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| Inside Historic Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour |
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City: Los Angeles
Tour Promo Start/End Date: 2003-06-01 - 2008-12-28
Duration: 1.5 hours
Price: Starting from USD $21.95 per person
Before Hollywood became the movie capital of the world, Downtown Los Angeles was the center of the entertainment industry! To this day, many of the historic theaters and picture palaces such as the Orpheum Theater and the Palace Theater still stand. See where stars such as Mae West, Judy Garland and Milton Berle made their debuts on this 1 1/2 hour narrated walking tour.
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Detail Description:
The Inside Historic Downtown Los Angeles tour explores a city virtually unchanged since the glory days of Hollywood. Contained within Downtown's Historic District is the Broadway Historic Theater District - the largest historic theater district in the United States. You will see inside some of America's most beautiful old picture palaces including the Palace Theater, which is the oldest Orpheum Theater in the world - a survivor from the days of vaudeville.Downtown Los Angeles as always been ready for its close up. Because downtown Los Angeles also has the largest contiguous concentration of historic architecture in America it is often used as a "back lot" for turn-of-the-century New York or Chicago. In fact, Los Angeles Center Studios, Downtown's only motion picture studio, uses the streets of Downtown LA as its back lot. Blockbuster films such as Terminator 3 have been shot here. You never know who you might see!Although they have disappeared from many cities across the United States those grand theaters from the early days of vaudeville still line Broadway in Downtown LA including the Palace Theater. Stars like Judy Garland, Milton Berle, WC Fields and Mae West began their careers treading the boards on Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles! During its heyday in the 1920's Broadway in LA rivaled New York's Broadway.Today, a redevelopment plan called "The Broadway Initiative" aims to breathe new life into one of America's most important architectural and historical treasures. See for yourself where it all began on the "Inside Historic Downtown Los Angeles" tour.
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| Tour Information: |
| • Tour Name: Inside Historic Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour |
| • Duration: 1.5 hours |
| • Price: Starting from USD $21.95 per person |
| • Destination: Los Angeles |
| • Depart City: Los Angeles |
| • Tour Promo Start Date: 2003-06-01 |
| • Tour Promo Expiration Date: 2008-12-28 |
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