[saybanana]

Downtown LA is a region of LA that is made up of many many smaller neighborhoods and districts. Similar to when people in LA say the Westside or Harbor communities, Northeast LA. Eastside. DTLA is not what other cities probably call it which is the central area around a city hall plus the CBD.

DTLA is currently the areas mostly in the non-residential areas. Pretty much all the commercial, industrial, warehouse, cultural, sporting areas. Not all but most of these ares are considered Downtown LA area. Downtown LA is like saying Lower Manhattan or Midtown Manhattan. Actually Downtown might actually grow to include the industrial areas east of the LA River but not beyond the freeway. Who knows how much it will grow.