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Slouching Toward Election Day A Mayor’s Race That Should Have Been Great Has Ended Up Disappointing. Here’s Why
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(clockwise from top left) Mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, Kevin James, Jan Perry and Emanuel Pleitez all posed in front of the angel wings that Colette Miller painted on the roll-down doors of Downtown’s Regent Theatre. After Tuesday’s primary election, the five will be chopped down to two.
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f and when history cares enough to write the book on the 2013 Los Angeles mayor’s race, she’ll title it Coulda Woulda Shoulda. The race coulda been an epic like Lawrence of Arabia. Instead, we the people got a political Ishtar. THE REGARDIE REPORT
In an ideal world it woulda been like the Showtime-era Lakers. Instead, we got the current version of the Lakers. The campaign shoulda been a grand exchange of ideas, with about a half dozen of the sharpest minds in Los Angeles challenging each other, providing voters with a real choice and theoretically real solutions to some of the
most vexing problems the city faces. Instead we got Eric-Wendy-JanKevin-and some guy who looks like John Turturro. The other big guns all had better things to do. This isn’t the worst mayoral election of the last two decades, but it is the third worst, trailing only Antonio Villaraigosa’s underwhelming beatdown of Walter Moore in 2009 and the Richard RiordanTom Hayden yawnfest of 1997. It is certainly the weakest of the battles when the mayor’s race lacked an incumbent. I’m not saying the city will be in the soup when the next mayor is sworn in on July 1. Even if none of the candidates has yet to voice a reliable plan to tackle the budget deficit, which looms over the city like Mt. see Mayor’s Race, page 9
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city request for bids to buy a South Park development site has netted only two offers. The city is angling to sell a 19,000-squarefoot parcel at 12th and Figueroa streets to a developer with the caveat that the buyer build a four-star or boutique hotel on the land just east of the Convention Center. A public request for proposals was issued in November and two responses were submitted by the Feb. 15 deadline, said Gerry Miller, the city’s chief legislative analyst. Citing a study prepared in connection with AEG’s proposed stadium and Convention Center expansion project, 14th District Councilman José Huizar said in November that the proposed hotel would bring the area close to 5,000 hotel rooms within a half-mile of the Convention Center. Today, there are about 1,685 rooms. The winning bidder would have to ferry the proposal through the city entitlement process. The site is currently a parking lot just south of a structure once known as the Family Ford Building. Owned by developer Mayer Separzadeh, it now houses a Hooters.
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ntersections in Downtown have been named after public figures including Ray Bradbury and Woody Guthrie. Now, there’s another one, though for a figure known by fewer people. On Friday, March 1, officials including Councilman Ed Reyes gathered at North Hill and Ord streets in Chinatown to unveil Judge Delbert E. Wong Square. It marked the first time a Chinese American
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has been recognized with an official city of Los Angeles landmark, according to officials involved with organizing the ceremony. Being first was nothing new to Wong, who passed away in 2006. Born May 17, 1920, he was the first Chinese-American graduate of Stanford Law School, the first Asian American to serve the California State Legislature as deputy legislative counsel, and the first Asian American to be deputy state attorney general. He also became the first Chinese American in the contiguous United States to serve as a judge after his appointment to the Los Angeles County Municipal Court. Along with his wife Dolores, Wong contributed to Downtown Los Angeles organizations including the Chinatown Service Center, the Chinese American Museum and the Friends of Chinatown Library
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atthew Karatz, the deputy mayor for the Office of Economic and Business Policy, resigned on Friday, March 1. Karatz, who Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed to take over for former deputy mayor Austin Beutner in July 2011, had oversight of all housing-related city departments and played a key role in the city’s ongoing development reform efforts. “I stayed for a little over a year-and-a-half in this post and I have loved it, but I have determined that it is time for me to return to business,” Karatz said. The former real estate professional who had worked for Caruso Affiliated and Avondale Investments said he has no specific plan for his future. The departure comes with four months remaining in Villaraigosa’s final
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term. Brian Currey, Villaraigosa’s special counsel will take over for Karatz; he will also maintain the special counsel position. Currey came to City Hall in 2010 after 30 years with the law firm O’Melveny & Myers. “Brian is an outstanding lawyer and trusted advisor,” Villaraigosa said in a prepared statement. “He also is a strategic thinker, problem-solver, and capable manager. I have tremendous confidence in his ability to advance our business and economic development agenda.”
