SIDE STROLL
JEWELRY DISTRICT

International Jewelry Center
550 South Hill Street
Mon. - Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

The International Jewelry Center is one of the major buildings in the city's thriving jewelry district. Its facade sports an interactive neon artwork, known as "Generators of the Cylinder," 1982, by Michael Hayden. As one of the country's largest jewelry districts, the area has a bazaar-like atmosphere with merchants offering a variety of dazzling wares.

Among the movies shot in and around the Jewelry Center was Speed. This is where the bad guy took the heroine hostage and ran off with the money. In real life, the scenarios tend to be more along the lines of the good guy exchanging the money for a ring and running off with the heroine.

Take Sixth Street east back to Olive Street and turn left to see...