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I'm certainly no expert, but I must admit I think the architecture in Los Angeles is amazingly cool! This past week I had the opportunity to give a visitor a tour of Los Angeles.  And, of course I carried my camera with me.  It surprises me that even though I've photographed these places many  times, I still find new and interesting shots.

Of course, the Disney Hall is a must-see for any visitor and we were there at the worst possible time for photography ... high noon! It was also a Sunday on which a new heat record was set.  That was the bad news!  The good news ... no one was around and I got images of the front of the Disney Hall with no cars or people in them!  How amazing is that?  One of those, this first shot, was taken directly across the street.  I converted it to black and white:

The next shot was taken while I was parked in front of the Hall.  I looked up at a scene I had never noticed before.  The image was shot through the sun roof. The clouds were added by me as it was a completely bald sky.

Another surprise ... The Disney Hall now has self-guided tours of the interior of the building.  Again no one was there as most sane people had elected to stay home.  But, it was cool inside.  Here's a view as you step inside on the ground floor:

Turning myself to the right and taking a couple of steps forward got me this view:

and I took this image by moving left over to those wooden arch-like boxes and looking up to the ceiling:

I moved up on the second and third floors for the next two images.  The first is a shot of a little cafe on the first floor:

and an image from the third floor looking down on a small area often used to explain the story line of an about-to-occur performance:

I was soooooo happy about the air conditioning and lack of people!  :)

I'll finish the Downtown architecture images in Part II next week.

Thanks for looking,

Adam