Ed Fuentes

The Rowan at the March, 2010, Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — The March Art Walk continued the trend of a bifurcated event, with the party crowd showing up even later in the evening. That made it easier to look at galleries and art early, before the younger crowd shows up for the mixed-use spaces armed with DJs and retail.

Joining me were two creative professionals who came Downtown as kids to shop with family, well before Gallery Row was founded. One was thrilled to see the way this part of Downtown has changed, the other was simply in disbelief. At one point, while walking past the Downtown Art Park, one asked "What's with the Art Swap Meet?"

While I think of an answer to that, here is a quick spin around the Downtown Art Walk for March, 2010.