Pershing Square On Ice

Day 4 of the Christmas Trees of L.A.

It's been 15 years now, so it is a firmly established L.A. Holiday tradition. Pershing Square erects an ice rink in the midst of the Downtown area and people come from all over the Southland, to skate.

It is our own mini 30 Rock. The Christmas trees are small and so is the rink, but people get to show off how good (or not good) they are.

For a small period of time, the homeless (for the most part) are displaced for the season. Though I must say, the smell lingers...

We made this our last stop, on our Downtown walk.

We figured that since the subway station is right next to the park, we would continue up Hill Street and visit it.

We saw the rink, we saw the trees and we saw the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, across the street. Back around the year 2000, my Husband worked for the Union Rescue Mission and they held their Christmas party in this historic Downtown Hotel.

We spent the night at the hotel, so we did not have to worry about driving home after a party like that. I must say, we have many good memories of the hotel. I hadn't seen it in years and years.
By the way, it is the brick building you see in the background behind the Christmas tree.

After that, we descended to the subway, for our trip back to North Hollywood.

Tomorrow, Day 5.