Banksy's "Parking" Echoes Real Life at 9th and Broadway
Eric Richardson
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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — British street artist Banksy held a west coast premiere for his film "Exit Through the Gift Shop" on Monday inside the Los Angeles Theatre, but not before leaving a few new pieces scattered across the city.
This one, located just a few blocks away at 908 S. Broadway, is oddly neighborhood-appropriate. Just a block away, a resident group is trying to find $6.6 million to convert a parking lot into a grassy park space with a small playground.
They hope to get $5 million of that through the state's Proposition 84 park grants. Over 1,000 projects statewide applied for funding from the program, which has $184 million to distribute in its first round.
Banksy's 'Parking' piece went up on Sunday night. The building houses fashion designer's Tarina Tarantino's showroom. Tarantino .

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