page_title: Downtown Los Angeles
section_title: Parks and open space
hierarchical_section_title: Downtown Los Angeles / Parks and open space
caption_attribution_description: English: The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels — entry courtyard with fountain, in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Base isolation was used for earthquake engineering—seismic fitness of the cathedral.
context_page_description: Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, as well as a diverse residential neighborhood of some 85,000 people, and covers 5.84 sq mi. A 2013 study found that the district is home to over 500,000 jobs. It is also part of Central Los Angeles.
  Downtown Los Angeles is divided into neighborhoods and districts, some overlapping. Most districts are named for the activities concentrated there now or historically, e.g. the Arts, Civic Center, Fashion, Banking, Theater, Toy, and Jewelry districts. It is the hub for the city's urban rail transit system plus the Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink commuter rail system for Southern California.
  Banks, department stores, and movie palaces at one time drew residents and visitors of all socioeconomic classes downtown, but the area declined economically especially after the 1950s. It remained an important center—in the Civic Center, of government business; on Bunker Hill, of banking, and along Broadway, of retail and entertainment for Hispanic Angelenos, especially immigrants. Now Downtown has been experiencing a renaissance that started in the early 2000s.
context_section_description: Downtown Los Angeles is home to several public parks, plazas, gardens and other open space:
  Los Angeles Plaza
  Olvera Street
  El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument
  Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels meditation garden and olive garden (park)
  Biddy Mason Park
  Grand Park
  Maguire Gardens
  Pershing Square
  Los Angeles City Hall South Lawn
  Los Angeles Police Department's Police Administration Building South Lawn
  Los Angeles State Historic Park
  Los Angeles Union Station gardens
  Walt Disney Concert Hall Community Park
  The Water Court at California Plaza, an outdoor performance and dining space with water features, fountains, shaded seating areas and an amphitheater.
  Japanese Garden and plaza at the Little Tokyo Cultural and Community Center Plaza
  Japanese Garden at the Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens
  Garden at Bank of America Plaza
  Several future park proposals for the district make use of public-private partnerships between developers and the city of Los Angeles, including a public park at the proposed Nikkei Center development in Little Tokyo; a 1-acre (4,000 m²) park at the Medallion development in the Historic Core; and a pocket park at the Wilshire Grand Hotel replacement project, currently under construction.
  Additionally, the city recently completed a new park located on the 400 block of South Spring Street in the Historic Core neighborhood.
caption: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels located adjacent to Los Angeles City Hall
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