Astronaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov captured from ISS Downtown Los Angeles, U.S.
Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) contains the central business district of Los Angeles and a diverse residential area of some 85,000 people. It is the hub for the city’s urban rail transit system plus the Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink commuter rail system for Southern California. Banks, department stores, and movie palaces at one time drew residents and visitors of all socioeconomic classes downtown, but the area declined economically especially after the 1950s. It remained an important center—in the Civic Center, of government business; on Bunker Hill, of banking, and along Broadway, of retail and entertainment for Hispanic Angelenos, especially immigrants. Now Downtown has been experiencing a renaissance that started in the early 2000s. The Crypto.com Arena anchors downtown’s south end, and along Broadway, pre-war buildings are being restored for new uses, such as a luxury condos, co-working spaces, and high-end retail.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Sergey Kud-Sverchkov’s Tweet
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