Things to see...
Mt Wilson:
Observatory (210 & Angeles Crest Hwy)
Pasadena:
Old Town Pasadena (Colorado & Fair Oaks)
Caltech
Civic Center
Norton Simon Museum (411 W. Colorado Ave): Rodin's The Burghers of Calais (1885)
Hotel Green (1898) Raymond & Green St
Greene & Greene's Gamble House (4 Westmoreland Place)
Sumner Greene House (368 Arroyo Terr)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Millard House (645 Prospect)
Greene & Greene's Blacker House (1177 Hillcrest)
City Hall (100 N. Garfield)
Plaza Las Fuentes (Los Robles Ave & Colorado Blvd)
Pacific Asia Museum (Los Robles Ave & Colorado Blvd)
Arcadia:
Arboretum (301 N. Baldwin Ave)
San Marino:
Huntington Library
San Gabriel:
Mission
Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights (largest Buddhist temple in the USA, Hwy 60 exit Hacienda Blvd)
Glendale:
Brand Library
Hollywood:
Hollywood Sign (near 101, driving up Beachwood Canyon)
Mann's Chinese Theatre (6925 Hollywood Blvd, near La Brea)
Walk west on the boulevard to the new Oscar building, the Kodak Theater
Walk of Fame (Hollywood Blvd, bet Gower & Sycamore)
Murale (Hudson Ave & Hollywood Blvd)
Hollywood Bowl
Sunset Strip (Roxy's to Whiskey A Go Go, from Doheny to Crescent)
Marlboro sign on Sunset Blvd
Sunset Plaza
Troubador (Sta Monica & Doheny)
Melrose (7700 blokc, bet Fairfax & Poinsetta)
Silver Lake homes (east of Hollywood)
Pacific Design Center ("Blue Whale"), 8687 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood (Cesar Pelli)
La Brea Place (bet Melrose & Wilshire)
Kodak Theater (Highland & Hollywood)
View from Mulholland Drive (north on Highland to Hollywood Bowl, north to
Cahuenga)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House (1921) in Barnsdall Park (Hollywood Blvd & Berendo, west of Vermont)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House (1924) in 2607 Glendower St
Capitol Building (1750 N. Vine)
International Press, open 24 hours (Cahuenga & Hollywood)
Griffith Park:
View from the Observatory (east on Franklin, left on Western)
Valencia:
Six Flags Magic Mountains (on 5 & 126): Colossus, Revolution, Edge, Batman,
Carlsbad:
Legoland
Superman
Burbank:
Universal Studios (off 101)
Disney Studios building (Alameda Ave)
San Fernando Valley:
Tujunga Wash Mural (Coldwater & Burbank)
Laurel Canyon
San Fernando Mission
Downtown:
110 freeway, south of 10
Shrine Auditorium (Figueroa & Jefferson)
Museum of Science (700 State Dr)
Museum of Tolerance (9786 Pico & Roxbury)
Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture (Main St. near First and Main, Los Angeles)
St Vincent de Paul (Adams & Figueroa)
Coca-Cola Building (1334 S. Central Ave)
Zanja Madre (Figueroa & 8th)
Broadway (between 7th and 1st)
Nickelodeon theaters on Broadway & 6th (Cameo, Arcade, etc)
Biltmore Hotel
Pershing Square (5th-6th & South Olive) & Biltmore Hotel (1923)
First Interstate (Hope & 5th)
Gas Company Tower (555 West 5th bet Grand and Olive)
Loyola School Law (1441 West Olympic bet Abany and Valencia, near 110 exit)
Bonaventure Hotel (1970) (Figueroa Street & 5th Street)
Bunker Hill (Grand Ave complex)
Cathedral (Grand & Temple)
Disney Auditorium (Grand)
Library Tower, tallest building (South Hope Street & West 5th Street)
Museum of Contemporary Art
Angels Flight
+Bradbury Building (304 S. Broadway), Columbia (849 S. Brodway)
Skid Row: 4th & Los Angeles (homeless quarters)
Little Tokyo Sq (First St, bet Main & Alameda)
Traction Ave (artists) & Temporary Contemporary Art Museum
Museum of Neon Art (704 Traction Ave)
4th St bridge (east of railway tracks)
City Buildings (Temple & San Pedro)
City Hall (Temple & Main)
Music Center (on Hope)
El Pueblo (Main St & Sunset Blvd)
Union Station (Alameda & Chavez)
Freeway interchange: 5 & 101, 105 & 110
Angelino Heights (victorian homes): Carroll Ave, 1300 block
Farmers Market (6333 W. Third St)
Chinatown (North Broadway, bet 11, 10 & 5)
Mc Arthur Park
Miracle Mile (Wilshire Blvd bet La Cienega & Vermont)
Bullock's (3050 Wilshire), Wiltern (3790),
Heritage Sq (3800 Homer Ave, Highland Park)
County Museum of Art "LACMA" (Hancock Park, 5905 Wilshire)
Renzo Piano's Broad Contemporary Art Museum
Central Library (Photo Collection!) 630 W. 5th St.
