This works, but it is tricky and the models are pretty bad:
http://ogle.eyebeamresearch.org/

UCLA has something called the Urban Simulation Team

http://www.ust.ucla.edu/~bill/UST.html

They have lots of LA models

I remember seeing a similar thread on this -- there was another app you can try, as well (which I haven't tried, myself)... here is the thread:

http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=50459_0_42_0_C154

So, can I go into your office and ask for you to do free work?

I know this isn't what you're looking for in this case, but, if you ever get a chance to see this beauty at the LA County Museum of Natural History, you should.

@ citizen: that model is the coolest. last time i was there me and my friends were looking at it, figuring out what's in all those spots now.

They had ArcGIS at my school and whenever i had a project in a metropolitan area, i used the software to download that city and export the areas i needed to a dxf.

I didn't think of ArcGIS!! Thanks everyone for your help.

Did You try the Google Earth to locate yourself in Los Angeles...!
Try it.

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