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ews, Business and Politics: The community was rattled early in the year, as the LAPD announced that violent and property crime in Downtown Los Angeles had spiked in 2015. Several categories saw eyebrow-raising jumps: Aggravated assaults rose 63%, robberies soared 42% and vehicle thefts leapt 65%. Homicides remained rare, however, and police officials suggested the increases could be tied to a major uptick in residents and visitors in the Central City.

On the opposite side of the spectrum, the Downtown Center Business Improvement District released its latest assessment of the community, delving into the residential make-up and spending trends. Though not specifically a demographic study, it found that the median household income in Downtown is $96,000, and that 43% of local residents are male, while 57% are female. It also found that 80% of those who live and work Downtown have a college degree.

In a related matter, Carol Schatz, the president and CEO of the Central City Association and the DCBID, announced she would step down from the CCA. She remained at the BID, and late in the year the CCA said that South Park BID head Jessica Lall would replace Schatz.

Also: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority opened its state-of-the-art, $120 million Division 13 (1) bus maintenance facility at Cesar Chavez Avenue and Vignes Street; a group of residents protested against the Alexan (2), a proposed 26-story story building at Ninth and Hill streets, next to the Eastern Columbia Building; and the LAUSD board hired Michelle King to serve as superintendent.

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rant Unit 120 opened, serving pop-up dinners and Filipino-style lunches in Chinatown’s Far East Plaza. The Wheelhouse, a coffee and bike shop serving espresso and snacks, debuted in an industrial-chic Arts District space off Sixth and Mateo streets. More coffee (and tea) arrived in South Park, with the opening of Impresso Cafe, which also serves simple sandwiches and entree salads.

Chef Bruce Kalman, known for his punchy Italian dishes at Pasadena’s Union, opened the fastcasual Knead & Co. with partner Marie Petulla in Grand Central Market.

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Entertainment: The three-day comedy festival Riot L.A. returned to Downtown, with more than 150 performers including Paul F. Tompkins, Maria Bamford and Iliza Shlesinger. The second annual Night on Broadway (3) block party closed off the street and opened historic theaters for more than 25 acts, such as local rockers Ozomatli and Aloe Blacc. An estimated 65,000 people attended. Also, classical music fans got a treat, as legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman performed five times with the L.A. Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

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ews, Business and Politics: Longgestating plans to renovate the Los Angeles Convention Center got rocked when a City Council committee greenlighted an alternative vision to use a private company to finance and develop the reimagined complex, rather than continue with a traditional city-funded effort. The new path, devised by City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana, threw a wrench into the plan to begin finalizing designs for a $370 million expansion from architecture firms Populous and HMC. Across Downtown, the Central City East Association unveiled a Skid Row survey (completed by engineering and consulting firm AECOM) that examined the future development and growth opportunities in the Industrial District. It also polled area workers, business owners and residents, including homeless people, about essential needs — greenery and safe spaces for socializing were cited as priorities.

Also: The mega-church Hillsong, which holds services in the Belasco Theatre, signed a longterm lease for the vacant and worn-down Variety Arts Center at 940 S. Figueroa St. (1); developer Ennismore of London bought the 1922 Los Angeles Railway Building at 1060 S. Broadway for $30 million, with plans to create a Hoxton Hotel; Ben Neman, owner of the car wash at Figueroa Street and Olympic Boulevard, announced plans to develop a 57-story tower with 373 hotel rooms and 374 residential units; and the South Park Business Improvement District announced plans to create a temporary pop-up park in the middle of Hope Street. The audacious proposal never came to fruition.

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News, Business and Politics: The Arts District and the Downtown art scene scored big time with the March 20 debut of Hauser Wirth & Schimmel (1). The transformation of a 116,000-square-foot former grain mill at 901 E. Third St. features multiple galleries, a lovely outdoor courtyard and cultural events; the museum-caliber shows are always free. A restaurant named Manuela arrived in the summer, and the complex also has a bookstore, dubbed Artbook. The outpost is the sixth for Swiss art gallery powerhouse Hauser & Wirth, led by Iwan and Manuela Wirth. The duo collaborated with former MOCA Chief Curator Paul Schimmel for the Downtown project.