LaBrea Pitts
1300 Carroll Ave (Victorian houses)
Richard Neutra's Lovell House (4616 Dundee Dr)
Freeman House (1962 Glencoe St)
Schindler House (835 N. Kings Rd)
Brentwood: Frank Lloyd Wright's Sturgis House (449 Skyeway)
West Central:
Normandie & Florence (1991 riots)
Watts Towers (1765 E. 107th St)
Beverly Hills:
Sunset Blvd (between UCLA and Hollywood)
Santa Monica Blvd (between 405 and La Cienega)
Star Homes
Bel Air
Beverly Dr (bet Sunset & Sta Monica)
2 Rodeo Dr
Police Dept (Sta Monica & Crescent)
Restaurant Row (La Cienega)
99 Cents Only Stores (Wilshire & Fairfax)
Golden Triangle (Sta Monica, Wilshire, Rexford)
Rodeo Dr boutiques & art galleries (Galerie Michael, Dyansen Gallery)
Beverly Wilshire Hotel
Electric Fountain
Masonic Temple
Greystone Park & Doheny Mansion (905 Loma Vista Dr)
Virginia Robinson Gardens (1008 Elden Way, 276-5367)
Abbey (Robertson & Sta Monica)
Century City:
Avenue of the Star
Constellation
Century Plaza Hotel
Entertainment Center & Towers
Westwood:
UCLA (north on Westwood): Royce Hall. inverted founting, Murphy's sculpture garden
Westwood Village (Wilshire to Westwood, right on Westwood)
Armand Hammer Museum @ 10899 Wilshire Blvd & Westwood (near 405)
Marina Del Rey:
Admiralty Way & village
Venice:
Venice square (Main St & Windward)
Chiat Day Mojo (340 S.Main St, Venice)
Ocean Front Walk (Winward)
Santa Monica:
Third St Promenade, bet Wilshire & Colorado (specialty books)
Montana Ave ("croissant canyon"), bet 7th & 17th (ethnic restaurants)
18th St Arts Complex (artists in residence)
Main St (at the Venice border)
Pacific Coast Hwy & California Incline (end of California Ave)
Palisades Park (bet Colorado & California)
Bicycle Path to Venice
Pier (end of Colorado Ave)
Chiat/Day Mojo (Pier Ave & Main St)
Sunset Blvd
Getty Center - a truly pathetic collection but amazing building and location (Church north of Sunset, left on Sepulveda, closed on mondays)
Malibu:
Pepperdine Campus (24255 W. Pacific Coast Hwy)
St Matthews (1031 Bienvenida Ave, Pacific Palisades)
Getty Villa (reopens 28 Jan 2005)
Great Pacific Highway
San Pedro:
Palos Verdes Estates (drive and Malaga Plaza)
Wayfarers Chapel (5755 Palos Verdes)
San Pedro Harbor
Bridges to Terminal Island
Point Fermin
Angels Gate Lighthouse & Breakwater
Ports O' Call Village
Cabrillo Aquarium
Maritime Museum
Catalina Island:
Anaheim:
Disneyland
Crystal Cathedral (Chapman & Hwy 5)
Community Church (1960) 12141 Lewis St
Knott's Berry Farm
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Long Beach:
Shoreline Village
Queen Mary, Spruce Goose
Newport Beach:
Balboa Island
Lovell Home (13th & Beach Walk)
Irvine Campus
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