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The Leader of The ‘New NiNTh’ Councilman Curren Price Has Big Challenges, a Largely Poor District and a Major Role in Downtown

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Ninth District Councilman Curren Price, shown at his recent community swearing in, has a small but important part of Downtown in his district: the L.A. Live and Convention Center campus.

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inth District City Councilman Curren Price, who succeeded a termed-out Jan Perry on July 1, knows he has his work cut out for him.

The district that previously included most of Downtown in addition to much of South Los Angeles was essentially beheaded when the redistricting process of 2011 lopped off the majority of the district’s Central City financial engine.

Perry had made it somewhat of a strategic calling card to leverage Downtown’s robust commercial activity, especially in the real estate sector, to bring jobs and other benefits to her constituents in South Los Angeles.

While the Ninth still includes key commercial nodes like

L.A. Live and the Figueroa Corridor, there are fewer economic motors at Price’s disposal. Much of the district is impoverished and beset by high unemployment.

“It’s a district of haves and have-nots,” said Price during a recent sit-down with Los Angeles Downtown News in his City Hall office, where an array of unopened cardboard boxes reflected the ongoing transition.

L.A. Live, USC, Exposition Park and the auto dealerships lining Figueroa Street are the obvious “bright jewels” of the district, said Price, who narrowly defeated former council aide Ana Cubas during the May runoff election for the seat.

“The other part, though, are 250,000 citizens who are struggling, trying to make it, with high rates of poverty, high rates of unemployment and who’ve felt neglected and the in-

frastructure reflects that,” he said.

Bringing economic development to South Los Angeles is a key objective for Price, who won his first election 20 years ago. How he plans to do that is not yet certain, but he expects his background as a community organizer and businessminded politician to come in handy.

Most recently, Price, 62, represented the 26th District in the State Senate. He won the seat in 2009 after three years in the State Assembly. In Sacramento, Price focused on an array of legislative causes dealing with business advocacy, with an emphasis on small companies.

He formed committees on procurement that worked on laws to drive more government contracts to small busisee Curren Price, page 22

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AROUNDTOWN Fashion District BID Renewed for Five Years

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he City Council on July 24 approved a five-year renewal of the Fashion District Business Improvement District, making it the first BID in the city to win a fifth term.

Eighty-three percent of the property owners in the 100-block area, who pay dues to the BID for street cleaning, public safety and economic development efforts for the neighborhood, voted in favor of renewal, said BID Executive Director Kent Smith. The organization, which was formed in 1996, is projected to spend about $18 million on neighborhood services over the next five years, he said. In addition to the clean and safe services, the BID trims 750 trees every two years and conducts a social media campaign for the district. Plans also call for a focus on new initiatives to attract more shoppers to the area and to improve the streetscape for pedestrians. “We’re going to be looking at more and more ways to get information out to our public,” Smith said. According to a Fashion District statement, more than 1,000 property owners and 4,000 business owners benefit from the BID’s services.

County Health Officials Urge City to Put More Toilets in Skid Row

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fficials with the County Department of Public Health are urging the city to install more public toilets in Skid Row to cut down on human waste in the streets. A May department survey of the neighborhood also found that three out of four city-managed Automated Public Toilets in Skid Row were inoperable. The survey was a follow-up to a

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May 2012 report that declared a public health crisis in the area. The 2012 report, which was requested by the City Attorney’s office, sparked a city cleanup campaign called Operation Healthy Streets. While that led county health officials to deem the city to be in compliance with public health codes, the May 2013 survey suggests that the area has backslid, with solid waste violations increasing 88%, vermin infestations doubling and an 82% increase in urine and feces on the streets. The city’s current Skid Row policy involves quarterly deep cleanings, plus eight “spot” cleanings as necessary. A June 2013 letter from county health officials to the city attorney’s office called that regimen “insufficient” and recommends that more public toilets be installed. City officials, especially the Los Angeles Police Department, have long resisted calls for more public toilets in Skid Row because they have a history of being magnets for drug sales, prostitution and other crimes. New City Attorney Mike Feuer is in the process of studying the issue and has not yet weighed in on the county’s recommendations.

Help Shape the Future Of Union Station

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he Metropolitan Transportation Authority is in the process of developing a master plan for renovating, expanding and rethinking 75-year-old Union Station, and they want input from you — yes, you!

The agency is hosting a community workshop from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to discuss refinements to original draft alternatives. The proposed master plan will eventually function as a guide for developing Union Station and other nearby properties

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Center Theatre Group Receives $1 Million Grant

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enter Theatre Group, the theater company that operates Downtown’s Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre, has received a four-year, $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will go toward bringing more experimental theater to the stage. The grant will be used to commission and produce new contemporary works that focus on productions that combine performance, technology, imagery, music, text and sometimes a non-linear narrative, com-

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pany officials said. CTG also runs the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. “CTG recognizes our responsibility to open our doors to innovators who can expand our programming with this new energy and aesthetic, and to deepen the support we’ve been able to give to such artists in recent years,” said CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie in a statement.

The Mellon Foundation dispenses grants to organizations that run programs focusing on art history, the performing arts, environmental conservation and museums.

Activist Found Not Guilty of Assaulting CCEA Leader

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Skid Row activist accused of assaulting a community leader has been found not see Around Town, page 19

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Move Deitch Out, Then Move Beyond the MOCA Mistakes

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ne of the most important things in the business or nonprofit world is being able to learn from mistakes so they are not repeated. Actually, it is one of the most important things in life.

Right now, Downtown’s Museum of Contemporary Art has a rare second chance to learn from a suite of mistakes, errors all the more unfortunate because they were completely avoidable.

Fortunately, the mistakes by those who have failed repeatedly in running and overseeing the museum — this includes the MOCA Board of Directors — somehow have not destroyed what should be one of the finest contemporary art institutions in the United States and perhaps the world.

Downtown, and indeed the entire Los Angeles art world, was clucking last week about the announcement that MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch will step down. On Wednesday, July 24, the museum announced his departure after three years at the top. In the effort to allow Deitch to save a bit of face, the confirmation of the change comes just as MOCA is working to boost its endowment. In recent months the endowment, formerly at a paltry $20 million, has seen approximately $80 million worth of pledges, though it remains unclear how and when those promises will translate into actual dollars.

One thing MOCA has not done is announce a departure date for Deitch. The response to this is easy: Move him out immediately, as in today. The formation of a three-person search committee for a new director, combined with the travails of the past and the wealth of negative headlines surrounding Deitch and the museum, make him the lamest of lame ducks. He no longer holds any sway in Los Angeles, and anyone he deals with on an official museum capacity understands that Deitch has no longterm power or impact. He won’t persuade people to donate major cash or artwork. It is better to cut ties and move on.

This would be a practical move. Several years ago, after the departure of MOCA Director Jeremy Strick following a financial scandal, the museum installed former UCLA Chancellor Charles Young as interim director. Young was a steadying hand, and MOCA should determine if he is up for another go-round. If Young won’t do it, then the board must find a respected equivalent who understands the museum

and how L.A.’s high-end art world works. Whatever it takes, get Deitch out right away and install someone whom the art and business worlds respect.

Jeffrey Deitch is not unintelligent. Nor does he lack creativity, and we assume he came to MOCA three years ago with the best of intentions. He probably thought he had a perfect plan to turn the museum around. Remember, he arrived at a moment of turmoil: MOCA was in poor financial shape due to Strick’s leadership, and the board at that time had failed in its primary task of watching the money. The museum with two Downtown outposts was almost subsumed by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art several years ago. It took a bailout from Eli Broad to keep the museum independent.

Picking a MOCA director should not be a crapshoot, not with the quality of individuals involved. While Deitch’s success as a New York gallery owner was fodder for an anxious board’s fantasy, cooler heads should have prevailed three years ago. Deitch was someone who understood technology and the art scene, but that’s about all he had going for him.

Only the blind could believe this under-qualified gallery owner could push MOCA in the right direction.

Deitch scored a couple notable successes in Los Angeles.

The 2011 graffiti exhibit Art in the Streets will stand out as his legacy achievement, an exhibit that broke attendance records and pushed local art audiences in a new direction, even if they were not ready to do so. Deitch also was on the cutting edge with the digital effort MOCAtv. The current Urs Fischer retrospective looks to be another positive.

The problem is, these achievements pale in comparison to his attention-generating mistakes, whether those were financial, personnel-related or even tied to an artistic vision. In short, Deitch the gallery owner was ill-prepared for the rigors and challenges of leading a major West Coast nonprofit art institution. He and MOCA were a lousy match.