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ity Attorney Carmen Trutanich last week petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a controversial local ruling that has prohibited city authorities from
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removing apparently abandoned property from Skid Row sidewalks. City officials argue that the ruling has contributed to a recently documented spread of tuberculosis in the neighborhood. The property conflict stems from a 2011 filing in US District Court by eight homeless individuals who had their personal belongings seized and destroyed by city crews while they accessed indoor social services. A District Court judge ordered the city to halt the practice, requiring authorities instead to store seized belongings for 90 days, unless they posed public health or safety risks. City officials said the injunction led to heaps of belongings piling up on Skid Row sidewalks. Trutanich appealed the injunction, but it was upheld in September by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Backers of the injunction, however, argue that the see Around Town, page 10
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EDITORIALS To Market We Go And Go and Go
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community is not defined by the number of places it has offering farm fresh fruits and vegetables, along with bags of kettle corn and some crafts and cut flowers. However, life in a neighborhood is certainly enhanced when there are multiple opportunities to pick up these kinds of goods. That is the situation right now in Down town Los Angeles, where in the space of less than nine months the number of farmers markets has increased by 50%. The latest addition, which came last week, is a market that occurs every Tuesday at the new Grand Park. It adds to the surging lineup of happenings at the 12-acre space that stretches between the Music Center and City Hall. Downtown now boasts a whopping six farmers market, providing plenty of opportunities for workers and residents to get items that, a decade ago, were fairly hard to come by in the Central City, at least in fresh form. Now not only are they available, but the climbing number of offerings means that many people don’t even have to get into a car to purchase the goods. The Downtown lineup is now comprised of: the Grand Park market on Tuesday; a Pershing Square market on Wednesday; a City Hall (actually City Hall East) and a FIGat7th market on Thursday; a Bank of America Plaza market on Friday; and the Historic Core market on Sunday. A few things make this possible: Down town continues to be home to hundreds of thousands of workers every weekday, as well as more than 45,000 residents. The community’s high number of affluent individuals provides a solid customer base for the markets, where prices for fresh, specialty and organic items are generally higher than at many supermarkets. There’s another curious factor in the surge of the markets: Downtown’s lack of a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods. Those supermarkets generally have large produce sections with a healthy number of organic options. Since Downtowners can’t get to either store without a car, people who might prefer those destinations are instead walking to their local farmers market. The other benefit of the growing number of markets is the effect they have on building community. Farmers markets naturally bring people together, and individuals who see each other week after week at the same location are more likely to strike up conversations. The markets are places where it’s easy to bring a child or, sometimes, a dog. Markets are an organic way of getting people out on the street and interacting with each other. It’s too early to tell if Downtown can support all these options. There have been area farmers markets in the past that opened and then shut down a few weeks or months later due to a lack of customers. For the sake of many facets of Downtown, residents and workers should make an effort to patronize the markets. We’re pleased that there are so many people trucking in apples, oranges, lettuce, carrots and other fresh goods. We’re happy as well that the markets include vendors who sell sandwiches, tamales and other easy meals. Each market is helping move Downtown forward.
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n Downtown Los Angeles there seems to be a never-ending stream of problems. In the best situations, a long-term solution is discovered. In the second-best outcome, there is a short-term response that serves as a Band-Aid. Then there are the situations that are never fixed. Right now, Downtown Los Angeles is dealing with a couple nettlesome problems, one of which has a Band-Aid and one of which festers. It will take serious work and political will to find long-term solutions to the issues, but the work is worth doing. The problems seemingly couldn’t be more different. One concerns parks in Skid Row. The other has to do with outdoor dining in the Jewelry District. In January, Los Angeles Downtown News wrote about how Gladys and San Julian parks in Skid Row were at risk of closing because of a lack of money. This is a critical matter because many of the homeless individuals in the area congregate in the parks during the daytime. The parks hold green space as well as recreation and restroom facilities. Sometimes they are simply a place for a person to sit or lie down, which is not always tolerated on the sidewalks. Losing the parks would have meant having more people directly on the streets. The parks, which had long been operated by a nonprofit organization, were going to run out of money at the end of January. A couple days before the deadline, 14th District City Councilman José Huizar came up with a rescue plan. Gladys Park was shifted to the control of the city Department of Recreation and Parks. That seems logical.
Due to quirks related to the closing of state redevelopment agencies last year, things are trickier with San Julian Park. In response, Huizar found $50,000 in discretionary funds to keep the park open, but that won’t cover operations forever. The city needs to go through a convoluted process to have the park transferred to local control. It’s more difficult than it should be, but the community will be best served if city officials pay close attention to the process and make the fix happen quickly. That’s how to turn this from a Band-Aid to a permanent solution. Things may be trickier at St. Vincent Court, where for more than a decade a bevy of cafes and small restaurants have offered tables on the sidewalk or in the first few feet of the street. It’s not a major thoroughfare, and legions of area workers have come to the space just off Seventh Street for a drink or a meal in a place that has an old-Europe feel. That ended last month, when a dispute between two property owners over access to a theater at the end of the alley led to a city crackdown on the outdoor seating. Although never legal, the seating had long been tolerated. The loss of the seating has put the survival of the businesses in jeopardy. It has also obliterated a nice piece of the fabric of Downtown. Both building owners in the court have some valid arguments, but each seems to have wiggle room as well. It is worth local leaders getting more involved and finding a long-term solution, even if they have to crack the whip.
Endorsement Reminder: Jan Perry for Mayor O n Tuesday, March 5, voters will head to the polls to pick the next mayor of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Downtown News has endorsed Councilwoman Jan Perry. We don’t have anything bad to say about the other two top contenders, City Controller Wendy Greuel or City Councilman Eric Garcetti. Each cares deeply about the city and its people. Each boasts an impressive resume and a long list of accomplishments. All the candidates have strengths and weaknesses.
However, we think Perry is the best choice, certainly for the future of Downtown but also for the city as a whole. Perry has shown significant skill in creative problem solving, which is the most important trait a leader has to possess, as evidenced by her key role in the last decade in the phenomenal emergence of Downtown Los Angeles as a place to live, work and spend free time. At the same time, she has found ways with her leadership skills to aid and improve Skid Row
and South Los Angeles. Perry is not the best funded of the candidates, but she is the best choice for mayor for her financial judgment and many other reasons. Downtown is a far better place today than it was when she was elected 12 years ago. We think that Downtown, and indeed all of Los Angeles, will be even better four years from now if Perry is elected. There is no question that she would bring her leadership, creativity and courage to the city at large.
