Pershing Square- Ricardo Legorreta, Architect & Laurie Olin Landscape Architect (Renovation 1992)

Pershing Square- Ricardo Legorreta, Architect & Laurie Olin Landscape Architect (Renovation 1992)
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Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, has had many incarnations. First dedicated as Los Angeles Park in 1870, in succeeding years, its name changed to 6th Street Park, and later, Central Park. In 1910, the park was renovated with a new design by the eminent architect John Parkinson (designer of Los Angeles City Hall and Union Station, along with dozens of other Los Angeles' landmarks). The park was re-named Pershing Square in 1918, after WWI hero Gen. John Joseph Pershing.