Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Grove


The Grove in Los Angeles is a boutique outdoor shopping mall located across the street from the famous Los Angeles Farmer's Market.  As you enter the shopping mall, you can get an overview by hopping on a unique, double decker tram ride that moves on a track back and forth through the shopping center. This ride (which is free) is a fun way to see what's in store for your day of shopping and dining. Built on an historic undercarriage from a 1950’s Boston street car, it travels the ¼ mile track between The Grove and The Farmers Market in 6 minutes.


Every 30 minutes the dancing fountain comes alive with songs and a water show in which the water dances in rhythmic patterns to the tunes of famouse singers. A 30-foot-long ellipse of 32 pulsing water jets and an inner ring with eight arching and swaying columns of water join together to create a water dance that reaches heights of 60 feet.




Another feature of the shopping mall attraction is The Spirit of Los Angeles, a commissioned work by sculptor De L’Esprie. The statue stands 18 feet high atop a 22 foot hand limestone column and includes a bronze statue of a male and a female angel soaring skyward.
There, in the Grove, you can find everything what you want and need.



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