Everyday Living

JANM to Welcome Chado Tea Room in June

By Jeannine Denholm — April 25, 2008
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Corner of JANM

After successful ventures in West Hollywood and Pasadena, L.A.'s popular Chado Tea Room is opening up a location Downtown. The small, local chain will be finding a home inside the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, and will celebrate its Grand Opening on June 8th at 1pm. The Downtown tea room is slightly more upscale in its design than other...


Shop for a Cause

By Jeannine Denholm — April 21, 2008

Cooper Design Space

Living Downtown has its benefits and one of them is being so close to the best sample sales in the city. No longer do I have to battle traffic, I can just step out my building armed with a canvas bag and start shopping blocks from my front door. One sale definitely worth mentioning is coming up at the Cooper Design Space, one of my absolute favorite showroom...


Welcome Aboard: Jeannine Denholm

By Eric Richardson — April 19, 2008
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Jeannine Denholm

If you were paying attention you might have seen a new byline slip in last weekend, attached to our story on the Downtown Film Festival. Ed and I are excited to welcome Jeannine Denholm as a new member of the blogdowntown team. Jeannine's a TV producer, a jewelry designer, and a resident of the Historic Core. By way of introduction, I asked her to answer a...


Club Store Opening Provides a City Opportunity

By Ed Fuentes — April 16, 2008
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The City Employees Club of Los Angeles will soon be opening a retail presence at 120 W. 2nd street, in the space formerly occupied by Lofty Dog. According to Robert Larios, Communciations and Marketing Director for the Club, a May 1st Grand Opening is anticipated. Along with discount tickets, the Club sells apparel and merchandise with the official insignia...


OG is "The Man" at City Hall

By Ed Fuentes — April 14, 2008
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The Commissioner

Last Friday morning, Benito "The Commissioner" Compito was honored for his Skid Row 3 on 3 Basketball League at City Hall chambers. 9th District Council member Jan Perry and 14th District Council member José Huizar led speeches thanking Compito for his efforts to empower Skid Row residents through sport. As covered earlier, Compito, who is better known as OG...


A Second Stair Climb for Downtown

By Eric Richardson — April 09, 2008
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Downtown gets its second stair climb event on Saturday, April 26th, as the Los Angeles Climb California heads up the AON Center's 62 stories. The event is a fundraiser for the American Lung Association. For those climbing, it's a chance to make their way up 1,377 stairs to the top of one of Downtown's tallest buildings.


DWP Still the Hold Up in Downtown Toilet

By Eric Richardson — April 09, 2008
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4th/Hill APT

The Automated Public Toilet (APT) at 4th and Hill has been ready to go for nearly three months, but remains out of service waiting for the city's Department of Water & Power (DWP) to come turn on the juice. Lance Oishi manages the APTs for the city's Bureau of Street Services. In January, Oishi was happy to report that the 4th and Hill unit had passed...


Hoagies & Wings Opening a Power Lunch

By Ed Fuentes — April 07, 2008
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Soon your State and Federal administrative paperwork may now come with a scent of Mild, Seasoned, Hot, BBQ, Lemon Pepper, or Garlic Parmesan. The Grand Opening of Hoagies & Wings on Monday was a power lunch with grilled onions, and after the ribbon cutting and speeches, a line went out the door as lunch goers ordered steak hoagies, chicken wings and sides...


LAFD 'Brothers' Gather Downtown

By Ed Fuentes — April 06, 2008

Honor Guards

Around the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Downtown Los Angeles, trucks from Cities, Counties, Armed Services, Studios, and Federal fire units parked in a silent roll call on Temple and Main Street during the Friday morning memorial services for LAFD's Brent Lovrien. In a procession, they were driven behind Lovrien's red casket etched with his station...


Friday Morning LAFD Memorial to Draw a Crowd to Downtown

By Ed Fuentes — April 03, 2008

Keep LA Beautiful Kickoff

A large crowd is expected to coverge Downtown on Friday morning to attend the public memorial service for fallen Los Angeles Firefighter Brent Lovrien. While the service itself is at 9:30am, attendees will start gathering much early. At 8:30am there will be a procession from 1st and Main to the Cathedral, where the ceremony will be held. A number of Downtown...