In the museum world, a director’s most important task is raising money. It’s the same for any executive director of a nonprofit. They need to be out constantly hustling, wooing the millionaires and billionaires with their vision of what the museum can be, a vision based on reality. Deitch should

have spent most of his time convincing wealthy art lovers that MOCA a) deserved their money and b) deserved their artwork, whether as a loan or ultimately as a gift to the museum’s permanent collection. He should have modeled himself after LACMA’s Michael Govan.

The museum’s financial malaise demonstrates how Deitch failed in this role. A couple years into his tenure the museum was hit with reports of economic catastrophe, and LACMA and other institutions made another run at a partnership or something more serious. Only after the calamity became public did MOCA board members step up with the financial pledges. Had Deitch been adept at this part of the job, the situation never would have reached this level.

As MOCA looks to the future, it needs a director able to work with and not be threatened by the world’s best curators.

Deitch famously clashed with highly respected MOCA Chief Curator Paul Schimmel, leading to the latter’s departure last year after more than two decades with the museum. It was a blow to MOCA’s reputation and exhibition planning, and the museum now claims only two full-time curators. The four prominent artists on the board also fled. Perhaps the next director will be able to bring Schimmel back to the fold.

Boosting the curatorial staff must be a priority.

In a similar vein, in choosing the next director MOCA brass should avoid repeating Deitch’s star-struck Hollywood affinity. While it is worth establishing relationships with the entertainment industry, there is a big difference between that and staging critically lambasted shows such as an exhibit tied to the artwork of the late Dennis Hopper. Deitch’s work with James Franco drew more laughs than praise.

Once again, while Deitch made his share of mistakes, the MOCA board shares guilt. A nonprofit board’s most important task is to ensure that the financial house is in order, to watch things closely. During the Strick years the board fell down on the job. Clearly, the downward spiral and shrinking budgets of the Deitch tenure proved, again, that the board should have been more aware and involved. Now there is a third opportunity to get it right.

We believe MOCA can figure it out. We’re pleased that one of the three people on the search committee is Joel Wachs, the former Los Angeles councilman, longtime MOCA supporter and current president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Though based in New York, he understands L.A. and the local power structure.

Here’s hoping that MOCA finally gets on track and learns from its mistakes. The museum can’t afford another failure.

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Metro Charter’s School Daze New Downtown Educational Facility Furiously Prepares for Sept. 3 Opening

by Richard Guzmán city editor

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he first day of classes at Downtown’s Metro Charter Elementary School will not take place for more than a month. However, for the small team preparing for the opening of the eagerly awaited educational institution, July is nothing like summer vacation.

There are teachers to hire. There are books to buy. There are students to recruit. There is furniture to find. There are literally hundreds of things to accomplish, and each one is complicated by the fact that the Metro Charter staff will not get the keys to their Grand Avenue home until this week.

Once they do, they’ll have a short time to turn the facility into a school serving more than 100 students.

“Given the magnitude of this, we’ve been very fortunate in having the right mindset of parents who are not afraid of taking chances, who are really working hard to get this school done,” said Chinmaya Misra, one of the five parent members of the Metro Charter board.

Metro Charter is scheduled to open on Sept. 3 in a space that currently houses the Hope Street Family Center. The 12,000-square-foot daycare and social services program is in the California Hospital Medical Center at 1401 S. Grand Ave. The school will open with about 115 students in kindergarten through second grade, with three kindergarten classes

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Metro Charter Elementary School board members Chinmaya Misra (left) and Apurva Pande (right) with school principal Maricela Barragan at the future home of the Downtown educational institution. The school is scheduled to open Sept. 3.

and one each for the upper levels. Plans call for expanding by a grade each year, with more than 500 students when the school expands to fifth grade in 2016. By that time, school officials also hope to have a different home; they see the current site as a temporary location.

The Metro Charter team will take occupancy of the facility on Thursday, Aug. 1, when the Hope Street daycare program moves into a new home.

Getting to this point hasn’t been easy. Metro Charter came about because a group of Downtown parents were dissatisfied with the local elementary school options, and many parents were moving out of the community once their children reached school age. In response, they formed a team to create a charter school, which is funded by the local school district but independently operated, providing some freedom from district standards and requirements as well as from union contracts.

During an approximately two-year process, the Metro Charter team wrote a charter petition and held fundraisers.

They applied for grants, got approval from the LAUSD in February, and in late June inked a lease for the Grand Avenue space. That same month they hired Maricela Barragan as the school’s principal.

Now things are getting down to the wire, Misra said.

“Once you start really getting into the nitty-gritty of realizing a school, then it goes from being an abstract thought or being a thought on paper to a real project, and all the pieces of the puzzle become a reality,” said Misra.

Writing the List As principal, Barragan has the most responsibility when it comes to putting the final puzzle pieces together. After being

hired, she immediately sat down to write a list of the things needed to actually open a new school. The list included everything from hiring teachers to buying desks, books and even office supplies like coffee makers.

“In my mind, I was writing a list with the thought of, here’s a building that’s empty. Now how do you create it?” she said.

With a budget of $1 million, Barragan used the back of the first page of the more than 100-page charter school petition that the parents had written to jot down her list.

The school is only starting with three grades, but nevertheless will need hundreds of books covering subjects such as reading, science, art and math. Barragan said the bulk of these

books will come from publishers approved by the LAUSD and the California Common Core State Standards.

However, that solves only part of the problem. Barragan notes that she has to be more creative for extras such as the school library, which she hopes will have more than 1,000 books. Along with some board members, Barragan has been reaching out to potential donors. She is also bringing in some of her own books and even checking yard sales for used books.

“You can always try yard sales, definitely,” she said. “You have to be creative and not just think about going to the book store.” see School, page 20

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Restaurant Buzz More Openings, More Food And More Booze

by Richard Guzmán city editor

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actory of Food: It’s true: Every dark cloud has a tasty silver lining. Although plans fell through last year for an 8,000-square-foot restaurant from former Church & State chef Walter Manzke at the Factory Place Arts Complex, a new chef and a restaurateur with a solid Downtown record are heading to the Arts District site. Matteo Ferdinandi, who in 2008 partnered with chef Celestino Drago to open Drago Centro, is working on a new project called The Factory

Kitchen, a 3,000-square-foot Italian restaurant set to open in late September. Helming the kitchen in the complex that mostly holds apartments will be Italian-born chef Angelo Auriana, whose credits include time as executive chef at Valentino in Santa Monica. Factory Kitchen will serve traditional Italian fare with a lighter menu for brunch and lunch and a “regionallyinspired trattoria menu,” according to restaurant officials. The restaurant will not be in the spot once reserved for Republique, but in a structure at 1300 Factory Place. The Factory Kitchen will follow Bestia to the Arts District; the popular Italian spot opened last year at 2121 E. Seventh Place.

At 1300 Factory Place or thefactorykitchen.com.

Eggs, Pizza and Gelato at GCM: The transformation of Downtown’s Grand Central Market continues. The 1917 destination recently saw the arrival of Bulgarini Gelato, an Altadena-based gelato and sorbetto maker operating from a mobile cart stationed near the Hill Street entrance. Hours are

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Absinthe is now being poured at Kendall’s Brasserie. The Bunker Hill establishment is offering a new menu of the green spirit.

Monday-Friday from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. In September, expect the opening of Egg Slut, a bricks and mortar outpost of a food truck specializing in egg dishes. Also coming this fall is Olio Pizzeria, a wood-fired pizza spot that has a location on West Third Street near Fairfax Avenue. They will join other recent arrivals including Horse Thief, a Texas-style barbecue joint, Valerie at Grand Central Market, a bakery and coffee shop, and G&B Coffee.

At 317 S. Broadway, (213) 624-2378 or grandcentralsquare.com.

Green Joy: Absinthe was banned for a century in the United States. Now, however, the once mysterious drink is commonly found in bars and restaurants. The latest Downtown joint to jump on the green bandwagon is Kendall’s Brasserie, which is offering a new collection of the storied spirit. The offerings were put together by mixologist Paul Sanguinetti and include absinthe varieties by brands such as Pernod from France, Kubler from Switzerland and California-based St. George. One of the new cocktails carries the title Death in the Afternoon, and is made with Abyss absinthe and champagne. In the fall, Sanguinetti will launch a “Green Hour” at Kendall’s, during which he’ll walk people through the history and details of absinthe and explain how to properly drink it.

Yes, it’s more complicated than open mouth, sip, swallow, repeat.

At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-7322 or patinagroup.com.

