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owntown’s development boom has led to a lot of new buildings, but also older structures changing hands. So it is with the $50 million sale of the 15-story Chase Plaza at 888 W. Sixth St. (corner of Figueroa and Sixth streets). The gleaming 105,000-square-foot structure was sold by the Somerset Group, whose 12-property portfolio largely comprises New York City residential and office buildings, to an unidentified private local investor represented by Macy Lai. CBRE represented both buyer and seller in the transaction, which closed on Sept. 29. “Most of our real estate investments are long-term holds,” Lai said in a prepared statement. “Our main objective is to invest in prime locations, to manage the properties well and to enjoy the appreciation over a long-term period.” Downtown had a vacancy rate of 16.9% and average rent of $3.27 per square foot, per CBRE’s second-quarter report. That’s an improvement over the 17.6% vacancy rate and $2.99 per-square-foot price of a year ago, but lagging behind Westside office markets.

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TWITTER: @ DOWNTOWNNEWS tion of artifacts, photographs and personal items to Downtown’s Japanese American National Museum. Many of the items belonged to Takei’s family, including some from the time they were held in an internment camp in World War II. Other items include scripts for projects Takei worked on, as well as the Olympic torch he carried during the 1984 summer games. Takei’s donation is the largest ever given to JANM by a single person, according to the museum. “George is fearless in his stand against discrimination and injustice, and in his determination to take on the toughest social issues and protect the most vulnerable. He is an inspiration to the Japanese American community and to people across the world,” said Ann Burroughs, JANM’s interim president and CEO, in a prepared statement. The museum will launch an exhibition drawn from the items next March.

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owntown Los Angeles isn’t exactly a neighborhood where jack o’lanterns are set up outside of homes. That said, Downtowners can get their fill of carved pumpkins this week when Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. From 10 a.m.-10:15 p.m. on Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 13-16, the complex’s Kentia Hall will hold 5,000 intricately decorated pumpkins set up on a guided path. The event’s website shows a plethora of designs, everything from monstrous faces to pumpkins decorated with characters from Finding Dory. There will even be a few pumpkins weighing in at around 100

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The Beauty of a Record Store

he independent spirit has served Downtown well, even as many area landlords, real estate brokers and business boosters seek the home run client. The reasoning for the home run goes something like this: If you can lure a high-profile tenant like Yahoo EDITOR & PUBLISHER: Sue Laris or Buzzfeed, with hundreds of employees, to a creative GENERAL MANAGER: Dawn Eastin office campus, then others in the tech realm will follow. EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Jon Regardie There’s a retail corollary, and though for eons SENIOR WRITER: Eddie Kim Downtown’s Holy Grail was Trader Joe’s, now it STAFF WRITER: Nicholas Slayton seems to have shifted to an Apple Store — persuade CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Kathryn Maese S I N C E 19 7 2 the Cupertino-based company to take a stake in CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Jeff Favre, Greg Fischer Los Angeles Downtown News Downtown, goes the argument, and every other re1264 W. First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 tailer of note will also jump. ART DIRECTOR: Brian Allison phone: 213-481-1448 • fax: 213-250-4617 There’s nothing wrong with that outlook, and ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Yumi Kanegawa web: DowntownNews.com odds are, with the way Downtown Los Angeles is email: realpeople@downtownnews.com PHOTOGRAPHER: Gary Leonard evolving, the community will ultimately secure a facebook: leading tech tenant and the mother of all computer/ ACCOUNTING: Ashley Schmidt L.A. Downtown News phone/tablet stores. However, the approach overCLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER: Catherine Holloway twitter: looks one very important thing: Hitting home runs is ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES: Catherine Holloway, Brenda Stevens, DowntownNews S I N C E 19 7 2 hard. Singles are much easier. Michael Lamb Angeles Downtown News Los There’s a related factor: The singles also make the ©2016 Civic Center News, Inc. Los Angeles Downtown News SALES ASSISTANT: Claudia Hernandez is a trademark of Civic Center News Inc. All rights reserved. 1264 W. FirstaStreet, Angeles, community betterLos place. AndCA get90026 enough of them The Los Angeles Downtown News is the must-read newsphone: 213-481-1448 fax: 213-250-4617 and it eases the path •for the homer. CIRCULATION: Danielle Salmon paper for Downtown Los Angeles and is distributed every web: DowntownNews.com • email: realpeople@downtownnews.com Monday throughout the offices and residences of Downtown A retail case in point is Pop Obscure Records, which DISTRIBUTION MANAGER: Salvador Ingles Los Angeles. openedfacebook: in July in the Fashion District. It’s a good-size DISTRIBUTION ASSISTANTS: Lorenzo Castillo, Gustavo Bonilla One copy per person. twitter: space —L.A. a 25,000-square-foot shop near Seventh and he Downtown Los Angeles real estate development scene Ed Reyes, who represented the community on the City Council, Downtown News DowntownNews Los Angeles streets. It also may seem an anomaly — a is so super-heated that things have become weird. Billionnever gave up on Blossom Plaza, and he and his staff put in long record store in the digital and streaming age? dollar projects from international firms proliferate. As the EDITOR & PUBLISHER: Sue Laris hours ensuring that the project would find a developer. He was a & PUBLISHER: Sue Laris four towers of the Metropolis in South Park rise, and the Wilshire key player in the process as the veteran firm Forest City acquired EDITOR However, Pop Obscure is the kind of business that GENERAL MANAGER: Dawn Eastin GENERAL MANAGER: Dawn Eastin Grand replacement nears the finish line, it becomes easy to overthe site. Copious community meetings were held, leading to elegives a neighborhood things that are both elusive EXECUTIVE Jon— Regardie look much “smaller” developments. Although a $100 million projments in the design such as an open plaza for public events, and a and hard toEDITOR: quantify flavor and buzz. Founded EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Jon Regardie WRITER: Eddie Kim team of Dustin Lane and ect would be a major addition in almost any community across the connection to the Gold Line station, making it easier for riders to bySENIOR the husband-and-wife SENIOR WRITER: Eddie Kim STAFF Lee, WRITER: Slayton country, here it can rank as second-tier visually and otherwise. Sherry theNicholas shop that stocks about 10,000 new STAFF WRITER: Nicholas Slaytonget to and from the light rail line. The project broke ground shortly CONTRIBUTING before Reyes was termed out in 2013. and used vinylEDITOR: albumsKathryn is the Maese first record store to In that regard Blossom Plaza, which heldCONTRIBUTING a ribbon-cutting ceremoEDITOR: Kathryn Maese CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Jeff Favre, Greg Fischer open in Downtown in who knows how long. ny last month, might at first glance seem unspectacular. Yet glossing All of those community-oriented aims S I Nhave C E been 19 7 2achieved in CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Jeff Favre, Greg Fischer over the Chinatown project would be a mistake. The 237-unit devel ART As DIRECTOR: we say, this independent spirit in the retail world the finished project. What’s more, Blossom Plaza has a 20% afBrian Allison Los Angeles Downtown News opment, which Los Angeles Downtown News aboutBrian last week, fordable housing component, something exceedingly rare in the has served Downtown well, and though chain stores ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Yumi Kanegawa ARTwrote DIRECTOR: Allison 1264 W. First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 is a thoughtfully considered addition to a neighborhood appearsYumimodern market. are arriving with increasing frequency, some of the phone: 213-481-1448 • fax: 213-250-4617 ASSISTANT ARTthat DIRECTOR: Kanegawa PHOTOGRAPHER: Gary Leonard to be on the verge of monumental change. With some key communi- The design by the Chinatown-based most beloved Downtown establishments are unique firm Johnson Fain speaks web: DowntownNews.com ACCOUNTING: Schmidt ty-sensitive elements, Blossom Plaza represents something we don’t and quirky — Ashley think of the aforementioned Last Bookthoughtfully to the community. There are no fake pagodas or aremail: realpeople@downtownnews.com PHOTOGRAPHER: Gary Leonard always see in the real estate world: a promise fulfilled. store, the long-running inHolloway Little Tochitectural gimmicks. Instead, the look is modern without being CLASSIFIED ADVERTISINGPopKiller MANAGER:Second Catherine facebook: kyo, with its line of T-shirts andHolloway, kitsch ephemera, or Michael Lamb ostentatious. Blossom Plaza, at 900 N. Broadway, occupies the siteAshley of theSchmidt forACCOUNTING: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES: Catherine Brenda Stevens, L.A. Downtown NewsDevelopDTLA Bikes on Broadway, where the indoor test track mer Italian restaurant Little Joe’s. The eatery stayed in business Blossom Plaza sets a bar for other projects in the area. SALES ASSISTANT: Claudia Hernandez CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER: Catherine sets it apart from the pack. The list goes on and on. even as the community, which was Los Angeles’ original Little Italy, ers have been Holloway buying up property in Chinatown, and plans for sevtwitter: CIRCULATION: Danielle Salmon ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES: Catherineeral Holloway, morphed into Chinatown. Finally Little Joe’s closed, and for years major efforts are in the design stage. This project proves that In this regard, Pop Obscure Records is a fitting adDowntownNews DISTRIBUTION MANAGER: Salvador Ingles Brenda Stevens, Michael the property was a fenced-off eyesore. It remained derelict evenLamb as you can have a lot of things in one: market-rate housing, affordable dition to the lineup, and we’re pleased that Lane and DISTRIBUTION ASSISTANTS: Lorenzo Castillo, Gustavo Bonilla a Gold Line station opened a block away. SALES ASSISTANT: Claudia Hernandez apartments, retail, community elements andNews, a design thatAngeles compleLee chose to gamble on Downtown. Hopefully it ©2016 Civic Center Inc. Los News is a trademark of Civic Center News finds anCivic audience andInc.takes off. Downtown News is a trademark of Civic About a decade ago, a developer sought to build housing on the ments the neighborhood. Downtown ©2016 Center News, Los Angeles Inc. All rights reserved. News Inc. All rightsto reserved. Center We look forward the day when Apple arrives, and site. The Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency chipped wasDowntown worth the wait, The Plaza Los Angeles News is theconsidering must-read CIRCULATION: Danielle Salmon While we can’t say Blossom The Los Angeles Downtown News is the must-read newspaper for Downtown Los Angeles newspaper forcan Downtown Losa Angeles and is disinclude affordable units. maybe it’s oneevery yearMonday or maybe fivethe years. and even that the wait was nearly 10 years, we say it is fitting addition and is distributed throughout officesUntil and residences of Downtownin Losfunds, on the condition that the project DISTRIBUTION MANAGER: Salvador Ingles tributed every Monday throughout the offices and Angeles. Yet like so many developments at the time, it was felled by the reafter that time, it’s nice to be able to buy a record. to Chinatown. Given its location in the heart of the historic neighresidences of Downtown Los Angeles. DISTRIBUTION ASSISTANTS: Lorenzo Castillo, One copy per person. cession. 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Meg Barclay began her job as the city homelessness coordinator last week. She is charged with unraveling a homelessness strategy and keeping city departments accountable.

