Los Angeles is one of the nation’s most exciting cities, known
for its dazzling entertainment, its world-class culture, its famous
shopping areas, its innovative restaurants, its rich number of ethnic
enclaves, its ideal weather, and its spectacular scenery. Within
walking distance of your hotel, is UCLA,
world-renowned university and host of the AIHA conference. A short
drive away brings you to:
:: The
Getty Center, the home of the premier art collection
of J. Paul Getty.
:: The
Historic Italian Hall, a proud reminder of the strong
Italian presence in early Los Angeles. The future museum setting
celebrates Italian American contributions to the life and culture
of Los Angeles.
:: Watts
Towers, single-handedly built by Simon Rodia, an Italian
American (from the Campania region), are a complex set of separate
sculptural pieces built on a residential lot in the community of
Watts. Two of the towers rise to a height of nearly 100 feet. The
sculptures are constructed from steel pipes and rods, wrapped with
wire mesh, coated with mortar and embedded with pieces of porcelain,
tile and glass.
:: Universal
Studios Hollywood/CityWalk, where you can attend concerts
by the biggest names in pop music and tour the sound stages of Hollywood
movies.
:: Hollywood and Melrose,
where small dance and music clubs present the latest and the newest
names in pop music.
:: The
Malibu beaches offer great views and restaurants.
:: The
Miracle Mile, home of the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art and the La
Brea tar pits (where thousands of dinosaurs met their doom),
the Craft and Folk
Art Museum, and the Petersen
Automotive Museum
:: Santa
Monica and Venice, the site of great
beaches, beautiful landscapes and high-end shops.
:: The
Los Angeles Music Center, home of the Los Angeles Symphony,
the Los Angeles Opera, touring ballet companies and Broadway shows,
and innovative professional theater – joined by the new Disney
Concert Center, designed by Los Angeles architect Frank Gehry.
(Other tourist sites include: the Sunset Strip, Farmer’s Market, Hollywood
Bowl, Griffith
Park, and Disneyland in Anaheim, approximately 35 miles away).