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A Fix-It Ticket for Broken Parking Meters
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Los Angeles and Other Cities Shouldn’t Crack Down on Drivers for Someone Else’s Mistake by Mike Gatto rom approximately 1935 until 2012, if a motorist in California came across a broken meter, that motorist could park for free. The logic was sound. If a city failed to keep the meter in repair, a driver shouldn’t be ticketed. After all, we taxpayers pay for maintenance of the street, installation of the meters, and the salaries of those who monitor them and keep them in working order.
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In an all-too-familiar theme of governments inconveniencing the average citizen, some cities are chipping away at this tradition. Certain municipalities have enacted ordinances that ban parking at a space with a broken meter, leading to tickets for motorists. The Los Angeles City Council voted in December to institute just such a law. This is a particular problem in high-traffic communities such as Downtown Los Angeles, where parking is at a premium. As Los Angeles Downtown News noted in a January editorial, this can require drivers to pass up a rare open space in search of another open one with a functioning meter. I don’t think the crackdown is just. In January I introduced legislation, Assembly Bill (AB) 61, that forbids cities from ticketing citizens who park at broken or malfunctioning parking meters. Motorists would still have to obey all other posted parking rules, like street-cleaning restrictions, but they’d be allowed to park for the maximum time allowed by a functioning meter. I believe this is the right course of action for a number of reasons. First, we all lead busy lives, and the time spent in traffic or running errands takes us away from our loved ones. Forcing a motorist to drive around when there are perfectly good spots available is not good for the driver or the environment.
Dear Editor, do not envy the task of choosing the individuals named in “The 40 Most Important Downtowners of the Past 40 Years” (by Jon Regardie, Feb. 18) and I certainly would not know how to establish the criteria for inclusion in that group. However, I can say that to not include the people who worked tirelessly to care for and build a community for the poorest of Downtown’s residents in Skid Row is inexcusable. I am also shocked that the men and women who created the Toy District, the Produce Mart, the Flower Mart, and the seafood processing district were not included. Many of these individuals toiled for many years to make and keep Downtown relevant so that many of the projects west of Main Street could happen. The other areas of Downtown that were ignored include Chinatown and Olvera Street, both historic and important, and some of its leaders played significant roles in the development of Downtown. If I were to pick one single person that should be included it would be Dr. Jerry Buss, because if he did not sell the Kings and move the Lakers to Staples Center, that project and L.A. Live would not exist. Of particular importance is the lack of recognition for the contributions of the folks east of Main Street. For many years the work and investments there have not been valued the same as those of people west of Main. This is in spite of the fact that the majority of Downtown jobs and economic activity are on the east side. Most of this has occurred within the last 40 years. If I could make a suggestion: Maybe before the end of the anniversary year Downtown News could select the 40 most important companies, groups and organizations of the last 40 years. —Mike Neely, Downtown
Second, forcing that motorist to park in an expensive lot is also not acceptable. I’d rather encourage cities to keep their meters working and have the revenue go into city coffers as well. Third, merchants deserve better. Commerce flows when people can park conveniently and get to where they’re going. Finally, I believe AB 61 will decrease careless citations. A recent investigation found that more than 17,000 State Assemblyman parking tickets had been issued, in a Mike Gatto single year, for meters that had been reported as malfunctioning to the city of Los Angeles, even while the old rules were in effect. This is unacceptable. The primary argument against the bill, concern about increased vandalism, lacks merit. As noted above, almost all cities have allowed parking at broken meters since the dawn of the parking meter. Most continue to do so now. Few people, if any, have carried around a sledgehammer or glue to avoid paying a quarter (or much more). As we transition to large, strong, streetparking kiosks that resemble ATM machines and feature cameras, I believe vandalism will decrease anyway. The bottom line is that it is the responsibility of local governments to maintain their meters or parking kiosks and keep them in good working order. The people should not have to drive around ceaselessly or pay for the government’s mistakes and inefficiencies, especially when we already paid to install and maintain the meters in the first place. Mike Gatto is the assemblyman for California’s 43rd District. He is also the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the California State Assembly.
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A New Tack on Development Reform With Recent Plan to Streamline Permitting Moving Slowly, City Officials Look at More Radical Solutions by Ryan VaillancouRt staff wRiteR
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ighteen months after the city adopted a $600,000 plan to reform its notoriously Byzantine development permitting process, implementation has been slow. Now, city leaders are considering more radical changes, though they may sound familiar to veterans of City Hall. In July 2011, consultants KH-Woolpert delivered a slate of proposed reforms, including long-term initiatives such as a five-year plan to overhaul the city’s 1946 zoning code. It also established a case management office that many say has improved coordination among staffers from the city departments involved in planning, permitting and inspections. However, the plan’s long list of action items has not yet resulted in the major changes that many hoped would occur. “I think reform is probably too great a word to describe what has happened,” said Carol Schatz, president and CEO of the Central City Association, a key driver in streamlining the permitting process. Some say the KH-Woolpert plan has fallen short in part because it did not address what is widely considered the fundamental prob-
lem with L.A.’s development system: Too many departments have authority on approvals, and projects are routinely held up by conflicting directions from different agencies. Previous efforts to reform the process centered on consolidating those departments so that individuals hoping to open a restaurant or raise a building would interface with fewer agencies and inspectors. The most notable consolidation effort, known as “12 to 2” because it would have reduced the number of agencies that applicants dealt with from a dozen to two, withered in 2010. The effort failed partly because some department heads resisted the prospect of relinquishing their roles in the process. With the KH-Woolpert plan yielding only modest results so far, officials are now essentially turning back to consolidation. Last month, the City Council directed various departments to propose structural changes that could streamline the system. A report is due by March 14. “All roads on development reform seem to lead back to departmental silos,” said Robert “Bud” Ovrom, general manager of the Department of Building and Safety, which oversaw the contract with KH-Woolpert.
