Where is the center of Los Angeles? Maybe in its town square. All you need to do is find it.

No matter how big your city is, every city needs a town square, even especially Los Angeles. What should a premier open space in Downtown Los Angeles look like? Maybe it should be classy, classic, timeless, inviting, people-friendly and just somewhere you want to be.

Look New York City's Bryant Park, Madrid's Plaza Mayor (heck, the entire city really), Rome's Piazza Navona, San Antonio's Riverwalk, and more and more. A sense of place matters. People demand it and literally vote with their feet. That, and it may help sell homes too.

Check out this amazing video prepared by the creative folks at Gensler Los Angeles on re-envisioning Pershing Square in Downtown LA. Today it looks like a rejected soundstage from the Willy Wonka movie. Soon, Pershing Square could be a place that really matters.





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