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very year, hundreds of Downtowners come together to eat and say thank you to police, firefighters, California Highway Patrol members and other public safety officials. The opportunity returns Thursday, Oct. 15, when the Downtown Center Business Improvement District hosts the 16th annual Public Safety Appreciation BBQ. The event, which runs from 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. at Bank of America Plaza (333 S. Hope St.) costs $10 ($5 for kids) and buys a lunch with tri-tip, chicken and sides (vegetarian options are available). Public safety employees eat free. There will be live music, giveaways from local vendors and more, and proceeds benefit the Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation, which helps the families of officers killed in the line of duty. Tickets can be purchased in advance at downtownla. com/bbq or at the event.

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hen Japanese retailer FamilyMart Co. debuted its Famima!! convenience store in California in 2005, the company announced a goal of opening 200 stores in the United States within four years. It fell short of the plan, and Famima!! is now being shut down. Seven of the

TWITTER: @ DOWNTOWNNEWS brand’s eight U.S. stores were in Downtown Los Angeles, including outposts at California Plaza and the Spring Arcade Building, and they will close by the end of October. Famima!! is known for its selection of drinks, snacks and other convenience-store staples, as well as Japanese items such as boxed bento lunches and steamed buns.

FamilyMart pulling out of the U.S. probably has more to do with the company’s planning missteps than a lack of demand for the Famima!! concept, said Avison Young retail broker Derrick Moore. There continues to be demand for convenience stores in Downtown, he added, especially those with upmarket choices. “Product offerings are starting to change for new audiences.

Organic, gluten-free, local — that’s what people in a growing urban area want,” Moore said.

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ast week, Union Station held a series of fashion shows. This week, the rail landmark offers another reason to visit: free movies. A recently launched film series, orchestrated by Metro Art Presents, continues Thursday, Oct. 15, with Hito Hata: Raise the Banner, a 1980 drama about Japanese Americans set in Little Tokyo. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the film starts at 8 p.m., with an introduction from director Robert Nakamura. Other films in the series include Killer of Sheep on Nov. 12 and Water and Power, based on a play by local theater troupe Culture Clash, on Dec. 9. All films will be screened in the Fred Harvey Room and those who show a Metro TAP card can get preferential seating. The movies are just part of the Metro Art Presents lineup. Coming Nov. 6 is the L.A. Brass Quintet, with musicians from Downtown’s

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Urban Scrawl by Doug Davis

The Readers React Website Comments on the City’s Effort to Address Homelessness Regarding the article “Council Declares Homelessness an ‘Emergency,’ Looks to Dedicate $100 Million to Issue,” published online Sept. 22, and the editorial “Are L.A.’s Elected Leaders Capable of Leading the Fight Against Homelessness?” published Oct. 5 This could be a start, but please do not build any more shelters or supportive housing Downtown. The rest of the city needs to share the load —Robert, Sept. 22, 11:46 a.m.

Skid Row has existed for decades, so why is it considered an “emergency” now? L.A. will spend a boatload of money (that it doesn’t have) and nothing will really change unless the Olympics happen here. Then, L.A. will put a big bandage on it instead of solving the problem. It’s the L.A. way.

—Bryan Freeny, Sept. 23, 11:38 a.m.

If over 44,000 people were destitute and sick, roaming the streets of L.A. County because of a natural disaster, this would have been considered an “emergency” a long time ago. Until the laws regarding commitment of the mentally ill are changed, and community psychiatric facilities are created (they were promised decades ago, when the mentally ill were turned out onto the streets), nothing is going to change. Certainly there are some homeless individuals who can benefit from supportive housing.

But roughly half, according to the latest census, are the type who resist voluntary assistance. I welcome housing, as Robert says, “outside of Downtown.”

The rest of the county needs to help shoulder the burden. But I’d also like to participate in efforts to change the law. Those who cannot/will not comport themselves as citizens of a civilized country must be housed in places where they do not negatively impact the lives of those who do.

—Susan Simmons, Sept. 24, 12:25a.m.

Can L.A.’s elected officials lead this fight, you ask?

Well, no, they most certainly can not! Your editorial covered the many reasons why. Allocating $100 million to the effort? Really? I think that number shows just how serious they are about fixing the issue. Downtown Councilman José Huizar wants to find about $250 million to fund a streetcar to bring people from South Park to the Civic Center and back.

The mayor says we can find $4 billion to host the Olympic Games. But asking for $100 million and calling it an “emergency” is nothing more than a media sound bite.

—Don Klein, Oct. 6, 12 p.m.

The one-size-fits-all, top down, invading army, philanthropic colonialism strategy has failed, and will continue to fail. If the so-called “experts” had economically viable solutions, then the problem would not be growing. But our communities can generate additional money and resources — if they are given a profit incentive. Our communities can end homelessness, but we need leaders who are willing to listen to new ideas.

Let’s make it profitable to end homelessness!

—Overcoming Being Poor, Oct. 6, 3:01 p.m.

A Theatrical Risk on Broadway

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n 2008, 14th District City Councilman José Huizar launched the Bringing Back Broadway initiative. The basic concept was that the historic corridor was ripe for a rebound, and steps such as activating the street’s dozen former movie palaces and creating a streetcar would lead to a revitalization that draws people from across Los Angeles.

Nearly eight years later an unprecedented array of retailers and restaurants have flocked to the street. The rebound many initially doubted is truly underway, with a resurgent Grand Central Market luring visitors to the north end of the corridor, and the Ace Hotel and businesses such as Urban Outfitters serving as anchors near Ninth and Broadway. Housing complexes and other businesses speckle the blocks in between. The streetcar has proceeded in fits and starts, and though challenges remain, some stakeholders eagerly anticipate its arrival.

Ironically, however, the theaters in general remain the laggards.

While the 1,600-seat Theatre at Ace Hotel has been lavishly restored and hosts frequent concerts and events, and Steve Needleman’s Orpheum Theatre, which opened in 2001, continues to draw crowds, most of the other historic spaces are utilized only sporadically.

That is why the nearly two-month run of Carrie: The Musical in the Los Angeles Theatre is something to celebrate and champion.

It’s a big show, a big risk and, for Broadway and greater Downtown, a big test. In a way it’s a theatrical canary in the coalmine: If Carrie succeeds, it will demonstrate to producers of plays, musicals and other events that large, consistent crowds will come to Broadway for the right evening entertainment. If Carrie tanks, then it may be years before someone again sinks big money into a theatrical endeavor on the street.

The show, which Los Angeles Downtown News wrote about last week, is unique. While many people are familiar with Stephen King’s 1974 horror novel and the bloody Brian De Palma film that followed two years later (not to mention the 2013 remake), few would anticipate a musical based on the tale of a bullied high school girl. Yet that is just what Broadway crowds can expect, with songs such as “The Destruction” and “And Eve Was Weak.” No, this is not The Lion King.

The producers promise that this Carrie will have plenty of blood, which seems fitting in the Halloween season (the show runs through Nov. 22). They are also going against the grain with an

unusual seating arrangement. Rather than place actors on stage and audience members before them, the theater has been reworked so that people sit around the action (amusingly, given the high school setting, seating sections are labeled Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors). Those in the closest seats will literally come face to face with some of the performers.

Will the show work and will the producers get their money back?

It’s impossible to tell at this point. While a slimmed-down version of Carrie drew strong reviews during a spring run in La Mirada, the Los Angeles Theatre is a bigger stage, both physically and metaphorically. The schedule calls for eight performances a week from Tuesday-Saturday (including 11 p.m. curtains on Halloween and a couple other dates). That’s a lot of seats to fill.

Fortunately, Downtown has advantages, and it would behoove the community to work together to make the show a success.

While Carrie has a marketing budget, Downtown could benefit if, for example, there are food or drink specials tied to the performances. Many people like to pair the theater with a meal beforehand or a drink afterwards — Historic Core restaurants and bars should recognize the potential exposure to hundreds of people a night who may not have visited the area before. Smart deals could lead to people who return when there is no show.

Similarly, parking lot owners should set reasonable rates. Granted, this sounds like a naïve request, and we expect that many will charge $15 or more to visitors unfamiliar with Downtown who hope to park as close to the theater as possible. However, we urge the lot owners instead to go with customer-friendly $5 rates that don’t leave people feeling like they’ve been gouged. Similar to the situation with restaurants and bars, if visitors feel they can have a relatively affordable and fun Downtown experience, they are more likely to return.

Ironically, Carrie marks the first time that the opulent 1931 venue at 615 S. Broadway has hosted an extended-run theatrical production. The Delijani family, which has owned the building for decades and has a long-gestating renovation proposal for its four theaters on the street, has seen success with occasional film screenings and rentals to Hollywood productions, but never a play.

That’s why this Carrie is worth supporting. Though the show comes to a bloody end, if all goes right, it could lead to a brighter future for Broadway’s historic theaters.

