Article: The heart of the city beats in downtown Los Angeles. (Meetings & Conventions)

Downtown Los Angeles is Southern California's hub for shopping, dining transportation and entertainment. A bustling urban center with a labor force of 250,000, this revitalized area is quickly gaining an international reputation as a center for commerce and culture.

Today's downtown skyline is an eyecatching array of high-rise office buildings. The First Interstate World Center, standing 73 floors tall, is the tallest buidling west of Chicago. The expanded Los Angeles Convention Center, new luxury hotels and office buildings add exciting new dimensions to the ever-changing L.A. cityscape.

City Hall is one of the city's most recognizable buildings, ...

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