A walk through Downtown L.A.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

Last edited Wed Dec 25, 2024, 01:51 AM - Edit history (1)

I took a walk through downtown L.A. to do some street photography and capture some of the holiday spirit

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Merry Christmas to you and yours, my dear Grumpy!

These are wonderful photos! I love all the decorations; they really add sparkle to the downtown.

It's always beautiful but these photos show what's possible when you want to go all out!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

8. Thanks dear Peggy!

Merry Christmas to you too. ❤️

[rsdsharp]

2. Wow! The Daily Planet building!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

5. LOL!

Also, the building on the badge at the end of Dragnet and Adam 12.

[rsdsharp]

15. Yup. LA City Hall.

[ColinC]

3. LADWP. AKA: The courthouse from the Lincoln Lawyer

[Grumpy Old Guy]

6. Yes

But the tall building by the pool is actually the L.A. Department of Water & Power.

[ColinC]

9. Im aware... had my fair ahare of price gouging from them...

Crooks!

[Tarzanrock]

4. Have you noticed the lack of the Xmas lighting of the downtown office towers?

I've never seen anything quite like this absence of Xmas lighting on the downtown L.A. Office Towers. Even in the most dire of economic times (like the Iraq war; Afghanistan war; oil embargoes; energy crises; Enron electricity crisis and California electricity crisis) the Oligarch orc owners of those office towers lighted them for Xmas. During crisis times, there were shorter lighting sessions and reduced times in which the office towers were lighted -- but this year -- there has been zero Xmas lighting of those office towers. The two largest towers were always lighted -- this year none are lighted. It is beyond weird. I looked again last night and none of them were lighted. This is the first time in my memory that this has happened. In past years those high-rise towers were almost universally lighted with Christmas colors from the day after Thanksgiving to mid-January. This year -- nothing.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

7. I agree.

There weren't near as many decorations as I thought there would be. I can't explain it.

[SunSeeker]

14. It's not just the office towers. LA City Hall used to light up in holiday colors too.

But your pictures are lovely nonetheless. I used to work in downtown LA just a couple blocks from City Hall. I loved going to lunch with my workmates in the many diverse eateries in and around downtown, and exploring this historic area. I miss it.

[Wicked Blue]

10. Wow! Amazing photos

Thank you

[Grumpy Old Guy]

17. Thank you!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. Wonderful pictures.

Thank you so much.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

18. Thank you!

[JMCKUSICK]

12. That's an amazing collection

Of GREAT photos. Each one unique from the other, showing beauty through a different eye. Thank you, they're perfect

[Grumpy Old Guy]

19. Thanks so much!

I might have a few more to add.

[Dem2theMax]

13. What? No Nakatomi Plaza?

Absolutely love the photos. Beautiful!

Los Angeles -- my stomping grounds many years ago. I miss it. Nice to see it through your photos.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

20. Thank you!

I don't get around as well as I used to. I pretty much stayed around the Music Center. It's not easy getting old.

[Dem2theMax]

22. I can certainly relate to the 'getting old' part!

To be honest, when I saw that one photo of all the steps lit up, I wondered if my creaky knees would be able to get up all of them without having to stop.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

23. I hear you.

I used the handrail on the left.

[LudwigPastorius]

16. Nice pics!

The concert hall looks like somebody opened their presents early.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

21. Thanks!

The Disney Concert Hall certainly is distinctive.

[Mousetoescamper]

24. Splendid photos, Grumpy!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

25. Thanks!

🙏

[Shambala]

26. Taken many a long walk around DTLA over the years.

From a ghost town after 5:00 pm (except for Broadway) back in the 80's to all its current little pockets of hip vibrancy and nightlife now. I only make it downtown once a week nowadays but still try to get my walks in. Happy holidays!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

27. Happy holidays!

We don't go downtown very much these days, although my wife did work just a few blocks away for several years. I do remember when it was deserted in the evenings.

[HAB911]

28. Excellent photos!

I have on my to do list, the same for Tampa now that my hurricane cleanup nears completion and the weather is good!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

29. Thank you!

Happy holidays!