Exposition Park Area Photos

Exposition Park sits south of downtown Los Angeles. The area comprises the Memorial Coliseum, several museums, a rose garden, the University of Southern California, plus several heritage neighborhoods.

See also: Los Angeles & Orange Counties
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Memorial Coliseum (1921-3) in Exhibition Park site of the 1932 & 1984 Olympic Games.
Architect: John Parkinson & Donald B. Parkinson. On National Register. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Olympic Gateway (1984) by Robert Graham before Memorial Coliseum.

Facade of California Science Center in Exposition Park. California Science Center, Los Angeles

Celestial array in pavilion at California Science Center.

Original 1921 State Exposition Building facade now incorporated into California Science Center.

California Science Center (1998) in Exposition Park. Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca + others.

California Aerospace Museum (1982-4) with jet fighter cantilevered off front in Exhibition Park. Architect: Frank O. Gehry. California Aerospace Museum, Los Angeles

A-12 Blackbird nose view before California African American Museum.

California African American Museum (1984) in Exposition Park. Architect: Jack Haywood & Vince Proby.

Exposition Park rose garden.

Exposition Park rose garden.

Red rose in Exposition Park garden.

Yellow rose in Exposition Park garden.

Los Angeles County Natural History Museum over rose garden of Exposition Park.

Los Angeles County Natural History Museum over rose garden of Exposition Park.

Los Angeles County Natural History Museum over rose garden of Exposition Park.

Los Angeles County Historical & Art Museum building (1910-13) (now Natural History Museum). Style: Beaux Art. Architect: Hudson & Munsell. On National Register. Natural History Museum, Los Angeles

Newer wing of Los Angeles County Natural History Museum.

Mudd Hall (School & Library of Philosophy) (1930) modeled after medieval Tuscan monastery at USC.
Architect: Ralph Carlin Flewelling. University of Southern California

Tommy Trojan statue (1930) by Roger Noble Burnham before Bovard Administration Building at USC.

Shrine Auditorium (Al Malaikah Temple) (1920-6) (665 W. Jefferson Blvd.).
Architect: John C. Austin, A.M. Edelman, G. Albert Lansburgh. On National Register. Shrine Auditorium

Automobile Club of Southern California (1921-3) (2601 S. Figueroa St. at Adams Blvd.). Style: Spanish Colonial Revival. Architect: Sumner P. Hunt of Hunt & Burns. Doheny Neighborhood, Los Angeles

Saint Vincent Catholic Church (1923) (621 West Adams Blvd.).
Style: Spanish Colonial Revival. Architect: Albert C. Martin. Doheny Neighborhood, Los Angeles

Stimson House (1891) (2421 S. Figueroa St.).
Style: Richardsonian Romanesque & Queen Anne. Architect: Carroll H. Brown. On National Register. Doheny Neighborhood, Los Angeles

Oliver G. Posey - Edward L. Doheny Mansion (1899) (8 Chester Place). Style: Gothic, Tudor, & California Mission Revival. Architect: Theodore Eisen & Sumner P. Hunt. Doheny Neighborhood, Los Angeles

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