--- title: Drone Video Shows Aerial Views of Downtown Los Angeles description: This video from a downtown Los Angeles resident shows that many of the city's gems have been hiding in plain sight. canonical: https://time.com/3034162/drone-la-hidden-gems-revealed/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-25T16:35:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:56.365Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Drone Video Shows Aerial Views of Downtown Los Angeles og:description: This video from a downtown Los Angeles resident shows that many of the city's gems have been hiding in plain sight. og:url: https://time.com/3034162/drone-la-hidden-gems-revealed/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57287bbe40405ee6/69869d47f983e711dd04efd4/los_angeles_drone.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: los_angeles_drone og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drone Video Shows Aerial Views of Downtown Los Angeles twitter:description: This video from a downtown Los Angeles resident shows that many of the city's gems have been hiding in plain sight. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57287bbe40405ee6/69869d47f983e711dd04efd4/los_angeles_drone.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Drone Video Reveals Downtown LA's Hidden Architectural Gems  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 25, 2014 4:35 PM CUT   by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 25, 2014 4:35 PM CUT Downtown Los Angeles has been undergoing a visible revitalization for years, but this aerial video from a downtown resident shows that many of the city’s gems have been hiding in plain sight. “One of the things you’re told growing up in New York City is that only the tourists look up,” said Ian Wood, who used a GoPro camera attached to a drone to capture the city. “Now with this project in mind I was looking up and seeing all these amazing things.” Among the sights in the video are the colorfully-designed tiled tower atop the Los Angeles Public Library, breathtaking murals and street art, and a whole lot of art deco architecture. Sit back and enjoy. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3034162/drone-la-hidden-gems-revealed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3034162/drone-la-hidden-gems-revealed/"},"headline":"This Drone Video Reveals Downtown LA's Hidden Architectural Gems","datePublished":"2014-07-25T16:35:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:56.365Z","description":"See the City of Angels from a whole new perspective","url":"https://time.com/3034162/drone-la-hidden-gems-revealed/","keywords":["cities","Newsfeed","los angeles","Drones","architecture","LA"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57287bbe40405ee6/69869d47f983e711dd04efd4/los_angeles_drone.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57287bbe40405ee6/69869d47f983e711dd04efd4/los_angeles_drone.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"los_angeles_drone","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cities/","name":"cities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3034162/drone-la-hidden-gems-revealed/","name":"This Drone Video Reveals Downtown LA's Hidden Architectural Gems"}}]}] ```