100 Free Things to do in
----Los Angeles---
While Avoiding Bums and Hipsters
---Succinct Summary---
Complimentary. On the house. Gratis. Free of charge. The following book contains a less than comprehensive list of what the city has to offer at no cost, just short of pulling up a park bench and making it your home. The list also avoids the spots that are overrun with people that are simply there for the sake of being seen at that place. Some items on the list are included since they are ‘free’ during certain hours during the week or where the price for admission is ‘suggested’. During these hours you can pay whatever you can afford, from nothing to the normal price.
Take what you can get, right?
Enjoy the city.
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Artful Architecture
People Perusing
Literary Liberation
Outdoor Observing
Examining Exhibits
Dime-less Detours
Frugal Farmers and Fleas
Priceless Parties
Engaging Entertainment
Play and Participation
Somewhat Seasonal
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---Artful Architecture---
Hollywood Sign- free, famous landmark that can be viewed from Deronda Drive
Olvera Street- free, Mexican architecture including the Avila Adobe, the oldest house in LA
Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels- free, third-largest cathedral in the country
Walt Disney Concert Hall- free, tour with architectural facts
Venice canals- free, canals with arched bridges and even gondolier
Hollywood Forever Cemetery- free, burial site of Rudolph Valentino and Cecil B. DeMille, even movies in the summer
Bradbury Building- free, movie filmed here in five-story atrium with wrought-iron grillwork and cage elevator
Little Ethiopia- free, California version complete with African pop music
1300 block of Carroll Avenue- free, impressive homes with Victorian architecture
Little Tokyo- free, Japanese architecture and historical landmarks
Chinatown- free, Chinese inspired architecture in a urban setting
Watts Towers- free, 17 interconnected structures that is 33 years of by an Italian immigrant construction worker