The city’s notoriously complicated building permitting process has been the target of multiple failed reform efforts and has long frustrated the development community.
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“What we’re hearing from people is a lot of stuff in the KH report is good and ‘it’s nice that you get along better, but our lives in the field as developers is not that much improved.’” From 12 to 1 Twelfth District City Councilman Mitch Englander, who authored the recent reorganization motion, said there are clear opportunities for structural fixes. The Department of Planning, for example, could absorb the planning functions now carried out by the Department of Transportation, he said. Ideally, the system would function as a single entity in the eyes of project applicants, said Englander, who rejected the idea that the proposal is a “consolidation” effort. The
fact that city departments such as Planning and Building and Safety are currently understaffed means any shifts in responsibilities would not require layoffs, he said. Englander acknowledges that previous structural streamlining efforts have all failed, but none of those past attempts involved a mandate from the council, he said. “While the departments might win in that power struggle, and they have so far, ultimately the city and the businesses lose,” Englander said. “I think the council tried to let it resolve itself organically and that didn’t materialize, and so I think we’ve got to take a different approach and look at doing it legislatively.” continued on next page
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The Central City Crime Report A Rundown on Downtown Incidents, Trends and Criminal Oddities
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n the Central City Crime Report, we survey the recent week in public safety. All information is provided by the LAPD’s Central Division.
Cell Safety: Two men approached another man near Broadway and Sixth Street at 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 21 and, while brandishing a knife, demanded his cell phone. Cell phones have become a popular target of thieves and robbers Downtown. In some instances, the tactic is nonviolent, and police are urging area residents and visitors to be cautious about loaning their cell phones to strangers. In the past few weeks, there have been three reported incidents of suspects asking to borrow a person’s cell phone, then fleeing with the devices. continued from previous page Matthew Karatz, the deputy mayor for economic affairs who was charged with overseeing implementation of the KH-Woolpert plan, said he worked closely with Englander on the latest proposal. Karatz, who resigned from his post on Friday, agreed that the plan has a similar objective as 12 to 2, but he said the upcoming report will not call for absolute consolidation of any departments. More likely, he said, would be a series of realignment plans that get implemented over time. “Wholesale changes typically increase the risk profile of success,” Karatz said. Some Progress Despite the call for more streamlining, many developers and architects say that the system has seen important progress over the past two years. Some of that stems from the Restaurant and Hospitality Express program, which preceded the KH-Woolpert plan when it was launched in 2010 after lobbying from the Central City Association. The program created a dedicated case management unit that assigns one city staffer to help restaurant and hospitality projects navigate the permitting maze. Those who have received help include designer Osvaldo Maiozzi, who secured approvals for the new Arts District restaurant Bestia. He said a case manager helped smooth things over when a plan checker insisted that Bestia have two toilets in a women’s restroom that was intended as a single-accommodation facility. The change would have significantly increased the size of the bathroom, hiking costs and cutting into floor space for the restaurant itself, Maiozzi said. The directive was also based on a strict interpretation of a plumbing code rule that is often applied more liberally. Eventually, Maiozzi’s case manager took the conflict to the express program supervisor, who overruled the plan checker. “My experience is that it’s extremely positive because you can in days open doors that probably before you needed weeks to open,” Maiozzi said. “It helps you to facilitate, but obviously the difficulty to get a permit is still the same.” Andrew Meieran, who is overseeing a major renovation of Clifton’s Cafeteria at Seventh Street and Broadway, faced a similar dilemma. In order to provide sufficient power to the historic venue’s future mix of bars and eateries the city required Meieran to install a modern electrical panel. He removed the old panel and replaced it with an upgraded one. But when it came time to turn on the new equipment, the Department of Water and Power wouldn’t sign off on the request to activate it. Meieran said he was instructed to first finish installing new electrical infrastructure throughout the gutted building — but without the panel activated, there was no way to power the tools to do the job, let alone use the elevator or have lights. It took more than three months to secure a resolution, even with the help of a case manager, said Meieran. “All the inspectors have been exceptionally helpful and constructive in their approach,” he said. “But there are conflicting needs from different departments and they’re sometimes contradictory. There’s nobody who has the authority to make these reconciliation decisions in one place.” Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.