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Money, Homelessness And Miguel Santana City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana is responsible for whipping together L.A.’s $8 billion budget and helping lead negotiations with labor unions. He’s also gone where no CAO has gone before by branching out into ways to address homelessness.

The City’s Top Budget Cruncher Branches Out in Unexpected Ways

By Jon Regardie iguel Santana lives in Downtown Los Angeles, which is important for reasons I’ll get to in a moment.

The first important thing about Santana, however, is that he’s actually worth writing about. This is surprising because his job title is City Administrative Officer, three words which, when said in sequence, have the unique ability to imply absolutely nothing and make 26% of the populace glaze over. What does the City Administrative Officer actually do, you might ask? One could be forgiven for answering, “He administrates the heck out of stuff.”

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Santana’s job is deep, complicated and, if you choose to interpret it in a certain way, many-splendored. The CAO is in charge of whipping up the city’s $8 billion-plus budget each year, a subject about as comprehensible to most Angelenos as Chechen thermonuclear dynamics. Santana also zips around the country, doing a sort of “road show” with bond rating agencies, and acts as a top city negotiator when it comes to hammering out contracts with labor unions.

It all may be important, but it’s not rock star, in-the-public-eye stuff.

So why were 60 local attorneys, union reps, media types and others gathered in The Palm last month, listening intently as Santana spoke at a luncheon hosted by the Los Angeles Current Affairs Forum? They were there because, in the past six years, Santana has obliterated the expectations of his job, and in doing so has made his own spotlight. Sure, the 46-year-old Bell Gardens native has helped right the city’s once-ultra-shaky fiscal

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ship, but he has also inserted himself into the civic discussion on other key subjects.

Take the effort to bring the 2024 Olympics to Los Angeles. In the midst of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s summer sprint to have the city be designated the United States nominee, Santana teamed with Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon Tso to effectively ask city leaders to take a breath. They authored a report recommending that the Council have the CAO and CLA “report back on the risk, community impact, and costs related to hosting” the Games. Granted it doesn’t sound revolutionary, but given the hoopla, it was a rare call to actually ponder the price tag.

Santana’s office has waded into the fray on subjects including what to do with Parker Center, union contracts for picking up trash, the long-sought city audit of a pair of mysterious DWP trusts, the state of L.A.’s crumbling sidewalks and, perhaps most prominently, homelessness.

Why is a budgetary bean counter and behind-the-scenes negotiator suddenly one of the more intriguing players in City Hall?

After all, Spring Street is a place where politicians, and those who

answer to them, increasingly operate in a hive-mind manner.

“It’s not about me. Anyone who takes on this responsibility has the same duty,” Santana tells me over lunch at Bar Ama a couple weeks after the Current Affairs event. He operates the way he does, he says, because the City Charter allows it, and his job is to dig into matters he deems important to L.A.’s well being.

Whether he’s listened to, well, that’s another matter.

“At the end of the day, I’m not really in charge of anything,” he says. But, he adds, “I’m in the persuasion business.”

Recession Time Miguel Santana is the third of eight children born to parents from the Mexican state of Jalisco. They immigrated to the United States in the 1960s and married at the former St. Vibiana’s Cathedral in Downtown. His dad did drywall and his mom was a homemaker. While Santana and his siblings were born in the United States, his parents were undocumented until being granted amnesty and becoming legal residents in the 1980s.

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Hunting for Dollars as Homelessness Worsens

Herb Smith, head of the Midnight Mission, is one of the leaders of Skid Row shelters who says that money is harder to come by these days. Although more homeless people are on the streets, Smith said the mission had slightly less revenue last year than in previous years.

The Rise in Permanent Supportive Housing Provides an Unexpected Financial Challenge for Skid Row Shelters

By Eddie Kim ermanent supportive housing has become a dominant buzz phrase in the fight against homelessness, with the philosophy that the first step to rebuilding someone’s life — and to reducing the taxpayer burden of things like emergency room visits — is to give them an apartment complemented by in-building services such as job training and mental health treatment. It’s part of a broader strategy dubbed “housing first.”

Yet as permanent supportive housing has taken off — there are approximately 9,400 beds in Los Angeles County, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority — there has been a little-noticed side effect: Skid Row missions are finding it ever harder to raise money, and thus provide services to the thousands of people who need help but haven’t landed a subsidized apartment. The issue started during the recession, but hasn’t noticeably lightened as the economy has improved.

Rev. Andy Bales, who has been president and CEO of the Union Rescue Mission on San Pedro Street for 10 years, has confronted the problem multiple times.

“We had one foundation say we’re not going to give to you anymore, we’re going to give to housing-first programs and Home for Good,” Bales said during a recent visit. “They had given

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up to a million dollars a year to us. We had another who gave up to $750,000 a year, and they said we’re not giving to you anymore, we want to fund permanent supportive housing. I had to give a speech to a coalition of 28 churches, because the group expressed a desire to switch to funding only housing solutions.”

It’s been a similar situation at the Weingart Center, which is funded largely by government grants and allocations. President and CEO Kevin Murray said even government money is more difficult to access these days.

“It’s clear to me that government funders are significantly reducing their dollars for anything other than permanent supportive housing,” Murray said. “There are still funds for shelters and transitional beds, but in the real world it means less money for clinical programs, less money for workforce development, less for lifeskills training.”

Searching for Dollars The number of homeless people in Los Angeles County has jumped 12%, from 39,461 in 2013 to 44,359 this year, according to a report

by LAHSA. The issue is most pronounced in Council District 14, which covers Downtown Los Angeles; it recorded 6,292 individuals, a 14% jump from the 5,500 homeless people identified in 2013.

The three largest Skid Row shelters — the

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Union Rescue Mission, the Midnight Mission and the Los Angeles Mission — get their money from private donations and non-governmental grants. The problem is that they have to serve more people with revenues that have been mostly flat.

The Los Angeles Mission had a $12.8 million budget in 2014, a decrease from previous years. After having an average budget of $21.5 million between 2011-2013, the Union Rescue Mission finally saw an increase last year, to $24 million. Just down the block from URM, the Weingart Center reported $13.3 million in revenue in 2014, on par with previous years. The Midnight Mission brought in $6.4 million in 2014, down from $7.35 million in 2013.

“It’s basic. If homelessness is up 12% in the city, we all need about 12% more funds to maintain our current capabilities,” said Larry Adamson, president and CEO of the Midnight Mission and a LAHSA commissioner. “If we want progress, we

obviously need to look at more than that. But that hasn’t been consistently possible.”

The Los Angeles Mission, like other facilities, is “generally at capacity,” noted President and CEO Herb Smith. The mission conducted a study in 2013 to prep for fundraising, and found it needed to increase productivity and cut services, including beds for people in longterm recovery programs, in order to keep up.

“We were basically flat on fundraising, no matter whether we tried direct mail campaigns, asking our major donors, etc.,” he said. “We had to cut back on our programmatic beds, some outings and trips and other things, some administrative costs.”

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fter being introduced to Downtown in 2013 through a street art tour, landscape designer Nancy Thurlo Sheinbein began looking for a loft. She was ready to leave her 2,800-square-foot Cheviot Hills home for a new adventure. “I just immediately started developing this fantasy in my mind that I would love to be part of that community,” she says.

In September 2014, she landed in the Arts District’s Barker Block, drawn by the sense of community. Her open loft blends 50 years of family history from her grandparents’ home on the Eastern seaboard with items from her adopted city on the West Coast.

1) Draped down a beam in the middle of the loft are several horseshoe crabs. Sheinbein brought them from her seaside family home. “The most precious things to me are natural objects,” she says. “To me, they represent respect for nature and how important it is to be aware of the environment. Especially because I’m in the city, they remind me of Mother Nature’s ancient design and make me realize I’m just a guest on Earth for a very short time.”

2) Inspired by the community of creatives in the Arts District, Sheinbein decided to jump in herself and start paint-

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Continued from page 7 ing. “At age 59, I didn’t want to wait any longer to explore that part of my life,” she says, pointing to an expansive set of pastels. “They were a gift from my mother, and a representation of my new life here. She was so excited about me making the decision to move

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here and create art. These pastels give me limitless access to color.”

3) A wood desk in a corner of the loft has a very personal twist, as well as a unique past — it was once a dining table, but has been repurposed. “My grandparents were a huge influence on my life and this was originally

their table, and now they’ve given it to me,” she says. “Most of my relatives have sat at this table — my father, my grandparents, my kids. Anyone in my family that I love has sat here. It’s very profound to have that history with me.”

4) In the bathroom, a peaceful coastline

painting ties the seashells, pink granite and beach themes together. “This is a Frank Thurlo watercolor, and it’s a painting of the Massachusetts coastline where he lived. He was very famous in Massachusetts, and I grew up hearing about him. Every part of my home is a little bit about bringing the two coastlines together.”

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hen Palmer Schallon bought an Arts District warehouse in 2011, good things were already happening in the neighborhood. The area’s DIY approach appealed to the production designer, who had spent time in Portland and Glendale before moving to Downtown Los Angeles with his girlfriend. “I’ve always built stuff, and I really wanted to make some furniture,” he says.