Meg Barclay Takes on One of the Region’s Toughest Issues By Eddie Kim n Los Angeles’ attempt to wrangle with homelessness, one persistent problem has been a lack of coordination between city and county departments. Entities including the Los Angeles Police Department, county mental health workers and the city Bureau of Sanitation frequently addressed the critical issue on a piecemeal basis. “The city’s approach was a reactionary one, reacting to the latest lawsuit, latest incident. It’s no way to set policy,” said 14th District City Councilman José Huizar, who serves as vice-chair of the Homelessness and Poverty Committee. “On top of that, we were establishing one program here, one program there. It wasn’t creative or proactive.” By all accounts, the lines of communication have improved in recent years, and in January the city and county each released extensive reports on how homelessness should be addressed. Now, another potential big step has been taken. On Monday, Oct. 3, Meg Barclay became the city’s first-ever homelessness coordinator. She is based in the office of City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana. Barclay is charged with unraveling the city’s homelessness strategy, keeping city departments accountable and coordinating city efforts with those of the county. People generally have “too many objectives and not enough time in the day,” she said. Her tasks include keeping tabs on each piece of the puzzle and

how complete the overall process is. “It’s about very clearly defining an objective, very clearly identifying who needs to be on board with your objective to accomplish it, and figuring out what it is that their role is,” Barclay said in an interview in her 15th-floor office at City Hall East. After receiving her master’s in public policy from the University of Southern California in 2004, Barclay took a job at the nonprofit Shelter Partnership. An opening in the office of the city’s Chief Legislative Analyst drew her away after a year, but her interest in homelessness remained. In grad school, Barclay had conducted projects related to the issue, even writing a policy evaluation of nonprofit developer Skid Row Housing Trust. Her five years in the CLA’s office gave her the opportunity to dive deep. “I basically took on anything that had to do with homelessness, writing reports for City Council,” she said. Search for a ‘Czar’ Barclay joined former city Housing Director Mercedes Marquez when Marquez was named assistant secretary of community planning and development at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Barclay helped oversee the deployment of HUD’s “consolidated plan,” a system for cities to assess their affordable housing markets and understand, through data, where and how much investment was needed. Some local officials, including Huizar, in the

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past talked up the idea of hiring a homelessness “czar” who could have resources and staff to move quickly on any issues. Barclay’s coordinator role is not that, and that is by design — the homelessness strategy requires someone who can bring existing entities together, not sidestep them, said City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana. “We have experts in the city and the service provider community that are doing groundlevel work. We don’t want to replace that infrastructure,” said Santana, who has made homelessness a key issue for the CAO’s office. “We are working on collaboration with someone who understands large-scale project management, but has a personal passion, too.” Barclay spent the past 18 months as the chief grants administrator for the city Economic and Workforce Development Department. The visible extremes of the homelessness crisis are part of why she believes city officials are collaborating and committing to the issue more than ever before.

Huizar expects the homelessness coordinator role will need some time to get defined and find its legs, with room to grow if Barclay requires staff or other resources. One upside of the position is that it can help build institutional knowledge around homelessness within a city office. “A mayor’s appointed official on the matter would come and go,” he said. “We want someone who can remain and educate future City Councils and city staff.” November’s vote on the homelessness bond measure, Proposition HHH, will shape Barclay’s job. It would authorize $1.2 billion in bonds paid by property taxes, which would fund the building of up to 10,000 permanent supportive housing units over the next decade. The CAO’s office has already began courting development proposals for dozens of sites across the city, but regardless of whether it passes or not, Barclay is battening down the hatches. “We have the tools, more than ever before,” she said. “Now we need results.” eddie@downtownnews.com

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By Nicholas Slayton n the evening of Sept. 8, an estimated 13,000 people flooded the Historic Core for the Downtown Art Walk. It was the 12th anniversary of the once small and communal, and later huge and sometimes raucous, event. Over the course of several hours, visitors took in, among other things, experimental paintings at the Andrea Bogdan Studio and sculpture at the Robert Reynolds Studio. Over at the Art Walk Lounge, an outdoor space that serves as the evening’s de facto headquarters, they served cake. Held on the second Thursday of each month — the next one is this week, on Oct. 13 — the Downtown Art Walk is built around the approximately three dozen galleries that open their doors. Some visitors come for the art. For others, the draw remains the restaurants, bars and the street life of the bustling neighborhood. The event, which officially runs from 6-10 p.m., takes place mostly in the Historic Core, with a main hub of activity at Sixth and Spring streets. Much has changed since gallery owner Bert Green founded the event in 2004 (Green later left Los Angeles). Although there was a period of financial uncertainty, Art Walk today is run by a registered nonprofit and operates in the black. There is onsite security, a contingent of LAPD officers and, after the event ends, a brigade of street cleaners from the Historic Downtown Business Improvement District to tidy up. According to Art Walk Executive Director Qathryn Brehm, the event sees approximately 12,000-15,000 attendees per month, with 3,000 stopping by the Art Walk Lounge.