Skid Row and the Historic Core were shocked when Kourtney Yochum, a 32-year-old trans woman and a resident of the Gateways Apartments, was shot and killed by an acquaintance on the sidewalk near the complex on March 23. That followed the March 17 stabbing of Jesse Ramirez, a dispatcher for the Industrial District Business Improvement District, by a stranger at a bus stop.

Also: A man died after falling from the Wilshire Grand tower, striking a car but not injuring anyone else. The coroner ultimately ruled it a suicide; LAPD’s Central Division got a new leader on March 20 with the arrival of Capt. Howard Leslie, who took over for Capt. Michael Oreb as the latter transitioned to a post in San Pedro; Kaiser Permanente opened an 11,000-square-foot clinic at 333 S. Hope St. on March 23; and the huge 950 E. Third St. project in the Arts District broke ground March 15 — it will create 472 residential units.

Restaurants: The adored Glendale brewery Golden Road (2) opened its anticipated Grand Central Market stall, offering craft beers on tap and a modern menu of gastropub bites. Another arrival was District, which replaced a produce shop in the middle of Grand Central Market with a newer, slightly upscale vendor. Speaking of upscale, the luxe cocktail bar Westbound began serving at the end of the month in the paseo of the Arts District’s One Santa Fe.

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Entertainment: L.A. Opera’s staging of Madame Butterfly (3) opened at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, featuring soprano Ana María Martinez in the titular role. The Arts District indie theater troupe Loft Ensemble staged its last show in Downtown, a musical dubbed Wanting Miss Julie; it was forced out by a developer who is transforming the building. A few blocks away, the Japanese American National Museum opened a pair of photography exhibitions focusing on images of Japanese-Americans in the 1930s and ’40s — one features shots of internment camps and the other depicts Japanese social clubs.

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Entertainment: The Mark Taper Forum saw the debut of Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 &3) (3), Suzan Lori-Parks’ look at the nature of freedom through two slaves who have opposing ideas on how to improve their lives. The super-indie festival Brokechella returned to the Arts District, albeit with a different name — Broke L.A. — and a new location at Imperial Art Studios. The Latino Theater Company celebrated its 10th anniversary of operating the Los Angeles Theatre Center on Spring Street with a big lineup, including two world premieres and a version of Charles Gordone’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama No Place to Be Somebody. photo by Gary Leonard

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Restaurants: The downside of all the new restaurants is competition, and Bernhard Mairinger closed his Austrian joint Bierbeisl Imbiss in the Spring Arcade Building

on April 16. A community outcry ensued, and Mairinger would re-launch the restaurant in May. Though Staples Center is not seen as a culinary hub, its lineup expanded with an unlikely outpost of Downtown’s B.S. Taqueria. A Dave’s Dog Haus also debuted in the arena.

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ews, Business and Politics: On April 27, a series of early morning raids by a collection of law enforcement agencies took place. The result was the bust of a major drug ring operating in Skid Row (1). Nineteen people were arrested. An LAPD press conference showed off some of the $1.8 million in cash and the dozens of pounds of heroin and cocaine that were seized.

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator hit its final milestones, with the state-ofthe-art facility in the Arts District taking more startup companies into its portfolio and wrapping up construction on an R&D center in conjunction with the LADWP. The $47 million LACI is one of a handful of incubator hubs for budding clean technology companies in the nation.

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town retail scene on April 29, when the 27,000-square-foot Sport Chalet (2) at the FIG@7th shopping center closed. The La Canada-based retailer was shuttering all of its stores, and Downtowners said goodbye to a space that had only opened in 2013.

Also: The 13-story Foreman and Clark Building at 404 W. Seventh St. sold for a eye-popping $52 million to Vancouverbased Bonnis Properties for a conversion to residential and retail uses; a whitewashing of an Arts District mural dubbed “Cream of the Crop” on April 16, on a building at Third and Alameda streets, sparked an outcry from the community; and federal officials announced that the Roybal Building at Temple and Judge John Aiso streets would get a $19 million renovation.

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ews, Business and Politics: Downtown got a glimpse of the recreational future on May 12, when local officials revealed that the French firm Agence Ter had won the competition to redesign Pershing Square (1). The design is based on the concept of “radical flatness” and making the park more accessible and welcoming to those on surrounding streets. No budget or timeline has been announced.