Schallon transformed the former garment factory into a loft, creating distinct areas around the one existing framed element — the bathroom. A kitchen, two bedrooms and a small guest area are all separate from the long space. A massive loading dock door separates the home from Schallon’s workshop.

1) Above the thick wooden dining table hangs a chandelier made entirely of cheery yellow yardsticks. “The first thing I really made in this space was the chandelier. I had never done anything quite this complicated before, so I was very proud of how it turned out,” he says. “It started the ball rolling and from then on, I wanted to make everything in the house.”

2) Spread around the loft is particleboard covered in scribbles

and numbers. “Because this was a garment manufacturing place, they left their cutting tables behind when they moved,” he says. “This staircase is made of those tables, with the measurements and doodles still visible. We used the ta-

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3) “After I ran out of things to build in here, I wanted to keep making stuff,” says Schallon. He opens the giant loading dock

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“That fabric is from the store Michael Levine, and this one is from another place in the Fashion District. I get all my steel from Bobco, down the street.

The springs in this chair are from a spring manufacturer around the corner. The industry is so localized in this area that everything is just right here if I need it.”

4) A glamorous, cream-colored cat preens on the kitchen counter. “We found Pit-Pat near the freeway, and we just picked her up and brought her over,” he says. “She’s one of my favorite things. For my birthday, my girlfriend had a Downtown artist, Mikolaj Wyszynski, draw this picture of PitPat. She knows I love the cat tremendously, so in the portrait, she’s dressed like me.” A cat in flannel never looked so dapper.

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A vocalist, musician and performer, she left behind what she calls a “sleepy Hollywood bedroom community” for a live-work recording studio. It is part of a 123-unit building a short walk from the heart of bustling Chinatown.

1) Woodhull’s shiny black Kawai piano, surrounded by

white walls and black and gray furniture, is the centerpiece of her loft. “My piano is my most important thing.

I play it every day,” she says. “I got this piano in Garden Grove in 1985, and it’s lived in 11 places since then. Everything I’ve written or arranged has been on this.” In 1985, Woodhull was nominated for a Grammy for her work arranging the children’s version of “We Are the

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Continued from page 12 World,” which she wrote on the Kawai. “It’s my second voice. It’s what speaks for me when I don’t want to.”

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2) She points to an intricately carved wooden trunk.

“My mother’s sister worked as an English school teacher in Hong Kong in the 1950s and sent this trunk to my mother when I was about 4 years old. It was one of the first things that got me interested in Chinese culture.”

3) From her window, Woodhull can see the San Bernardino Mountains behind the Metro Gold Line tracks. Facing the window is a metal lantern. “My grandfather worked on the railroad, and this gas lantern was his,” she says. “When I lived in New York, I drove buses to pay for tuition. So I look out my window to see the bus yard and the train going by, and I think about my grandfather’s manual labor and my own past, and how lucky I am to live in the wonderful city of Los Angeles and work as a musician.”

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4) Slipping into the black high heels that go with her trim black cocktail dress, Woodhull poses. “I gotta have the heels,” she enthuses. “I’m either in Nikes or high heels, my running clothes or a dress. There is no in between. Since I was 17, I’ve always been performing — opera, choral, anything — so I’ve gotten used to dressing in black.” But what about the Nikes? “I’m doing the stair climb at U.S. Bank Tower this year.”

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GROCERIES Ai Hoa Supermarket 860 N. Hill St., (213) 629-8121 Daily 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m This store in Chinatown has free parking and offers Asian specialty items, fresh produce, meats and fish.

Bunker Hill Market & Deli 800 W. First St., (213) 624-1245 Sun.-Thurs. 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 7 a.m.-midnight Basic grocery goods including beer, wine and spirits. They’ll deliver Downtown for $5.

City Target 735 S. Figueroa St. or target.com Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.

In addition to electronics and clothes, the business in the FIGat7th mall offer groceries, pre-packaged foods, beer, wine, spirits and everything else you need.

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Fresh & Easy 1025 E. Adams Blvd., (213) 765-0918 or freshandeasy.com Daily 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

Just a couple miles from South Park, Fresh & Easy offers an array of ready-made and microwaveable meals, in addition to an impressive produce display and supermarket staples. Enjoy the fresh bread and cookies.

Grand Central Market 317 S. Broadway, (213) 624-2378 or grandcentralsquare.com Daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

The place is a Downtown Los Angeles landmark. Stroll the produce and food stalls, check out what the spice vendors have to offer and get lunch or coffee from a number of hip establishments. It all happens in a colorful open-air market with sawdust on the floors. One hour free parking with $10 purchase. Check out the evening entertainment.

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Joe’s Downtown Market (Toy Factory Lofts) 1855 Industrial St., (213) 612-0248 Sun.-Thurs. 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 7 a.m.-midnight Snacks, drinks, gourmet items, soy cheese, an ATM and some downright fancy booze on the ground floor of the Toy Factory Lofts in the Arts District.

LAX-C 1100 N. Main St., (323) 343-9000 or lax-c.com Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

A long-running, sort of Thai Costco near Chinatown, with everything from bulk produce to fresh seafood to kitchen supplies.

Little Tokyo Galleria Market 333 S. Alameda St., (213) 617-0030 Daily 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

Formerly Woori Market, the Little Tokyo Galleria grocery standout features organic produce, meats and Asian products. Free parking with validation. Bonus: There’s a bowling alley on the top floor of the galleria.

Marukai Market 123 S. Onizuka St., (213) 893-7200 or marukai.com Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.

Produce, boxed bento meals, a beauty supply section, basic sundries and that staple of every Japanese grocery, cute snacks.

Old Bank District Market 409 S. Main St., (213) 680-9000 Daily 8 a.m.-11 p.m.

Basic groceries, wine, a coffee bar and a deli. It’s a gathering place for locals and a spot to pick up the latest gossip.

Ralphs Fresh Fare 645 W. Ninth St., (213) 452-0840 or ralphs.com Daily 5 a.m.-2 a.m.

The friendly giant of Downtown supermarkets, this South Park establishment boasts a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, a deli, fresh sushi, dry cleaning, a florist and a savvy wine expert. Validated parking accessible from Hope and Flower streets.

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Joe’s Downtown Market 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 coffee shop, the Downtown Grind, which has sandwiches, salads and other prepared meals.

Two Bits Market 210 W. Fifth St., (213) 627-2636 or twobitsmarket.com Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 8 a.m.-midnight; Sun. 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

A Historic Core joint with local and organic produce, wines, cheese and a fine lineup of deli sandwiches. Now in a temporary remodel after their abortive ‘Auntie Em’s’ initiative, signs promise Two Bits’ renewal soon.

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. Yes, you can get a gallon of milk and some frozen food 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.

Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market 701 W. Cesar E. Chavez Ave., (213) 337-0172 or walmart.com Daily 6 a.m.-10 p.m.

It’s not a traditional big box Wal-Mart. Instead, the Downtown outpost is a 34,000-square-foot store on the ground floor of a senior housing complex that has produce, dairy items, a large meat section, household supplies and other standard supermarket goods. There is also a large pharmacy.

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CVS 1050 W. Sunset Blvd., (213) 975-1200 or cvs.com Open 24 hours 210 W. Seventh St., (213) 327-0062 or cvs.com Daily 7 a.m.-10 p.m.

A well-stocked store with a pharmacy, cosmetics and spirits. The Sunset CVS has plenty of parking. The Seventh Street establishment is in walking distance of the entire Financial District.

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.

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

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Uptown Drug & Gift Shop 444 S. Flower St. #100, (213) 612-4300 or uptowndrugs.com Weekdays 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

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.

HOSPITALS California Hospital Medical Center 1401 S. Grand Ave., (213) 748-2411 or chmcla.org Good Samaritan Hospital Los Angeles 1225 Wilshire Blvd., (213) 977-2121 or goodsam.org Healthcare Partners 1025 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 623-2225 or healthcarepartners.com St. Vincent Medical Center 2131 W. Third St., (213) 484-7111 or stvincentmedicalcenter.com Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital 2400 S. Flower St., (213) 742-1000 or orthohospital.org PIZZA DELIVERY Big Mama’s & Papa’s Pizzeria 657 S. Flower St., (213) 627-5556 or 36pizza.com Weekdays 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

They boast the largest deliverable pizza in the world — it’s 54” by 54”. Don’t eat it alone. Don’t try to eat it with just one friend.

You need a real party for this one.

Chapman Pizzeria 223 W. Eighth St., (213) 489-5999 or chapmanpizzeria.com Mon.-Thurs 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Sat. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-1 a.m.

Located beneath the Chapman Lofts, these pie slingers will deliver your order anywhere between Bixel and Alameda, Temple and Washington. Minimum $20 order required.

Domino’s 545 S. Olive St., (213) 623-2424 or dominos.com Daily 10 a.m.-1 a.m.