Belasco Fiasco: A man with a switchblade stabbed three people during a scuffle outside the Belasco Theater at about 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 22, shortly after the mega club at 1050 S. Hill St. let out. Another man tried to stab a fourth person and elbowed a fifth victim in the jaw. The suspects, Felipe Serrano, 26, and Pedro Garcia, 19, were arrested on the scene. A sixth person was stabbed by an unknown individual during the scuffle, according to police. The fracas happened on a night when the Belasco was catering to college students from Cal State L.A. and Cal State Dominguez
Kap-stole: On the night of Feb. 18, Kapsoul, a shop at 548 S. Spring St. that sells vintage clothes, kitschy collectibles and all things hipster, was burglarized. The individual, who has not been caught, broke into the store and made off with some unidentified items. Leave It to Cleaver: On Feb. 19, a man found himself backing away from a meat cleaver-wielding man, who had been a friend, after trying to diffuse an argument between the man and another individual. The man with the knife, who didn’t take kindly to his friend getting involved in an unrelated argument, was arrested after the altercation on the sidewalk near 230 Winston St. The status of their friendship is unclear. —Ryan Vaillancourt
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Spending Their Golden Years in Chinatown New $43 Million Senior Housing Complex Lacks Parking but Is Near the Gold Line Station by RichaRd Guzmán city editoR
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or Dean Hardwick, moving to Downtown Los Angeles was a big decision. After all, he had spent 41 years in Hollywood. What ultimately swayed Hardwick, 67, to move into a onebedroom apartment was the view from the rooftop patio of his new building, where he could see most of Chinatown, along with parts of Chavez Ravine and the Downtown skyline. There were other factors too. He liked the high ceilings and the unit’s hip, industrial feel, the funky red countertops and the colorful front doors on the apartments throughout the building. The modern lobby with the teardrop-shaped fixtures over exposed brick walls appealed to him, as did the lounge, yoga room, screening room and resident art gallery. Then there was the price: Hardwick pays just $765 for a 900-square-foot apartment in the complex dubbed The Metro at Chinatown Senior Lofts. “There’s a lot of energy here,” Hardwick remarked during a recent visit. “It’s very pleasant, very congenial.” The $43 million project from Meta Housing Corporation, an experienced for-profit provider of low-income housing, converted aged seven- and nine-floor structures at 808 N. Spring St. into a 123-unit affordable senior complex. Rents for studio to two-bedroom apartments range from $499$1,112 for those 55 or older earning less than 60% of the area median household income ($34,800 for an individual, $39,780 per couple or $44,760 for a three-person household). Units range from 548 to 1,340 square feet. Move-ins began in January, and the project was expected to be filled by the end of February, according to Tim Soule, senior project manager for Meta Housing. Funding came from sources including the Los Angeles Housing Department’s Neighborhood Stabilization program and tax-exempt bonds. Varied History The taller of the two structures was built in 1918 and the smaller one arrived about a decade later. They are connected by a hallway and share two elevators. The property, which sits at the eastern edge of Chinatown, has had several uses, including as a service facility for the nearby rail yards at what is now Los Angeles State Historic
Park. The buildings have also housed seamstress shops, stores and county offices. The effort to turn the buildings into housing goes back to 2004, when the KOR Group undertook a residential conversion. That was derailed by the recession. In November 2011, Meta Housing purchased the property for $8.8 million. This marks the latest in a long line of affordable housing project for the firm based near Westwood. Founded in 1969, the company has been involved in more than two dozen family, senior and rehab projects. The firm’s other Downtown-area developments include Emerald Terrace in City West. It also began the development of the Belmont Station Apartments in the same neighborhood but sold the project before it was completed. The new project could represent the first in a wave of housing for Chinatown. Equity Residential’s $92 million Jia Apartments is under construction and will bring 280 apartments to 639-643 Cesar Chavez Ave. A groundbreaking is expected this year for a development on the former Blossom Plaza site at 900 N. Broadway; it would lead to 240 marketrate and affordable units. One catch is that The Metro at Chinatown Senior Lofts does not have parking for residents. Instead, Meta officials tout the proximity to the Gold Line station, which is a short walk away. “It was always meant as a transit-oriented development,” Soule said. “We think the location and the proximity to mass transit is critical for the success of housing. Not just affordable housing, but all housing.” Fill the Shell George Yu, executive director of the Chinatown Business Improvement District, is excited that the buildings will finally be activated. “This is a first-class project that’ll bring more balanced housing to Chinatown,” said Yu, who worked in one of the buildings in the 1980s when it housed a bank. Soule said that when Meta purchased the property the KOR Group had already done some demolition work and it was basically an “empty shell.” Construction took about a year. “We tried to retain as much of the original character as
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(left) The Chinatown building before Meta Housing spent $43 million to turn it into an apartment complex. The revamped structure (right) is at the eastern edge of Chinatown, a short walk from the Gold Line station.
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possible,” he said. “We tried to complement that with contemporary style.” The project has entrances on Spring and Alameda streets. The taller structure has a more contemporary design, with a light gray exterior and red awnings above windows on the seventh floor. The smaller structure follows the same color scheme but has a more traditional brick façade. The two-level lobby has an industrial feel thanks to the cement floors, high ceilings, thick concrete columns and exposed brick walls. A green metal rolling door that once served as an entrance to a storage room remains as decoration. Next to it is a faded sign painted on the brick wall from when the building housed a furniture store. It reads “Peck Hills Furniture Office and Salesroom.” There are also modern touches. The white stone stairs in the lobby that lead to the first residential floor are fitted with glass rails that provide safety and a contemporary look. The lobby includes an art gallery with large windows fronting Alameda Street. Soule said the space will be reserved for residents’ artwork, since one goal is to encourage artists to move into the property and for the seniors to interact outside their homes. The yoga and screening rooms are also on the ground floor. “Our senior projects are meant to be vibrant, active, aging communities, so we try to bring an active arts feature,” Soule said. “The last thing we want is to have seniors isolated in their rooms.” While the developers hope to attract active seniors, some residents could be concerned about too much noise, particularly due to the concert lineup at the nearby park. That includes the FYF Fest, which draws tens of thousands of young punk and independent music fans, as well as a slate of electronic music acts and festivals. One electronic group, Swedish House Mafia, will play the park on March 8-9. The event dubbed “Masquerade Motel” is expected to bring 35,000 attendees each day. Yu is among those worried about noise issues, and communicated the concern to Soule. During the FYF Festival last summer, Soule took Yu on a tour to gauge the noise level. The elevators were not yet working, so the two huffed it up to the roof and caught a bit of the show. Yu’s worries were assuaged. “It was a beautiful view of the concert, and you could barely hear it,” Yu said. Hardwick, meanwhile, has been living there for about a month. Although he has yet to experience the concerts, he says he doesn’t even hear the Gold Line trains passing. Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.
