Originally Posted by
mlshanks
There are all sorts of more interesting things for visitors in Downtown Los Angeles... Like Angel's Flight, Grand Central Market, the new Central Library (w/ its amazing escalator), Santee Alley in the fashion district, Phillipe's, etc.
Indeed
If I were making this trip, I would skip the last transfer, get off the Blue Line at 7th St/Metro Center, and walk the remaining ~1 mile to Olvera Street. Along the way you will pass almost all of the above (except Santee Alley) and consequently see about 85% of downtown, in just that one short walk. You could stop by the library, Peshing Square, walk up Bunker Hill and through Little Tokyo before you reach Olvera (and Phillipe's is just around the corner)