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Images_32 Around Art Walk: October, 2008

By Ed Fuentes — Friday — 4 Comments

Phantom Ed Fuentes

October’s Downtown Art Walk had the first visible dip in attendance since April. That didn’t concern many gallery owners who credit the reduction in – and in some cases the elimination of – alcohol being served during Art Walk night.

Still, Main street between 4th and 5th was filled with people lingering on the street well past 10pm. The crowd started outside Pete’s and stretched all the way past the Regent Theater. That’s still an eye-catching sight in a neighborhood that was so recently a very different place. — Continued Inside...


Buried in CS Monitor's Downtown Piece, Some Interesting Numbers

By Eric Richardson — Friday
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Times in Trees

Despite the revitalization of Downtown, has the neighborhood lost 200,000 jobs since 1999 and seen condo prices drop seventy percent? Those are the numbers running in a piece on Downtown published in this week’s Christian Science Monitor.


Art Walk Preview for October, 2008

By Ed Fuentes — Wednesday
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Farmers and Merchants Bank

While Wednesday’s temps neared 100 degrees, Thursday’s high of 75 will dip to 70 at a 6:26pm sunset, which means the cool of October’s Fall weather will blanket the Downtown Art Walk. Take the walk or ride the moving Vaudeville show known as the Hippodrome to the corners of Gallery Row. However you travel the mean streets of Downtown, we hope...


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Images New Sidewalk Highlights Progress at LAPD HQ

By Ed Fuentes and Eric Richardson — Friday

Scenes from City Hall

It’s not officially opened yet, but that hasn’t stopped Downtown pedestrians from making quick use of the wide new sidewalk lining the LAPD headquarters building’s 1st street frontage, one of several recent changes made as construction has advanced.


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LAPD Looking for Pellet Gun Assailant at Santa Fe Lofts

By Eric Richardson — Friday

200 E. 6th St.

LAPD Central Division is looking for information on a person or persons suspected of shooting a pellet gun down toward security guards and homeless individuals on 6th street. The incident occurred on Tuesday, October 7th, and while no one was injured, officers aren’t taking this lightly.


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Thursday: Take It to the Bank With Us

By Eric Richardson — October 07, 2008
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Take It to the Bank

This Thursday, during the Downtown Art Walk, join us at the historic Farmers & Merchants Bank at 4th and Main for “Take It to the Bank,” a kickoff event for blogdowntown’s new non-profit effort. We’re going to have art, music and live screenprinting by Hit+Run. blogdowntown’s mission is to create a conversation about life in...


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City Finds Another $1 Million in Streetcar Funding

By Eric Richardson — October 06, 2008
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Red Streetcar

The City of Los Angeles got the construction of Upper 2nd Street done significantly under budget, and Councilman Jose Huizar wants to see the $1 million leftover put into the Downtown Streetcar project. The new funds come hot on the heels of $5 million approved by the Community Redevelopment Agency last week.


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ShootDowntown: Weather Cooperates for a Great Photo Walk

By Eric Richardson — October 06, 2008
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Shoot Downtown Two : Group Shot Smiling

Misty rain wasn’t enough to scare people away from our second ShootDowntown Meetup on Saturday, as 26 of us took the chance to socialize while wandering Downtown with our cameras. In the end, the weather was a perfect partner and the skies dried up just as the group left our meeting point at Arda’s Cafe. As of this writing, 356 photos from 13 attendees...


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