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Mayor’s Race Continued from page 1 Everest with King Kong perched on its peak, I still think three of them could be a serious improvement over the tortured tenure of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. What I am saying is that, with election day landing on Tuesday, March 5, the candidates have done little to energize the populace (and for all Villaraigosa’s faults, at least he filled us with a sense of possibility). Instead, we’ve been mistreated to a series of unfortunate events that would frustrate even Lemony Snicket. Now, instead of being excited about where Los Angeles can go, we’re like the gang from The Hangover waking up and seeing devastation in every direction, as well as a few chickens. We’re looking around, wondering, “What the heck just happened?” The Big Names Back around 2009, political geeks like me started mentally wagering on who would run for mayor once Villaraigosa was termed out or got trapped inside a television set (I’m joking. I think). The possibilities seemed endless. It was a given that Councilman Eric Garcetti and City Controller Wendy Greuel would enter. The two progressive Democrats were natural candidates in a city dominated by progressive Democrats. Each had been laying the groundwork for a run for years. Then there was Councilwoman Jan Perry, who wanted to build upon her success in Downtown Los Angeles. She was subjected to early rumormongering that she’d drop out and run for Greuel’s Controller seat, but those suggestions only made her angry, and like Dr. David Bruce Banner in “The Incredible Hulk,” you don’t want to make Jan angry. She declared her candidacy and powered ahead. Then suddenly, shockingly, that was the end of the wellknown contenders. Austin Beutner, the businessman who did a tour of duty as Villaraigosa’s jobs czar, entered the race in 2011, only to decide last April that it wasn’t for him. Former council president and current State Sen. Alex Padilla pondered running but said no thanks in July, despite the race’s lack of a well-known Latino candidate.
As he had 62 times before, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky contemplated running, but opted against it in August. In October, billionaire mall developer Rick Caruso, who had blitzkrieged the City Council with a 2011 Downtown speech, decided he had better things to do. Just like that, the folks capable of accumulating a sizable war chest were gone, leaving three candidates who had a lot in common, including all being council members who in 2007 voted to give city employees 25% raises. They were also all council reps when L.A.’s economy sank with a Titanic-like ferocity. Although there are differences between the three, the similar City Hall resumes minimized the chance for vigorous debate. Anyone who slashed an opponent for the city’s poor fiscal state risked having the accusation boomerang back and smack them in the noggin. Enter the Outsiders If you mentioned the words “Kevin James” and “Emanuel Pleitez” to people in City Hall in 2009, the respective responses would have been, “You mean Paul Blart? The mall cop!” and, “Who?” However, with no prominent outsider running, they managed to get themselves taken seriously as candidates. James, who declared his candidacy in March 2011, did a great job transforming himself from a gadfly to someone who earns equal time with the Eric-Wendy-Jan troika (though much credit goes to John Thomas, the consultant who initially ran James’ campaign). In one way it’s not surprising: He’s an attorney who honed his speaking skills during years as a talk radio host. In a column last June I wrote that James had “the potential to do damage once the mayoral debates begin,” and damage he has certainly done. However, despite the oft-repeated trumpeting of his outsider status, James is a lousy fundraiser who has never held office or run anything that would even remotely prepare him to lead a city of 4 million people. He touts his time as co-chair of AIDS Project Los Angeles, but good gravy, a co-chair is different than a full-time executive director, and the work was back in the 1990s. In two years James has raised only $384,000, while Garcetti and Greuel are north of $4 million. While money isn’t everything, being able to pull in cash demonstrates a candidate’s organizing skills and appeal. It’s a similar situation with Pleitez, who has a seat on the stage despite raising only $241,000. His story of overcoming an impoverished childhood is impressive and I’m sure
he’ll do great in life and earn enough to buy a yacht, but his biggest achievements to date were working as an assistant to economist Paul Volcker and doing a short stint in a tech company. How this possibly prepares him to run a city with a $7 billion budget I have no idea. He’s basically a political Kardashian, someone we never heard of until he inserted himself in the spotlight. Inconsistent Machine Our slow, inexorable slouch toward election day is manifested in other ways. Greuel’s candidacy has been abetted by $2.4 million in independent expenditures, most of it from labor unions. That raises a fantastic question: Is it better to be a billionaire and buy an office à la Michael Bloomberg, or be a regular candidate and have someone else buy it for you? Then there’s the race Greuel and Garcetti have run. They were the presumed frontrunners from the start, the two expected to advance to a May runoff, and until recently they conducted conservative, milquetoast campaigns. Only in the last few weeks, as Perry’s blistering mail barrage has taken hold, and as James has taken sharp aim at Greuel’s base and Pleitez has nibbled at Garcetti’s, have they begun to operate with a sense of urgency. Could it bite them? Perhaps. Los Angeles has seen plenty of recent instances in which the presumed frontrunner stumbled. Think of underdog Carmen Trutanich beating Jack Weiss for City Attorney in 2009 and then, as the favorite himself, finishing third in the D.A.’s race last June. Paul Krekorian thumped the favorite Chris Essel in a Valley council race in 2009. Last year, policeman Joe Buscaino punched out longtime, well-connected pol Warren Furutani for the 15th District council seat. In L.A., the machine candidate doesn’t always win. Then there’s the fear factor for Angelenos. Last month, former candidate Beutner moderated a debate with the contenders and focused on the city budget and how to resolve a deficit estimated at $1.4 billion over four years. I’m not saying I have a solution beyond staging an event on the City Hall lawn dubbed “The Mother of All Bake Sales,” but none of the five voiced a clear plan to right the fiscal ship. However, there were plenty of clichés about putting everything on the table. Now, five candidates are about to be chopped down to two. Maybe the runoff will be better and more substantive than Ishtar. Or maybe not. Contact Jon Regardie at regardie@downtownnews.com.
