May 2, 2004 - Disneyland Tour of Downtown Los Angeles

THE "DISNEYLAND" TOUR OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

Our tour guide, Charles Phoenix

The bar at the Harvey House Restaurant at Union Station.

The men's room at the Harvey House Restaurant. "Intoxicating on many levels," says Charles.

The tour bus. No air conditioning. Charles referred to it as the "oven on wheels."

Inside the Oven On Wheels.

Chinatown, part of Adventureland.

Inside one of the stores in Chinatown.

Olvera Street.

The Arcade Building, soon to be "loftified." This area, L.A.'s first indoor shopping mall, will probably become a Starbucks.

The Haunted Mansion, on Carroll Avenue.

The tour group on Carroll Avenue. If Disneyland's Main Street USA had a side street of residences, this is what it would look like.

The Walt Disney Concert Hall, the "Building in a Blender."

The back side of the Disney Concert Hall.

The sunken gardens of Civic Center.

These pictures show only a small part of the 5-hour tour. There was much more — Clifton's Brookdale Cafeteria (Frontierland), Bob Baker's Marionette Theater (Fantasyland), etc. Check out Charles Phoenix's web site, God Bless Americana for more information on the tour, his slide shows, his books, the Slide of the Week, and more.