On May 4, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority announced that homelessness in the county had risen 11% over the previous year, with a 20% spike in the number of people living in tents, vehicles and makeshift shelters. The figures would be cited later as city officials pushed a property tax bond to fund the construction of permanent supportive housing.

An uproar occurred on May 27, when demolition notices were placed on a string of businesses near Third and Main streets, including the divey Five Star Bar and the all-ages rock club The Smell. Parking lot operator the L&R Group of Companies, which had acquired the parcels, later tried to backpedal, saying no new project or teardown was imminent. Still, The Smell began raising funds to find a new home.

Also: On May 6 the Santa Monica Museum of Art announced it would relocate to a 7,000-square-foot space at 1717 E. Seventh St. in the Arts District, with the new name the Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; New York-based Simon Baron Development signed a 99-year lease for the Cecil Hotel, with plans to turn the structure at 640 S. Main St. into micro apartments and a boutique hotel; and the Australian clothing store BNKR opened at the corner of Ninth and Broadway. It sells upscale women’s gear.

Restaurants: The Downtown taco scene took a step forward this month, with the debut of Chicas Tacos

at 728 S. Olive St. and Sonoratown at 208 E. Eighth St. Meanwhile, chocolate lovers rejoiced with the opening of the Mast Brothers (2) factory at 816 S. Santa Fe Ave. in the Arts District. In addition to selling and manufacturing chocolate, there are guided tours. The casual bistro Local Table at 800 S. Figueroa St. closed on May 2 after two and a half years in business.

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Entertainment: The theater company Wilderness launched the immersive play The Day Shall Declare It in an Arts District warehouse, drawing from the words of Studs Terkel and Tennessee Williams.

Crowds were limited to 30 people a night. Larger audiences were accommodated at Little Tokyo’s David Henry Hwang Theatre, where East West Players launched the musical La Cage aux Folles (3). Tim Dang directed; it marked his final show as the head of the stalwart theater company.

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Also: Anschutz Entertainment Group abruptly pulled the plug on plans for a $500 million expansion of its J.W. Marriott hotel at L.A. Live after clashing with city officials; a Planet Fitness gym opened at 437 S. Broadway, bringing a lowcost exercise space to the Historic Core; and the First United Methodist Church in South Park closed, angering many parishioners. It had been in Downtown for 162 years.

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Restaurants: The food bazaar Smorgasburg (2), which began in Brooklyn, started operations at Row DTLA in the Industrial District. The weekly event brings together dozens of vendors for an open-air marketplace. Another arrival was the inventive David Schlosser, who opened his Japanese restaurant Shibumi at 815 S. Hill St.

ews, Business and Politics: Downtown caught up to some of the world’s big cities on July 7, when it launched a bike share (1) program.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is overseeing the $11 million effort that could ultimately be rolled out countywide, but that started with approximately 65 kiosks and more than 1,000 two-wheelers in Downtown.

The goal is to help commuters get from the bus or subway to their job, or allow Downtowners to make short trips without taking the car out of the garage.

The housing scene grew again, when Lowe Enterprises’ Garey Building began move-ins on July 15 at 905 E. Second St. The $60 million Arts District development has 320 apartments. Another arrival was the Max Lofts. The 96unit transformation of the Maxfield Building at 819 S. Santee St. came from developer Capital Foresight, which last year opened its first Fashion District housing complex, the Garment Lofts.

Also: Homeless activist Mollie Lowery, known for her “housing first” initiatives on Skid Row, died on July 25 at the age of 70; the 25,000-square-foot record store and gallery Pop Obscure Records opened in the Historic Core; Gary Cypres reopened his 32,000-square-foot Sports Museum of Los Angeles (2) after it had been shuttered for years. The revival would be short-lived, as in September Cypres said he was closing the museum for good and looking for a new location; and L.A. County and Music Center leaders unveiled a $30 million plan to renovate the Music Center Plaza, with a goal of better connecting the complex with the surrounding streets and nearby Grand Park.