The team behind Art Walk remains slim, with Brehm being the only fulltime staffer, though three others work part-time. Brehm also recruits about a half-dozen volunteers to help coordinate each event. Brehm took over in December 2013, and has sought to return the focus to the art as much as possible, and play down the party aspect. In that regard, Art Walk also functions as a kind of promotional arm for the galleries of Downtown Los Angeles. “It’s free and it’s a great date night,” Brehm said. “A lot of people who might feel intimidated about going to a gallery can come Downtown and do that and learn about the art.” Ups and Downs Art Walk is currently funded by sponsors, which include the Historic Downtown Business Improvement District, the Los Angeles Times, Arts Brookfield and Joe’s Auto Parks. Brehm also solicits private donations. The annual budget hovers around $150,000, though it has gone up and down in the past. Brehm said that she is also looking to secure funding from grants. “Our budget is super small and very lean and we try to stay lean,” said Bonnie Tseng, a member of the Art Walk board of directors. “We’re grateful for all of the assistance we get from donors and supporters. We’re hoping to expand on that.” The past 12 years have not been without shakeups. There was a series of executive changes starting around seven years ago. Things stabilized in 2010, when Joe Moller was hired. He stayed for three years. Brehm, his second-in-command, took over after he departed.

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For a time, Art Walk’s biggest struggle was with its own success. Crowds during the warm summer months swelled as high as 30,000 people, with many drawn more by the party than the art. Some gallery owners even stopped opening during Art Walk, seeing it as a time when few serious collectors show up. Sidewalks could become impassable as people thronged the Historic Core. Tragedy struck in July 2011, when a driver trying to parallel park on Spring Street near Fourth Street errantly drove onto the curb and hit a parking meter. The meter fell into a stroller carrying 2-month-old Marcello Vasquez. The infant died. In March 2014, the City Council agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and Art Walk, over allegations that it failed to create safe areas for pedestrians during the event. The suit was filed by Vasquez’s parents. The following July, Art Walk was interrupted by clashes between protesters with the Occupy movement and the LAPD. Police fired rubber bullets and Art Walk attendees were not allowed to leave Spring Street businesses until the situation eased. Seventeen protesters were arrested. Brehm said changing the atmosphere was an intentional, if slow, process. The nonprofit and various galleries asked people coming to Art Walk to avoid heavy drinking. On a more active front, Art Walk took steps to thin crowds and reduce the number of people spilling into the streets. That included clustering food trucks in specific locations, such as a parking lot at Seventh and Spring streets. Brehm said that issues with street vendors and panhandlers persist, although the less-crowded sidewalks have eased the situation. It took time, but the party atmosphere has

subsided, according to Brehm. Expansion Plans The Art Walk crowd remains diverse. In September, staffers at the Art Walk Lounge queried visitors on where they live. They found attendees from across Los Angeles County, but also people from Utah, Ohio and Massachusetts. There were even visitors from France and Germany. Nathan Cartwright, owner of The Hive Gallery and Studios at 729 S. Spring St., said that many galleries rotate artists or works each month, ensuring that Art Walk visitors always get a new experience. He said he is happy with the event, noting that crowds are strong and things proceed smoothly. “It’s like watching a child grow,” he said. “It had a big growth spurt. Now it has hit its stride.” Cartwright said that while many people come to glance at art or drink, he does make some sales on Art Walk nights. He also said he has seen repeat visitors, and that in certain cases people he meets during Art Walk come back three, six or 12 months later and buy something. David Lovejoy, whose eponymous gallery sits above the Last Bookstore at 453 S. Spring St., said one challenge with Art Walk is that many gallery owners or curators don’t have time to explore the different venues. In September, he briefly closed his studio to explore for an hour. A lot of work happens behind the scene. Brehm’s group organizes quarterly meetings, allowing gallery owners and event staff to discuss promotional plans and how past happenings went. Petra Wright, curator of the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts gallery at 727 S. Spring St., said the meetings have helped improve communication.

These days Art Walks generally attract 12,000 to 15,000 people a night. In the past, as many as 30,000 showed up. Art Walk brass have worked to thin crowds and make the event less rowdy.

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Brehm acknowledges that, despite the sizable crowds, fewer collectors are attending. To address that, she is launching a “Collectors 101” tour this month; people who pay $5 will get a guided tour of three galleries. Jeremy Quant, who often leads tours for Art Walk, will talk to people about the basics of collecting art. Brehm hopes to expand Art Walk’s reach in other ways. In May, the nonprofit held a Kinder Walk, taking 68 kindergarten students from the Metro Charter Elementary School on a tour of three galleries. Brehm said she hopes to stage more of these. These days, each month has a theme, which

is showcased at the Art Walk Lounge. This week’s Art Walk is built on the idea of street art, and the lounge will showcase the works of artists from Smile South Central, a project showcasing muralists from South Los Angeles. Next month’s theme is surrealism, and there might be an inherent irony — 12 years ago, the idea of a thriving outdoor Downtown art event that lured more than 10,000 people might have seemed completely surreal. The next Downtown Art Walk is Thursday, Oct. 13. The Art Walk Lounge is at 634 S. Spring St. More information is at downtownartwalk.org. nicholas@downtownnews.com

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Do Not Disturb: Sometime on Sept. 25-27, an unidentified individual gained entry to a guest’s room at the Stay on Main hotel. The thief ransacked the room and left with the television. Hill Street Assault: Just after 3 a.m. on Sept. 25, two men approached a student in a parking lot on Hill Street. An argument broke out and the men hit the student numerous times in the face, injuring him. Medical Needs: Around 6 a.m. on Sept. 25, a man stole a senior citizen’s bag at a bus stop at Sixth Street and Grand Avenue. The bag contained food and the victim’s prescription medication. Get a Library Card: On the afternoon of Sept. 26, a man walked into the Central Library and took four books. He left without checking them out. Run, Don’t Walk: On Sept. 25 or 26, an unidentified individual stole a senior citizen’s walker from inside the Senator Hotel on Main Street. The thief fled the scene. Slip Key: Someone broke into a student’s Honda that was in a parking garage at Fifth and Spring streets. The thief grabbed electronic equipment from the car.

Look Up: 57-Story Tower Could Rise Near Pershing Square Project With Cantilevered Swimming Pools Proposed for L-Shaped Plot By Eddie Kim eveloper Jeffrey Fish is best known for renovating the Pershing Square Building at 333 W. Fifth St., and raising its profile with the creation of Perch, the rooftop bar and restaurant that remains a neighborhood favorite. The northeast corner of Fifth and Hill streets, however, could see a literally massive change. Fish’s company JMF Development last week filed plans with the city for a 55- to 57-story skyscraper, designed in one of two configurations: with 100 condominiums, 200 hotel rooms and 27,500 square feet of commercial office space, or 142 condos and 25,000 square feet of commercial space. The news was first reported by the website Urbanize.la. The tower would rise on an L-shaped lot that runs around the perimeter of the 1924 Pershing Square Building, and would feature a multi-floor open “Sky Lobby” that would be cut out of the middle of the new structure. Located on the 13th floor, the Sky Lobby would roughly align with the Perch rooftop. “The residential tower will appear to float above it. Many of the residences will have individual cantilevered swimming pools and terraces, establishing a profile for this high-rise that is unprecedented in North America,” Fish said in a prepared statement. Other details, including the size of the residences and layouts of building amenities, are unclear. There is no timeline or budget for the development, according to a project representative. Other than Fish’s description of Fifth and Hill as a “modern mixed-use” building, it is unclear what its design could entail at an intersection that largely features mid-rise Beaux Arts architecture. Development activity, however, is red-hot in the area,

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Jeffrey Fish and JMF Development plan to build a 55- to 57-story tower on the L-shaped lot that wraps around the Pershing Square Building.

