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• Inside Twin Towers Mental Wing

  NPR piece on what it calls the nation's largest mental institution, a wing of Downtown's Twin Towers jail.

  www.npr.org – Aug 14
• LAT on "In Search of a Midnight Kiss"

  In a story dated tomorrow, the LAT weighs in on the film "In Search of a Midnight Kiss," which opens the DT Film Fest. We covered it yesterday.

  LA Times – Aug 12
• New LATC Hires GM

  LAT coverage of the New LATC's hiring of Paul Stuart Graham as General Manager. Graham was previously with Actors Co-op in Hollywood.

  LA Times – Aug 12
• New Name, New Life for Belmont

  LAT looks at the $400 million Edward R. Roybal Learning Center, formerly to be known as the Belmont Learning Center. The school sits on 1st, just west of the 110.

  LA Times – Aug 10
• Greening Downtown L.A.

  Inhabitant looks at the Park 101 proposal (covered here), and includes fun new renderings.

  www.inhabitat.com – Aug 08
• Pegasus to Get Upgrades?

  This Globe St piece on KOR's $100 million recapitalization of the Pegasus Apartments and partnership with Buchanan Street Partners mentions that the "new ownership plans to renovate and upgrade all 322 units."

  www.globest.com – Jul 30
• One Last Walk

  Joe Cornish is leaving Downtown and heading up to Eureka, CA. While we'll look forward to continuing to read of his and Ruby's adventures, Downtown will certainly miss him.

  citycenterpoz.blogspot.com – Jul 28
• Building restorer's financial base needs a lift

  LAT's Business Makeover series looks at the financial growth of CK Arts, the preservation firm involved in many Downtown projects. Currently the firm, about to rename itself Preservation Arts, is working on the Van Nuys building rehab.

  LA Times – Jul 28
• Lofty Living for Less

  LAT's Julie Makinen moved Downtown over the winter, and writes of saving money, shopping and finding almost too many things to do.

  LA Times – Jul 27
• Walk to Work on the Wild Side

  LAT's Patrick McMahon writes about living Downtown, where he moved in May. Negatives: bus noise and rats. Positives: money saving, food choices and walking.

  LA Times – Jul 27