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Housekeeping Updates: Most Viewed Stories and Sidebar Reorganization

By Eric Richardson — August 30, 2009

Top Traffic Widget

The blogdowntown sidebar got a minor facelift this evening, just a little something to make sure it stays useful. Wrapped in with some minor tweaks is one feature that should prove interesting, though: a view of what stories get the most views here on the site.


Central Area Weekly Update: August 22, 2009

By blogdowntown Staff — August 25, 2009
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Each week Captain Blake Chow, Commanding Officer of LAPD's Central Division, sends out an email to the community. Captain Chow has agreed to let blogdowntown bring his emails to our readers.


Inside the blogdowntown Newsroom

By Eric Richardson — August 24, 2009
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bdv4 tour

|Photo Gallery| A botched code upgrade left blogdowntown a bit unstable this morning, causing a pair of brief outages and some issues with commenting. While all that is long fixed now, I thought I would use the occasion to offer a little glimpse into the application code that powers blogdowntown and the newsroom interface we use to publish stories.


Central Area Weekly Update: August 15, 2009

By blogdowntown Staff — August 19, 2009

Each week Captain Blake Chow, Commanding Officer of LAPD's Central Division, sends out an email to the community. Captain Chow has agreed to let blogdowntown bring his emails to our readers.


What's a "Street Trolley?"

By Eric Richardson — July 31, 2009
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Portland Streetcar Trip

The L.A. Times has a short piece on the Downtown streetcar effort running this morning on its L.A. Now blog. In a twist, though, it calls the proposed car a "street trolley." I understand streetcar. I understand trolley. But "street trolley?"


Central Area Weekly Update: July 11, 2009

By blogdowntown Staff — July 14, 2009
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Each week Captain Blake Chow, Commanding Officer of LAPD's Central Division, sends out an email to the community. Captain Chow has agreed to let blogdowntown bring his emails to our readers.


Working or Not? The Puzzling Case of the City Hall Paper Towel Dispenser

By Eric Richardson — July 09, 2009
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Working or Not?

For months now, this paper towel dispenser in the 10th floor men's bathroom at City Hall has had a fairly existential question scrawled on it in Sharpie: "Replace or Fix It. It works?"


Central Area Weekly Update: June 27, 2009

By blogdowntown Staff — July 02, 2009

Each week Captain Blake Chow, Commanding Officer of LAPD's Central Division, sends out an email to the community. Captain Chow has agreed to let blogdowntown bring his emails to our readers.


blogdowntown's Short Move (Updates)

By Eric Richardson — June 26, 2009
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New Server

blogdowntown took a short move Thursday evening, traveling from the Historic Core to the Financial District and its new home at 600 W. 7th street.


Central Area Weekly Update: June 20, 2009

By blogdowntown Staff — June 23, 2009
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Each week Captain Blake Chow, Commanding Officer of LAPD's Central Division, sends out an email to the community. Captain Chow has agreed to let blogdowntown bring his emails to our readers.