Restaurants: The restaurant 71Above, on the 71st floor of U.S. Bank Tower, opened. Chef Vartan Abgaryan is behind the seasonal menu featuring everything from suckling pig to strawberry gazpacho. The Historic Core wine bar and brunch spot The Must, at 117 Winston St., shut down on July 12. The eatery and small market Mrs. Winston’s Green Grocery opened July 11, bringing a salad bar with more than 200 options to 888 S. Figueroa St. Entertainment: After a long search, the venerable Little Tokyo theater company East West Players announced that Snehal Desai would replace Tim Dang as producing artistic director. The Ahmanson Theatre hosted the musical Grey Gardens, based on a 1975 documentary about a mother and daughter living in a crumbling mansion. Also, Dog Day Afternoon returned to the plaza of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (3). More than 2,000 living creatures (between dogs and their humans) showed up.

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The project includes a 20% affordable housing component, and there is a connection to the nearby Chinatown Gold Line station.

Downtown lost a pair of visionaries this month. Leonard Hill, a partner in pioneering Arts District development firm Linear City, passed away on June 7 at the age of 68. Developer Jona Goldrich, co-founder of Goldrich & Kest Industries, which created housing on Bunker Hill back in the 1980s, died

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ews, Business and Politics: For decades, a lot across from City Hall has been fenced off. A path to change came June 9, when City Councilman José Huizar announced that Los Angeles architecture firm Mia Lehrer + Associates had been tapped to design the $28 million First and Broadway park (1). Renderings feature a prevalence of shade and seating, and though greenery is limited, the vision includes a two-story building with a scooped-out amphitheater, as well as a restaurant.

Another landmark also moved into the future, as Skyspace L.A. opened June 25. Landlord OUE spent $60 million reimagining the upper floors of U.S. Bank Tower. There are viewing platforms and a restaurant, though the highlight is the Skyslide, which lets visitors ride an outdoor slide affixed to the edge of the building; the glass device is 1,000 feet above street level.

Another key opening was in Chinatown, where Forest City’s $100 million, 237-apartment Blossom Plaza opened. The com-

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Entertainment: The Bunker Hill museum The Broad launched its first single-artist exhibition — and its first paid ticket. Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life (3) featured dozens of photographs from the groundbreaking shooter. Nearby, the Mark Taper Forum hosted a run of Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Disgraced. Additionally, a collection of giant inflatable bunnies hopped into Downtown as part of an outdoor art show organized by landlord Brookfield Properties.

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ten Leddy was named his successor; shop owner Mody Diop was ordered to stay away from the Fashion District for three years after being arrested for selling counterfeit goods. He had been arrested previously for counterfeiting.

Restaurants: The pop-up Easy’s Burgers started serving simple, pared-down takes on hamburgers at chef Alvin Cailan’s Unit 120 in Chinatown; it replaced the Filipino lunch spot Amboy. Seafood fans found a new option with the debut of Oystars at 136 S. Central Ave. It has Cajun-style seafood boils, freshly shucked oysters and, something almost mandatory in 2016, poke bowls.

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LGBT community, with an event dubbed Proud + Outfest Movie Night taking place at Grand Park on Aug. 6, and the DTLA Proud Festival running the following day in Pershing Square. Speaking of festivals, the FYF Fest returned to Exposition Park on Aug. 27-28, hosting 55 musical acts on four stages. Performers included rapper Kendrick Lamar, singer Grace Jones and folk guitarist Father John Misty. Crowds were also drawn to L.A. Live on Aug. 5-7 for the eighth annual Nike 3-on-3 (3) tournament, with approximately 100 half courts set up throughout the entertainment complex. Additionally, the 76th Nisei Week celebration on Aug. 13-21 filled Little Tokyo.

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ews, Business and Politics: The long-awaited Italian American Museum (1) opened on Aug. 14 at 644 N. Main St. at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument. The museum, in the renovated 1908 Italian Hall, looks at the Italian American presence in Los Angeles over the last 200 years, with an array of artifacts, photographs, clothing and letters.

Touch-screen tablets and video projections allow visitors to see the roughly 4,000 items in the museum’s permanent collection.

August was another busy month for groundbreakings. The La Plaza Cultura Village, a mixed-use project from the county and developer Trammell Crow, with 355 apartments and 43,000 square feet of commercial space, began construction at Broadway and Cesar Chavez Avenue. In the Financial District, MacFarlane Partners started work on Park Fifth, eight years after the City Council originally approved the project. In South Park, Holland Partner Group broke ground on a pair of 28-story apartment towers at Ninth and Hill streets. Further south, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Banc of California Stadium. The 22,000-seat project on the site of the former Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Exposition Park will be home to soccer’s Los Angeles Football Club.

