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PERFORMING ARTS VENUES The four main venues of the complex (which also includes some smaller theaters and outdoor amphitheaters) are:
TENANTS The complex has four resident companies: HISTORY Fundraising for the complex was begun in 1955 by Dorothy Chandler , who sought a permanent home for the Los Angeles Philharmonic . Construction of the facility began on March 9 , 1962 . The first hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion , held its first performance on December 6 , 1964 . The complex was completed when two additional halls, the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre , were dedicated on April 9 , 1967 . The center then totalled the approximately seven acres (28,000 m&2), bounded by Grand Avenue, Hope Street, 1st Street and Temple Street. The ''Dance Door'', a bronze scupture, was created in 1978 by Robert Graham and donated to the Music Center in 1982 by Frederick and Marcia Weisman. {Link without Title} In 1994 , major renovations were completed on both Mark Taper and the Ahmanson. In 1987 , Lillian Disney pledged $50 million towards a fourth venue, which became known as the Walt Disney Concert Hall . After various problems and cost overruns, the new concert hall finally opened on October 23 , 2003 . The complex now totals 11 acres (45,000 m&2) and extends across the equivalent of three city blocks from Temple Street to 2nd Street. REFERENCES Hunt, William, ''Total Design: Architecture of Welton Becket'', New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972. (the firm of Welton Becket and Associates designed the Music Center and other modernist buildings. In 1994 the Mark Taper Forum was re-designed by Ellerbe-Beckett) EXTERNAL LINKS |
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