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fueled by easy access to transit; the skyscraper plot is directly across the street from an underground Metro station. Fish is no stranger to ambitious deals around Bunker Hill and the Historic Core. He recently tried to buy the land underneath the Colburn School, Omni Hotel and Angels Flight. The school and hotel eventually secured their properties, while the status of the Angels Flight bid is unclear. Meanwhile, across Hill Street, MacFarlane Partners has broken ground on a seven story-structure, the first part of a two-phase project (the second building would be 24 floors) that would create 660 apartments. The neighboring Hotel Clark, while plagued by delays from developer Chetrit Group, is also nearly ready to debut with approximately 350 rooms. One block north is Equity Residential’s Beacon Tower, which is slated to break ground by the end of the year; the 33-story edifice would hold 428 studio to two-bedroom apartments. Topping things off is the city’s search for a real estate firm to develop the now-browned (and closed) Angels Knoll park. eddie@downtownnews.com

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What’s in My Loft? Downtown Residents Show Off a Few of Their Favorite Things By Emily Manthei • Photos by Gary Leonard

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edondo Beach native Liana Georgoulis has a history with Downtown Los Angeles. She remembers her parents taking her shopping in the Fashion and Jewelry districts, and to the Coliseum in Exposition Park for the 1984 Summer Olympics. As an adult, she returned to Downtown to use her degree as a volunteer clinical psychologist at the Union Rescue Mission. She soon found herself visiting friends in Arts District lofts. “I watched the city grow, and

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What’s in My Loft? Continued from page 9 I just wanted to be part of it and be inspired by its creativity,” she says. So, in 2014, she moved to a bright corner unit in the Historic Core’s Rowan Lofts. These are some of the items in her home. 1) A black, acoustic Mitchell guitar is a longtime companion — Georgoulis has had it since she was a teenager. “Since living Downtown, I’ve gotten really into songwriting. This space is so creatively inspiring to me, so I just sit here looking out the window, writing songs,” she says. “The fire escape reminds me of a film noir.” 2) A 1970s Philips turntable, which she found in Atwater Village, plays all of Georgoulis’ records. “I started collecting records two years ago. I try not to tell people about my favorite spot so that they won’t take all the best records, but I’ll give you a hint: It’s right across from this building. I go to the monthly Rock ‘N’ Roll Flea Market at The Regent, too. I’m a regular.” She’s been on the hunt for her all-time favorite album, The Clash’s London Calling, but so far the price hasn’t been right.

3) A framed print of Debbie Harry, signed by photographer Leee Black Childers, is one of Georgoulis’ prized possessions. It comes with a story: “I went to one of his photography exhibits at a counter-culture gallery called Lethal Amounts, which my friend opened on Seventh Street,” she says. “Childers told a bunch of amazing stories about his experiences with Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry and all the greats. He signed this photo for me that night, and a week later he died. That was his last hurrah.” 4) By her bed, Georgoulis keeps a large fishbowl terrarium, filled with a scene from her annual trip to Joshua Tree. “I go to Joshua Tree every year for a few days and camp with friends, climb the rock piles and just generally have a hippie retreat. I tried to re-create the place where we always stay inside this terrarium. It’s like its own tiny world.” Inside are succulents, including a plant known as a Miniature Joshua Tree. The terrarium is one of many plants around the loft. “I love my plants. I sing to them, and I guess it works. They love the singing, and they love the light in here.”

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What’s in My Loft? Scott and Cait Benson Eckardt Building

cott and Cait Benson enjoy watching the skyline change outside their window on Los Angeles Street. “We like to count the cranes and see what’s going on over there,” says Cait, who moved Downtown in 2009. The director of student activities at FIDM and her husband of six months, a talent agent with offices in the Eastern Columbia Building, both enjoy their no-car commutes. Scott has lived at the Fashion District’s Eckardt Building since 2011. They share the home with their dog Orson. 1) A bookshelf with Americana-infused items epitomizes the couple’s style. When Cait moved in, she admits it was a challenge to integrate her belongings with Scott’s. “He already had his place here, but I had to kinda tone down the sports nostalgia theme and get rid of some of my Moroccan stuff from my last place,” she says. He adds, “This whole bookshelf is the culmination of everything we’ve built together. It holds her typewriter, my dad’s baseball glove, a Moroccan lamp from her old place, milk bottles from my hometown and things we find together at flea markets.” 2) Journeys to the Central Library inspired much of the couple’s wall decorations, including a reproduction of a Downtown streetcar map. “This rail system is gone, but the map at least lives on, and the Metro follows its legacy,” Scott says. “I didn’t have a car for a while so I was using Metro all the time. Now, we only have one car between the two of us. And the cool thing about Downtown is, we almost never have to leave. Our car sits in the

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What’s in My Loft? Continued from page 12 garage and basically only goes out on weekends.” 3) A 1920s Victrola hand-crank record player, polished to perfection with a dark cherry finish, is one of Scott’s favorite possessions. Scott cranks it, throws on a wax record and a tinny piano sounds from the speakers. “I bought this from someone in San Francisco right after I met Cait. We love listening to records together, but it’s not the best for a party.” Grinning, Cait adds, “It’s okay listening to this for about 20 minutes, but after a while the speakers can be grating.”

4) A watercolor map of Downtown, drawn by one of Cait’s FIDM students, Chloe White, was a unique inclusion with the couple’s wedding invite. “We wanted our guests to know about our favorite places Downtown, so we incorporated them into our wedding weekend and gave everyone a map,” Cait says. “We got married at the Carondelet House near MacArthur Park, had our reception at Terroni, and had everyone stay at the Los Angeles Athletic Club overnight. We also told them to check out the Last Bookstore, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Seven Grand — that’s where we had our first date.”

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4 from Brimhall’s days in Nome. “I became very interested in the native carvers and artisans. I felt like they were getting ripped off by selling their beautiful carvings in the bar just to get beer money,” she says. “I wanted to help them protect themselves, so I did a conference at Fairbanks University on art law and eventually became well-known enough in Alaska to become the first director of the Institute of Native Alaskan Arts. These are pieces from artisans that I knew personally.”

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Smart & Final Extra 845 S. Figueroa St., (213) 629-0039 or smartandfinal.com Daily 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Leave your expectations of only finding bulk items at home. While it has some large-quantity provisions, the Downtown Smart & Final Extra is more of a traditional grocery store with supermarket staples. There is also a coffee shop, the Downtown Grind, which has sandwiches, salads and other prepared meals. Urban Radish 661 Imperial St., (213) 892-1570 or urban-radish.com Daily 8 a.m.-9 p.m. A sunny, upscale market in the Arts District. Sure, you can juice and a frozen pizza here, but you can also pick up fresh fruits or vegetables, a nice bottle of wine or spend time at the impressive cheese station. Another plus is a sandwich counter, and there’s al fresco seating in front of the store.

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Whole Foods 788 S. Grand Ave., (213) 873-4745 or wholefoodsmarket.com Daily 7 a.m.-10 p.m. This is the supermarket Downtown Los Angeles has been waiting for for years. The mammoth store at the base of a Financial District apartment complex has all the fresh, organic produce you expect. It is filled with dairy products, meats, coffee, flowers, wine, seafood and a cheese station. There are also plenty of grab-and-go options, including an in-store outpost of chef Roy Choi’s Chego. There is plenty of parking, too.

City Strut (213) 361-4321 or city-strut.com Specializing in socialization, basic puppy training and dog walking, City Strut is yet another Historic Core alternative for the busy canine owner.

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DTLA Vets 333 S. Spring St., (213) 613-1537 or dtlavets.com Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-noon Doctors Eve Flores and Leia Castaneda saw that Downtown lacked a vet’s office and decided to do something about it. They provide full-service pet health care including surgical and dental services. Also, if you work, you can pick up your animal companion at the end of the day.

