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• Renters Spin Muscles in the Sunset

  The Times takes a fluffy look at spin classes held on the roof of 717 W. Olympic, Hanover company's luxury rental building.

  LA Times – Sep 22
• Price of Gold Deters Jewelry District Buyers

  LAT goes to the Jewelry District to see the effects of the rising price of gold, which is up sharply this year and priced at several times its cost eight years ago.
  

  LA Times – Sep 17
• Attached to Late Night Budget Bill, AEG Electronic Billboard Ban Fails

  LAT story on a late night attachment to the state budget that would have provided necessary approvals for the Convention Center billboards approved by City Council recently.

  LA Times – Sep 16
• Federal Courthouse a Billion Dollar "Boondoggle"

  The AP looks at a report issued by the federal Governmental Accountability Office, which calls the proposed courthouse as 1st and Broadway (former site of the Old State Building) a boondoggle. $33 million has been spent on site acquisition and design, but cost estimates of nearly $1 billion are many times higher than has been allocated.

  www.sfgate.com – Sep 12
• Downtown Development

  This week's Downtown News is the Development issue, consolidating updates on projects and openings.

  Downtown News – Sep 12
• Uncovered Railroad History at Cornfield Park

  ABC7 video report on archeologists' work at the Los Angeles State History Park, more commonly referred to as the Cornfields. They've unearthed foundations from late-1800s railyard buildings.

  abclocal.go.com – Sep 10
• Kevin Spacey Buys into the Biscuit

  The LA Times reports that actor Kevin Spacey purchased a 2,400-square-foot Biscuit Co. loft for $1.2 million. It will be home to his production company, Trigger Street Productions.

  LA Times – Sep 09
• Alice Broude, 89

  Today's Times obits include Alice Broude (third item), who worked at the Redwood from 1952 - 2003.
  

  LA Times – Sep 09
• Neon Museum Casts Its Otherworldly Glow

  The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the Museum of Neon Art. The institution moved into the Historic Core this spring, but needs a permanent home with more space.

  online.wsj.com – Sep 03
• Know Your Markets

  The Packer, the "business newspaper of the produce industry," takes a look at Downtown's markets and finds almost all of them booming.

  thepacker.com – Sep 02