Walking and transit options in Los Angeles

[Stoid]

Just because it’s local doesn’t mean it’s not generic. It has no personality at all. I live in NoHo Arts, so I know whereof I speak.

[B.Serum]

If you have time to get it before your trip, I’d recommend the Los Angeles deck from the City Walk series. The girlfriend and I love it!

[guizot]

@Stranger_On_A_Train

Curiously, no one has yet mentioned
Silver Lake and Los Feliz, which are right off the Red Line at Vermont/Sunset station to the north and east. There are a bunch of little stores and clothes shops, some nice older houses, good restaurant and local bars, and several other entertainments. (Check out Fred 62 on Vermont for some good food, The Good Luck Bar for ambiance, and Everything’s Jake on Hollywood for men’s vintage clothing.) There is even Griffith Park within reach if you don’t mind a bit of a hike.

Yes, my neighborhood. If you end up around here, take a look at the Hollyhock House (Frank Lloyd Wright Mayan revival architecture) inside of Barnsdall Art Park. (And on the topic of transit, this is also where they dug the huge hole in the ground to bore out the Hollywood portion of the Redline.)

[Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus]

Also Atwater Village/Los Feliz, although not immediately reachable by rapid transit.