GNC 510 W. Sixth St., (213) 622-2078 Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 700 S. Flower St., (213) 622-6931 Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. If you need vitamins, or any excuse to be healthy, this is the place. Little Tokyo Pharmacy 402 E. Second St., (213) 680-4011 or littletokyorx.com Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A true neighborhood joint with fast and friendly prescription services, as well as vitamins, gifts and other basics. Rite-Aid 500 S. Broadway, (213) 623-5820 or riteaid.com Mon.-Sat. 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun. 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Pharmacy Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 600 W. Seventh St., (213) 896-0083 Daily 7 a.m.-10 p.m.; Pharmacy Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Drugstore necessities and toiletries, loads of candy, plus good deals on wine. Total Remedy and Prescription Center 1245 Wilshire Blvd. (Good Samaritan Medical Building), (213) 481-1130 or totalremedy.com Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A full-service pharmacy and medical supply business in City West, complete with delivery options. Uptown Drug & Gift Shop 444 S. Flower St. #100, (213) 612-4300 or uptowndrugs.com Weekdays 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. They’ve been here since 1945. That’s 1945! Expect a traditional pharmacy with personal attention, screenings and prescription delivery. Walgreens 617 W. Seventh St., (213) 694-2880 Weekdays 7 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Pharmacy Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. At the corner of Seventh and Hope streets, this is the chain’s first Downtown store. It’s directly across the street from the Rite-Aid. 460 S. Broadway, (213) 572-0127 Daily 6 a.m.-midnight; Pharmacy Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Also located near a Rite-Aid, this Walgreens offers all the amentities of its competitor without a liquor license.

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Go Dog LA 1728 Maple Ave., (213) 748-4364 or godogla.com Weekdays 6:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; weekends 7:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. A 9,000-square-foot open play space for doggies. They also have cage-free boarding, grooming and outdoor yards. Just Food for Dogs 333 S. Spring St., (213) 709-2963 or justfoodfordogs.com Mon.-Fri. 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Next to DTLA Vets, they stock the healthiest meals that Fido could ever hope to eat. They have meals, they have treats, and they have more. Little Tokyo Pet Clinic 333 S. Alameda St., #222, (213) 537-0989 or littletokyovet.com Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. This new arrival accepts walks-ins and emergencies during normal business hours. They handle all regular services, and also offer options such as dental cleaning and pet laser therapy. Muttropolitan 408 E. Second St., (213) 626-8887 or muttropolitanla.com Tues.-Sat. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. This Little Tokyo salon for pets includes self-service wash stations and drop offs. Yes, we used the phrase “salon for pets.” Pussy & Pooch 564 S. Main St., (213) 438-0900 or pussyandpooch.com Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. A pet boutique with grooming services, unique products and pet furniture, plus the Pawbar for pet meals. There are also occasional dog and cat social nights. Meow! South Park Doggie Day Care Spa and Supplies 1320 S. Grand Ave., (213) 747-3649 or southparkdoggie.com Mon.-Fri. 6:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Daycare, boarding, grooming, spa, training and supplies. Get one or get them all. Walk Fido (213) 479-2426 or walkfido.com Daily 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Group walks, park trips, dog/cat sitting, and visits to the vet and groomer, including holidays. Petsitting services require a 48-hour notice. Walka-Walka (206) 459-3077 or walkawalka.com Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Small group walks and dog/cat sitting available. After hours and weekend walks available for additional fee.

SALONS/SERVICES Angelo’s Barber Shop 515 S. Olive St., (213) 627-7440 or angelosbarbershop.com Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nestled in the Biltmore Hotel, Angelo’s will do a buzzcut, a head shave or something full of style. They can even give you that mohawk mom never let you get. Bolt Barbers 460 S. Spring St., (213) 232-4715 or boltbarbers.com Mon.-Wed. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Thurs.-Sat. 8 a.m.-midnight Get your shave, shear and shine at this old school-inspired barbershop. Candolyn’s 350 S. Grand Ave., #D-9, (213) 625-7895 or candolyns.com Mon. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; appointments recommended. This veteran of the California Plaza Watercourt offers haircuts, nail services and massages. C&J Beauty Center 804 W. Seventh St., (213) 624-3000 Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. A full-service salon and beauty supply business. Curt Darling Salon 440 S. Main St., (213) 426-4000 or curtdarlingsalon.com Mon.-Tues. 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Wed. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs.-Sun. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Men and women will find fantastic cuts at this salon adjacent to The Regent. Try the signature Darling DryCut. Diva Den Hair Spa 1042 S. Olive St. or (213) 747-7674 Mon. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Specializing in ethnic hair and extensions. Elisa’s Garage 1401 S. Santa Fe Ave., (213) 623-1233 or elisasgarage.com This loft studio caters to Downtown professionals, artists and hipsters. European Hair Design 404 S. Figueroa St., Suite 413, (213) 892-1580 Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. A full-service salon that has been in Downtown for the last 30 years. Frais Spa 819 S. Flower St., (213) 784-8194 or oasiscityspa.com Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Inside the O Hotel is this clean and tranquil modern spa that promises to revive and rejuvenate. Formerly known as Oasis Day Spa. Hairhaus 527 W. Seventh St., Ste. 200, (310) 819-7376 or hairhausla.com Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Yelp swoons with reviews for Rosie and her curiously Germantitled salon. Imperial Barber Shop 114 Judge John Aiso St. or (213) 625-2830 Get an affordable cut at this Little Tokyo spot. No appointments; cash only. Jacqueline’s Salon 108 W. Second St., (213) 617-7911 or jacquelinessalon.com Tues.-Sat. 6 a.m.-close, also by appointment This full-service salon in Downtown was here long before the hipsters arrived. The Loft 560 S. Main St., (213) 622-2902 or theloft8Wsalon.com Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. With as apropos a name as a Historic Core salon could have, The Loft caters to locals and visitors alike. It’s got a chic sensibility and a convienent locaation.

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Nail Service 244 E. First St., (213) 626-0315 Mon.-Tues. 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Wed.-Sat. 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Nail and spa services, face treatments, lash extensions and nail art in both gel and acrylic. Validated parking on Second Street. Nails on Ninth 127 W. Ninth St. or (213) 627-6245 The name says it all: affordable manicures and pedicures on Ninth Street. Neihule 607 S. Olive St., (213) 623-4383 or neihule.com Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tues. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wed.-Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. A high-end, full-service salon across from Pershing Square that is decked out in mod white. Neihule 2 512 W. Seventh St., (213) 627-5300 or neihule.com Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tues. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wed.-Fri. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. A state-of-the-art nail spa with a tanning salon and blow-dry bar. Ritz-Carlton Spa 900 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 743-8800 or ritzcarlton.com Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. An upscale spa will pamper you in the signature Ritz style.

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Rudy’s Barber Shop 550 S. Flower St., (213) 439-3058 or rudysbarbershop.com Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The Downtown Standard hotel’s in-house barbershop.

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Salon Eleven 420 W. 11th St., (213) 744-9944 or salon-eleven.com Tues. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Wed. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri. 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. A hip, upbeat salon in South Park. Salon on 6 548 S. Spring St., Suite 111, (213) 623-5033 or salonon6.biz Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. by appointment Salon and day spa in the Historic Core.

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Salon on Seventh 429 W. Seventh St., (213) 688-0436 or salononseventhla.com Mon. 12-7 p.m.; Tues.-Fri. 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This longtime, full-service Downtown salon is next to the L.A. Athletic Club.

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Salon Pure 117 E. Sixth St., (213) 624-7873 or salonpurela.com Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Thurs. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; weekends 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Cuts, color, nails and waxing at the Santa Fe Lofts.

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Soho Spa Nails 127 S. San Pedro St, (213) 626-6899 or sohospanails.com Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Indulge in a mani-pedi at this relaxing Little Tokyo spot.

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Soleil Beauty Salon 901 S. Main St., (213) 593-9090 or salonsoleilla.com Tues-Wed. noon-6 p.m.; Thurs.-Sat. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Hair, skin tratements, nails and tanning are all available in the Fashion District destination.