Also: On Aug. 3, LADWP General Manager Marcie Edwards announced that she was would step down from the utility, continuing a revolving door of executive leadership at the controversial department; a new era began for the Fashion District Business Improvement District. On July 31, Kent Smith (2) retired after 17 years atop the organization. In August, Rena Mas-

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Restaurants: The brewpub Barrel Down on Seventh Street didn’t last long. In September, modern American gastropub Brack Shop Tavern emerged in its spot. It wasn’t the only phoenix to rise from culinary ashes, as the also short-lived FOH at 615 S. Flower St. closed and was replaced by the Irish sports bar Rock and Reilly’s. Yet another change was Vietnamese restaurant Gingergrass, which filled the old Lazy Ox Canteen location on San Pedro Street in Little Tokyo. Also new on the scene was the tidy Taiwanese joint Lao Tao Street Food. In opened in Chinatown, landing at (where else?) Far East Plaza.

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ews, Business and Politics: The Civic Center shined a little brighter on Oct. 13, when the $350 million Federal Courthouse (1) opened at the southwest corner of First Street and Broadway. The 10-story edifice, nicknamed the “Floating Cube,” has rooftop solar panels, a serrated glass exterior that reduces heat gain, and a host of other sustainable elements. The insta-landmark designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill filled the site of an eyesore dirt pit. Former Sheriff Lee Baca’s trial was held there in December.

Downtown lost a giant on Oct. 2, when Gordon Davidson (2) passed away at the age of 83. Davidson spent nearly four decades running Center Theatre Group and programming shows at the Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum. He shepherded the creation of hundreds of plays and musicals and put the Los Angeles theater scene on the national map.

In the Flower District, a massive transformation was afoot, as the owners of the Southern California Flower Market at 755 Wall St. announced plans to modernize the rundown complex and build a new 14-story residential tower. Renderings show a strikingly modern structure.

Also: The Central City Association announced that South Park BID head Jessica Lall will become the new president and CEO of the powerhouse business advocacy group, and will start Jan. 3; the $20 million bicycle and road-remaking project MyFigueroa finally broke ground; and the Warner Music Group announced that it will move into the 257,000-square-foot Ford Factory Building in the Arts District. Owner Shorenstein Properties is upgrading the structure.

Restaurants: Over in the Historic Core, Yuko Kitchen, which offers rice bowls, sushi rolls and other Japanese items, opened at Fifth and Main streets. Another arrival was Pili Grill, which brought Filipino food to the gloomy Los Angeles Mall. Things got a bit upscale in Little Tokyo, as the Blue J lounge debuted in the Little Tokyo Galleria. They have bottle service, if you’re into that kind of thing.

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Entertainment: The theater at REDCAT hosted The Source (3), a sort of Wikileaks opera, produced by L.A. Opera, that delved into the life and criminal case of former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer Bradley Manning (now known as Chelsea Manning). The avant-garde could also be found at the Shakespeare Center, which hosted Strings Attached, a show that melded contemporary dance, an original score and abstract puppetry (yes, really). In Little Tokyo, George Takei announced that he will donate his collection of photos, artifacts and personal items to the Japanese American National Museum. An exhibit will open in March.

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ews, Business and Politics: Jaws across Downtown dropped when Irvine developer SunCal revealed plans for its $2 billion mega-project at Sixth and Alameda streets (1). Standout Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has been tapped to create the vision for the 14.5-acre site that includes a pair of 58-story towers along Alameda Street.

The Arts District has, obviously, never seen anything like it.

Also on the development front, the Wilshire Grand replacement became the tallest building west of the Mississippi on Sept. 3, when its 200,000-pound, 294-foot spire was attached (2). The $1 billion project from Korean developer Hanjin will open next year.

Yet another landmark was in the midst of change this month, as Canadian firm Onni Group spent a reported $100 million to buy Times Mirror Square. Furious speculation ensued, with real estate observers questioning whether Onni would create housing, office space or something else in the Civic Center complex. Another question was whether the L.A. Times would be displaced.

for an exhibit about the trailblazing Queens, New York punk band The Ramones. Another highlight was found on the stage of the Ahmanson Theatre — some audience members could literally sit on risers on the stage — where director Ivo van Hove unleashed his intense, stripped-down version of Arthur Miller’s 1956 play A View From the Bridge (3). Over in Little Tokyo, the mammoth MOCA Geffen Contemporary hosted Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, the first comprehensive survey of the artist who was born in Redondo Beach.

