11 listings along Broadway and Spring — the oldest commercial heart of Downtown, and the densest run of original theatre architecture in the city.
What is here. Four Broadway theatres: the Orpheum, the Palace, the Los Angeles Theatre and The United Theater on Broadway. Five Food & Drink listings anchored by Grand Central Market, plus Redbird, Guisados, KazuNori and Tacos 1986. The Last Bookstore is the shopping listing, and Bolt Barbers the local service.
How to browse. The most walkable neighbourhood on this list. Grand Central Market handles lunch with no planning at all. Walk Broadway afterwards for the theatre facades — several are only open for events or tours, so the exteriors are the reliable part.
Related: The Historic Core guide · All DTLA arts & culture
A large independent bookseller occupying the ground floor of a former bank building on Spring Street, dealing in both new and used books alongside vinyl. The upper level holds the labyrinth of art spaces and the book arch that account for most of the photographs taken here. The Downtown store is the original; the company…