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Vertigo Salon 605 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 622-2101 or vertigosalonla.com Mon. 12-7 p.m.; Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This sprawling full-service salon offers Hollywood glam in the heart of Downtown.

Community Amenities: ~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby ~ Concierge ~ Pool / Spa / Saunas ~ Fitness Center ~ Gas BBQ Grills ~ Recreation Room

Wax Candy 756 S. Main St., (213) 228-2639 or waxcandy.com Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Get waxed in a clean, comfortable and friendly locale. They’ll even give you a lollipop afterward. The Well 1006 S. Olive St., (213) 550-4448 or thewell.la Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. The fashion-oriented retail experience and sometime event space also features a full service hair salon for those looking to up their do-game.

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Salon on Main 403 S. Main St., (213) 626-2131 or salononmainla.com Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Hair, nails, make up, facials, waxing and hair extensions.

Yolanda Aguilar Beauty Institute & Spa 735 S. Figueroa St. (FIGat7th mall), Suite 100, (213) 687-6683 or yabeauty.com Weekdays 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. More than four decades in the beauty business, with everything from facials to massages to body wraps.

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By Tom Fassbender orty years ago, four young men from Forest Hills, New York, in the borough of Queens, released an album with the simple title Ramones. The music, fast and unfiltered and raw, was a new sound in an era dominated by classic rock bands, and instantly made a splash amid the burgeoning punk movement. It also served as a calling card for a quartet who would help change music forever. That band and that journey is the focus of Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk, a retrospective of one of rock’s most influential and most enduring groups. The exhibit opened recently at the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live. It will be in Downtown Los Angeles through Feb. 28, 2017. The exhibit, created in partnership by the Grammy Museum and the Queens Museum (where it previously ran), spans the career of Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy, who all took the nom de rock “Ramone” as a surname. It starts in the halls of Forest Hills High School (later band members would also “adopt” Ramone as a last name) and continues through their 21 albums, 2,263 live shows around the world, a movie (Rock ‘N’ Roll High School) and an instant-classic logo. Although their last concert took place in 1996, they were inducted into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, the first year they were eligible. The band came of age in the punk rock scene that started in New York City clubs like CBGB and Max’s Kansas City. The buzzsaw attack unleashed by frontman Joey and guitarist Johnny, with songs that rarely lasted more than two minutes, commanded attention. It wasn’t long before Seymour Stein, the founder and head of Sire records, heard them play. He quickly offered them a record deal, and in addition to Ramones, Sire released landmark albums such as Rocket to Russia in 1977 and, three years later, End of the Century, produced by Phil Spector. “I really loved the Ramones,” Stein said during an interview at a recent event kicking off the exhibit. “They were vastly different from anything I had seen or heard before — they just blasted away one song after another. I was eager to sign them — almost as eager as they were to be signed.” The exhibit offers plenty for Ramones fans to enjoy, everything from high school report cards (the grades reveal that the boys were destined for music) to concert posters and set lists to Marky’s drum kit. There is also plenty of stage-worn gear, like the band’s signature jeans and black leather jackets. One item hardcore Ramones fans will be thrilled to see is a dress worn by the on-stage dancer who appeared when the group played “Pinhead.” It’s the song that popularized the band’s well-known chant, “Gabba Gabba Hey!” Most of the items in the exhibit come from the personal collections of people who were close to the band, including Johnny’s widow Linda Ramone (he died in 2004, three years after Joey passed away). “Once we decided to put on the show and I started taking stuff off my walls, other people started adding their own items to the collection, and it just grew,” Linda Ramone told Los Angeles Downtown News. “I’m really excited to be able give fans a chance to see the best Ramones collection ever.” Hard-Working Band While the Ramones engendered an anti-establishment punk rock ethos, they took the business of rock ‘n’ roll very seriously, both on stage and in the studio. Stein was impressed by their work ethic. “The Ramones were the hardest-working band in rock ‘n’ roll,” Stein said. “I toured with James Brown, who called himself the hardest-working man in show business, and I think he would

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The pioneering New York punk band The Ramones is the focus of the recently opened Grammy Museum exhibit Hey! Ho! Let’s Go. It includes musical instruments, listening stations, videos and more.

have given up the crown to the Ramones.” The band members were also trailblazers in the business of rock merchandising, something else the exhibit delves into. They were among the first groups to sell T-shirts at their shows. An early silkscreen frame featuring their iconic logo, designed by Arturo Vega with a ring inspired by the presidential seal, is featured prominently in one of the display cases. Johnny gained recognition for operating the business side of the band. Linda even contributed one of his meticulously kept ledger books that offer a rare look into the financial side of the Ramones. The ledgers show the cash flow for every performance during the band’s 22 years of playing live. “Johnny was a businessman as well as a musician,” Linda said. “He kept track of all the money the band made on their shows in small ledger books. I felt it was really important to show people that side of the band.” Marc Miller, co-curator of Hey! Ho! Let’s Go, originally conceived the idea of a Ramones exhibit in the band’s hometown. He soon found a partner across the country, with the Grammy Museum’s Bob Santelli coming aboard as co-curator.

Nwaka Onwusa, a curator for the Grammy Museum who also worked on the show, said the goal was to celebrate the band, the style and the ground they broke. “They were America’s first punk band, and they set the tone,” Onwusa said. As often occurs at Grammy Museum exhibits, Hey! Ho! Let’s Go includes listening stations and video footage of early concerts. Visitors can try their hand at creating their own Ramones track at a mixing station, or even go into the studio to sing “Blitzkrieg Bop” along with the band. “There are a lot of people who are still crazed about the Ramones,” Stein said, “The band is more popular now than they ever were when they were active, and although I really miss them, I’m glad they’re getting the much overdue credit they deserve. I think people will still be listening to them 100 years from now.” All in all, not a bad legacy for four guys from Queens. Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk runs through Feb. 28, 2017, at the Grammy Museum, 800 W. Olympic Blvd, (213) 763-7923 or grammymuseum.org.

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Gordon Davidson: 1933-2016 Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group Ran Downtown’s Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum By Nicholas Slayton ordon Davidson, a giant of the Los Angeles theater scene who spent nearly four decades bringing mainstream and challenging plays and musicals to Downtown’s most prominent venues, has died. He was 83. Davidson, who stepped down in 2005 from his positions running the Center Theatre Group, the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 2. During his career he shepherded hundreds of productions to the stage and helped boost the career of scores of young artists. Works he nurtured would win some of the most prestigious awards in theater, including Tonys and the Pulitzer Prize. Gordon Davidson was born in Brooklyn on May 7, 1933. He graduated from Cornell University but found his home in Los Angeles. He was hired to launch the Taper in 1967 and served as its artistic director for 38 years. In 1989, he added artistic director duties at the Ahmanson Theatre. For decades, before the Downtown nightlife boom began, the Ahmanson and Taper were among the community’s busiest places after dark. Thousands of people would come to the Music Center venues each evening for plays and musicals, often starring prominent film and TV actors. Davidson also launched Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, a smaller venue in Culver City which hosts more avant-garde

work, in 2004. Michael Ritchie, who succeeded Davidson as artistic director, said that the longtime CTG head changed the face of theater in Los Angeles, helping to establish the city as a major center for the arts. He pointed to Davidson’s role of developing new voices and opening up the art form to often overlooked communities, citing productions of Children of a Lesser God, about the deaf community, and Zoot Suit, the first major Latino play to be staged in a large venue in the city. Under Davidson, CTG launched numerous landmark productions, including commissioning Millennium Approaches, the first part of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. The play, which delved into homosexuality and the AIDS crisis in a previously unexplored way, eventually won both a Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Ritchie called Davidson the “conscience of American theater,” someone who pushed for greater diversity and expanding the stage to new and larger audiences. Davidson installed several programs designed to develop minority and other communities that were under-represented in theater. Center Theatre Group Producing Director Doug Baker, whom Davidson hired in 1990, credited Davidson for creating programming that was politically and socially relevant. Davidson, he said, took the “forum” part of the Mark Taper Forum’s name to heart and sought to en-

Over the course of nearly four decades, Gordon Davidson helped transform Los Angeles into a center for theater. He made Downtown’s Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum into vital cultural destinations.

