Stairway to Bunker Hill #1
by Joseph Hollingsworth
Title
Stairway to Bunker Hill #1
Artist
Joseph Hollingsworth
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Photograph - Digital
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The connection between downtown Los Angeles and Bunker Hill has been tenuous since the widespread demolition of Bunker Hill's early buildings in the 1960s. Since then, new construction has sprouted skyward. Even as the area's density neared pre-redevelopment levels, it never quite seemed to link back up to the older downtown.
The Bunker Hill Steps, cascading from Hope Street down to Fifth Street, are a thoughtful attempt to remedy the situation. Designed by landscape architect Lawrence Halprin and completed in 1990, this massive concrete staircase provides a pedestrian route from Bunker Hill to the Los Angeles Central Library. It passes just to the west of the U.S. Bank Tower and is heavily used by local office workers to negotiate the five-story grade between Fifth and Hope.
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May 21st, 2016
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