From the Newsroom

Everyday

The Illustrated Problem of the Contra-flow Lane

By Eric Richardson — May 21, 2005

Ambulance in the Contra-Flow Lane

One of the priorities of DLANC’s Transportation & Public Works Committee has for quite a while been to get LADOT and the MTA to get rid of the contra-flow bus lane on Spring St. While the street’s main lanes of traffic run south, this one bus lane runs north and sees quite heavy traffic. Today, as I was walking back from lunch, I observed a situation...


Everyday

A New Look

By Eric Richardson — May 21, 2005
3 Comments

I started playing around with putting a new look together for the site this morning, and since I’m not one to sit on things like that once I have them halfway decent, I’ve decided to go ahead and put it online. Hopefully you won’t notice much of anything breaking, but if you do don’t hesitate to email me at e@blogdowntown.com. The design...


Everyday

Downtown News on LAPD Headquarters Debate

By Eric Richardson — May 20, 2005

Kathryn Maese has an article about the Thursday Cultural Affairs meeting in today’s Downtown News. Once again Commissioner Lee Ramer is the one who sums things up best: “The real sadness is that the City Council hasn’t heard all the eloquent and articulate arguments that we heard today,” said Commissioner Lee Ramer. “I feel conflicted...


Everyday

Expensive Living

By Eric Richardson — May 20, 2005

The LA Business Journal is running a story saying that the two penthouses at 1100 Wilshire are under contract for quite a nice chunk of change. The two 3,200-square-foot two-bedroom condominiums are each under contract for $2.8 million, according to sources close to the transaction. Both penthouse units are on the 37th floor and have sweeping views of nearly...


Everyday

LA Weekly on LATC

By Eric Richardson — May 18, 2005
1 Comment

The LA Weekly has a piece on the LATC in its new issue. If you’ve been following along you probably won’t learn anything new, but it’s a good summary of the issues for those just hearing about this whole affair. Here’s the real issue: Meanwhile, theater companies are fleeing Los Angeles for friendlier quarters as the city sits on top...


Everyday

Convention Center WIFI for E3?

By Eric Richardson — May 18, 2005
2 Comments

Via blogging.la I noticed this report on gaming site Joystiq. One thing stuck out to me: We have arrived. The E3 exhibit floor opens in just 30 minutes, but we’ve already been gouged, first by the nice gentleman in the parking lot nearby ($40/day) and then by the providers of the WiFi access ($25/day) in the cafe where we now sit with the rest of the bright...


Everyday

Night of the Comet

By Eric Richardson — May 17, 2005

xine_snapshot-5

Last fall I saw Night of the Comet as part of a class I was taking. I was amazed at the shots in the film featuring a completely empty Downtown LA. Yesterday I finally got a copy of the movie, and I’ve gone through and pulled out snapshots of some of the scenes that most show off Downtown. The shots are up in a flickr gallery for you to check out.


Everyday

A Little Public Art

By Eric Richardson — May 17, 2005
5 Comments

Public Restroom Art?

You may or may not have seen various incarnations of these signs around Downtown recently. I first saw one last Thursday, at the corner of 4th and Main. It was a “one way” style sign, pointing down 4th, which read “DRUGS.” This morning I noticed a couple of these “Public Restroom” signs on the future loft building at 548 S...


Everyday

LATC Round Five: Back to City Council

By Eric Richardson — May 17, 2005
3 Comments

As I reported last Thursday, the Los Angeles Theatre Center is once again on the City Council agenda. The Council is set to vote on committee recommendations to start negotiations and an expedited solicitation process to determine who would bring the best package of operation and renovation to the LATC table. As usual, I’ll get happenings up as close to...


Everyday

LAPD Plans Go Back to Cultural Affairs

By Eric Richardson — May 17, 2005

The plans for the new LAPD headquarters go back to the Cultural Affairs Commission on Thursday (PDF agenda). Up before the Commission are the architectural plans of the headquarters building, the parking facility, and the motorpool. If you remember back to February 3rd, you’ll recall that at that point Cultural Affairs took a stand against the building...