Civic Center, Los Angeles

Civic Center
—  Neighborhood of Los Angeles  —
Los Angeles City Hall stands at the southern border of the Los Angeles Civic Center.
Civic Center Location within Downtown Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34.054139°N 118.244659°W / 34.054139; -118.244659
Country	United States
State	California
County	County of Los Angeles
City	Los Angeles
ZIP Code
Area code(s)	213

The Civic Center neighborhood of Los Angeles, California is the administrative core of the City of Los Angeles and a complex of city, state, and federal government offices, buildings, and courthouses.

Location

The Civic Center is located in the northern part of Downtown Los Angeles, bordering Bunker Hill, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, and the Historic Core of the old Downtown. Depending on various district definitions, either the Civic Center or Bunker Hill also contains the Music Center and adjacent Walt Disney Concert Hall; some maps, for example, place the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in the Civic Center but the Disney Concert Hall in Bunker Hill.

The Civic Center has the distinction of containing the largest concentration of government employees in the United States outside of Washington, DC. The reason for the high concentration is simple: Los Angeles is the largest county in the United States and its second largest city, and houses several state and federal functions for the region.

Transportation

The Civic Center is served by numerous Metro buses, most of which run to adjacent Union Station, the 101 and 110 freeways, and the Metro Red Line and Purple Line's Civic Center Station are also in the vicinity. OCTA, Foothill Transit, DASH shuttles, Commuter Express and other municipal bus lines also serve the area.

Development

The Civic Center is part of the Grand Avenue Project, which aims to develop existing parking lots in the area for residential use as well as create a pedestrian park between the Music Center and City Hall.

Landmarks

• Los Angeles City Hall
• Olvera Street
• Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
• Walt Disney Concert Hall
• Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
• Los Angeles Music Center
• Triforium
• Union Station

Government and administrative buildings

• Los Angeles City Hall
• Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
• Stanley Mosk L.A. Courthouse
• Hall of Records
• Law Library
• Courthouses: Federal, State, County
• Parker Center
• Caltrans District 7 Headquarters
• Alameda St. Detention Facility

County representation

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Central Health Center in Downtown Los Angeles, serving the Civic Center.