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Around Town Continued from page 2 ruling does not prohibit the city from cleaning the streets and point to the city’s Operation Healthy Streets initiative, which was largely seen as an effective public health effort. It is unknown whether the Supreme Court will consider the case. According to a statement from Trutanich’s office, the city is currently in settlement talks with the plaintiffs.
Downtown Chefs, Restaurants Get Industry Honors
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he best chef in the West, along with the best bar and most outstanding restaurant in the nation, may be right in Downtown, according to the James Beard Foundation. The foundation has named three Downtown chefs as semifinalists for its 2013 Restaurant Awards. They are Josef Centeno of Bäco Mercat and Bar Ama in the Old Bank District; Ricardo Zarate of Mo-Chica on Seventh Street; and John Rivera Sedlar of Rivera in South Park.
They are not the only ones being recognized. Patina made the cut for Outstanding Restaurant while Rivera and The Varnish are semifinalists for Outstanding Bar Program. The awards are considered the highest honor in the culinary field. The finalists will be announced later this month and the awards gala will take place May 6.
Concert Lineup Heats Up at Historic Park
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he concert season is starting a bit early at Los Angeles State Historic Park. Electronic dance music act Swedish House Mafia will play the park on the edge of Chinatown on Saturday-Sunday, March 8-9. The shows are actually part of a mini-festival dubbed Masquerade Motel; a dozen bands and DJs will play each day on two stages, and more than 60,000 people are expected to attend over the weekend. It’s the first show at the park since November’s Hard Haunted Mansion concert drew noise complaints from across Downtown. Sean Woods, a California State Parks superintendent, said concert promoter Live Nation, which is putting on this week’s show and also organized Hard Haunted Mansion, will have mobile sound crews
monitoring decibel levels throughout the city and reporting back to the sound engineer.
Music Festival Coming to Arts District
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ilver Lake’s loss is Downtown’s gain. Producers of the arts and music festival once known as the Silver Lake Jubilee are moving the event to the Arts District. The renamed Jubilee Music and Arts Festival will take place June 7-8 on a property at 590 S. Santa Fe Ave. that contains a large lot and warehouses. The change of venue was first reported by the blog theeastsiderla.com. Launched in 2010, the Jubilee was held on the streets of Silver Lake; it soon became hard to set up a stage and support facilities for dozens of bands, comedians and more, said Jack Martinez of the Los Angeles Arts and Athletics Alliance, which produces the event. “It’s tough to set it up and tear it down on a public street,” he said “Being on private property we will have more time for that.” Ticket prices and the lineup for the Arts District show have not been announced, but Martinez said he expects to have more than two dozen bands and comedians as well as arts and craft elements.
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A Rundown of 40 Not-to-Miss Concerts, Shows, Exhibits, Events and More Coming to Downtown by Richard Guzmรกn, Jon Regardie and Ryan Vaillancourt
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and the lineup will be anPasses for the Los Angeles Film Festival will go on sale in April will be awash in features, s nounced in May. Then, on June 13-23, Downtown Los Angele will be headquartered tion documentaries, shorts, music videos and more. The 10-day celebra Cinemas, but films Regal at L.A. Live’s venues as well, other at ed will be screen my Museum Gram the among them Movie fans Plaza. 7th FIGat and the from all films 200 about can expect of panel bevy a with along , genres discussions, red carpet events and, of course, plenty of parties. At 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (866) 345-6337 or lafilmfest.com.
Judy Garland. If you’re one of the many who adore her, then you probably snagged your End of the Rainbow tickets the day they went on sale. If you’re a more casual fan, then consider: Tracie Bennett has earned raves for her performance as the oft-troubled Broadway legend who died at the age of 47. The show is set in 1968 as an aging, booze-and-pills-addled Garland is planning a comeback; her accompanist and much younger, soon-to-be fifth husband are among the characters who flit through the production. The show that runs March 12-April 21 features a dozen songs, including “The Trolley Song,” The Man That Got Away” and, of course, “Over the Rainbow.” At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.
