Something that I love about Downtown Los Angeles is its flowing geometricity. One gets the sense that one object in the environment leads to another in straightforward, visually harmonic ways. There is a minimalistic sleekness in this compact skyline; it condenses and subtracts; it interacts and one can feel at times as if assembling a visual—perhaps spatial–puzzle; “construct your own view,” so to speak.
There is a begrudging charm to this no-nonsense approach to the city grid, which is structured but also surprisingly fluid. Out for a walk today near downtown, I appreciated the curves and slopes of the streets, helping your eyes go along for a jog.
