Seasonal Tour | Weekly
Lawrence Halprin: Reconnecting the Heart of Los Angeles
Saturday, March 8, 2025
10 a.m.
About This Tour
Come experience famed landscape architect Lawrence Halprin’s plan to transform downtown Los Angeles through the use of open spaces. Explore how his iconic designs are connected, and learn about how these open urban spaces foster art, community, and a connection with nature.
This tour focuses on the four Halprin designs that make up the Los Angeles Open Space Network. The Network was an ambitious plan to connect downtown Los Angeles through the use of open landscapes, and is made up of Wells Fargo Center, Bunker Hill Steps, Maguire Gardens, and Grand Hope Park.
Halprin created each landscape to be unique and each one of them impacts how Angelenos live and move about the city. The tour will follow along the network, visiting each landscape and discussing how the sites connect to the larger picture of open spaces in Los Angles.
Registration required
Approx. 1 hr., 45 mins.
Route covers about eight city blocks; includes stairs and hills
Not wheelchair accessible
No pets
Strollers not recommended
Ticket Information
$18
Youth
$25
General Public
$18
Members
Important Information
Meeting location: We will start our tour at . Additional location information will be sent upon registration.
- Tour will run rain or shine.
- You can change your reservation date if you contact us at info@laconservancy.org at least 24 hours before your original reservation date.
- If a member of your party is in a wheelchair, please let us know in advance by emailing info@laconservancy.org.
All participants in the Los Angeles Conservancy-sponsored Walking Tours knowingly and freely accept and assume all risks, both known and unknown,Ìýincluding contracting and/or transmitting COVID-19 and any other communicable diseases, and AGREE TO RELEASE, DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, NOT SUE, AND HOLD HARMLESS the Los Angeles Conservancy, its principals, officers, employees, volunteers, sponsors, agents and other participants from any and all claims, damages (including medical expenses and attorneys’ fees), injuries and expenses arising out of, or resulting from your voluntary attendance/participation in Walking Tours,Ìýincluding contracting and/or transmitting COVID-19 and any other communicable diseases and any and all other injury, illness, disability, death, or loss or damage to person or property. All participants expressly waive the benefits of California Civil Code 1542, which provides that: “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.
Major funding for the Los Angeles Conservancy’s educational programs is provided by the LaFetra Foundation and the Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation.