Tasty Court: Another week, another food arrival: This time, the action is at Taste, the food court at FIGat7th. Officials with mall owners Brookfield Properties recently announced fall will bring the debut of Twist N Grill, a pita restaurant by chef David Slatkin; New Moon Café, a small chain restaurant by Colin Tom; and Japanese “soul food” restaurant Gentaro Soba Noodle, which specializes, you guessed it, in soba noodles. Also in the works are Loteria Grill, the Mexican restaurant from Jimmy Shaw, a second Downtown location of Flying Pig, and City Tavern. The mall’s resident restaurants already include Mendocino Farms, Juicy Lucy, The Melt and Oleego Korean BBQ. At 735 S. Figueroa St., (213) 955-7150 or figat7th.com.

Sizzling Corner: After nearly a year of construction, the doors have opened at Terroni, a 6,000-square-foot Italian restaurant at the National City Bank Building at Eighth and Spring streets. The establishment debuted July 16 and dishes include pizzas, paninis and grilled octopus salad. The food isn’t the only calling card: The exterior of the two-story restaurant stands out thanks to the tall arched windows that reveal a grand modern space decorated with retro touches. One visual highlight is a red sculptural lighting fixture modeled after an Italian racetrack. There is an open kitchen and a front see Restaurants, page 19

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DOWNTOWN LIVING What’s in My Loft?

Downtown Residents Talk About Four of Their Favorite Things in Their Homes

by Jeff favre, Photos by Gary Leonard

C.C. Boyce and Adrian Phillips Biscuit Company Lofts

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.C. Boyce has lived in various buildings in Downtown over the past 11 years, but the Biscuit Company Lofts unit she and her husband Adrian Phillips moved into last year is her favorite. They were in the Toy Factory Lofts across the street, but relocated for the bigger pool, two parking spaces and an outdoor garden where they could grow vegetables.

Boyce makes her living primarily as a voiceover artist, though last year she started taking classes in woodworking. She has made numerous pieces for her loft, everything from the TV stand to the cutting boards to the cats’ litter box.

1. “The TV stand was the first project I made in my woodworking class. It’s poplar wood. There are screens so you don’t have to open the doors to switch on the TV. I’ve done woodworking all my life but I started going to school for it in February of 2012.

I’m working toward my certificate in cabinet and fine woodworking at El Camino College.”

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2. “There was an art show in Skid Row. I found a piece for $5. The artist, Cindy Pop, had a whole bunch of these. They all said, ‘Save Me’ and do something. This one says ‘Save Me and Hop to It.’ I wanted it to shine on its own and not get overshadowed by something else. That’s why it’s alone in the bathroom.”

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3. “That piñata is from our wedding.

We had it at Marvimon in Downtown in October of 2011. I made all the decorations. There is a design house called Confetti System that has shaped piñatas that are super expensive. I knocked them off and did them myself. It’s made from one of the boxes that a present was in.

That was the only thing I kept from the wedding. It’s kind of like a little chandelier.

At our wedding they were like disco balls. I made three of them. Some guests took the other ones.”

4. “A lot of my art is from Downtown artists. When I lived in another building, there was an artist who got evicted. He left these two pieces of art outside my door. I can’t tell you what his name was. This one says ‘2004 at 2:06 a.m.’ He gave it to me for my birthday. He stole boxes from the post office and put pieces of art on them. I saved them all these years.”

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Troy Barbu The Metropolitan

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roy Barbu has lived in his building with his 5-year-old French Bulldog Winslow since November. At first the AECOM building information modeling manager was apprehensive about leaving Beverly Hills, but he has come to realize that everything he needs is nearby: A farmers market, Grand Central Market, restaurants and bars are all within walking distance.

His loft at The Metropolitan would make any visitor feel like he or she has entered a time warp. Every piece, whether from Craigslist or antique stores, is vintage. “I don’t know if it’s ironic that my job is all about technology and the very latest advances in design and what I collect is all vintage design,” he said. “It creates a good balance.”

1. Barbu restored a record player, rebuilding the speaker inside. “I took parts from other Victrolas to make this,” he said. “When I got this from a guy on Craigslist for $35, it had basically been stripped down to a case. He had a warehouse full of 78 RPM records and old record players. I try to build relationships and a good rapport with these people. Once people know that you’re really interested in collecting these things, then they are very willing to help you find them.” Barbu said

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he loves to spin Billie Holiday records.

2. “I got this Bowers Jewelers clock sign at a store called Aria in San Francisco. I was told that the sign came from a jewelry store in Oakland. I had driven up to San Francisco for work. I was on my way back and I just decided that I really had to have this sign. It was $1,000 for the stupid thing. I had a little Honda and I had to drive the whole way back pinned up against the door because the clock was so big. I’ll always remember that.”

3. “This table is made from a bowling lane from Kona Lanes in Costa Mesa. The alley was being torn down and they were selling 10-foot sections of bowling lane.

The reason it’s so important is that my father and I worked on it together. He helped me build the frame for it. Whatever places I look at to live in, I always want to make sure there is room for this piece. I like Americana and bowling is a big part of that.”

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4. He points to a Sunset Palms sign. “I got it two years ago. That sign is from a motel on Sunset. It has some history. They changed the name of the hotel and my friend found two signs in the dumpster. I think it’s from the early ’50s or late ’40s. I went over to my friend’s place Downtown and he had two of these. He had one up in his loft and the other in storage. I kept asking him if he was interested in selling it. After a year he finally sold it to me.”

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hen he first moved Downtown, Josh Gray-Emmer wasn’t convinced that he would stay. For his first eight months at the Spring Towers he refused to unpack. Slowly but surely, the neighborhood got to him. “It was so new and different than anything I’ve experienced before,” he said. “It was the sense of community that made me stay.”

Gray-Emmer, who works at NationBuilder, has now been living Downtown for 11 years.

The two-bedroom, two-bathroom penthouse in the Historic Core’s El Dorado Lofts that he purchased three years ago is filled with vintage objects. Some originated in his family. Others he collected over the years.

1. One of Gray-Emmer’s hobbies is collecting maps of Downtown. He has more than 25 of them, four of which are displayed in the lobby of the building. “I have a 1920 handdrawn map of Downtown L.A. I was searching for it for seven years. The Chamber of Commerce put it out and every single store is written in. I found it on eBay and paid $35.”

2. “My grandfather made me a chessboard.

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He was a doctor and good with wood and dollhouses.

He had a garage and made stuff in it. Because I was into magic and secrets as a kid, he built in little knobs that you can trigger to lock the drawers. My dad was very big on chess and won tournaments, so we did it together. It says, ‘Josh’s Birthday Present, 1991.’”

3. “This bar opens up. It’s super cool. It’s a record player and speaker system. I got it from a Downtown artist who traded three of his pieces with Lenny Kravitz. I bought it off [the artist] just before he left for Asia. It’s a classic 1950s Danish Modern piece. I bought it three years ago.”

4. Gray-Emmer also has a tricked-out Polaroid camera.

“It takes really awesome photos. I have the original manual. I got it online from a guy who converts Polaroids to take modern batteries and modern Fuji film. It works exactly the same way but I don’t have to hunt for batteries that have been out of existence for 40 years. I love vintage cameras.”

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he Downtown Los Angeles rental market is notoriously tight. Still, there are a variety of apartments available in all portions of the neighborhood. Whether you want to live in the creative Arts District, the bustling Historic Core or in an upscale upper floor unit in a new South Park building, there are options.

All of the below homes were available at press time, but be warned: In a tight market, things can change quickly.

THe UNiT: Market Lofts #620 Address: 645 W. Ninth St. Neighborhood: South Park Size: 1,046 square feet Monthly Rent: $2,495 Price per square foot: $2.38 Rundown: Residents of the Market Lofts have an obvious, singular perk: They live directly above the Ralphs Fresh Fare, making last-minute grocery runs a mere elevator trip away. They also share an intersection with Grand Hope Park, the open space run by the nearby Fashion Institute

of Design and Merchandising. The building has a gym, pool and onsite parking. The Market Lofts is a condominium complex, so a potential renter would pay the owner of unit 620, not an actual building landlord.

This sixth-floor one bedroom residence includes a den that looks out over Grand Avenue with floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

A washer and dryer are included. There are also nearby cafes.

Contact: Mark Priceman at 213 Loft Company, (213) 663-6990.

