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ASLA design contest reimagines DTLA's shuttered Angel's Knoll

ASLA design contest reimagines DTLA's shuttered Angel's Knoll Steven Sharp Mon, 09/14/2026. The project site, one of the last undeveloped plots of land on Bunker Hill, sits at the northwest corner of 4th and Hill Streets, near Angels Flight and Grand Central Market.

ASLA design contest reimagines DTLA's shuttered Angel's Knoll

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ASLA design contest reimagines DTLA's shuttered Angel's Knoll Steven Sharp Mon, 09/14/2026.

The project site, one of the last undeveloped plots of land on Bunker Hill, sits at the northwest corner of 4th and Hill Streets, near Angels Flight and Grand Central Market.

Before plans for Angels Landing fell through, the site was intended for the never-built third tower of the California Plaza complex.

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ASLA design contest reimagines DTLA's shuttered Angel's Knoll Steven Sharp Mon, 09/14/2026. The project site, one of the last undeveloped plots of land on Bunker Hill, sits at the northwest corner of 4th and Hill Streets, near Angels Flight and Grand Central Market. Before plans for Angels Landing fell through, the site was intended for the never-built third tower of the California Plaza complex.

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  • In the years that followed, with tepid demand for high-rise office space, the powers that be turned the property into a temporary park known as Angels Knoll, which was famous in the film 500 Days of Summer,...

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