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ews, Business and Politics: Election Day was a shock for all the obvious reasons, but city and county officials found a silver lining as voters approved Measure M and Proposition HHH. The former is a county sales tax that will generate $120 billion for Metro projects over 40 years, leading to loads of rail construction; Downtown streetcar backers hope it will speed up their project. Prop HHH is a city-sponsored $1.2 billion property tax bond that will create up to 10,000 units of permanent supportive housing, helping address the homelessness crisis in Skid Row and beyond. Units will be built across the city.

There was a different kind of celebration in the Arts District, as the long-awaited Arts District Park (1) opened on Nov. 5. The $1.6 million half-

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City Hall was buzzing on Nov. 30, when Chief Administrative Officer Miguel Santana announced he would step down after seven years to run the troubled L.A. County Fair Association.

Santana was seen as a budget mastermind and gained accolades for spurring City Hall action on homelessness and other matters.

Also: A group of investors announced plans for the 18-story, 247-room Cambria Hotel near L.A. Live, with the goal of opening in 2019; designs for the proposed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (2) in Exposition Park were revealed; and the retail scene expanded, as the anticipated Shinola shop debuted on Third Street in the Arts District.

Restaurants: The slow rollout at Clifton’s continued, as the Broadway joint opened its tiki bar Pa-

cific Seas. Fans of soft steamed Taiwanese buns rejoiced when chef Eddie Huang gave his New York City shop BaoHaus a Downtown Los Angeles location; it opened in Chinatown’s Far East Plaza. Additionally, the San Diego microbrewery Karl Strauss opened a 9,000-square-foot outpost at 600 Wilshire Blvd. in the Financial District.

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Entertainment: The Central Library commemorated the 400th anniversary of a darn good playwright’s death when it opened the free exhibit Shakespeare: The Bard Goes West. Down at Staples Center, oohs and ahhs sounded as Cirque du Soleil unveiled its arena show Toruk-The First Flight, which was based on the James Cameron film Avatar. As winter — well, Los Angeles winter — arrived, Downtowners went outdoors, strapping on skates and gliding (or falling) across the ice at rinks in Pershing Square (3) and L.A. Live.

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Another generational change occurred when Lewis MacAdams handed over the reins of the Friends of the Los Angeles River to Marissa Christiansen (1). MacAdams cofounded the pioneering environmental organization 30 years ago, and played a lead role in the change of perception of the 51-mile waterway.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 Lucent Enchantment Society Clifton’s, 648 S. Broadway, (213) 627-1673 or cliftonsla.com.

The homegrown steampunk acrobats settle in to the festooned Broadway joint. Expect aerialists, contortionists, singers and dancers.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 Grand Park NYE Grand Park, 200 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-8080 or grandparkla.org.

8 p.m. to 1 a.m.: Digital projections, live music and food trucks mark this free celebration of the new year.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 Salute to Vienna Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0777 or musiccenter.org.

2:30 p.m.: The annual celebration of everything we love about Austria. Expect a waltz-tastic time with loads of music and dance.

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For those who have yet to embrace the spectacle, the Lucent Dossier Experience is the sort of steampunk circus you would expect to find at Burning Man, Lightning in a Bottle or any other place where strange, mind-bending substances are ingested. Fortunately, you don’t have to travel, or take said substances, as all in Downtown are invited to check out the troupe, performing under the moniker Lucent Enchantment Society, as they haunt Clifton’s on Thursday, Dec. 29. General admission is $30 and you’ll see all sorts of acrobatics, and perhaps even some fire. It’s an unusual site in a restaurant with a giant faux redwood tree. At 648 S. Broadway, (213) 627-1673 or cliftonsla.com.

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

Dec. 31: Time Out and the Ace cooperate on “A Dream Disco: New Year’s Eve” featuring Jen Ferrer and many others.

Au Lac/Café Fedora 710 W. First St., (213) 617-2533 or aulac.com.

Dec. 31: Masterbeat NYE is the sort of thing you don’t see that often in public.