THe UNiT: Binford Lofts #23 Address: 837 Traction Ave. Neighborhood: Arts District Size: 1,797 square feet Monthly Rent: $2,868 Price per square foot: $1.59 Rundown: This first floor residence at the Binford Lofts is among the larger units available in all of Downtown, and at $1.59 per square foot, it’s also among the most affordable (especially if shared by multiple roommates). The open layout, loft-style unit seems

ideal for artist types who need a lot of space to spread out canvases and hang their work. The home has concrete floors, exposed ceilings and brick columns, which have been painted white. Laundry is on-site, but not in the unit. The Binford Lofts is on one of the Arts District’s most iconic streets, and is a short walk from SCI-Arc and an array of bars and cafes such as Wurstküche and The Pie Hole.

Contact: Cannon Management at (213) 6249560.

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The UniT: waTermarke Tower #1805 Address: 705 W. Ninth St. Neighborhood: South Park Size: 1,328 square feet Monthly Rent: $4,200 Price per Square Foot: $3.16 Rundown: Some people move Downtown because they like its grittiness, and the loft aesthetic of old commercial buildings converted into apartments. This unit is not for them.

Instead, the 18th floor corner residence at the Watermarke Tower caters to the renter who wants upscale finishes, appliances and amenities in a new high-rise environment. The building a short walk from L.A. Live and Staples Center has concierge-like services, among them housekeeping; there are also in-house yoga sessions. Unit 1805 has two bedrooms and a southwest-facing balcony. The quoted rental rate is for a 16-month lease.

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The UniT: HeLLman BuiLding #303 Address: 400 S. Main St. Neighborhood: Historic Core Size: 1,065 square feet Monthly Rent: $1,750 Price per square foot: $1.64 Rundown: The Hellman is one of developer Tom Gilmore’s three buildings that comprise the Old Bank District, which has anchored the Historic Core’s residential hub since 2001. This third floor unit overlooks Main Street and is ground zero on Art Walk nights. It has exposed concrete and

brick walls and ceilings. The chief lure of the unit is probably the location, as Fourth and Main streets is teeming with restaurant and bar options. The building is also home to the Old Bank Market, the convenience store that most locals know as “Ray’s.” The rent includes water and gas, but not electricity. There is a dishwasher in the unit, but no washer/dryer (there are laundry facilities on site).

Contact: Old Bank District Lofts at (213) 253-4777.

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The UniT: Rowan Lofts #801 Address: 460 S. Spring St. Neighborhood: Historic Core Size: 840 square feet Monthly Rent: $1,925 Price per square foot: $2.29 Rundown: This eighth floor unit in the Rowan Lofts is in the heart of the Historic Core and looks out over Spring Street, which is, again, especially festive (read: loud) on Art Walk nights. The Rowan is one of three buildings in the vicinity that were built as

condos, so it comes with higher-end finishes than are found in most Historic Core rentals. That means Italian stainless steel appliances and wood floors to go with the exposed brick walls. As a condo building, the landlord would be an individual unit owner. The building is adjacent to the recently opened Spring Street Park, and it has a barber and wine shop on the ground floor.

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Special Deliveries Pizza to Your Door Is Nice, but Modern Downtown Has Many Additional In-Home Dining Options

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hen hunger strikes, the dilemma starts: Do you heat up a bowl of pasta? Do you power through an entire box of cookies? Do you nuke something in the microwave?

There’s the other option if you’re too tired to cook a full meal: delivery.

The first instinct, of course, is pizza, and there’s never really anything wrong with it. However, man and woman can only consume so many combinations of dough, tomato sauce and toppings. After a while — a very short while — you need something to balance it out.

That’s where Downtown Los Angeles has an ace up its sleeve. Actually, it has a lot of aces. Below are eight area spots that will deliver more than pepperoni and bell peppers.

From huevos rancheros to beef shawarma to Thai treats, you can call or use the web to have breakfast, lunch and dinner brought to your door. You can also get a drink or two.

LA Café: Got a midnight craving for eggs and bacon? Or a 3 a.m. hankering for a chili cheeseburger? Or maybe you’re being sensible and just want a salad at 5 a.m. Believe it or not, you are not alone, and LA Café is right there with you. The tiny Spring Street restaurant is open 24 hours a day and delivers throughout that period within about three miles of their location — since they’re in the heart of the Historic Core, this means basically all of Downtown. In addition to breakfast items such as eggs and bacon and the “Super” chili cheeseburger, dishes including paninis, turkey sandwiches and steak can be delivered to hungry hermits.

At 639 S. Spring St., (213) 612-3000 or thelacafe.com.

Delivery from Little Tokyo’s The Sandwich Smith is done on modified bicycles that will trek anywhere within two miles of the Downtown spot.

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The Sandwich Smith: Anyone within two miles of Little Tokyo can get a mid-day meal delivered from The Sandwich Smith. The two-in-one restaurant is a casual sandwich and salad spot in the daytime and a more upscale dinner joint at night. Delivery, however is only available from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., so those who want front-door service will have to settle for the casual menu. Still, this is a good thing, as Sandwich Smith includes meaty sandwiches like The Original, made on a French roll with buttermilk fried chicken. Those who need a boost after a long night out can opt for The Hangover. The filling meal is a pulled pork sandwich served in a doughnut bun (yes, a doughnut bun). It’s made in house without the glaze so you get the fat fluffy bread minus the sugary high.

The Sandwich Smith folks even have a special bike with a closed container to protect the food.

At 362 E. First St., (213) 628-1888 or the sandwichsmith.com.

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Ensenada Restaurant and Bar: The Spring Street restaurant has been around for more than 25 years and is still delivering good Mexican food right to your front door. Anything on the menu can be delivered all day, including breakfast. Breakfast items include huevos rancheros, made with two eggs served on corn tortillas and smothered in sauce. There’s also the Desayuno Mixteco, which is two eggs scrambled with cactus and served with an enchilada and beans. Be warned, however: These breakfast meals are big, so after eating you may not be able to get out of bed. The restaurant delivers within a mile radius of its Historic Core headquarters.

At 517 S. Spring St., (213) 489-2950 or ensenadarestaurant. net.

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Sultan Chicken: There’s a royal delivery in Downtown, but no, this is not about that new prince in England. This is actually useful, because it’s coming from Sultan Chicken, a Mediterranean restaurant on Sixth Street. The portions are big, the prices are small and the food can be delivered to your front door anywhere in Downtown. Lunch specials include a whole rotisserie chicken with two garlic breads and two pita breads or a beef shawarma plate. Veggie lovers who want to stay indoors can get in on the fun thanks to the veggie plate with salad and hummus.

At 311 W. Sixth St., (213) 236-0604 or sultanchicken.com.

Soi 7: It’s common to have Thai food delivered, but it is less common to have uncommonly good Thai food delivered.

Fortunately, Downtown has Soi 7. The higher-end Thai spot delivers within a mile of its Seventh Street location before 5 p.m. and within three miles after that. Anything on the menu can be delivered at any time, which means items like Thai whiskey baby back ribs, ocean trout panang and see Delivery, page 18

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Delivery Continued from page 17 a stir-fried spicy wild boar. They also have traditional Thai fare such as tom yum soup and pad Thai. Everyone likes pad Thai.

At 518 W. Seventh St., (213) 537-0333 or soi7la.info.

Yorkshire Grill: The venerable Sixth Street spot does a healthy in-house breakfast and lunch business, but those too lazy to walk over and order anything from chopped liver salad to a hot corned beef sandwich can have the Yorkshire delivery team walk or pedal to them. There’s an easy online delivery system with most everything from the regular menu, including daily specials such as Wednesday’s beef stroganoff or Friday’s fish and chips.

There’s a $30 minimum order for delivery, so you need to have some hungry friends or a fridge big enough for a lot of leftovers.

Delivery is available weekdays from 8 a.m.2:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

At 610 W. Sixth St., (213) 629-3020 or yorkshire-grill.com.

After more than 25 years in business Ensenada still delivers its hefty meals to Downtown residents.

Jason’s Liquor Store: Food isn’t the only thing that can be delivered to front doors in Downtown — you can even get some spirits brought directly to your home. Since drinking at home in the morning is just sad and brings up all sorts of reminders of Nic Cage in Leaving Las Vegas, Jason’s Liquor Store will deliver alcoholic beverages starting at noon. Whether you prefer vodka, gin,

brandy, tequila, beer, wine or all of the above, Jason’s can help out the imbiber anywhere in Downtown. The Ninth Street liquor store can also pack other essentials for a party such as chips and munchies (as long as a bottle of brew, wine or liquor is purchased). One of the best things about this delivery may be that there’s no danger of getting a DUI or even a WUI (walking under the influence).

