Metro Free Ride Day
Elevate your celebration by enjoying free rides all day on Metro buses, trains, bike share and Micro! With its extensive network of stops and stations, you can fully immerse yourself in […]
Elevate your celebration by enjoying free rides all day on Metro buses, trains, bike share and Micro! With its extensive network of stops and stations, you can fully immerse yourself in […]
DTLA ArtNight is a cultural gathering and art walk organized monthly on first Thursdays where over 25 Galleries debut new exhibitions from their fine arts collections. These collections encompass a […]
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Lower Level, Grand Central Market presents Grand Central Bazaar! Join us and see the latest and greatest from the very best independent merchants, artisans, and makers in LA.
Join Esotouric for an immersive time travel trip that aims to give you the tools you need to actually understand how Downtown got this way and anticipate where it might […]
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
DOORS AT 6:00 PM SHOW STARTS AT 7:00 PM FEATURING Frankie Quinones Tom Thakkar Aisha Alfa Arpit Jain Lu Louis Jeff Buck +MORE ***lineup subject to change*** Maple Block (Grand […]
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Lower Level, Grand Central Market presents Grand Central Bazaar! Join us and see the latest and greatest from the very best independent merchants, artisans, and makers in LA.
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
Join Esotouric on a stroll through the National Register Broadway Theatre District, the largest collection of historic motion picture palaces in the country, on an architectural, cultural and public policy […]
It's time to bring out your lederhosen and dirndl for Grand Central Market's second annual Oktoberfest. Celebrate in style with live music by Hammerstein Musik Bavaria, food by Grand Central […]
Sunday, October 13, 2023 / 9AM - 4PM / On Sunday, October 13, we're opening up the streets in the Heart of LA so you can jog, ride, bike, skate, run, […]
Join Esotouric on a walking tour of 20th century LGBTQ landmarks in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles, for a time travel trip along The Run, the circuit of queer […]
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
Master filmmaker Tim Burton's eerie and enchanting take on the classic Washington Irving take of terror celebrates 25 years of terror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane – an eccentric investigator […]
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Lower Level, Grand Central Market presents Grand Central Bazaar! Join us and see the latest and greatest from the very best independent merchants, artisans, and makers in LA.
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
It's time to bring out your lederhosen and dirndl for Grand Central Market's second annual Oktoberfest. Celebrate in style with live music by Hammerstein Musik Bavaria, food by Grand Central […]
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
It's time to bring out your lederhosen and dirndl for Grand Central Market's second annual Oktoberfest. Celebrate in style with live music by Hammerstein Musik Bavaria, food by Grand Central […]
DOORS AT 6:00 PM SHOW STARTS AT 7:00 PM FEATURING Lizzy Cooperman John Conroy Matt Cury AK Agunbiade Jeff Buck +MORE ***lineup subject to change*** Maple Block (Grand Central Market) […]
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Lower Level, Grand Central Market presents Grand Central Bazaar! Join us and see the latest and greatest from the very best independent merchants, artisans, and makers in LA.
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
Elevate your celebration by enjoying free rides all day on Metro buses, trains, bike share and Micro! With its extensive network of stops and stations, you can fully immerse yourself in […]
DTLA ArtNight is a cultural gathering and art walk organized monthly on first Thursdays where over 25 Galleries debut new exhibitions from their fine arts collections. These collections encompass a […]
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Lower Level, Grand Central Market presents Grand Central Bazaar! Join us and see the latest and greatest from the very best independent merchants, artisans, and makers in LA.
Join Esotouric for an immersive time travel trip that aims to give you the tools you need to actually understand how Downtown got this way and anticipate where it might […]
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
DOORS AT 6:00 PM SHOW STARTS AT 7:00 PM FEATURING Frankie Quinones Tom Thakkar Aisha Alfa Arpit Jain Lu Louis Jeff Buck +MORE ***lineup subject to change*** Maple Block (Grand […]
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Lower Level, Grand Central Market presents Grand Central Bazaar! Join us and see the latest and greatest from the very best independent merchants, artisans, and makers in LA.
