“Spicy” and “Miki” of Los Angeles, who preferred not to give their last names, choose Pershing Square as a place to sit down and have a quiet conversation. “I like it here; it’s like being inside, but you block out the outside,” Spicy said. “You’re in your own world.” (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
A skater from the City of Angels Ice Theatre in Pasadena spins during the seventh annual Downtown on Ice at Pershing Square. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Yannick Chapados, performing as “Quidam” in the Cirque du Soleil show of the same name, visits Pershing Square in 2006. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