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Localita and the Badasserie: Since they tend to eat healthy, it’s hard to imagine vegans not wanting to get outside and head over to the nearest green spot. But hey, everyone deserves to be a little lazy and stay indoors. So for the less energetic vegans there’s Localita and the Badasserie, a tiny takeout spot on

Los Angeles Street. The vegan destination will deliver anywhere in Downtown via bicycle messengers whose raison d’être is meatless meals. Dishes on the menu include the Baaadasss Breakfast sandwich, made with a vegan sausage and vegan soy-free cheddar.

There is also a Reuben sandwich made with marinated tofu slices on rye.

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Restaurants Continued from page 6 bar area that leads to the main dining room. There are communal tables as well as booths. Things will continue to heat up at the corner. Opening in the next couple weeks in a 2,700-squarefoot basement space below Terroni will be Peking Tavern. The restaurant will serve Chinese cuisine inspired by Beijing street food, said David Woo, a restaurant representative.

Terroni is at 802 S. Spring St., (323) 954-0300 or terroni.com.

Beer Crawl: One glass + two days + seven bars = what exactly? There are plenty of potential suggestions, but the official

answer is the Los Angeles Craft Beer Crawl. The fourth annual event that gives sippers the opportunity to sample more than 100 beers takes place Aug. 10-11. Participating bars in the event organized by 213 Inc. include Seven Grand, Las Perlas, Golden Gopher and Broadway Bar. This year, the Beer Crawl will be a two-day event with ticket prices starting at $49 for a single day pass.

Although there will be more than 100 beers to taste, organizers caution that every participant doesn’t have to try every one. This is, after all, a “beer crawl,” not a “beer go home in an ambulance with a busted liver” event.

Tickets and more information at lacraftbeercrawl.com.

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Why Downtown Growth Hinges on Water Gensler Study Looks at Downtown’s Potential

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oday, the Downtown area bounded by the freeways and the Los Angeles River supports about 450,000 workers and residents.

If every last square foot of property was built to the maximum height and density allowed by the city, the same area could hold 4.3 million people.

That’s among the core findings of Capacity, a study put together by Downtown-based architecture firm Gensler and students from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.

While Gensler found that Downtown could theoretically increase its population by a scale of 10, the report, which is available in an eightminute online video, shows why the legally allowable density is practically impossible.

The maximum build-out would add the equivalent of 360 Burj Khalifas (the tallest building in the world, in Dubai) to Downtown.

While that prospect might put a sparkle in the eye of density devotees, the Gensler study argues that the demands of that population could not be supported.

“I think the bottom line is that maximum density as defined by the city is really unachievable,” said Shawn Gehle, a design director at Gensler who co-led the Capacity study. “There’s a resource demand by that population that could not be met by current infrastructure or utilities.”

According to the study, current electricity resources could support up to 2.6 million residents and workers. But when the study factors in the consumption of an even more precious resource — water — the population ceiling drops to 1.36 million.

Around Town Continued from page 2 guilty of charges filed against her last year by former City Attorney Carmen Trutanich. Deborah Burton, an activist with the Los Angeles Community Action Network, was accused of shouting through a megaphone into the ear of Estela Lopez, director of the Central City East Association. The alleged incident occurred in June 2011 during one of the CCEA’s monthly LAPDescorted Skid Row walks, which the business group used to organize to educate people about the povertyladen neighborhood. Burton, 61, was participating in a protest of the walk,

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which LACAN co-director Becky Dennison has described as a misleading tour that gives a one-sided view of the neighborhood. Other community stakeholders lauded the CCEA walk as a crucial introduction to Skid Row for members of the public who otherwise avoid the area. Lopez claimed that Burton’s alleged close-range use of the megaphone had caused a 20% hearing loss and the onset of tinnitus, a constant ringing of the ears.

According to LACAN, a jury found Burton not guilty of the charges, which included two misdemeanor counts of assault and battery.

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Architecture firm Gensler produced a short online video that looks at how natural resources are the biggest limitation on Downtown’s growth.

Those factors come with a key caveat: If the city rethinks utility consumption and finds ways to be more resource efficient, then the infrastructure could support more people, Gehle said.

The Capacity study marks the third Downtown-focused research project that Gensler has organized since it moved from Santa Monica to its current Financial District headquarters in 2011. The first report imagined Downtown without cars. Last year, the company considered the future of office buildings and how they can be designed to better accommodate companies with shrinking footprints.

Ultimately, the studies are intended as resources for city planners and others considering long-range planning issues. Next year, Gensler plans to devote a new study specifically to water issues.

Watch the Capacity video via gensleron.com.

It is also available at downtownnews.com.

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Continued from page 5 Then there are the nuts and bolts of getting classrooms ready for dozens of young students, with all the requisite paper, glue, scissors, pencils and other supplies. To find these and other materials, including classroom furniture, Barragan is visiting places such as Lakeshore Learning Center, a Carson-based school supply store.

It sells classroom carpets for $300-$400, art supplies such as bulk crayon boxes for about $80, a backpack storage unit for around $600 and even a $21 box of sand for a sand box.

Barragan also plans on trekking to Ikea for other furniture.

Human Capital While obtaining desks, chairs and books are crucial for a new school, that can be the easy part, according to a charter school expert.

“The human capital is what’s hard,” said Edward Vandenberg, director of national school development for PUC (Partnership to Uplift Communities) Schools, a Burbankbased organization that develops and operates charter schools in densely populated urban communities. It has 13 local schools.

“You have to make sure you have students,” Vandenberg said, noting that some new charter schools struggle to attract them.

As of last week, there were still 35 spots available at Metro Charter, with openings primarily in first and second grades. While there are enough students in the kindergarten classes, the school is still accepting applications for the waiting list. DeJuan Ruffin, the business manager for Metro Charter, said he is confident they will find the students to fill the open first and second grade spots.

“We’ve been reaching out to families, call-

ing summer programs,” said Ruffin.

“We’ve done outreach to churches as well, at neighborhood events to let them know what we have to offer.”

That is only one of Ruffin’s tasks. He is setting up the phones and Internet connections and working on an employee handbook. He is also figuring out the employee benefits programs and will eventually decide things such as if the school needs a new carpet or paint job.

Along with finding students, the school needs to have skilled teachers.

Vandenberg points out that startup schools can have a tough time finding the best and brightest in the profession.

Hiring teachers was the top goal on Barragan’s list. She is looking for five teachers that will be part of her total staff of eight. So far she is happy with the few she has interviewed. She expects to make some job offers this week.

“Teachers will be the heart and soul of our school,” Barragan said. “They are the ones that are going to make our school into what we hope it is on paper now.”

The school year is only five weeks away. It may be the busiest time Metro Charter ever experiences.

Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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Fifth and Hill Heist: On July 16 at about 5:15 a.m., a man was robbed at Fifth and Hill streets by an unknown suspect. The man brandished a knife and took the victim’s cell phone, $40 and some jewelry.

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Curren Price Continued from page 1 nesses and facilitated local hiring. He also earned a reputation among some local players as someone who cares about the arts and Los Angeles culture.

“He knows the importance of making sure people in his community know their history and that he’s being respectful of it,” said Charmaine Jefferson, executive director of the California African American Museum, who has sought help from Price on funding issues. “We’re actually going to prepare a visual history of some of the cultural resources on Central Avenue as an exhibition that will be in his City Hall office.”

Price’s decision to run for the council came when he still had five years of eligibility in the senate. Though City Hall watchers say he was urged to run for the seat by powerful City Council President Herb Wesson, Price professes a desire to work on a more local level. During his tenure in Sacramento, the state legislature cut some $60 billion from the budget.

Price said he felt limited in terms of how he could help constituents.

“I didn’t go to Sacramento to cut programs, and I appreciate what you can do at the local level,” Price said. “You can really impact the daily lives of folks: getting streets cleaned, helping them with business, getting trees trimmed and sidewalks fixed.”

Inglewood to City Hall Price was born in South Los Angeles. He attended Morningside High School, where he was student body president. After attending three schools during his freshman year of college — San Francisco State, Cal. State Dominguez Hills and El Camino College — he was admitted to Stanford University, where he majored in political science.

He followed Stanford with a law degree from Santa Clara University and went to work for an export management company that dealt in air conditioning and heating systems.

He then spent 10 years in Washington, D.C, working as a consultant for a satellite communications company.

Price returned to Los Angeles and worked as a deputy for then-Eighth District Councilman Bob Farrell before joining the nonprofit California Community Economic Development Association as a community organizer.

In 1993 Price won a seat on the Inglewood City Council.