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
Join Esotouric on a stroll through the National Register Broadway Theatre District, the largest collection of historic motion picture palaces in the country, on an architectural, cultural and public policy […]
It's time to bring out your lederhosen and dirndl for Grand Central Market's second annual Oktoberfest. Celebrate in style with live music by Hammerstein Musik Bavaria, food by Grand Central […]
Sunday, October 13, 2023 / 9AM - 4PM / On Sunday, October 13, we're opening up the streets in the Heart of LA so you can jog, ride, bike, skate, run, […]
Join Esotouric on a walking tour of 20th century LGBTQ landmarks in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles, for a time travel trip along The Run, the circuit of queer […]
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
Master filmmaker Tim Burton's eerie and enchanting take on the classic Washington Irving take of terror celebrates 25 years of terror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane – an eccentric investigator […]
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Lower Level, Grand Central Market presents Grand Central Bazaar! Join us and see the latest and greatest from the very best independent merchants, artisans, and makers in LA.
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
It's time to bring out your lederhosen and dirndl for Grand Central Market's second annual Oktoberfest. Celebrate in style with live music by Hammerstein Musik Bavaria, food by Grand Central […]
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
It's time to bring out your lederhosen and dirndl for Grand Central Market's second annual Oktoberfest. Celebrate in style with live music by Hammerstein Musik Bavaria, food by Grand Central […]
DOORS AT 6:00 PM SHOW STARTS AT 7:00 PM FEATURING Lizzy Cooperman John Conroy Matt Cury AK Agunbiade Jeff Buck +MORE ***lineup subject to change*** Maple Block (Grand Central Market) […]
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Lower Level, Grand Central Market presents Grand Central Bazaar! Join us and see the latest and greatest from the very best independent merchants, artisans, and makers in LA.
Go on the original Downtown LA walking food tour with Six Taste- a local LA family-owned business named USA Today's Top 3 Food Tour in America and the #1 Food […]
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Join Esotouric on a stroll through the National Register Broadway Theatre District, the largest collection of historic motion picture palaces in the country, on an architectural, cultural and public policy history tour of a great street that needs a lot of help. How did Broadway take shape in the early 20th Century, why did the entertainment and retail district decline, and who are the personalities who have sought to preserve, reactivate and profit from it—not always successfully?
Starting from Grand Central Market, we’ll honor the visionary developer Ira Yellin, who believed that there was a second life possible for empty early 20th century office buildings, and changed city law so that Angelenos could live in them.
Across Broadway at the Bradbury Building, Terry McKelvey turned his dad’s dull commercial real estate business into an incubator for creativity, and dreamed of a Victorian-themed Downtown Los Angeles Gaslight District, until his personal demons pulled that dream out from under him.
Down at the United Artists, obtained through a sweetheart deal involving suitcases full of cash and convenient earthquakes, offbeat preacher Dr. Gene Scott raised millions through bizarre televised sermons, for theater restoration, rare books and preservation of the iconic Jesus Saves neon sign.
And up in City Hall, ambitious councilman Jose Huizar saw Broadway as a political branding opportunity, expending civic resources to organize massive street parties with his name on every marquee, while pushing policies that encouraged speculation at the expense of Broadway’s small businesses—until the FBI came calling.
Along the way, we’ll talk about what it means to be National Register District, how the Jewelry District used old buildings in fresh new ways and how the lessons of Wilshire’s Wiltern Theatre could be used to reactivate downtown’s dark venues, while pointing out the sites of lost landmarks, hidden details, ghost signs and magic carpets of terrazzo that make up this beautiful, magical mess at the heart of the city.
On our return to Grand Central Market at the end of the walk, we’ll have a rare opportunity to explore the interior of Sid Grauman’s Million Dollar Theater (1918), the city’s first purpose-built motion picture palace.
This walking tour is illustrated with rare photos you can view on your smartphone.
Tour begins at 10:30am sharp, with check-in time 10am at the patio outside Grand Central Market at 324 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check in table to get signed in and logged in to the smartphone slideshow.
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BROADWAY: DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES’ BEAUTIFUL, MAGICAL MESS WALKING TOUR | Esotouric