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Ed Fuentes

Ed Fuentes
Arts & Culture Editor
ed@blogdowntown.com
http://viewfromaloft.typepad.com

Ed Fuentes is a graphic artist and muralist who lives in Downtown's Arts District. He was born and raised in Riverside, CA. He attended college at Cal State Fullerton, majoring in Theatre.

Ed made his way to Downtown in 1997, after spending a year in Venice, CA, and a year in New York City. He has resided in the Arts District ever since.

Through his site, View from a Loft, Ed has written about Downtown since 2006.

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Recent Stories by Ed Fuentes

Politics

Diaz Making Downtown Rounds

By Ed Fuentes — Friday
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Diaz Making Downtown Rounds

With a retirement date set for March 31, LAPD Deputy Chief Sergio Diaz is making some final rounds around the city he's served for 33 years. On Monday, the former street cop led a bike tour through Downtown with two-wheeled patrols manned by LAPD and Downtown's BIDs. Together, the entourage surveyed the changes made in the city before taking a brief break at...


Everyday

Everyone is Irish on St Patty's Day

By Ed Fuentes — Wednesday
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Everyone is Irish on St Patty's Day

|Photo Gallery| Billed as the city's largest St. Patrick's Day celebration, L.A. Live's inaugural go at a salute to Public Safety and Irish Pride took place today out in the sun of Nokia Plaza. While perhaps not as well attended as recent events at Pershing Square, there were still plenty of celebrators. With a beer garden, entertainment and displays, there were enough ways...


Etc

Far From Last Call for "Craby Joe's" Neon

By Ed Fuentes — Wednesday
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Far From Last Call for Craby Joe's Neon

|Photo Gallery| The bar may be closed, but the Craby Joe's neon has had heard more last calls then the clients that walked into the 7th and Main watering hole ever did. The sign that once welcomed boozers and dreamers will have an official dedication in Raw Materials, its new transitional housing, on Saturday, March 27 at 4pm. Presented by The Museum of Neon Art, Raw Materials...


Roads/Rails

Angels Flight Resumes Service

By Ed Fuentes — March 15, 2010
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Angels Flight Resumes Service

|Photo Gallery| The historic Angels Flight Railway began its official operating schedule this morning, re-opening with far less fanfare than accompanied its last return in 1996. There were more media members than riders milling about the funicular mid-morning, but even early it was easy to see a mix of passengers adding the line back into their daily schedule. Twin cars Olivet...


Arts/Culture

Art Walk Wrap, March, 2010

By Ed Fuentes — March 15, 2010

Art Walk Wrap, March, 2010

|Photo Gallery| The March Art Walk continued the trend of a bifurcated event, with the party crowd showing up even later in the evening. That made it easier to look at galleries and art early, before the younger crowd shows up for the mixed-use spaces armed with DJs and retail.