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Archives for December 2008

Thanks for a Great 2008

31st

The Nickel Opens 2009 on a High Note

30th

L.A. Live: Not Quite 'Downtown's Mecca,' But Still Full of Potential

126 Years Ago Today: Downtown Got Its First Electric Street Lights

Looking for Last Minute New Years Plans? *

29th

Catching Up With... Industrial Land Use

28th

No Encore for Oliver

Catching Up With... The Downtown Streetcar

27th

Fifty-Eight Years Ago Today: Hollywood Freeway Opens Through Downtown

First Game on New Gladys Park Court to Pit Skid Row 3 on 3 Against LAPD

26th

Catching Up With... The Regional Connector

Help Us Cover Downtown: blogdowntown Needs Your Support

24th

Music Center About to Go Live With Holiday Programming

A Quick Hello from Los Angeles Street

Far From Downtown

23rd

City Hall Celebrates Chanukah

First Bar Hop Proves Better Idea than Execution

22nd

Santa Pays a Visit to Gladys Park

Touring Downtown WIFI: Lost Souls

21st

Area Kids Honored as Local 9-1-1 Heroes

19th

Fashion District BID Gets Renewed, But Not Yet Finished With the Process

Downtown High School in U.S. News' Top 100

Council Expands Artists-In-Residence Zone

Oliver Visits a Whiskey Bar

18th

Halfway Through Pilot Phase, Central City East DASH Lacking Riders

Beta Test: Help Us Test Facebook Connect

Trying to Make It Work

17th

Friday: Bar Hop With blogdowntown

Gram and Papa's Offers the Basics, Served Well

A Peek Inside L.A. Live's ESPN Zone

16th

Wednesday: A Cosmopolitan Holiday Gathering to Support the Weingart Center

Students Offer Ideas for Future of Pico

Holiday Parade Full of Potential, Given a Few Right Turns

15th

Tradition of Pershing Square Ice Skating Over Fifty Years Old

Around the Halls: December 15 - 17

What to Do on the DASH This Weekend

12th

Around the December Art Walk

Shop Local at "UNIQUE Los Angeles"

Touring Downtown WIFI: 7+Fig

Crane Operators: How Do They Get Up There?

Lower Angels Knoll Quietly Opens at Foot of Bunker Hill

Oliver and the Final Beam

11th

'The Must' Makes Sure to Open for Art Walk

Play Dates: Not Just for the Suburbs

Walmart Announces $150,000 Gift to Homeboy Industries

Normalcy Returns to South Park Starbucks

Bringing Back Broadway Honors Year of Progress

Conga Room Holds its Grand Opening

A Clear Day in L.A.

Ritz Tower Gets Topped Off

10th

Fleming's Debuts at L.A. Live

Art Walk Preview for December, 2008

Touring Downtown WIFI: Moxie

9th

"Live Positively" Parade a Mexican Import, Coming Downtown on Saturday

Starbucks Furniture Set to Return

Unwatched Wet Concrete Makes a Bad Mix

Provecho Brings New Mexican to Financial District

8th

Five Months In, the Hail-A-Taxi Program Looks For a Jump Start

El Pueblo Welcomes in the Holiday Season

Old Bank District Holds Successful First Holiday Block Party

Around the Halls: December 8 - 10

Pop-Up Store Sells Goods With a Conscience

7th

Oliver Lights a Tree

"Printed" Opens at Crewest, Featuring Hand Made Works

6th

Oliver Encounters a Critic

What to Do on the DASH This Weekend

5th

Local Schools Pay First of Many Visits to GRAMMY Museum

Broadway Critique Lacks Big Picture View

It's Christmas Time in the City

Star-Studded Ceremony Kicks Off Light of the Angels at L.A. Live

4th

Oliver's Reputation Preceeds Him

Grand Opening Day for L.A. Live

Touring Downtown WIFI: siptea

3rd

For Reference: A Map of L.A. Live's Restaurants

New Conga Room Set to Add Latin Flavor to L.A. Live's Music Venues

Wednesday: Lunchtime Holiday Shopping at FIDM Trunk Show

2nd

GRAMMY Museum All About the Music

Britney to Light L.A. Live Tree on Thursday

Cole's Set to Kick Off 100th Anniversary Celebration

1st

Faces of Downtown - Jessica Needleman

Getting Ready for Showtime

Around the Halls: December 1 - 3

blogdowntown Photo Pool

Photos of Downtown contributed by readers like you. Want to add your shots?

Bank of America, Jet plane

Charlie Maguire, Cafe Dulce La ~ Little Tokyo, Los Angeles

Church & State

Sunset Shoot

Jesus Saves

Chinatown, Los Angeles, California

EMPTY SPACE

Bound

Cruising cop

Schwinn

Jimmy

The night watchman's shack

LA River