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LA's Art Deco & Beaux Art Architecture: Private Walking Tour

200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
Duration

3 hours (approx.)

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

12 people

Languages

English

Overview

Check out Downtown Los Angeles’s architecture scene on this private tour of the area. You’ll hear about famous buildings like the Biltmore Hotel and Union Station and more buildings in the jewelry district. The tour finishes in Santee Alley, where you can stay and explore the market and have something to eat. Your guide can recommend some great options.

  • Plan on three hours total for this tour
  • Take your time and take plenty of photos along the way
  • Your guide will navigate for you and take you around downtown
  • Note this is wheelchair accessible and near public transportation

What To Expect

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Los Angeles City Hall



Begin your tour at the Los Angeles City Hall, an iconic building in the city used in the films industry many times due to its eclectic style. Then, head towards the LA Courthouse, an Art Moderne architecture example.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bradbury Building



Admire the Bradbury Building, a recognised landmark in LA and one of the oldest surviving Beau-Arts architecture buildings downtown.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Title Guarantee Building Apartments



Walk to Title Guarantee Building from 1930, a former office building now loft-style apartments which showcase the verticality of Art Deco style.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Pershing Square



Explore Pershing Square where your tour guide will tell you about Art Deco and Beaux Art that precedes that period and show an example of a Beaux-Arts building which is the 1925 Biltmore hotel.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The CalEdison



Discover the CalEdison building from 1931 on a prominent corner where you might be able to enter to see spectacular types of marble on the floor and columns.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Los Angeles Central Library



See Los Angeles Central Library from 1926, an example of an early Art Deco style saved from demolition in 1978 by Los Angeles Conservatory.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Oviatt Building



Admire the Oviatt Building, with parts built in the Romanesque Revival style and others changed to resemble the Art Deco style after the owner visited the Paris exposition in 1925, and pass by PacMutual original from 1908 that resembles a Greek temple which was remodelled in the 1930s to give it an Art Deco look.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Eastern Columbia Lofts



End your tour at the spectacular Eastern Columbia Building with its iconic clock tower and the spectacular greenish terra cotta originally built as a department store, now luxury condominiums one still owned by Johnny Depp.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Highlights

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Included/Excluded

  • A friendly, professional tour guide for your own private group
  • Plenty of time to take photos of your favourite places
  • Gratuities (optional)
  • No tickets required
  • Food & drink
  • Hotel pickup/drop-off
  • Transportation on the day (if required)

Durations

3 hours (approx.)

Tour's Location

200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
from 160 $

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