Inside Contemporary Downtown Los Angeles - Red Line Tours

Inside Contemporary Downtown Los Angeles

Journey through gleaming modern skyscrapers and provocative cultural monuments that are redefining Los Angeles as the "City of the 21st Century."

Red Line Tours "Inside Contemporary Downtown LA" tour visits LA's newest landmarks including the soaring Walt Disney Concert Hall, the inspiring Cathedral of our Lady of the Angeles, the magnificient Coburn School of the Perfroming Arts (think "Fame") and works of art by some of the world's greatest contemporary masters plus much more!

Discover the City of the Future - Los Angeles has become a world center for contemporary art and architecture as evidenced by an growing array of important works in and around Downtown. Stars of the worlds of art and architecture such as Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, David Hockney and Robert Graham call Los Angeles their home. You'll also see master artwork by Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, Joan Miro, Robert Rauschenberg and Frank Stella to name but a few.

Waste no time - In 1-hour & 30-minutes guides will personally escort you through canyons of gleaming skyscrapers and to numerous cultural landmarks including the Walt Disney Concert Hall (the Frank Gehry designed home of the LA Philharmonic), Cathedral of Our lady of the Angel's (the largest Cathedral in America), the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (previous home to the Academy Awards), the Museum of Contemporary Art (the first museum devoted to contemporary art in America) and the Library Tower (tallest building west of the Mississippi River) plus much more. Along the way guides offer insightful commentary on what is becoming 'The Cultural Capital of the West Coast.'

Hear us! Red Line Tours offers you a 21st Century experience with the ultra high-tech 'Live Audio' hearing system. Each visitor wears a "walkman-like" headset receiver while your guide wears a headset microphone. Visitors control the volume of the guide along the way, drowning out street noise - especially helpful for the hearing impaired. (This is NOT a pre-recorded tour)

Location:	First floor atrium of the Bradbury Building
Schedule:	Daily 12 PM

            

Tour Details:

• Bradbury Building- Built in 1893 as a vision of the year 2000. Where 'Blade Runner' was filmed.
• Broadway Dept. Store- One of LA's great department stores has a new life as a state office building rich with art.
• Bunker Hill/Angels Flight- Bunker Hill has transformed from a Victorian-era residential community to a hill of skyscrapers.
• Gas Co. Towers- A 52 story Post-Modernist high-rise designed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (Sears Tower) with amazing interior spaces harking back to Rockefeller Center's layer slab design.
• Library Tower- Designed by famed architect I.M Pei (Louvre pyramid) it is the tallest building west of the Mississippi.
• Bunker Hill Steps- Designed by famed architect Lawrence Halprin - reminiscent of Rome's Spanish Steps.
• Citicorp Tower- Made famous by 'LA Law' this building was designed by famed architect Cesar Pelli.
• Bonaventure Hotel- An iconic statement by John Portman said to be something out of a Buck Rogers film.
• Wells Fargo Plaza- Two prismatic towers designed by Skimore, Owings, and Merrill (Sears Tower) with a lavish 'winter garden' spaced between designed by Lawrence Halprin.
• California Plaza- These two 52 story Post-Modernist towers are the most recent additions to the LA skyline.
• Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)- An Arata Isozaki design of red Indian stone and undulating surfaces. The museum contains one of America's most important collections of contemporary artworks. The stairway was modeled after Marilyn Monroe's nude torso.
• Coburn School - A postmodern structure that harks back to the Prairie Style and houses the historic Jascha Heifetz studio designed by Lloyd Wright. The Coburn School is one of America's premiere performing arts schools and a jewel in downtown's 'Cultural Corridor'.
• Disney Hall- A whimsical Frank O. Gehry creation similar in design to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.
• Los Angeles Music Center- Los Angeles' solution to New York's Lincoln Center. Home to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
• Department of Water & Power- A Modernist design moated and wrapped in a forest of fountains.
• Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels- The longest Cathedral in the US and new home of the archdiocese of Southern CA.

Tour Hightlights Include:

'Live Audio' Listening System - Red Line Tours offers you a 21st Century experience with the ultra high-tech 'Live Audio' hearing system. Each visitor wears a "walkman-like" headset receiver while your guide wears a headset microphone. Visitors control the volume of the guide along the way, drowning out street noise - especially helpful for the hearing impaired. (This is NOT a pre-recorded tour)

            

Inside Contemporary Downtown Los Angeles - Red Line Tours
Daily 12 PM

            

Tour Departure Dates:

Daily - Closed Christmas, Thanksgiving and Academy Awards Day

Departure Point:

Tour departs from the first floor atrium of the historic Bradbury Building: 304 S. Broadway, LA

Departure Time:

12 PM

Hotel Pickup:

Not available for this tour!

Tour Return Details:

Tour concludes at the original departure point.

Children and Seniors:

Discount rates apply to Youth 9-15 and Seniors 62+.

Payment:

Payment in advance by major credit card; Visa, American Express, Mastercard, or Discover Card.

Itinerary:

See details listed above.

Confirmation & Travel Voucher

For every confirmed booking you will receive an e-mail with a link to your E-Ticket Vouchers - when your booking is confirmed. Print both vouchers on your home/ office printer. Please present these E-Ticket vouchers at the Tour Office.

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations within 24 hours of the tour are charged in full. Cancellations prior to 24 hours are charged a $10.00 per person administration fee. We charge for no shows. No Shows on tour dates are charged 100%. Some specific tours and activities have a higher cancellation fee due to the limited space available.

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Any cancelations must be 24 hours before tour date. No refunds for no shows. Due to limited seat availability

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Meals, Gratuities and Souvenirs are not included.

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