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gage audiences with stories that reflected current issues, rather than just mount the classics. Davidson was also known for an intense work ethic and for going out of his way to meet new people and connect with staff. In an interview with Los Angeles Downtown News, Ritchie recalled how, when he was a 22-yearold stage manager in New York, Davidson approached him out of the blue to talk about Ritchie’s career. Baker saw that trait time and again. “He was magnetic. If you spent time with him, he made you feel important and worthwhile. He was a great listener,” Baker remembered. Davidson was also a family man, Baker said, and when he could get time away from his busy schedule, he liked to be at home with his wife Judi and two children. He also had a passion for gardening, though rarely had enough time to pursue it.

In addition to running Center Theatre Group, Davidson directed numerous plays. He won a Tony in 1977 for helming Michael Cristofer’s The Shadow Box. He also directed for the screen, working on, among other works, the 1977 television movie The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald. “For 38 years he was the eyes, ears and voice of theater in Los Angeles,” Ritchie said. “There were hundreds of thousands of people who experienced the theater through Gordon’s eyes because of the mass quantity and quality of shows he both produced and directed.” Even after stepping down, Davidson didn’t stay away from the stage. Baker noted that he regularly attended CTG productions, whether on opening night or at a later point during a run. Davidson is survived by his wife, children Adam Davidson and Rachel Davidson Janger, and five grandchildren. nicholas@downtownnews.com

By Jeff Favre remember attending a Mark Taper Forum staging of the show Intimate Apparel in 2004. It starred the dynamic Viola Davis, and all was going well… until a key set piece broke, instead of gliding into place. Gordon Davidson, the artistic director of Center Theatre Group, leapt from his standard seat by the aisle and took the stage. He joked with the crowd about the high-wire act known as live theater. He chatted as though he were entertaining close friends who had come to his house for a visit, and kept it up until fixes were made so that the performance could resume. Most productions didn’t have a show-stopping technical glitch, but night after night, for nearly four decades, Davidson invited Angelenos into his house to share his passion for theater. Davidson, who died Sunday, Oct. 2, at the age of 83, may not have built the Taper or the Ahmanson Theatre, but his time atop CTG made it the state’s most important theater company. He put Los Angeles on par with Chicago on the regional theater map. At the same time, he provided Downtown Los Angeles with a much-needed after-hours destination. He set a new standard from Day 1, when he opened the Taper’s inaugural 1967 season with The Devils, an in-your-face mix of Catholicism, sex and witchcraft. According to reports, thenGov. Ronald Reagan left opening night early. Davidson said he chose the work not to signal a bold new theater as much as he simply thought it was a good play. Still, starting with The Devils — and the support of the CTG board — meant he was free to search for quality and originality instead of worrying

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Gordon Davidson spent nearly 40 years with Center Theatre Group.

In the last two years before Davidson stepped down, he directed a few plays. He ended with the biting political satire Stuff Happens, proving he was as ready to push boundaries as when he arrived. He departed in 2005 after 38 years with CTG. Davidson gave way to Michael Ritchie. He was gracious during the transition and in the decade since. He was a regular presence on opening nights. In an interview I conducted with the two of them in 2005, Davidson said of his successor, “What Michael needs, like all of us, is time. I’m proud of what the record is, and I don’t want to see it erased. But it will become something else. It’s going to be something else. And he’s the man to do it.” Davidson won’t be there the next time something goes awry at the Taper, as it did that night 12 years ago, to provide a joke and a reminder that theater is a shared experience where anything can happen. Jeff Favre reviews theater for Los Angeles Downtown News.

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Gordon Davidson’s Legacy Involves Nurturing Artists, Entertaining Audiences And Pushing the City Forward

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about offending subscribers. He managed both halves of the equation, presenting works that electrified audiences and earned critical accolades. Davidson moved productions from the left coast to Broadway, reversing the traditional tide. Tony winners that originated at the Taper include The Shadow Box and Children of a Lesser God. If any year cemented Davidson’s reputation nationally it was 1994, when Angels in America, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 and The Kentucky Cycle each earned Tony nominations for Best Play. All three were developed at the Taper. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in successive years. The awards, however, are only part of why the native New Yorker was so beloved by his adopted hometown. He believed theater could grow only through the nurturing of young talent. Starting in the mid-’70s, Davidson developed a series of labs to give space, time and even small payment to writers and directors to work on new plays and grow as artists. The programs searched for diversity in cultures, genders, and, with its Other Voices program, disabled artists. Luis Alfaro, who was the head of the Latino Theatre Initiative and was director of new play development at CTG for several years, lamented Davidson’s retirement in 2005. “It’s not just about presenting plays,” he told me in a 2005 interview. “It’s about presenting a dialogue with the people of the city. Theater is the church where we go to listen to the current ideas floating in the air.” Many of the writers and directors Davidson nurtured have made an impact throughout Los Angeles and across the country, along with other artists who received early support from Davidson. Those include Culture Clash, one of the strongest and most irreverent satirical voices in Los Angeles theater. In 2003, the Taper premiered Culture Clash’s Chavez Ravine. It was a scathing and bitingly funny examination of the excising primarily of Mexican Americans from the titular neighborhood to make way for Dodger Stadium. Culture Clash member Ric Salinas tweeted Oct. 4, “We called him Uncle Gordy... Culture Clash so lucky to know him... our mentor, friend, and colleague — RIP Tio Gordon.” 

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Ninth Annual Halloween Festival for DTLA Kids Grand Hope Park at FIDM, 919 S. Grand Ave. or downtownla.com/Halloween. Monday, Oct. 31, 5-8 p.m.: The Downtown Center Business Improvement District (DCBID) invites Downtown L.A. kids and their families to attend this annual festival on Halloween night at Grand Hope Park at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM). Attendees enjoy puppet shows, bounce houses, arts and crafts, hot dogs, “trick-or-treat doors” and more. Buy your tickets today, as this event will sell out! $7 in advance; $10 at the door; free for children under 2.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 CicLAvia Seventh Street to Broadway, Broadway north through Chinatown, and First from Broadway to Central to Fourth to Mariachi Plaza, or ciclavia.org. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.: From whenever you were hoping to leave your apartment until absolutely too late to make whatever appointment you hoped to honor, the city gives the brush-off to motorists and hands the streets over to the ritual we like to call Bikemageddon, Spoke-A-Palooza or Chumpchella. RH Quaytman and Bennett Simpson at MOCA MOCA, 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-2766 or moca.org. 3 p.m.: Bennett Simpson has a gig as senior curator at MOCA. RH Quaytman has an exhibit at said museum. They’ll have plenty to talk about.

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The tyranny of the proscenium arch is over! Ours’ is the day of the site-specific theatrical installation where ordinary spaces are transformed into unlikely venues. Such is the genius of the Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre. Since 1989, the troupe has inhabited a variety of buildings and places with choreography tailored to serve a point and place. This is extremely fortuitous news for Chinatown’s long-neglected King Hing Theater. Every Saturday at 8 p.m. through Oct. 29, the Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre’s latest work, When I Am King, inhabits the King Hing. The show explores modern notions of fame and notoriety, including YouTube celebrity. At 647 N. Spring St. or heididuckler.org.

The Emmy Awards may be TV’s biggest night, but the ecstasy of the small screen and the huge costuming wonders that bedeck its players in pitch-perfect couture lives on at the FIDM Museum’s annual Art of Television Costume Design exhibition. Since early August, outfits from a host of TV shows ranging from “Transparent” to “American Horror Story: Hotel” to “Downtown Abbey” have been on display. Come Saturday, Oct. 15, it’ll all be history, as the exhibit closes, though it will return next summer with a fresh crop of Emmy-adjacent duds. The free exhibit is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. At 919 S. Grand Ave., (213) 623-5821 or fidmmuseum.org.

