Gehry and the Committee were more aware of how people could enter the building to give the impression that the Disney Concert Hall was accessible to all and to feel informal. The use of the grand staircase at the corner of Grand and 1st brings the visitor into the building, but many find this staircase abrupt and underwhelming. However, Gehry chose this experience to undermine classical music audiences' greatest expectations. It all revolved around the experience of the audience and the musician under the influence of sound in the auditorium. Now celebrating ten years, Frank Gehry's design vision remains strong: "I believe the design of the Walt Disney Concert Hall suggests music, and I hope that when people attend concerts in the hall, their eyes wander among the forms of building and find that what they see harmonizes with the music they are hearing.” And not only has the Walt Disney Concert Wall shaped the visitors who experience a symphony there, but the hall has had an overall influence on Los Angeles itself. There are some common characteristics that make public spaces successful: Promotes human contact and social activities, is safe, welcoming and accommodating for all users, is visually interesting, promotes community involvement, reflects local culture or history and has a unique character. The Walt Disney Concert meets and exceeds all of these expectations. The interior of the performance space alone demonstrates most of these characteristics. The concert hall offers all local people a place to return to for a variety of concerts and is an attraction for people visiting the city and wanting to experience something out of the ordinary. From the beginning of the decision... half of paper......alonen. Symphony: Walt Disney Concert Hall by Frank Gehry. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers, 2003. Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy and Frank Gehry. Frank Gehry: The City and the Music.Amsterdam: Overseas Publishers Association, 2001.Hawthorne, Christopher. “Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall is inextricably Los Angeles” Los Angeles Times, September 20, 2013. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/disneyhall/la-et-cm-disney-hall-hawthorne -dto ,0,4655702.htmlstory#axzz2mMQ9iyROJordan, Vilhelm Lassen. "Brief historical survey". In the acoustic design of concert halls and theaters: a personal account. Essex: Applied Science Publishers LTD, 1980. Ng, David. “For architect Frank Gehry, Disney Hall is 'my home.' Los Angeles Times, September 20, 2013. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/disneyhall/la-ca-disney-gehry-20130922,0 ,4449590.story#axzz2mMQ9iyRO