This plan, popularly known as the “Ten-Minute Diamond”, reorganizes Los Angeles’s government center, the nation’s second largest. The plan places historic City Hall at district’s center, and sets its boundaries at a ten-minute walk from City Hall rotunda. Pedestrian and transit linkages are improved, facilities such as cafeterias and day care are shared by multiple agencies, and new open spaces are created.
Los Angeles Civic Center Master Plan
The Ten-Minute Diamond plan reconceives a government ghetto as a walkable cultural district