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

Dec. 27: Kait Dunton Trio.

Dec. 28: Anthony Wilson and Friends.

Dec. 29: Vardan Ovsepian Group.

Dec. 30: New Year’s Eve Eve with Mark De Clive-Lowe Trio.

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

Dec. 29: Tepu, like the county coroner, deals in the dark side of L.A. Caña 714 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 745-7090 or 213dthospitality.com.

Dec. 27: Sitara Son. Dec. 28: Bossa Zusu.

Dec. 29: Cuba Rumba.

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

Dec. 30: Damaged.

Dec. 31: Duke Dumont.

Las Perlas 107 E. Sixth St., (213) 988-8355 or 213dthospitality.com.

Dec. 27: Viva!

Dec. 28: La Victoria.

Dec. 29: Larry Solak.

Mayan 1038 S. Hill St., (213) 746-4287 or clubmayan.com.

Dec. 31: NYE 2017 has a big lineup.

Microsoft Theatre 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6030 or microsofttheeatre.com.

Dec. 30: Funny man Gabriel Iglesias.

Orpheum Theatre 842 Broadway, (877) 677-4386 or laorpheum.com.

Dec. 28-29: George Lopez and D.L. Hughley.

Dec. 31: The ever-popular Joe Rogan.

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

Dec. 26: Acoustic Punk.

Dec. 27: Matavenados and Trance.

Dec. 30: Bourbon Saints and Thirsty Crows.

Dec. 31: Mr. Airplane Man, Dirty Eyes and more.

Resident 428 S. Hewitt St. or (323) 316-5311 or residentdtla.com.

Dec. 30: Juke Joint: Feminist Friday Edition.

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The musician Citizen Cope joins the ranks of thousands of fellow artists who have managed to escape the dark, centripetal magnetism of our nation’s capital. The former D.C.-er doesn’t seem too worse for wear, despite the odd nom de strum. Dreads and all, the “Bullet and a Target” crooner, who mixes in elements of rock, soul and folk, will be playing The Regent on New Year’s Eve Eve (that’s Friday, Dec. 30).

Tickets are still available to enjoy the citizen born Clarence Greenwood. At 448 S. Main St., (213) 284-5727 or theregenttheater.com. photo by Danny Clinch

As 2016 comes to a close, we pause to reflect on all that we’ve lost this year: the fourth estate, too many music icons and representational democracy, among others. Yet 2017 brims with promise. Hedge toward optimism on Saturday, Dec. 31, as Grand Park hosts the fourth annual N.Y.E.L.A. From 8 p.m.-1 a.m., the free event promises live music, a host of food trucks and plenty of family-friendly activities for the estimated 50,000 attendees. Of course, there’s a midnight countdown, this one tied to light projections on City Hall. FYI, no alcohol is permitted. At 200 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-8080 or grandparkla.org.

The unlikely stage pairing of George Lopez and D.L. Hughley is a thing of televised power. Both former sitcom stars hit the stage at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday-Thursday, Dec. 28-29, to remind their fans exactly what made them famous in the first place. Lopez, of course, had an eponymous show, while Hughley was the pater familias in “The Hughleys.” Expect plenty of laughs, and yes, Lopez will probably ask, “Why you cryin?” At 842 S. Broadway, (877) 677-4386 or laorpheum.com.

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It is a crying shame that the aisles of the Walt Disney Concert Hall are not nearly wide enough to accommodate full-on audience waltz participation during the annual Salute to Vienna concert. At the start of each year, guest players contribute to this Danube-adjacent pageant in which the merits of that musically inclined Austrian city get their due. On Sunday, Jan. 1, Peter Guth comes straight outta Vienna to conduct soprano Lara Ciekiewicz, tenor Brian Cheney and the Strauss Symphony of America. The International Champion Ballroom Dancers and the Europaballet St. Polten lend their limber legs to the 2:30 p.m. show. At 111 S. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0777 or musiccenter.org.

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Dec. 26: Americana from the California Feetwarmers.

Dec. 27: The best part of The Makers’ Christmas was returning all those packages of socks for Target store credit.

Dec. 28: Long-tenured blues from Rosa Brooks.

Dec. 29: The Racket Squad have dibs on Seven Grand’s last show of 2016.

The Novo 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or thenovodtla.com.

