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Downtown L.A. is hurting. Frank Gehry thinks arts can lead a revival

A pedestrian walks past Walt Disney Concert Hall on a sunny April morning in downtown Los Angeles, where two major expansions of cultural institutions are in the works. Bunker Hill will soon have the largest concentration of buildings designed by Frank Gehry in the world and promises to become a cultural center “like no other place,” the architect told the …

One of architect Frank Gehry’s long-standing wishes is finally coming to life: a new concert venue in downtown Los Angeles that will complement his famous Walt Disney Concert Hall. The long-planned Colburn School addition will be the third Gehry-designed building on Bunker Hill, which already has Disney Concert Hall and the Grand LA, a $1-billion apartment, hotel and retail complex …

As his latest Los Angeles mega-project neared completion, Frank Gehry was offered an apartment with sweeping views high up in the 45-story Grand LA complex he designed on Bunker Hill in downtown. Disney Hall doesn’t look like an outlier.” VIDEO | 02:57 Frank Gehry gives a tour of the $1-billion mixed-use complex, the Grand Frank Gehry gives a tour of …

Explore the past, present and future of downtown L.A.’s Grand Avenue

Walk the length of Grand Avenue from Temple to 5th Street, and you’ll encounter one of the most vital arts hubs in the city. Travis Geske / For The Times City of angels, city of culture Los Angeles Times executive editor Norman Pearlstine shares his impressions of the Grand Avenue project in downtown Los Angeles. How Grand Avenue elevated L.A.'s …