He lost a bid for Inglewood mayor in 1997, but rejoined the council in 2003. In 2005, Price supported a small business coalition that opposed Wal-Mart’s plans to open a store in the city.

“I threw my lot with the small businesses against the WalMart giant and we won,” Price said.

Price is quick to point out that he has also strived to be an advocate for big business. In the State Senate, for example, he

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In the words of one Ninth District stakeholder, former State Senator Price has “big shoes to fill” in succeeding termed-out rep Jan Perry. Perry held the seat for 12 years.

supported bids to expedite the approvals process for Farmers Field. If AEG’s proposed NFL stadium comes to fruition, Price will play an important role in overseeing the associated public perks.

“He’s been supportive of Farmers Field and when that project moves forward, on all the community benefits associated with it we’re going to be looking to work closely with his office to bring all of those things to fruition,” said Martha Saucedo, executive vice president of external affairs for AEG. On the Agenda On Tuesday, July 23, Price, who had lapel pins made that read “The New 9th,” introduced his first council motion.

The bill co-authored by 14th District City Councilman José Huizar would maintain city benefits for businesses operating in state enterprise zones, which are in jeopardy.

Two bills pending in Sacramento would eliminate the special districts, which provide an array of incentives and tax breaks to retailers and other employers. Much of Downtown is in a state enterprise zone and the city has its own set of benefits available to businesses operating in those areas.

If the state zones are eliminated, Price and Huizar’s motion would maintain the local benefits and direct the city’s new Economic Development Department (which Perry helms on an interim basis) to identify ways to replace the lost state incentives.

Going forward, Perry, from whom Price said he sought advice, said that the newly elected representative should seek to encourage as much development as possible around the

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“He’s going to have to be vigilant about building mixeduse, mixed-income projects along transit lines so we can move people into a mixed income South L.A., and so they don’t need a car,” Perry said.

One key Ninth District project that is underway but not yet cemented is My Figueroa, the plan to refashion Figueroa Street from a car-dominated strip to one with protected bike lanes, wider sidewalks and fewer lanes for autos. Adored by cyclists and pedestrian advocates, it is contested by some Figueroa Corridor businesses, namely the auto dealers.

Price said it’s too early to say whether he supports the plan as conceived.

“There are some concerns, I think legitimate concerns, that the business owners have about the bike lanes, about their disruption of commerce,” he said. “We certainly want to be sensitive to both sides of the issue.”

Darryl Holter, chief executive officer of the Shammas Group, which owns seven auto dealerships and an array of commercial properties along the Figueroa Corridor, said that as Price transitions to the role, he will have to focus quickly on small, quality-of-life issues.

“He’s filling really big shoes with Jan Perry, and I know he’s aware of this, but the kinds of issues you deal with at the state level are kind of different than a lot of the basic issues at council,” Holter said. “It’s more potholes and less legislative issues.”

Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

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The run, however, comes to an end this year. The event returns to L.A. Live, with a new satellite location at the Irwindale Speedway, from Thursday-Sunday, Aug. 1-4. But next year, the summer X Games will instead take place in Austin, Texas, where organizers signed a four-year contract starting in 2014, said X Games spokeswoman Grace Coryell.

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crack of sound and a quick lights-up ignite the action in Bruce Norris’ A Parallelogram. The proceedings never let up, as a combination of the veteran playwright’s quick, quirky wit and the actors’ sturdy grip on the minds and souls of their characters command attention through to the play’s bittersweet ending.

In the show that continues at the Mark Taper Forum in Downtown Los Angeles through Aug. 18, the protagonist Bee (Marin Ireland) gets philosophical early. “If you knew in

advance exactly what was going to happen in your life,” she wonders aloud, “and if you knew you couldn’t do anything to change it, would you still want to go on with your life?”

Well, who hasn’t wondered what the future holds? Bee seems aided in her inquiry by the droll elder version of herself (Marylouise Burke), who wields a remote control that turns back time and pauses or mutes the present — yes, it’s that kind of play.

Is Bee magically, blessedly allowed to see the future? Or are brain lesions stimulating these hallucinations? Or is a very

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Marylouise Burke (left) and Marin Ireland play older and younger versions of the lead character Bee in Bruce Norris’ play A Parallelogram. It is at the Mark Taper Forum through Aug. 18.

normal mind pondering the future and trying to reshape it?

Whatever the case, the elder Bee comforts the audience with the wisdom of age and hindsight. Her witticisms are charming and cheering, even when the play’s revelations are distressing.

One thing is absolutely clear: Bee is frittering time away, sitting on her bed, playing solitaire, through much of the play. She lives in a badly furnished home (set design by Todd Rosenthal), cohabiting with her boyfriend, Jay (Tom Irwin), whom she might or might not have snagged away from his wife and children. Bee and Jay’s gardener, JJ (Carlo Albán), wanders in and out of their garden and their lives. As is often the case in Norris works, all the characters are articulate and philosophical. They also deal, at every turn, with the mundane.

Bee’s mental wanderings take her from her bedroom to a hospital room, where clues about her past, and thus perhaps her present condition, are revealed when the elder Bee appears as her physician. Bee later returns home, where her room — or mind — has steeply decayed. Now she is watched over by the elder Bee, who takes the form of JJ’s abuelita.

Norris creates with large-scale ideas, some of which have been seen before in Downtown. He penned the Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park, which played the Taper in 2012, as well as the wicked The Pain and The Itch, which appeared on stage in Pasadena in 2009.

In A Parallelogram — the title comes from elder Bee’s theory of space and time, but also probably refers to the four characters and their mismatched but parallel existences — Norris operates in carefully intersecting skeins. Take, for example, his skewering view of sanity and normalcy. Bee, who may be in mental decline, claims she wants to live in reality and she plans to start by discarding her television set. Meanwhile, the presumably sane Jay yells at the TV, berating the game’s referee as if he could be heard.

Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, the play briskly walks a steady, always intriguing path. Her actors grasp the pace and tone of the dialogue, though the audience’s frequent laughter seemed to rattle the women’s timing on opening night.

Ireland creates an interesting heroine on a journey, a woman built of determined strength and childlike frailty. Bee needs that strength to take on her indomitable older self.

Burke plays that part with glee, delivering her lines with nasal annoyance, as if to say life is not mysterious to smart people.

Albán handles the gardener-philosopher as patient but not limitlessly so, a figure who has his own rather rational view of the future of humankind.

The toughest character to flesh out is Jay. He starts and ends the play wondering why he always winds up playing the bad guy. The role requires Irwin to take on notable bits of oftrepeated shtick that involve much running but no sweating.

Yet Irwin plays him as a real person, reacting truthfully as Jay is caught amid whirling, troubling circumstances. In Irwin’s portrayal he’s not a bad guy; he just thinks he is.

Lighting designer James F. Ingalls shows off his skills and the Taper’s generous instrumentation, illuminating the playing areas in remarkably realistic sunlight, mixed incandescent light and a mysterious otherworldly glow.

What is going on in A Parallelogram? Whatever it is, Bee sees the future and in the process teaches the audience about living in the present. Sadly for all humanity, life goes by in a flash.

A Parallelogram runs through Aug. 18 at the Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.

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Aug. 2, 8:30 p.m.: The summer film series goes anime with American Pop, the 1981 musical drama starring Ron Thompson and directed

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Catbaret Belasco Theater, 1050 S. Hill St., (323) 730-1102 or kittybungalow.org/catberettix.html.

Aug. 4, 7:30 p.m.: Kitty Bungalow, an L.A. street cat rescue organization, hosts this musical revue featuring a cluster of feline-loving celebrities singing tunes about cats. The benefit at the Belasco Theater will have the likes of Fred Willard, Bethany Joy Lenz and Chris Carmack meowing everything from Elton John’s “Honky Cat” to Norma Tanega’s “Walking My Cat Named Dog.”

Friday, augusT 2 Friday Night Sing-Along Keck Amphitheatre, 111 S. Grand Ave., (213) 9720777 or musiccenter.org.

6:30 p.m.: Those who have recently found themselves broken hearted, without their prized hound dog or facing engine trouble with their pick up truck will love the country music rendition of the Music Center’s Friday Night Sing-Along. Tickets are free for those who line up outside the venue beforehand.

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Thursday, augusT 1 X Games L.A. Live, 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-5483 or lalive.com.

Aug. 1-4: The bros will be on parade this week for the annual gathering of humans bound and determined to use toy boards and dirt bikes to pull off super gnarly tricks. Plenty of skateboarding and BMX competitions will take place in Downtown, as will some harrowing motocross races.

