 18th century missions, the last great railway station built in the United States, Union Station, and a number of civic, cultural and religious buildings downtown. The spreading influence of modern expansion begins with the Spanish period and can be best expressed in the Franciscan missions. Spanish colonization focused on three distinctly different settlements – 21 religious missions, 3 military presidios and secular pueblos. The tour will begin with a visit to either the San Fernando Mission (1797) or the San Gabriel Mission (1771), depending on our starting point. The tradition of impressive religious buildings has continued into the 21st century with the construction of a new cathedral - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – by Rafael Moneo in 2002, one of the stops on this tour. The railways built in the latter half of the 19th century and into the 20th were another driving force for the growth of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was served by the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads until the forced consolidation of their three separate stations into the Union Passenger Terminal – our second tour stop. It was designed by the father son team of John and Donald Parkinson, who mixed three distinct stylistic influences – Spanish Colonial and Streamline Moderne with Moorish accents. Across the street is the Olvera historic district where El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded. Some of the oldest buildings in LA are here. It offers a pleasant stop for lunch. The balance of the overview will be a walking tour featuring 20th and 21st century civic and cultural destinations – Grand Park, the Music Center, Disney Hall and world-class museums. Time permitting, we will get back in the car to experience an area of LA that is in transition from light industrial into the vibrant but still gritty Arts District.