213 numbers for Financial District businesses

The Financial District is the cluster of high-rise office towers on the west side of downtown, along Figueroa, Flower and Hope streets. Law firms, banks, accounting firms, insurers and corporate offices fill the upper floors, and the Central Library sits among them on Fifth Street.

The Bunker Hill Steps, designed by Lawrence Halprin and completed in 1990, climb the five-story rise from Fifth Street up to Hope Street and are heavily used by office workers. A firm here gives its main line out in engagement letters, email signatures and court filings, so the number has to read cleanly in print.

Numbers that fit

Round thousands (213-XXX-4000) are the scarcest and most formal main lines. Round hundreds look just as orderly on a letterhead and are easier to find.

No 213 number belongs to a particular neighborhood. Since the 2017 overlay, 213 numbers go to lines across the whole 213 and 323 area, not just downtown, and a 213 number on a mobile phone works anywhere.