Free delivery and basic pies.

Garage Pizza 100 1/2 W. Seventh St., (213) 622-3390 or garagepizzala.com Daily noon-4 a.m.

Free delivery with $15 minimum purchase in a two-mile radius.

Hill Street Pizza 456 S. Hill St. or (213) 623-1776.

Mon-Thurs. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Fri. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 7 p.m.-3 a.m., Sat. 7 p.m.-3 a.m.

One look at the hours should be enough to prove that this new pizza joint is less gearing to be a Historic Core fixture and more a

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concession to the working crowd and late-night drinkers at Perch and Mrs. Fish.

Joe’s Pizza 613 S. Spring St., (213) 988-8848 or joespizza.it Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-2 a.m., Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

The New York fixture takes its big-slice reputation to Spring Street where loft dwellers, workers and bargoers can all appreciate its pedigree.

Papi’s Pizzeria 109 E. Eighth St., (213) 623-3588 or papispizzeria.com Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11-3 a.m.

Hand-tossed pizza and salads for lunch, dinner and late night. Dine in, take out or delivery.

Pellicola Pizza 421 W. Eighth St., (213) 614-8000 or 213nightlife.com Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.; Sat.-Sun. 3 p.m.-3 a.m.

Cedd Moses’ foray into the pizza world offers a number of options for pies and slices to be eaten in house or delivered throughout Downtown.

Pitfire Pizza 108 W. Second St., (213) 808-1200 or pitfirepizza.com Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 3-10 p.m.

Free delivery and individual gourmet pizzas, pasta, salads and sandwiches from this veteran pie purveyor. Plus seasonal offerings. Parking is $2 at the lot on 232 S. Main St. with validation.

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Pizzanista 2019 E. Seventh St., (213) 627-1430 or pizzanista.com Tues.-Fri. noon-midnight; Sat. 5 p.m.-midnight; Sun. 5-10 p.m.

Delivery is $2.50 with $20 minimum purchase at the Arts District joint.

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Prufrock Pizza Purgatory Pizza 1326 E. First St., (323) 262-5310 or eatpurgatorypizza.com Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. noon-11 p.m.

Rustic, handmade pizzas from a quirky crew. Dine in or they’ll deliver.

Community Amenities: ~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby ~ Pool / Spa / BBQ Grills ~ Fitness Center ~ Covered Parking

Prufrock Pizzeria 446 S. Main St., (323) 284-5661 or theregenttheater.com.

Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-1 a.m., Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-1 a.m.

Located within the confines of The Regent, Prufrock’s wood-fired brick oven cooks up a tasty and well-topped pie that not only delights the stomach, but covers the scent of passing roadies.

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Two Boots Pizza 826 S. Broadway, (213) 623-2100 or twoboots.com Mon.-Wed. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Thur. 11:30 a.m.-12 a.m.; Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 a.m.; Sat. noon-2:30 a.m.; Sun. noon-10 p.m.

Traditional Italian flavors with Cajun flair and free delivery.

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Xlixe Pizzeria Pies and Pints 432 E. Second St., (213) 620-0513 or xlixe.com Mon. 4:30-10 p.m.; Tue.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Sat. 11:30 a.m.-midnight; Sun. 4:30-10 p.m.

Lunch specials, free delivery, happy hour and specialty pies.

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MOVIE THEATERS/DRIVE-IN Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com The film and event facility with indie flicks, readings, talks, drink-along double features, world premieres and the occasional rooftop party.

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

Electric Dusk Drive-In 1000 San Julian St. or electricduskdrivein.com The former Devil’s Night Drive In has new owners and a new location. The spot in a former produce facility has space for cars as well as an astroturf area for folks on foot. There’s also a snack shack.

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Regal Cinemas L.A. Live 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (877) 835-5734 or lalive.com A state-of-the-art complex with 14 screens, including a premiere house with 800 seats. Six theaters have 3D capabilities, and one has a 4D experience.

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Bark Avenue’s Pet Project 548 S. Spring St., (213) 688-7752 or petproject-losangeles.com Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.- 8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

A pet supply delivery service with low prices and free delivery in Downtown. They have a walk-in storefront.

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Executive Image Cleaners 600 W. Ninth St., (213) 488-1045 Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Green dry cleaning, serving Downtown for 25 years.

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

Golden Eagle Dry Cleaning Shop 647 S. Main St. or (213) 622-7733 Recently relocated from their former location on Spring Street, Golden Eagle is a neighborhood dry cleaning operation that gets that stain out.

Downtown Pet Lovers 1234 S. Figueroa St., (213) 290-4686 or downtownladogwalker.com Overnight pet sitting for a multitude of species give these Downtown pet tenders a strong competitive advantage.

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.

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 space for doggies. They also have cage-free boarding, grooming and outdoor yards.

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.

Upscale 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.

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.

King’s Tailor Shop 116 E. Eighth St., (213) 688-2788 or kingtailorshop.weebly.com Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Across from the former Eddie’s tailor shop, King’s takes up the slack for the Historic Core. photo by Gary Leonard

Muttropolitan 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.

DRY CLEANING/TAILORS Bowers & Sons Cleaners 2509 S. Central Ave., (213) 749-3237 or bowersandsonscleaners.com Mon.-Fri. 6 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Sat. 7 a.m.-5 p.m.

Family-owned business with professional services and frequent specials.

Bunker Hill Cleaners 800 W. First St. #102, (213) 680-0973 Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Located in the Bunker Hill Towers complex, it’s quick and convenient.

Cleaners Depot 619 W. Sixth St., (213) 239-9185 Mon.-Fri. 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.

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601 S. Figueroa St., (213) 627-5123 Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

This chain has been in Downtown forever, servicing the community.

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.

Tokyo Cleaners 426 E. Second St., (213) 628-2474 Weekdays 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

A friendly, family-run operation inside Honda Plaza. Validated parking.

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.

Urban Life Dry Cleaners 670 S. Bixel St., (213) 488-9063 Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Eco-friendly dry cleaning, laundry, shoe/purse repair, sewing and alterations.

Elisa’s Garage 1401 S. Santa Fe Ave., (213) 623-1233 or elisasgarage.com This loft studio caters to Downtown professionals, artists and hipsters looking for a great cut.

SHOE REPAIR Shoe Care & Dry Cleaners 543B S. Olive St., (213) 624-3440 Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Across from Pershing Square, two services in one.

Shoe Wiz Instant Shoe Repair 514 W. Sixth St., (213) 688-9699 Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Repairs on heels and boots, plus dye jobs, polishing and overnight work.

SALONS/SERVICES Artform Studio 701 E. Third St., Suite 120, (213) 613-1050 or theartformstudio.com This hip hybrid hair salon/record shop does it all: Hair, makeup and fashion and cool tunes.

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S&H Cleaners 511 S. Spring St., (213) 626-2891 Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Cheap, family run and always dependable.

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.

Hair, nails and massage facing the California Plaza Watercourt.

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.

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.

Full-service salon in Downtown for the last 30 years.

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 German-titled salon.

Imperial Barber Shop 114 Judge John Aiso St. or (213) 625-2830 Get a super 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 A full-service salon in Downtown that’s coming up on two decades.

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 locale.

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.

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Nails on Ninth 127 W. Ninth St. or (213) 627-6245 Affordable manicures and pedicures.

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 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.

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. 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.

Hair, nails, makeup, facials, waxing and hair extensions.

cials to massages to body wraps.

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.

FURNITURE/HOME GOODS Angelo Home Store 847 S. Broadway, (213) 488-9347 or angelohomestore.com Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Design meets functionality at this warm furniture boutique on the ground floor of the Eastern Columbia Building.

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.

Ashley Furniture 1810 S. Broadway, (213) 745-2980 or ashleyfurniturehomestore.com.

Daily 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

The local installation of the chain store helps you outfit that apartment or condo you just secured.

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.

Cleveland Art 110 N. Santa Fe Ave., (213) 626-1311 or clevelandart.com Mon.-Sat. 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Industrial machinery and surplus goods recycled as cool design for the office, home and retail.

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.

Dearden’s 700 S. Main St., (213) 362-9600 or deardens.com Weekdays 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; weekends 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Established in 1910, this five-level store sells furniture, appliances and electronics.

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 Downtown.

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.

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.

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.

Realm 425 Gin Ling Way, (213) 628-4663 or realmhome.com Mon. and Wed.-Fri. noon-7 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.- 7 p.m.

An eclectic modern furniture store and gift shop that also carries novelty books and an assortment of fun decorative goods.

Raw Materials 436 S. Main St., (213) 627-7223 or rawmaterialsla.com Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m.

A wealth of art supplies and custom fine art framing.

Matteo 912 E. Third St., (213) 617-2813 or matteohome.com Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Fine bedding and linens in a minimalist Arts District showroom.

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 event space also features a full-service hair salon for those looking to up their ‘do-game.

The Sofa Company 1726 W. Pico Blvd., (888) 778-7632 or thesofaco.com Daily 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Build your own sofa, pick from their stock or reupholster your old couch.