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For the next week, the stretch of First Street near Vista Hermosa Natural Park in City West shall be known as the Downtown “Puppet District.” At 1345 W. First St. is the Bob Baker Marionette Theater, where the show Sketchbook Revue currently delights the pre-school set. Up the street at the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles is a short run of Strings Attached. Produced by Voices Carry Inc., the four performances on Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 13-16, are a choreographed meditation on the universal condition of humankind told through modern dance, music and “abstract puppetry.” These are actors and puppets exploring the many emotions tied to love, so leave your expectations at home. Shows are at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. At 1238 W. First St., (213) 481-2273 or voicescarryinc.net.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 Buddy Valastro at Ralph’s Ralph’s 645 W. Ninth St. or online at ralphs.com. 12-2 p.m.: Celebrity chef Buddy Valastro will be gladhanding at Downtown’s second favorite grocery store with below-ground parking. He’s hoping you’ll “rethink sweet” in anticipation of Halloween, and will deliver a low-calorie baking tutorial. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 Afdhel Aziz and Bobby Jones and Live Talks Business Forum Gensler, 500 S. Figueroa or online at business.livetalksla.org. 7:45 a.m.: Branding is no longer just for cattle. Two savvy marketing professionals gather at this breakfast event to discuss their upcoming book “Good Is the New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn.” Downtown Art Walk In the Historic Core or DowntownArtWalk.org. 5 p.m.: Enjoy street art in the Art Walk Lounge, a variety of group shows and gallery exhibits, or a subversive citywide installation called “Recently Shuttered Businesses and the Toll of Grossly Inflated Commercial Real Estate Prices.” One of those is made up. The Black Panthers: Portraits From An Unfinished Revolution Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org. 7:15 p.m.: Photojournalist Bryan Shih discusses the Black Panther Party with former members Ericka Huggins, Phyllis Jackson and Norma Mtume, as well as Cal State-L.A. professor Melina Abdullah. The Idea of Architecture MOCA Geffen Contemporary, 152 N. Central Ave., (213) 6212766 or moca.org. 7 p.m.: Sharon Johnston, Michael Maltzan and Francois Perrin pontificate on the skill and insights necessary to design buildings more elaborate than, say, your average 5-year-old’s Lincoln Log cabin.

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In the 31 years since he debuted at Carnegie Hall, violinist Joshua Bell has established himself as one of the most prodigious classical musicians of our time. This week, Bell will dovetail with our own baton-beating Venezuelan wunderkind Gustavo Dudamel for four Walt Disney Concert Hall shows with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Guests can look forward to the West Coast premiere of Pintscher’s towards Osiris as well as Strauss’ Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. The highlight will likely be the 38-minute Brahms “Violin Concerto.” Performances are at 8 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday, Oct. 13 and 15. There are also shows on Friday at 11 a.m. and a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday. At 111 S. Grand Ave., (213) 972-7300 or laphil.com.

The art of the streets comes into fresh focus on Thursday, Oct. 13, as this month’s iteration of the vaunted Downtown Art Walk invites Smile South Central into the Art Walk Lounge at 634 S. Spring St. A crew of muralists, taggers, urban commentators and high practitioners of artistic bricolage will gather to share their creative visions in a collective space. Elsewhere, the Lobby Gallery at 725 S. Spring St. makes good on far right fears of a “taco truck on every corner” with a group show dedicated to that mobile culinary institution. At the Spring Arts Collective in the Spring Arts Tower, the art of Dia de los Muertos materializes three weeks shy of the big Day of the Dead. In the Historic Core or downtownartwalk.org.

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Oct. 15: Jeff Paker Group. Oct. 16: SK Kakraba. Bootleg Bar 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org. Oct. 10: Sorry precocious 16-year olds, Fred & Toody’s gig is 18 and over. Oct. 11: Of all the performers on tonight’s bill, the only one with any material posted on the Bootleg’s website is celeb child Scout Willis, who has her Twitter linked to the show description. Now you know. Oct. 12: If only Gary Coleman had lived long enough to discover the soulful Willis Earl Beal. Oct. 13: Every artist to have ever played the Exchange could learn something from Portland’s Helio Sequence — they had the audacity to smile in their press photo. Oct. 14: Allison Crutchfield and The Fizz are in possession of at least one drum machine. Caña 714 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 745-7090 or 213dthospitality.com. Oct. 11: Sitara Son. Oct. 12: Chris Wabich. Oct. 13: Cuba Rumba. Exchange LA 618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com. Oct. 14: Malaa Rezz. Oct. 15: Matoma. Grammy Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. Oct. 10: Watch out Donovan, it’s been a hell of a year for singer-songwriters of note. Oct. 13: Strong bang game with Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek fame.

October 10, 2016 Ham & Eggs Tavern 433 W. Eighth St., (213) 891-6939 or hamandeggstavern.com. Oct. 12: Curt Oren, Dana J, Oliques and Kolovos Shiroikshi Duo. Las Perlas 107 E. Sixth St., (213) 988-8355 or 213dthospitality.com. Oct. 11: Yosmel Montejo. Oct. 12: La Victoria. Oct. 13: Joey de Leon. Oct. 16: Gitmo All Stars. Little Easy 216 W. Fifth St., (213) 628-3113 or littleeasybar.com. Oct. 15: Critical Brass. Mayan 1038 S. Hill St., (213) 746-4287 or clubmayan.com. Oct. 14: Flight Facilities come fully equipped with post-Wright Bros. thematics. Microsoft Theatre 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6030 or microsofttheeatre.com. Oct. 14: Eros Ramazzotti. Oct. 15: Franco Escamilla.

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By Nicholas Slayton eople often talk about the aging of wines. This week, it’s a Downtown winery, and not the grape stuff itself, that will hit a milestone. The San Antonio Winery is preparing to celebrate 100 years in business on Thursday, Oct. 13, with an early birthday party that will launch a year of centennial activities. Additionally, the winery is expanding. San Antonio makes more than 20 brands of red and white wines, including Stella Rosa and San Simeon. It manufactures cabernet sauvignon, prosecco, chardonnay and other varietals. There are approximately 150 people on staff, according to winemaker Anthony Riboli, who is part of the fourth generation of his family to run the business. The winery started in 1917, when there were dozens of vintners in Los Angeles. Today, San Antonio, based in a Lamar Street facility that covers two city blocks, is the only working winery in the city. It still makes wines for church services (which is how the business stayed open during Prohibition), but the focus now is on general consumption and cultivating its vineyards on the Central Coast. “Essentially, we’re a medium-sized winery with a lot a little wineries inside of it,” Riboli said. These days it’s not the only boozy business in Downtown Los Angeles. Beer purveyors Mumford Brewing, Iron Triangle Brewing, Boomtown Brewery and the Arts District Brewing Co. have opened. So have distilleries such as Greenbar Collective and the Spirit Guild. Riboli said those additions aren’t competition, but are good for Los Angeles. “It’s the whole urban winery, urban distillery, urban brewery thing. It’s definitely hot right now for a big city to have that,” Riboli, 42, said. “We were an urban winery before urban wineries were cool.” San Antonio’s grapes are grown in vineyards in Paso Robles, Napa Valley and Monterey County. Save for growing and crushing the grapes, every aspect of winemaking, from aging to bottling, is done in the Los Angeles facility. Riboli said most visitors used to come on weekends. That continues, he said, but now larger crowds come by during the week, too. The winery offers free tours, and there is an on-site restaurant and tasting room that is open to the public. The winery is also looking to the future. It opened a production facility in Paso Robles on Sept. 8 (the 95th birthday of second-generation winemaker Stefano Riboli). That doesn’t mean the business is leaving Downtown. Riboli said that San Antonio Winery has been making its wines here since it was founded, and nothing will change that. San Antonio Winery is at 737 Lamar St., (323) 223-1401 or sanantoniowinery.com. nicholas@downtownnews.com