Dec. 28: In promising news, local bass maven Thundercat joins George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic.

Dec. 29: The Magician chose an interesting article with which to describe his position in the magical community.

Dec. 30: Superlative dance pleasures with Kaytranada.

Dec. 31: Lil Uzi Vert would like to tell you more about political economies… just kidding, he wants your money!

The Regent 448 S. Main St. or theregenttheater.com.

Dec. 31: Ring in the New Year with Bootie L.A. as they do the mashup thing with a slew of guest DJs. The Smell 247 S. Main St. in the alley between Spring and Main or thesmell.org.

Dec. 27: Beach Bums and Matter Room.

Dec. 28: Boyo, Gap Girls and Tabloid Tea. Dec. 29: Model/Actriz, Girl Pusher and Ghost Noise.

Dec. 30: The Red Pears, The High Curbs, Beach Bums and Beach Goons.

Teragram Ballroom 1234 W. Seventh St. or teragramballroom.com.

Dec. 31: Enjoy the Dance Yourself Clean party.

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Dec. 31, 7 and 10:30 p.m.: New Year’s Eve with Pink Martini promises a best-of pastiche of mid-20th century lounge jazz.

FILM

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

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IMAX California Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 744-2019 or californiasciencecenter.org.

Journey to Space 3D brings audience members along on an E-ticket ride of exploration to the red planet.

Ewan McGregor is the voice of Humpback Whales 3D. Not that the whales aren’t significant enough in their own right, but Obi-Wan narrating means we’re dealing with serious power brokers here. Power brokers who know a good whale story when they see it.

Regal Cinemas LA Live 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 763-6070 or lalive.com/movies.

The schedule was not available at press time, but you can be pretty sure there will be copious screenings of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Sing, La La Land and Office Christmas Party, among others.

THEATER

Amelie, A New Musical Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.

Dec. 27-30, 8 p.m., Dec. 31, 2 and 7 p.m. and Jan. 1, 1 and 6 p.m.: The whimsical love story of an imaginative Parisian girl bent on finding love in a city of coincidence finds its way from the screen to the stage. It features Phillipa Soo from the Broadway run of “Hamilton.” Through January 15.

Bob Baker’s Nutcracker Bob Baker Marionette Theater, 1345 W. First St., (213) 250-9995 or bobbakermarionettes.com.

Dec. 27-28, 7 p.m., Dec. 29-30, 10 a.m. and Dec. 31, 12 p.m.: Nothing says holiday spirit quite like a crew of puppets enacting a little girl’s nighttime trip about sugarplum fairies and talking candy canes and whatnot.

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Group announced plans to create 1,100 housing units, and build a pair of high-rises, at Times Mirror Square, which the Canadian company acquired in September for a reported $100 million. Meanwhile, developer Related Companies on Dec. 14 announced that it had found an investor for its $950 million Grand Avenue Project. China’s CCCG Overseas Real Estate, also known as CORE, will put $290 million into the Frank Gehry-designed mega-project. A groundbreaking is expected in 2018.

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Also: Supporters of the Triforium at the Los Angeles Mall won a $100,000 grant, opening up the possibility of reviving the maligned musical sculpture; the city Bureau of Engineering threw its support behind plans to raze aged Parker Center, over the objections of preservationists; the 14-room Tuck Hotel opened in the Fashion District; and the chains kept coming, with Petco debuting a shop at 850 S. Hope St. Entertainment: Downtown got yet another small museum.

On Dec. 3, the Animal Museum, an attraction focused on animal rights, opened a 6,000-square-foot space at 421 Colyton St. in the Arts District. It was previously in Hollywood. December was also huge for performances in Downtown. French choreographer Benjamin Millepied brought his L.A. Dance Project (2) back to the Central City, with a set of homecoming shows at the Theatre at Ace Hotel. Speaking of returns, former Silver Lake rockers Stew and Heidi of the band The Negro Problem came back home (they now live in New York) to perform their theater/concert hybrid Notes of a Native Song.

The show inspired by James Baldwin was at REDCAT. Another attention grabber was Amélie, A New Musical (3). Based on the 2001 film Amélie, and starring Broadway Hamilton veteran Phillipa Soo, it opened at the Ahmanson Theatre on Dec. 16 in advance of a Broadway run.

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