Novecento Antiques 910 S. Olive St., (213) 622-7700 or novecento.1stdibs.com By appointment only.

Antique furniture and vintage art imported from Europe, with items that date from the 19th century, as well as contemporary goods.

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.

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High-quality salvaged furniture and antiques from across the United States.

Design Theory Inc. 327 E. Second St., Suite 222, (213) 745-8781 or design-theory.com Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday by appointment Full-service interior design and a private showroom exhibiting over 350 furniture lines.

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.

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.

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Steal-A-Sofa 1151 S. Main St., (213) 223-6126 or stealasofa.com Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Less an invitation to break into the store and more a hyperbolic advertisement for competitive prices, Steal-A-Sofa offers copious opportunities to upgrade home furnishings.

Olde Good Things 1800 S. Grand Ave., (213) 746-8600 or ogtstore.com Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Charged with deploying security officers and cleaning crews to a 22-block area, focusing on Staples Center and L.A. Live.

LAPD Central Division 251 E. Sixth St., (213) 485-3294; call (877) 275-5273 to report non-emergency crimes This LAPD division, helmed by Capt. Michael Oreb, covers Downtown Los

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Historic Downtown Los Angeles BID 209-211 W. Fifth St., (213) 488-1901; service hotline (213) 239-8336 or hdlabid.com Centered around Broadway and Spring and Main streets, the BID helps foster economic development for galleries, housing complexes and restaurants in the neighborhood.

1st Security Safe Company 901 S. Hill St., (213) 627-0422 Weekdays 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

They can make some of the trickier loft building keys.

Pilates Plus DTLA 845 S. Broadway, (213) 863-4834 or ppdtla.com Weekdays first class at 6 a.m.; last class 6-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 8 a.m.-noon Private training or small group classes.

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Figueroa Corridor Partnership BID 3982 S. Figueroa St., (213) 746-9577; service hotline (213) 746-3444 or figueroacorridor.org This organization covers the area south of South Park, including Exposition Park and USC.

Roy Hopp & Company 510 W. Sixth St., (213) 622-5153 Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

A shop in the basement of a Jewelry District edifice.

Los Angeles Athletic Club 431 W. Seventh St., (213) 625-2211 or laac.com Weekdays 5 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Fashion District BID 110 E. Ninth St., A-1175, (213) 741-2661 for 24-hour public safety assistance or fashiondistrict.org The yellow-garbed clean and safe team patrols the bustling Fashion District on bike and via cruisers.

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L.A. Fitness (The Bloc) 700 S. Flower St., (213) 624-3933 or lafitness.com L.A. Fitness has personal trainers, tons of equipment and fun classes.

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Future Health 633 W. Fifth St., Suite 5750, (213) 617-8229 or educogym.com By appointment Mon.-Fri. 6 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-noon Located on the 57th floor of the U.S. Bank Tower. The specialty is a 20-minute, thrice a week workout system.

Downtown Center BID 626 Wilshire Blvd., (213) 624-2146; after hours (213) 624-2425 or downtownla.com This is Downtown’s largest BID, covering the Central Business District. Its purple-clad officers will help with security, cleanup and any questions when you don’t know who to call.

KEYS Grand Central Jewelry Grand Central Market, 317 S. Broadway, (213) 620-1864 or grandcentralmarket.com Daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Extreme Boot Camp 645 W. Ninth St. or (213) 610-3233 Those seeking exercise in moderation with slow and steady results need not apply. As the name suggests, this six-week course is grueling.

L.A. Boulders 1375 E. Sixth St. #8, (323) 406-9119 or touchstoneclimbing.com Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

A challenging array of faux-rock faces and a supportive staff gear up in Downtown’s lone bouldering/climbing center.

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Evoke Yoga 212 W. Seventh St., (213) 394-549 or evokeyoga.com Located in the historic Van Nuys Building, this 1,500-square-foot space adds a serene, modern touch to the neighborhood.

Central City East Association 725 S. Crocker St., (213) 228-8484 or centralcityeast.org This BID covers 44 blocks in the Industrial District, with cleaning and safety services.

YAS Fitness 831 S. Hope St., (213) 430-9053 or go2yas.com Weekdays first class at 6:15 a.m.; last at 7:30 p.m.; Sat. first class at 9:15 a.m.; last at 11:15 a.m.

Push yourself to the limit at this sleek South Park facility. Classes include yoga for athletes, indoor cycling and more.

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Equinox 444 S. Flower St., (213) 330-3999 or equinox.com A beautiful locale with luxury amenities and state-of-the-art equipment.

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Chinatown BID Chinatown Patrol (213) 923-2986, press 7; BID office (213) 680-0243 or chinatownla.org The BID’s Red Patrol keeps Chinatown’s streets safe and clean.

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Train at the Main Street facility where the staff is there to get you in shape, not to be your friend.

UEvolution Mind and Body Sculpting 621 S. Spring St., (213) 788-2773 or uevolution.net Mon.-Thurs. 5:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri. 5:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Krav Maga Unyted 334 S. Main St., (213) 223-6233 or unytedfitness.com This modern studio welcomes all levels for its challenging martial arts workout. The staff is friendly and the instructors are some of the best.

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Bikram Yoga Downtown L.A. 700 W. First St., (213) 626-9642 or bikramyogadowntownla.com A series of 26 poses in a heated room. Call for class schedule.

Ketchum-Downtown YMCA 401 S. Hope St., (213) 624-2348 or ymcala.org Mon.-Thurs. 5:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri. 5:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Pool, basketball, volleyball, aerobics, indoor track and plenty of iron to pump.

Trojan Crossfit 431 S. Hewitt St., (213) 537-0446 or trojancrossfit.com Mon.-Fri., 6 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-noon; Sun. 10 a.m.-noon The Arts District gym’s motto is “where warriors are made.” It’s not an idle boast. Cool fact: The 9,000-square-foot space was founded by two sheriff’s deputies.

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24 Hour Fitness 505 S. Flower St., (213) 683-1400 or 24hourfitness.com Mon. opens 5 a.m., Tues.-Thurs. 24 hours, Fri. until 10 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 7 a.m.-6 p.m.

Though the schedule/gym name disconnect has us a bit confused, we are assured that there are still ample opportunities in a given week to get sweaty.

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Gold’s Gym 735 S. Figueroa St., Suite 100, (213) 688-1441 or goldsgym.com Mon.-Thurs. 5 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri. 5 a.m.-9 p.m.; weekends 7 a.m.-9 p.m.

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Carefree and Car-Free at CicLAvia Cyclists and Pedestrians Again Take Over Downtown

By Heidi Kulicke icLAvia has been a smash since its launch in Downtown Los Angeles in 2010. Tens of thousands of people regularly turn out for the event that shuts miles of city streets to cars, and instead hands them over to bicyclists, skateboarders and pedestrians.

The quarterly happening has bounced around recently, with the most recent events centered in Pasadena and Culver City. This week, however, CicLAvia goes back to its roots.

The CicLAvia on Sunday, Oct. 18, runs from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and will be anchored in Downtown, with six miles of closed roads along Seventh, Spring, First and Fourth streets, among others. Up to 100,000 people are expected to attend, said Romel Pascual, executive director of CicLAvia.

Pulling off CicLAvia means more than setting up a few traffic barricades, noted Pascual.

Each event involves a 24-month planning process to determine the route, recruit volunteers and connect with community stakeholders, business owners and residents.

“Engaging with the community is core to what we do, and we can’t have a successful event unless we educate the folks who will be affected by it,” Pascual said. “We listen to their concerns and ideas, and do our best to make it even better through their involvement.”

This week’s CicLAvia also has spurs to MacArthur Park and Boyle Heights. There will be four “activity hubs,” with food trucks, live music, bike parking and more. One hub will be

Up to 100,000 people are expected to attend the CicLAvia centered in Downtown. It takes place Sunday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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11 in Downtown. They will be placed at busy intersections such as Hill and Seventh streets, and Third and Spring streets. The crossing points will operate using traffic lights, Maya said, with a number of cars allowed before the path is shut again for a few minutes.

Approximately 100 DOT traffic officers will be on hand to direct motorists to crossing points and provide detour information, Maya said.

This CicLAvia presents a new challenge for Pascual. CicLAvia was founded and long run

by Aaron Paley, who got the idea from an event in the country of Colombia. Paley recently stepped down, and this marks Pascual’s first time at the helm, although he’s been involved since the initial CicLAvia in 2010.

“This is an iconic route, as it was our very first route five years ago,” Pascual said. “This event is about celebrating our supporters, reimagining what is possible and showing them a new way to look at the streets.”

Still, there is a lot to bring together. Each

CicLAvia costs approximately $450,000, with funds coming from public offers, corporate sponsors and private contributions. Plus there’s an army of 200-300 volunteers.

“Volunteers play a critical role in making sure the routes are safe and the experiences are as maximized as they can be in terms of joy and goodwill,” Pascual said. “They don’t just function as ambassadors, but help control safety by monitoring crosswalks, intersections and driveways.”

