Pershing Square, Los Angeles

E140601

city square public park urban plaza

Pershing Square, Los Angeles is a historic public park and urban plaza in downtown Los Angeles known for its central location, civic events, and distinctive modernist design features.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pershing Square (Los Angeles)	1
Pershing Square redesign, Los Angeles	1
Pershing Square, Los Angeles canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1231882 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pershing Square, Los Angeles
Context triple: [John J. Pershing, commemoratedBy, Pershing Square, Los Angeles]

A. Los Angeles Plaza
Los Angeles Plaza is the historic central square of Los Angeles, serving as the heart of the original Spanish pueblo and a focal point for the city’s early civic and cultural life.
B. Jefferson Park, Los Angeles
Jefferson Park, Los Angeles is a historic, predominantly residential neighborhood in South Los Angeles known for its early 20th-century architecture and diverse community.
C. Gramercy Park, Los Angeles
Gramercy Park, Los Angeles is a residential neighborhood in South Los Angeles known for its predominantly African American community and proximity to major thoroughfares and transit routes.
D. Civic Center, Downtown Los Angeles
Civic Center in Downtown Los Angeles is the city’s primary government and administrative hub, housing major municipal, county, state, and federal buildings and public spaces.
E. Vellucci Plaza
Vellucci Plaza is a small public square and community gathering spot located in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pershing Square, Los Angeles
Target entity description: Pershing Square, Los Angeles is a historic public park and urban plaza in downtown Los Angeles known for its central location, civic events, and distinctive modernist design features.

A. Los Angeles Plaza
Los Angeles Plaza is the historic central square of Los Angeles, serving as the heart of the original Spanish pueblo and a focal point for the city’s early civic and cultural life.
B. Jefferson Park, Los Angeles
Jefferson Park, Los Angeles is a historic, predominantly residential neighborhood in South Los Angeles known for its early 20th-century architecture and diverse community.
C. Gramercy Park, Los Angeles
Gramercy Park, Los Angeles is a residential neighborhood in South Los Angeles known for its predominantly African American community and proximity to major thoroughfares and transit routes.
D. Civic Center, Downtown Los Angeles
Civic Center in Downtown Los Angeles is the city’s primary government and administrative hub, housing major municipal, county, state, and federal buildings and public spaces.
E. Vellucci Plaza
Vellucci Plaza is a small public square and community gathering spot located in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city square ⓘ public park ⓘ urban plaza ⓘ
adjacentTo	Pershing Square station ⓘ
area	approximately 5 acres ⓘ
boundedBy	South Hill Street ⓘ South Olive Street ⓘ West 5th Street ⓘ West 6th Street ⓘ
city	Los Angeles ⓘ
coordinateLocation	34.0475°N 118.2533°W ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
feature	fountain ⓘ large purple bell tower ⓘ paved plaza areas ⓘ planters and trees ⓘ sculptural elements ⓘ seating areas ⓘ underground parking garage ⓘ
formerName	Central Park ⓘ La Plaza Abaja ⓘ linked to: La Plaza
hasDesignStyle	modernist landscape design ⓘ postmodern architecture ⓘ
hasUse	civic events ⓘ concerts ⓘ public gatherings ⓘ public recreation ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic public space ⓘ
inception	1866 ⓘ
locatedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States Downtown Los Angeles ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
majorRenovation	1992 ⓘ
namedAfter	John J. Pershing ⓘ
near	Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles ⓘ Financial District, Los Angeles ⓘ linked to: Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Central Library ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles Public Library
neighborhood	Downtown Los Angeles ⓘ
operator	City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation
redesignedBy	Laurie Olin ⓘ Ricardo Legorreta ⓘ
servedBy	Los Angeles Metro B Line ⓘ linked to: B Line (Los Angeles Metro) Los Angeles Metro D Line ⓘ linked to: D Line (Los Angeles Metro)
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
usedFor	cultural festivals ⓘ farmers markets ⓘ political rallies ⓘ seasonal ice rink ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John J. Pershing → commemoratedBy → Pershing Square, Los Angeles ⓘ

Ricardo Legorreta → notableWork → Pershing Square redesign, Los Angeles ⓘ

linked to: Pershing Square, Los Angeles

Pershing Square station → namedAfter → Pershing Square (Los Angeles) ⓘ

subject linked to: PSQ