The City on the Move
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — 
Randomly making my way through some articles from the Times archives this evening I ran across a mention that caught my eye. In a 1983 article on the tough sales environment faced by the Skyline and Promenade West, author Kerry Platman mentions a sales pitch put together by the Skyline.
Past the sculptured carpets of the Skyline lobby lies a plush, softly lit screening room, nine slide projectors and an eight-minute film costing $48,000 in which a soothing voice tells of Los Angeles, the city "on the move," the city "rediscovered."
It strikes me that it would be great fun to get a hold of that film today and see how its Downtown pitch holds up.
Pictured, a still from the Simpsons episode $pringfield.
Scott Mercer on September 28, 2007, at 03:03AM – #1
Seeing it was 1983, it probably was literally a film and not a video. Unless the people didn't know the word "video."
Dowtown's "comeback" has been happening for 50 years now...I wonder when it will finally, officially, have happened?
When the Trader Joe's opens?