Those interested in volunteering are asked to sign up through CicLAvia’s website by Thursday, Oct. 14, at noon.

In addition to bicycles and skateboards, Pascual said CicLAvia welcomes those on roller blades and other non-motorized transportation methods. Even walking is encouraged.

CicLAvia takes place Sunday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Route and other information are at (213) 355-8500 or ciclavia.org. heidi@downtownnews.com

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A highlight at the Chinatown hub will be performers from Cirque du Soleil’s upcoming show Kurios, a bicycle-themed production with a two-month run at Dodger Stadium starting in December. The hubs will also provide restrooms, first aid services, water stations and bike repairs.

Group Effort CicLAvia requires the cooperation of multiple city agencies. The Department of Transportation will begin closing streets at 6 a.m. and will have all streets on the route blocked off by 8 a.m., said Eric Maya, a DOT engineering associate. Streets are expected to reopen by 5:30 p.m., Maya said.

CicLAvia events are a welcome break from regular street closures, Maya added.

“People actually thank us when we’re doing clean-up afterwards for facilitating a safe event for them,” Maya said. “We’re used to having aggravated motorists stuck in traffic, but this event brings out the community to enjoy what the city has to offer.”

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Government Awareness One factor belying the difficulties faced by shelters is a change in federal policy. In 2009, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development passed the HEARTH (Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing) Act, which prioritized funding for permanent supportive housing. The $2.1 billion McKinneyVento grant is the biggest source of government funding for homeless assistance, but it has been impacted by budget cuts, especially in terms of emergency service funds, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

In Los Angeles, LAHSA has decreased its budget for year-round emergency shelters from around $20 million in 2009-2011 to about $8.5 million this year.

“Shelters and emergency services play an important role, but one challenge is that shelters have significant operating costs that we need to be mindful of when we’re spending scarce resources on homelessness,” Lynn said.

While there have been cuts to transitional housing, Los Angeles has not reduced shelter beds, Lynn says. Currently, there are 3,952 shelter beds and 6,073 transitional housing beds in Los Angeles, according to LAHSA, compared to 9,426 beds of permanent supportive housing.

Chris Ko, director of systems and innovation for Home for Good, acknowledged that the funding shift is happening, but said that it’s needed after decades of “major underinvestment” in permanent housing solutions for the homeless.

He added that a housing-first model can go hand-in-hand with shelters. Communities are more receptive to the opening of a shelter if they understand it’s a bridge to self-sufficiency and a permanent home, rather than a place to warehouse the homeless, he said.

“As we have more permanent supportive housing available, from our standpoint, we also want to lead the charge for getting more shelters,” he said. “What’s powerful about that is that we’re able to give a reason and say, ‘This is why we need a shelter here.’”

For the cash-strapped missions, there is at least some government awareness of their plight. City Councilman Mike Bonin, whose 11th District includes Venice, which has a sizable homeless population, recognizes shortfalls in the current approach.

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Union Rescue Mission’s Andy Bales says entities that once donated routinely are now more often donating to programmers of permanent supportive housing. “We had one foundation say we’re not going to give to you anymore, we’re going to give to housing-first programs and Home for Good,” Bales said. “They had given up to a million dollars a year to us.”

mand is so out of whack that it’s an absolute illusion,” Bonin said. “It is a solution, but we have to recognize what the pace of construction is.

The alternative to permanent supportive housing cannot be a sidewalk.”

Bonin said he has asked LAHSA to calculate the per-person costs of providing transitional or shelter beds, and wants a citywide approach to services and shelters. Meanwhile, Skid Row’s biggest shelters have pondered expansion. Union Rescue Mission held a fundraiser on Oct. 5, with one goal being potentially opening a facility west of Downtown, Bales said. But the lasting effects of the recession, coupled with a lack of public enthusiasm for funding shelters and transitional housing, makes any expansion a tough task, the Midnight Mission’s Adamson said.

“We had a strategy to add a few facilities around Southern California, but we’ve delayed that timetable maybe for another five years,” he said.

A more pressing demand is for additional resources on Skid Row, Smith said. There is some question of how many shelter beds go unfilled each night on Skid Row, but mission heads said their facilities are generally full. The Los Angeles Mission specifically needs recuperative care beds and more transitional housing resources, Smith added.

“The demand impacts the process of taking someone off the street. You gotta get someone off the street when they’re ready and need to, not next Tuesday with an appointment,” he said.

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Los Angeles Mission: The facility at Fifth and Wall streets offers 180 emergency shelter beds each evening, along with 193 beds for men and women in its long-term recovery program. The mission serves 1,2001,500 meals a day.

Midnight Mission: Near URM and Weingart on San Pedro Street, the Midnight Mis-

LAHSA’s Lynn, is that the region needs more of almost everything: shelter beds, permanent supportive housing and affordable housing in general. Until more facilities are built, the city needs to consider less expensive ideas to improve the lives of homeless people, Bonin said.

That might include using empty lots for tents and shower facilities, or creating more voluntary storage spaces and safe places for people to park and sleep in their cars. Lynn also noted that, rath-

sion has 275 beds for people enrolled in its long-term recovery program, and 32 beds for overnight guests. Its courtyard (which is locked in the evening) also accommodates about 100-120 people nightly.

Weingart Center: The facility at 566 S. San Pedro St. has 560 beds, most of which are dedicated to program participants (around 50 beds are used by overnight guests). The center has 364 rooms, and guests pay $17 per night for a shared room or $19 for a single room.

Other Downtown facilities with beds include Lamp Community, the St. Vincent de Paul Cardinal Manning Center, the Emmanuel Baptist Rescue Mission and the Volunteers of America facility.

—Eddie Kim er than waiting for new housing, more vouchers could be used to get homeless people into market-rate housing with a significant subsidy.

The idea that every homeless person should have a home is a valiant one, Bales notes, but it’s also an impossible goal in modern Los Angeles. Until that changes, the Skid Row shelters will keep taking people in — as many as the money allows. eddie@downtownnews.com

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A Rookie Rules This ‘Sound of Music’ Newcomer Kerstin Anderson Shines as Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Classic Lands at the Ahmanson

By Jeff Favre ow do you give people what they want but not necessarily what they expect?

Few musicals have a harder time answering that question than Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, the latest version of which is running through Oct. 31 at Downtown’s Ahmanson Theatre as part of a national tour. The problem isn’t the 1959 debut that few recall, the 1998 Broadway return or even the various regional productions.

It’s that darn blockbuster movie.

Since 1965, all leads tackling the singing nun-to-be Maria have been compared — usually unfavorably — to Julie Andrews. If you need a refresher, ask Carrie Underwood, who led the not-well-received live TV production two years ago.

Anyone who can put aside expectations for a copy of Andrews, as well as hopes for dramatic innovation, should have no trouble enjoying the dozen or so vibrant, catchy, smile-inducing songs in this revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s last collaboration. Ably directed by Jack O’Brien, the stellar cast, in particular the unknown Kerstin Anderson, delivers lively, joyous versions of each well-known number. It runs through Oct. 31.

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Sound of Music the way Bartlett Sher did Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, which showed at the Ahmanson in 2010, but his crisp pacing and ability to get the most out of the humorous moments keep the nearly threehour show from ever feeling sluggish, even during the inferior second act.

O’Brien’s best idea was casting Anderson.

At 21, she is age appropriate for Maria, and because this is her first professional show — at this time last year she was a student at Pace University in New York — she doesn’t carry baggage of having been seen as other characters.

Anderson’s portrayal of the confused but happy postulant, who is sent from the abbey to serve as a governess to a widower with seven children, seems closer in line to what the role was intended to be, but rarely is. This Maria, in basic terms, is goofy. She’s barely beyond childhood, only a few years older than the “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” oldest von Trapp child Liesl (a charming Paige Silverster). She’s like the carefree young aunt, and it feels organic when Maria is able to transform the less-than-enthusiastic children of Captain Georg von Trapp (Ben Davis) into a singing group in one rendition of “Do-Re-Mi.” The casting challenge comes from the

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By Jeff Favre rt, even at its most original, is imbued with appropriation. Ideas rarely spring forth whole cloth, but instead are borrowed and then fused with new concepts.

The shadows of playwrights such as Arthur Miller, August Wilson and Tracy Letts glide through the scenes of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ tiring, muddled comedic melodrama Appropriate like the ghosts that may haunt the Arkansas plantation in which the story takes place. The play is running through Nov. 1 at the Music Center’s Mark Taper Forum.

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The director’s real “get” is Ashley Brown, who typically is a lead actress (she appeared as the title character during Mary Poppins’ run at the Ahmanson). Perhaps she took the role of the Mother Abbess for the chance to put her stamp on one of the strongest songs in the Rodgers and Hammerstein canon, “Climb Ev’ry Mountain.” It won’t surprise anyone who has seen Brown that she doesn’t disappoint. What’s more fun is her less-rigid take on the role. She offers touches of whimsy that indicate the Mother Abbess knows from experience Maria’s love of music and nature.