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Tuesday, July 30 Never Built Los Angeles at Aloud Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 2287500 or lfla.org.

7:15 p.m.: A gaggle of architects, historians and architecture critics gather to discuss the possibilities of our dear city, had all its proposed projects come to fruition.

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saTurday, augusT 3 Drum Downtown Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0777 or musiccenter.org.

10 a.m.: This free percussive program is open to folks of all skill levels as the instructors guide drummers through exercises in pitched percussion.

Splash + Surprises Grand Park, 200 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-8080 or grandparkla.org.

11 a.m.: Beyond the ominous title is the promise of kid-oriented fountain revelry with special events and activities geared toward the positive end of the surprise spectrum.

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here may be no film that better invokes pure nostalgia for American suburbia than 1993’s The Sandlot. In director David Evans’ work, a group of youngsters live for their little baseball diamond, and everything else that summer vacation brings — epic tree house campouts, trying chewing tobacco while riding carnival rides, and copious attempts to impress the neighborhood bombshell, Wendy Peffercorn. On Saturday, Aug. 3, Grand Park partners with Street Food Cinema to screen the film for free at 5:30 p.m. Bring a lawn chair and a picnic, or snag grub from one of the food trucks. For a good view, definitely get there early.

At 200 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-8080 or grandparkla.org.

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July 31: Jonathan Rowden Quartet.

Aug. 1: Tatiana Parra and Vardan Ovsepian.

Aug. 2: Matt Slocom Quartet.

Aug. 3: Alan Pasqua and Larry Koonse.

Aug. 4: Danny Janklow and Terell Stafford Group.

Bootleg Bar 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater. org.

July 29, 7:30 p.m.: July resident Miner would love to play another week, but the Mumford and Sons fantasy band camp starts Aug. 1.

July 30, 7 p.m.: Irreverent indie rockers Sebadoh continue their intermittent legacy of on-again, offagain music making with a night at Beverly Boulevard’s finest converted warehouse.

July 31, 8 p.m.: Hiatus Kaiyote sounds like Steely Dan reincarnated as an Australian soul band. Why not?

Aug. 1, 8 p.m.: If Gavin Degraw took a minute to reflect on his career only to become overwhelmed by the sort of regret that comes with being a smiley pop jockey, the resulting sonic melancholy would sound like tonight’s artist, Wrabel.

Aug. 2, 8 p.m.: King is actually an all female electro soul trio. Impressive, huh?

Aug. 3, 8 p.m.: Electro dream pop artist Roosevelt belongs to a European music collective known only as Greco-Roman. So arrive early to the show: there’ll be a mandatory weigh in before things get going.

Aug. 4, 7 p.m.: Despite early assessments to the contrary, London-based singer-songwriter Kieran Leonard appears to be a cheeky and insightful source of musical subterfuge.

Club Nokia 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubnokia.com.

Aug. 2, 9:30 p.m.: In celebration of the adjacent X Games, The Presets will bring their willfully accessible electronica straight from Sydney, Australia.

Conga Room 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 745-0162 or congaroom.com.

Aug. 1, 9 p.m.: Finally the opportunity to see Gilberto Santa Rosa live has arisen.

Escondite 410 Boyd St., (213) 626-1800 or theescondite.com.

July 29, 9 p.m.: Yonatan & Friends whip up a batch of live jazz.

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mic work out proceeds as usual with Bunny West and Boom Boom Boom.

July 31, 10 p.m.: JB & The Last Chance will drop an unprecedented three-hour set on the happy denizens of Boyd Street.

Aug. 1, 10 p.m.: Ted Z & The Wranglers promise to bump some good drinking tunes.

Aug. 2, 9 p.m.: Trevor Menear, six string swinging Friday night bard.

Aug. 3, 10 p.m.: Full on blues from Johnny Moezzi and, of course, Charlie Chan & the SOBs. Aug. 4, 9 p.m.: RT & the 44s let slip a few lewd lyrics for your listening pleasure.

Exchange LA 618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com.

Aug. 2, 10 p.m.: DJ duo Tritonal combines the club atmosphere with the soundtrack of a spin class.

Aug. 3, 10 p.m.: The official Hard after-party features Destructo, a DJ completely honest about his relationship to your ear drums.

FIGat7th 733 S. Figueroa St., (213) 955-7150 or figat7th.com.

Aug. 2, 6:30 p.m.: Jose James is at the top of the jazz game today. Plus, he’s recently joined Stevie Wonder in a boycott of Florida. He’s got a lot going for him.

Grammy Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org.

July 29, 8 p.m.: Obsessive fans have snatched up all the tickets for An Evening With Josh Groban, simultaneously satisfying the venue’s revenue stream and completing the singer’s subliminal messaging campaign to “raise him up.”

July 30, 7:30 p.m.: We’re not sure if the evening with Phillip Phillips sold out because of the singer’s success on “American Idol” or the novelty of seeing someone with such a derivative stage name.

Grand Park 200 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-8080 or grandparkla.org.

Aug. 1, 5:30 p.m.: The weekly “Out of Office” concert series continues with The Rebel Light, Holly Conlan and The Young Romans.

Grand Performances 350 S. Grand Ave., (213) 687-2159 or grandperformances.org.

Aug. 2, 8 p.m.: Los Angeles favorites Ozomatli translate sheet music from the library’s “Songs in the Key of L.A.” exhibit into a living, breathing aural tribute to the city they call home.

Aug. 3, 8 p.m.: South American musical fusion and electronic beats collide with Colombia’s Palenke Soultribe and Peru’s Novalima.

Ham and Eggs 433 W. Eighth St. or hamandeggstavern.com.

July 30, 9 p.m.: Little Lonely.

Aug. 3, 9 p.m.: People Talk & Friends.

Aug. 4, 9 p.m.: Jack & Jill.

Hard Summer LA State Historic Park, 1245 N. Spring St., (323) 4418819 or hardfest.com.

Aug. 3-4: Block rocking electronic music festival with Knife Party, Dog Blood, Flying Lotus, Justice, Bassnectar and more.

Nola’s 734 E. Third St., (213) 680-3003 or nolasla.com.

July 29, 7:30 p.m.: Cornelius Herring on piano.

July 30, 8 p.m.: Down Home Blues Jam Session.

Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m.: The Crew.

One-Eyed Gypsy 901 E. First St., (626) 340-3529 or one-eyedgypsy.com.

July 31: RT & the 44s: You will know them for the jury-rigged instruments and surplus of grimy, warbled Americana.

Aug. 2: Will Magid with his magical three buttoned horn device.

Pershing Square 532 S. Olive St., (213) 485-1645 or laparks.org/ pershingsquare.

Aug. 3, 7 p.m.: Prepare to travel back in time with 1980s power pop outfit The Smithereens and ’70s refuge Peter Case.

Redwood Bar and Grill 316 W. Second St., (213) 652-4444 or theredwoodbar.com.

July 30: Michael Van London, It’s OK, Reigning Monarchs and California Lions.

July 31: Electric Children and Cigarette Bums.

Seven Grand 515 W. Seventh St., (213) 614-0737 or sevengrand.la.

July 29: The Eric Patterson Quartet, a bold booking experiment in the feasibility of a jazz outfit bedecked entirely in olive.

July 30: The Makers, true immortals of the Los Angeles improvised jazz scene.

July 31, 10 p.m.: The Midnight Blues Review

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with its Robert Johnson borrowed logo seems to be an allusion to selling one’s soul at the crossroads at midnight in exchange for musical ability. The proof will be in the pudding.

Aug. 4, 10 p.m.: Music on a Sunday? The Little Ramblers’ Dixieland jazz will be a bold experiment for Seven Grand.

The Smell 247 S. Main St., alley between Spring and Main streets, thesmell.org.

Aug. 1: Ramshackle Glory, Sledding With Tigers, Moon Bandits and Alexander the Grape.

FILM Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com.

July 31, 7:15 p.m.: In Heterosexual Jill, self-proclaimed “ex-lesbian” Jill hunts down her ex-girlfriend Jamie to prove to herself that she is no longer attracted to her. Gee, wonder how that will work out.

Grand Park 200 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-8080 or grandparkla.org.

Aug. 3, 5:30 p.m.: The return of Street Food Cinema to Downtown will be a night you’ll remember For-ev-er. The nostalgic look at one group of boys’ early ’60s baseball obsession and cautionary tale about youth tobacco consumption The Sandlot will screen this week.

IMAX California Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 7442019 or californiasciencecenter.org.

Explore the remnants and wisdom of an ancient empire in Mysteries of Egypt.

