225 S Olive St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Are you considering a relocation and contemplating the Museum Tower Apartments? Don’t. Let’s see. Did you read the propaganda about being close to the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Disney Concert Hall? Did the outdoor pictures look pretty enough? The reality of the situation is that this apartment complex is dreadfully managed.

The elevators are constantly breaking down. The underground parking structure is often full and management does nothing to enforce permit use. What’s worse than coming home and being unable to park your car? The MOCA likes to stage frequent parties outside which involve blasting music so loudly and so far past city ordinance hours that, even with the windows shut and television volume up, you can’t help but rock along. Windows have to remain closed because of all the pigeon excrement accumulating on the window sills. The balconies are covered in dust and really quite useless except for smokers. The wallpaper and the newly installed tiling in the elevator banks really make one wonder what sort of half-wit selected out the colors and styles.

With so many apartment options available in downtown Los Angeles, I highly recommend against Museum Towers. Come on, how often are you really going to head over to the MOCA and the Disney Concert Hall. Instead, find a nice, new, comparably priced or cheaper apartment closer to the Nokia Center. On the rare occasions you want to catch a concert or a musical, take a cab up. You won’t be missing much and avoiding plenty.