There’s never been much a leading man can do with the thinly written Captain von Trapp, but Davis is solid throughout, even making the stern taskmaster’s change to loving dad in a few seconds seem believable.

Many of the best laughs come from Merwin Foard, who finds more humor as family friend Max than book writers Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse probably ever imagined. His throwaway lines as the lifelong hanger-on are

somewhat overrated August: Osage County. Jacobs-Jenkins ratchets the anger and volume to full blast for most of the first hour, delivered by some of the most annoying and least interesting characters in recent Taper history. He is unable to elicit enough sympathy or empathy to hold attention for the nearly three-hour, two-intermission production.

It’s an ensemble piece, but at the center of the turmoil is Toni (Melora Hardin), a middle-aged divorced mother of troubled son Rhys (Will Tranfo). As the oldest sibling of the immensely dysfunctional Lafayette family, she is trying to put together an estate sale of her deceased father’s possessions. Her brother Bo (David Bishins), who assisted their dad financially in his later years, has come to help sell the land and broken-down plantation estate. He brings his wife Rachel (Missy Yager) and children, 13-year-old Cassidy (Grace Kaufman) and younger brother Ainsley (Alexander James Rodriguez).

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textbook examples of tone and timing.

The show’s weakest section always has been its dramatic turn. After a lighthearted first act filled with hit numbers, the remainder mostly is a series of somber reprises, along with the delicate “Edelweiss” to anchor it. The German invasion of Austria is an off screen concept shown by a few angry exchanges between the Nazis and the defiant captain.

O’Brien keeps the action moving, though, to the heartfelt finale.

Douglas W. Schmidt’s lean set, fairly common in touring shows, provides enough ambience to set the mood for the locales, including a serene backdrop of the ever-present Austrian mountains.

Thanks to one of the most memorable series of songs in a single show, The Sound of Music has never needed fancy sets, a textual makeover or other extras. It only requires vocal talent and passion, and this production is loaded with both. Add to that a truly fresh take on Maria and you’ve got a winner.

The Sound of Music runs through Oct. 31 at the Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-4400 or centertheatregroup.org.

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(l to r) Melora Hardin, David Bishins and Robert Beitzel play siblings who return to an old family home and make an unexpected discovery in Appropriate. It is at the Mark Taper Forum through Nov. 1.

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Creep L.A., a new haunted house from Justin Fix and Jeremy Scott, takes place in a warehouse in the Arts District.

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Crowds turned out for events like the notoriously physical Blackout and the solo expedition Alone, both in Downtown Los Angeles.

“I’ve seen how things are ramping up in L.A. in terms of more personal haunts,” Fix said. “All these immersive haunts took it to a new level, and it’s brought on a new audience.”

Fix and Scott, 30, began brainstorming Creep in July, and moved swiftly to select a cast of 30 actors (another 13 people make up the creative team). Fix didn’t have a strong idea for Creep’s plot, but began seeing characters and scenes in his head as the team built out the space.

Creep L.A. plays off a medley of horror tropes including disturbed young girls, slash-happy serial killers who stalk you, and urban myths such as “Bloody Mary” (the spirit who appears in the mirror when you repeat her name five times). The blend of influences, coupled with the lack of a narrative, gives Creep a montage-like vibe, with each segment in the approximately 30-minute experience showing off a different quality of fear. Sometimes you’re standing in the pitch-black, without a clue as to what comes next. Other times you’re chased by masked figures who seem to disappear and reappear from thin air.

As a first-time show, however, Creep is a bit of an ongoing experiment.

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A few months ago, he noticed that some of his tools would noisily clatter to life in the evening, even though nobody had touched them. Scott dismissed it as an electrical oddity. Yet it kept happening. Feeling uneasy, he asked his assistant to stay on the job when he worked late.

That warehouse at 718 E. Jackson St., just north of First Street, is now the site of a different kind of scary happening: a haunted house dubbed Creep L.A. Like some other Halloweenseason events, Creep offers an intimate experience, with groups of six led through a succession of unnerving scenes. Attendees can expect to be touched, isolated from the group, screamed at, and forced to run and crawl as they encounter a battery of eerie characters and environments.

The production, which runs through Oct. 31, comes from Scott and Justin Fix, an actor who also works in behind-the-scenes film production. Fix, a skinny 27-year-old with an excitable voice, admits that he’s obsessive about Oct. 31.

“I’m one of those guys who keeps a countdown calendar of how many days it is ’til Halloween,” Fix said.

Over the past couple of years, Fix noticed the emergence of small-scale haunts with intensely emotional and theatrical elements, at least compared to the big-budget spectacles staged

“They found a ‘black mass’ in the corner and some strange scratches in our mirror that didn’t used to be there. So who knows? It’s all on camera,” Scott mused. “We are connected to a mortuary in the back.”

A haunt in a haunted warehouse? It sounds a little too perfect, but Scott still refuses to work in the space at night alone.

Creep L.A. runs through Oct. 31 at 718 E. Jackson St. Tickets and more information are at creepla.com. eddie@downtownnews.com

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A quick primer on the Motor City for the children of the 21st century: Detroit was once a thriving industrial hub, and the abundance of car factories lured hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the rural south looking for a dependable job. Enter Detroit ’67 ’67, now in its final week at the Los Angeles Theatre Center Center. In Dominique Morrisseau’s play, there’s a family home-turned-juke joint, social anxieties, Motown music and a full-scale riot. The show set nearly 50 years ago closes Oct. 18, with performances this week on Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. At 514 S. Spring St., (213) 489-0994 or thelatc.org.

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TuESDay, OcTObER 13 Gary Burnison at Town Hall-Los Angeles City Club, 555 S. Flower, (213) 628-8141 or townhall-la.org.

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Motor City Theater, a Folk Rock Celebration and the Phil Does the Rite Thing

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Metro Art Moves Tours 800 N. Alameda St., (213) 683-6729 or metro.net/ about/art Metro Art Moves is a free weekend series of regularly scheduled and special tours of artwork in the Metro Rail system, including Union Station. The tours are led by docent volunteers and provide insight into the art and its creation at various stations. For more information visit metro.net/about/art.

8th Annual Halloween Party for Downtown Kids 919 S. Grand Ave. or downtownla.com/halloween The Downtown Center Business Improvement District invites Downtown families to attend its annual Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 5-8 p.m. at Grand Hope Park next to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Festivities include puppet shows, bouncy houses, crafts, hot dogs and trick-or-treating. Tickets are $5 online or $8 at the door; free for children 2 and under.

Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume and Cocktail Party 127 E. Sixth St., (213) 438-0900 or pussyandpooch. com/events Pussy & Pooch presents a Halloween social for pet owners and their pets on Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 7-10 p.m. at The Unique Space. The event offers best costume prizes for pets and their owners, live music, pet photo opportunities, pet readings, food, drinks and more. Tickets are $10 in-store and online or $15 at the door.

The legacy of late ’60s/early ’70s L.A. folk rock is one of the more impactful, lasting cultural moments of the 20th century. Case in point: Fifty years after The Byrds kicked out “Mr. Tambourine Man,” an all-star lineup of contemporary musicians stand poised to pay tribute to The Byrds, the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, The Association and others. On Monday, Oct. 12, at the Orpheum Theatre, they’ll come together for a show dubbed Echo in the Canyon. Expect world-class covers from Fiona Apple, Beck (shown here), folk progeny Jakob Dylan, Cat Power, Regina Spektor and more. It’s an homage to bygone days that, for once recently, doesn’t involve Clifton’s Cafeteria. At 842 S. Broadway, (877) 677-4386 or laorpheum.com.

When Igor Stravinsky’s dissonant, modernist Rite of Spring premiered in Paris in 1913, concertgoers accustomed to symphonic harmony reacted with riotous outrage. A century later, the whirring wheels of modernism have become old hat. When Gustavo Dudamel uses elegant baton strokes to lead the L.A. Phil through the one-time aural anarchy of Stravinsky’s now-classic piece at Walt Disney Concert Hall this week, you can expects cheers rather than jeers. Performances are Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 15-17, at 8 p.m., followed by a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Show up an hour early each day for a pre-concert talk. At 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.com. photo courtesy of Los Angeles Philharmonic

While we’re not sure whether or not Samita Sinha is a Nas fan, we’re positive she could identify with the Brooklyn Don’s statement of purpose, “All I need is one mic.” Sinha has made waves as a contemporary vocalist who bridges traditional styles and patterns with the brash disarticulations of technology. On Friday-Saturday, Oct. 16-17, Sinha will command the stage at REDCAT with a primer on vocal effects, sonic resonation and aural identity that she appropriately terms “CIPHER.” Tickets are still available for both 8:30 p.m. shows. At 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.