Ice and polar bear enthusiasts will likely dig To the Arctic 3D. Experience the gripping story full of hope, crushing disappointment and triumph in Hubble 3D. Pershing Square 532 S. Olive St., (213) 485-1645 or laparks.org/ pershingsquare.

Aug. 2, 8:30 p.m.: We segue from buddy films to animated flicks with the musical drama American Pop. Regal Cinemas 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 763-6070 or lalive.com/ movies.

Through August 1: The To Do List (11:50 a.m., 2:30, 5:10, 7:50 and 10:30 p.m.); The Wolverine 3D

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s part of Brookfield Properties’ ongoing Downtown Festival at FIGat7th, a pair of artists who blend jazz and hiphop are taking center stage.

On Friday, Aug. 2, a 6:30 p.m. show features Grammy nominee and spoken word stylist Carolyn Malachi. Then, modern jazzman José James (shown here) takes the stage.

The Blue Note Records artist is sort of like Michael Buble, but instead of a big band, James fronts a funky quintet, and instead of shiny suits, he rocks a leather jacket and a Yankees hat. Why not? Sapporo will operate a cash bar.

At 735 S. Figueroa St., (213) 955-7150 or figat7th.com

(4:20 and 11 p.m.); The Wolverine (12:20, 1, 3:40, 7, 7:40 and 10:20 p.m.); Springsteen and I (7:30 p.m.); The Conjuring (11:20 a.m., 1:10, 2:10, 4:10, 5, 7:20, 8, 10:10 and 10:50 p.m.); R.I.P.D. (12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10 and 10:40 p.m.); Red 2 (12:50, 3:50, 6:50 and 10 p.m.); Turbo (11:20 a.m., 1:50 and 7:10 p.m.); Turbo 3D (4:40 and 9:40 p.m.); Fruitvale Station (12, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:50 p.m.); Grown Ups 2 (12:50, 3:50, 6:40 and 9:30 p.m.), Pacific Rim (3:20 and 9:30 p.m.); Pacific Rim 3D (12:10 and 6:30 p.m.); Despicable Me 2 (11:40 a.m. and 2, 4:30, 6:50 and 9:20 p.m.); Kevin

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Hart: Let Me Explain (2:20 and 7:30 p.m.); World War Z (11:30 a.m., 4:50 and 9:40 p.m.).

THEATER, OPERA & DANCE A Parallelogram Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 6282772 or centertheatregroup.org.

July 31-Aug. 3, 8 p.m. and August 4, 1 and 6:30 p.m.: Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright Bruce Norris presents a tale of a couple in

which the woman, Bee, believes she can see the future. Can she? There’s only one way to find out.

Through Aug. 18. See review p. 24.

Bob Baker’s Something to Crow About The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, 1345 W. First St., (213) 250-9995 or bobbakermarionettes.com.

July 30-31, 10:30 a.m. and Aug. 3-4, 2:30 p.m.: Come join Mama and Papa Goat and 100 more of the Bob Baker marionettes for a musical “Day on the Farm.” Think dancing scarecrows and tap danc-

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BARS & CLUBS

Meow Music photo courtesy Catbaret

Continued from previous page ing bullfrogs warbling “Shine On Harvest Moon.”

Call for reservations.

New Original Works Festival REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.

Aug. 1-3, 8:30 p.m.: Week two of the New Original Works Fest features Actress Fury by Jennie Marytai Liu; 100 Years of Noise: Beyonce Is Ready to Receive You Now by Tyler Matthew Oyer; and Fauwn Leb/Identity

by Waewdao Sirisook and Ronnarong Khampha.

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re you a cat lover? Then cancel your Sunday, Aug. 4, plans, because A Catbaret is coming. Really! Kitty Bungalow, an L.A. street cat rescue organization, is hosting a musical revue featuring a cluster of feline-loving celebrities singing tunes about, uh, cats. The benefit at the Belasco Theater will have the likes of Fred Willard, Bethany Joy Lenz (shown here) and Chris Carmack singing everything from Elton John’s “Honky Cat” to Norma Tanega’s “Walking My Cat Named Dog.” Meow! The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m.

At 1050 S. Hill St., (323) 730-1102 or kittybungalow. org/catberettix.html.

The Association 610 S. Main St., (213) 627-7385.

Carved out of the area that used to belong to Cole’s, the bar in front, the Association is a dimly-lit, swank little alcove with some serious mixologists behind the bar. Look for a heavy door, a brass knocker and a long line.

Barbara’s at the Brewery 620 Moulton Ave., No. 110, (323) 221-9204 or bwestcatering.com.

On the grounds of the Brewery, this bar and restaurant in an unfinished warehouse is where local residents find their artistic sustenance. Fifteen craft beers on tap, wine list and full bar.

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Bar 107 107 W. Fourth St., (213) 625-7382 or myspace.com/ bar107.

Inside the keyhole-shaped door, tough-as-nails Derby Dolls vie for elbowroom with crusty old bar guys and a steady stream of Old Bank District inhabitants. Velvet señoritas, deer heads with sunglasses, a wooden Indian and Schlitz paraphernalia plaster the red walls. There’s no shortage of entertainment, with the funky dance room, great DJs and the occasional

rock band. In the photo booth, you can capture your mug in old-fashioned black and white. Open from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. seven days a week.

Big Wang’s 801 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2449 or bigwangs.com.

Wings, beer and sports: That’s the winning recipe at this sports bar. The Downtown outpost, the third for the Hollywood-based bar, has everything the other locations have, plus a comfortable patio with outdoor flat screens.

Bonaventure Brewing Company 404 S. Figueroa St., (213) 236-0802 or bonaventurebrewing.com.

Where can you get a drink, order some decent bar food, sit outdoors and still feel like you’re Downtown? It’s a tall order to fill, but this bar in the Bonaventure Hotel does it admirably. Come by for a taster set of award-winning ales crafted by Head Brewer David Blackwell. Sure, the hotel is vaguely ’80s, and you’ll probably encounter some conven-

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Continued from previous page tion goers tying a few on, but it only adds to the fun.

Bottlerock 1150 S. Flower St., (213) 747-1100 or bottlerock.net.

Situated on the ground floor of the Met Lofts in South Park, this wine bar features a vast range of bottles from around the world and a price range equally as wide. Wines by the glass start at around $8, but if you’re feeling overcome by oenophilia (or just deep-pocketed) there are some first growth Bordeauxs for more than $1,000 for the bottle. And if you don’t get your fill while at the bar, which also features a rotating crop of artisanal beers and a full dinner menu, the bar also sells bottles at retail.

Broadway Bar 830 S. Broadway, (213) 614-9909 or broadwaybar.la.

Located next to the Orpheum Theatre in the Platt Building, the Broadway Bar’s blue neon sign beckons patrons inside to its 50-foot circular bar. The casualchic spot is based on Jack Dempsey’s New York bar, with low lighting and a dose of ’40s glam. There’s a patio upstairs with nice views, and a jukebox.

Caña 714 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 745-7090 or canarumbar.com.

In the Caribbean, “caña” is slang for sugarcane.

Rum is made from sugarcane. Therefore, Caña serves premium handcrafted rum cocktails in an intimate, elegant environment featuring live Caribbean and tropical Latin music.

Casey’s Irish Pub 613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or bigcaseys.com.

With its worn brick staircase, tin ceilings and dark wood decor, it’s easy to see how this neighborhood bar and grill still works its Irish charm. Regulars cozy up to the 60-foot mahogany bar with a pint of Guinness and a plate of bangers and mash. Casey’s has a full menu with six beers on tap and a selection of Belgian ales and microbrews.

Cole’s 118 E. Sixth St., colesfrenchdip.com.

This beloved restaurant saloon has been renovated under new ownership. The great leather booths and dark wood bar of the old spot remain, but now

the glasses are clean. Draft beer, historic cocktails, including what is probably the best Old Fashioned in town, and a short wine list.

Corkbar 403 W. 12th St., corkbar.com.

If the name didn’t give it away, this South Park establishment is all about the wine, specifically, California wine. Situated on the ground floor of the Evo condominium building, Corkbar serves up a seasonal food menu of farmer’s market-driven driven creations to go with your Golden State pinots, cabernets and syrahs.

Down and Out 501 S. Spring St., (213) 489-7800 or twitter.com/ thedownandout.

This latest offering from the same folks that brought you Bar 107. The 3,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of the Alexandria Hotel features mug shots of celebrities including Frank Sinatra, Hugh Grant, Steve McQueen and Andy Dick. The owners describe it as a sports bar for local residents who don’t want to mingle with tourists.

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