A Diplomatic Guide to Los Angeles Discovering its Sites and Character

The Office of Protocol for the city of Los Angeles uses A Diplomatic Guide to Los Angeles as a gift for visiting dignitaries. Whether you are a visitor, looking for new places to see or just want to explore Los Angeles from your couch, you will find the Guide useful and interesting.This is the only Los Angeles travel guide that includes not only standards such as Disney Hall, Olvera Street and Rodeo Drive but also includes such oft-ignored places as the Echo Park Stairways, Wayfarers Chapel, Escondido Falls, The Bradbury Building, Hsi Lai Temple, Dunbar Hotel, Hollywood Smoke Shop, the Monastery of the Angels and more.Through a commentary sprinkled with anecdotes, history and little known facts the reader gleans insights into the character of a city that has defied definition. Originally written for career diplomats stationed in Los Angeles, diplomats who have to quickly become knowledgeable about the sites and character of their new home, the book is divided into manageable tours of sites in relatively close proximity to each other. Liberal references are made to current fiction and nonfiction readings about specific sites. It includes an index for convenient searching.