Once a year, the Bootleg Theater honors a city replete in creative possibilities and cultural pleasures with the Live Arts Exchange Festival. Known as LAX, the blend of live music, performance art, theater, installation art and sound and general revelry fuses beautiful elements of the city’s underground in a 10-day bonanza of performed pleasures. This year’s festivities run Oct. 15-25 and kick off Thursday with a performance from musician RYAT, before a continued run of Tennessee William’s Streetcar Named Desire, an album release from Jodie Landau and Wild Up and two nights of womenhood-done-dance in Unadult.

Please, pace yourself. At 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 3893856 or bootlegtheater.org.

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Third Man Books Night Ace Hotel, 929 S. Broadway, (213) 623-3233 or acehotel.com.

6 p.m.: Sampson Starkweather, Paige Taggart, Amelia Gray, Chet Weise and Janaka Stucky will read from their latest books in this literary affair.

ROCK, POP & JAZZ Belasco 1050 S. Hill St., (213) 746-5670 or thebelascotheater.com.

Oct. 14, 8 p.m.: NYC’s own Misterwives, an indie band and a gauntlet thrown down before Kim Davis.

Blue Whale 123 Astronaut E. S. Onizuka St., (213) 620-0908 or bluewhalemusic.com.

Oct. 12: Jacob Szekely Trio.

Oct. 13: Linosphere.

Oct. 14: Marcel Camargo and Friends.

Oct. 15: Bill Cunliffe Group.

Oct. 16: Transient.

Oct. 17: Myra Melford Quintet.

Oct. 18: Cadence Improvised Music Festival.

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

Oct. 12, 8:30 p.m.: Good news for all you fixie fiends heading out to the Kid Cadaver Residency: There’s a free bike valet!

Oct. 13, 8:30 p.m.: Dar Williams is focusing on the conditions of culture in modern post-capitalism and what appears to be an incomplete first name.

Oct. 14, 8 p.m.: With her blistering and revolutionary, “Stay Young, Get Stoned,” White Sea again proves that she is capable of finding new and sonically inventive ways to maintain the status quo.

Oct. 17, 9 p.m.: Billing tonight’s Saved By the ’90s event as “the biggest ’90s party in the USA” ignores the condition of privation and backwardness known as Iowa.

Oct. 18, 8:30 p.m.: If we were judging on good posture alone, Mansionair would not make the grade.

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

Oct. 13, 8 p.m.: Just a quick note, Young Thug: When the Autotune/trap life gives out, you may want to ponder a quick change of name before trying to land a job.

Oct. 17, 6:35 p.m.: New Politics hits the stage with Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, a musical tribute to a man who once dedicated too much time to a guy named Jordan that he went to high school with.

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

Oct. 12, 10 p.m.: The Jazzaholics don’t need your judgment.

Oct. 13, 10 p.m.: Boys School has weathered a nasty recent run-in with Title IX. Oct. 14, 10 p.m.: The Gabe Rosen Trio has considered shifting over to the acronym “GRT,” if only for the subliminal superlative message.

Oct. 15, 10 p.m.: Kat Myers and the Buzzards need no introduction, but they’ll get one anyways.

Oct. 16, 10 p.m.: The Dank opens for Johnny Moezzi & The Drones.

Oct. 18, 10 p.m.: Can somebody get RT N the 44s a round of shots?

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

Oct. 15: Caspa, B2B and Rusko.

Oct. 16: ATB. Oct. 17: Lane 8.

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

Oct. 13, 8 p.m.: We imagine the conversation with former Blink 182 guitarist and singer Tom Delonge going something like this: “So you got yourself kicked out of the band you started?” “Yep.” “So you could start writing YA fiction?” “Yep.” Oct. 16, 8 p.m.: Fortunate Son Bob Fogerty will regale us with stories of his life and times.

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APPROPRIATE, 21 new-age vegan fiancé River (Zarah Mahler).

Toni’s blind devotion to her father and her rage over marriage and motherhood troubles translate into loud insults for all of the adults.

It’s infectious, and everyone quickly joins the hate fest. Tantrums can be interesting, but

without character development or razorsharp wit, it’s little more than an episode of “Judge Judy.”

What’s supposed to provide depth is the discovery of an album containing vintage photos of black people being lynched, and the ensuing discussion of what to do with the images, or what their presence says about the

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There’s nothing wrong with wild swings in tone, but director Eric Ting and the cast seem unsure at times how to handle the material, which isn’t funny enough for comedy or emotional enough for drama. The fallback seems to be volume.

To her credit, Hardin is faithful to the text, making Toni a woman you wouldn’t want to talk to for even a minute. The problem is audiences are listening to her for much longer than that.

The other acting highlight is Bishins, who as Bo is a more intriguing mystery than a dad with an apparent racist past. Dealing with troubles at work and home, he tries to maintain order and keep his emotions from boiling over. His transformation, slight as it is, deserves more attention.

The second — and strongest — act delivers a bit of texture to the relationships, but it’s too little too late, even more so given the climax, which includes a brawl that is sloppily executed and poorly choreographed by Steve Rankin.

A commentary more on the production than the play itself is a misguided epilogue that adds nothing to the forced themes, despite remarkable special effects on Mimi Lien’s detailed and impressively decrepit set design.

The program notes one intermission, which was changed to two late in rehearsals, as rewriting and reworking continued. The first

Downtown News 25 break appears to be for prop changes, while the second feels as if it was added simply because the story starts to drag.

Jacobs-Jenkins, unlike Miller and Wilson, who are masters of character depth and poetic language, seems to have focused on length and volume instead of depth and breadth. Perhaps he should have appropriated more.

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He attended Whittier College and eventually moved into public service, joining the office of County Supervisor Gloria Molina.

He took a sabbatical to get a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He eventually became deputy CEO of L.A. County.

In 2009, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa came calling, asking Santana to serve as city CAO. “Mayor Villaraigosa was convincing,” Santana recalls.

Accepting the job was a decision that could have been interpreted as temporary insanity. The Great Recession was battering the city in unprecedented ways. In 2010 Santana told Los Angeles Downtown News that he came on board believing the city’s budget deficit was $300 million, but two weeks later it was revealed to be $400 million. Eventually it hit $485 million.

Santana and Villaraigosa became the public faces of a contentious series of job cuts and belt-tightening measures. The moves put Santana at odds with labor unions. During the 2013 mayor’s race, candidates were asked whether they would keep Santana if elected. When Mayor Eric Garcetti finally decided to retain Santana several months after taking office, it made headlines.

The CAO answers to the council and the mayor. While Santana frequently operates in line with elected leaders, that’s not always the case. In the 2012 trash hauling fight, he urged the council to shoot down the labor-backed plan that it ultimately accepted.

His frequent media mentions separate him from previous lowerprofile CAOs. This isn’t to pretend that Santana is the Katniss Everdeen of City Hall, emerging from the Hunger Games to lead a revolution that takes down the system (yes, I just used Santana and Katniss in the same sentence). Still, I tell him that even calling for a deeper analysis of the costs of the Olympics, when the mayor is publicly saying the Games will generate a $160 million profit, goes against the grain.

“The goal of my job is not to keep my job,” he says. “I don’t define success by if I survive another year.”

Unwinnable Fight As homelessness has worsened and spread beyond Downtown, politicians in other parts of the region have finally begun to respond.

Santana has long worked on addressing homelessness. He told the Current Affairs Forum that while in college at Whittier, he helped run a winter shelter. He also delved into the issue while on Molina’s staff. He has lived in Downtown for three years, walking to work each day from his home near Pershing Square. He sees homelessness on a daily basis.

That background helped inspire him to take action on the issue, which he told the Current Affairs Forum is at the “top of my agenda.” In April 2014, working in concert with City Attorney Mike Feuer, Santana issued a 10-page report calling for an immediate $3.7 million Skid Row cleanup, including more restroom facilities. This past April, he issued a 21-page report stating that the city spends $100 million a year on homelessness, but with little coordination between departments, and with the vast majority of the funds going to law enforcement measures.

The reports grabbed headlines, in part because of who they came from. It wasn’t an elected official leading the charge, but the budget guy. The studies didn’t set policy, but they did lay out potential courses of action.

There’s another way that Santana differs on homelessness from most elected officials: He doesn’t pretend this is a fight that can be “won.”

“We will never solve homelessness. That’s just a fact,” he states.

“But that doesn’t mean we don’t try.”

He’s thoughtful and deeply empathetic on the issue, saying that someone winds up on the streets only after they have been failed by their family, their friends and their government. Once that happens, he observes, the person’s sole task is “to survive.”

As they suffer, so does the city, whether on the financial or the societal front.

“There’s an impact to the quality of life. There’s an impact to our finances. There’s an impact to whether Downtown transforms to the next level we want it to,” he says. “The choice is, do we leave it to the person to figure it out on their own, or do we do something to fix it? On a moral level, as Angelenos, we have a responsibility to do something about it.”

Miguel Santana may not be able to effect change on his own, but in his way, and whether or not that involves administrating the heck out of stuff, he’s trying. regardie@downtownnews.com