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• L.A. Flickr Users Shooting Downtown

  Some people from the Los Angeles Flickr group are getting together to shoot Downtown on Saturday.May 22

• Medallion Back?

  Brady Westwater’s spreading the rumor that the Medallion project is back to being a go. We’ll see…May 16

• Mayor Has Time to Flip Burgers?

  Eric at Skid Row Dude saw our Johnny Rockets coverage and wants to know how the Mayor has time to stop by a chain opening and flip burgers.May 16

• Maguire Set to Vote Out Founder?

  Wall Street Journal reports that Maguire Partners, owner of many of Downtown’s premier skyscrapers, may be voting tomorrow to remove founder Robert Maguire III from his post as CEO.May 16

• Taxicab Commission Approves Hail-a-Cab

  Few details, but Curbed reports that the Taxicab Commission yesterday approved a Downtown pilot cab program. The program now moves on to Council.May 15

• Questioning the Crowd

  Joe Cornish asks why last evening’s Art Seen event, a fundraiser for AIDS research held on Gallery Row, didn’t do more outreach to the HIV Positive community.May 14

• Council Approves Patient Dumping Fine

  LAT reporting that City Council has approved a $25,000 fine for patient dumping with a 12-1 vote. The ordinance still needs one more vote.May 14

• Meruelo Maddux a Cheap Buy

  Bloomberg cites renewed interest in stocks of Meruelo-Maddux, Downtown’s largest land owner. The company’s market cap is currently at 35% of the book value of its properties.May 12

• Mother's Day at the Fred Jordan Mission

  A short piece in the LAT visits Mother’s Day at the mission and includes a half-dozen photos.May 12

• Re-Shaping Downtown LA

  Over at 944, our own Jeannine Denholm takes a look at the South Group’s green buildingsMay 10