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Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is the tiger mother of Romantic piano concertos. The skills required to tease out its nuances are almost unattainable. Almost. Keyboard genius Lang Lang, who plays it in the Walt Disney Concert Hall on May 2-5, has proven capable of taming this beautiful beast. He’ll do so in this spring performance under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, with the L.A. Phil providing the lush Tchaikovskian backdrop. Dudamel will also lead the Phil in Danish composer Carl Nielson’s Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable.” At 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 at Walt Disney ConCert Hall or laphil.com.
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And you thought Walt Disney created every little girl’s favorite princess. Au contraire — the folk tale originated in the late 1600s and has an untold number of versions around the world. One of the best interpretations came courtesy of a young Italian composer, one Gioachino Rossini, whose lush comic opera comes to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for six performances from March 23-April 13. The show, a co-production of the Houston Grand Opera and the Gran Teatre del Liceu (in Barcelona), features mezzo-sopranos Kate Lindsey and Ketevan Kemoklidze alternating the role of Cinderella. See where Walt likely got some of his inspiration. At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-8001 or laopera.com.
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Dogs, cats, birds, lizards, pigs and plenty of other hairy and not-so-hairy animals will make a pil pilgrimage to Olvera Street on March 30. The occasion is the 83rd annual Blessing of the Animals. Although the festivities runs from noon-5 p.m., the highlight is the procession, which usually takes place around 2 p.m. Pets and their human companions will walk in front of Archbishop Jose Gomez, who will give them (the animals, not the owners) his blessing and sprinkle them with Holy Water. It’s a way of saying thanks to the creatures who give so much to people throughout the year. There is also live music and activities for kids. There’s even a petting zoo so freshly blessed animals can be enjoyed by all. At 125 Paseo de la Plaza or elpueblo.lacity.org.
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What can you say about Rihanna that hasn’t been said in something like 2 million articles and blog posts? Probably nothing. Still, that will all be beside the point when the Barbados-born hitmaker shows up at Staples Center on April 8 in support of her new album Unapologetic. This is part of her Diamonds World Tour. Get ready for a wealth of songs you’ve heard many, many times, among them “Disturbia,” “Umbrella,” “Live Your Life” and “Love the Way You Lie.” Hey, didn’t she once meet Chris Brown? And Matt Kemp? At 800 W. Olympic Blvd. or lalive.com
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This time, L.A.’s biggest bicycle block party could start in the Central City and end with a swim. CicLAvia returns on April 21 with a new route that stretches from Downtown to Venice Beach. The Sunday event has become one of the city’s most treasured community outings, as tens of thousands of people take over car-free streets with bikes, scooters and anything else that rolls. Walkers and joggers are welcome too. The new route will keep stretches of Main, Seventh and Figueroa streets, along with most of Venice Boulevard, car-free from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The route has entertainment hubs at City Hall and El Pueblo, and at the beach. At ciclavia.org.
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Do skateboarding and basketball belong on the stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. They do when they’re fused with acrobatics, theater and contemporary dance which, fittingly, all take places in Traces. The energetic 90-minute production that debuted in 2011 lands at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion April 26-28 as part of the Dorothy Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center series. While not quite a modern circus à la Cirque du Soleil, the performers’ physical feats prompt plenty of dropped jaws. Look for the guy balancing precariously on chairs and the dudes literally jumping through hoops. At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0711 or musiccenter.org.
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Vietnam stories are an enduring part of American culture. So are ghost stories. The two intersect in Christmas in Hanoi, which Little Tokyo theater company East West Players is staging through March 10. The play by Eddie Borey concerns three generations of a family who visit Vietnam after the death of the children’s mother. Once there, the past rears its head in unexpected and spooky ways. It’s not the only highlight of the season for EWP. Coming May 9-June 9 is a local adaptation of the Broadway musical Chess. The show has lyrics by Tim Rice and a plot concerning a romantic triangle about a gal and two chess players. That’s hot. At 120 Judge John Aiso St., (213) 625-7000 or eastwestplayers.org.
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International Children’s Film Festival REDCAT, in the back of Disney Hall, is known for its daring and edgy productions, but once a year the venue gets kid-friendly with the International Children’s Film Festival. The three weekends of short films return May 4-19. The festival features various programs of live-action and animated movies from countries including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Russia and the United States. The films are aimed at the kids but can still entertain the adults. Program details have not yet been announced, but highlights will include Toys in the Attic, directed by Jiri Barta and Vivian Schilling. Forest Whitaker stars as the voice of Teddy, a teddy bear who joins a mechanical mouse and a marionette to save their friend, Buttercup, who has been kidnapped. It has nothing to do with Seth MacFarlane’s Ted. At 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.
Thousands watched the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s flight into Los Angeles in September. Now, thousands every day are visiting the craft at its new home in the California Science Center. It’s the most popular thing to hit Exposition Park in years, and it is currently on display horizontally, though a new exhibit is being planned in which the ship will stand vertically. Although that won’t debut until about 2017, there is plenty to see now. The shuttle has a companion exhibit called Endeavour: The California Story, which looks at the craft’s ties to the Golden State. You can even learn about the space potty. At 700 Exposition Park Drive, (323) 724-3623 or californiasciencecenter.org.
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There are three reasons to go see Grammywinning prog rockers Yes at the Orpheum Theatre on March 6. Those reasons are 1) the 1971 The Yes Album, 2) the following year’s Close to the Edge and 3) the 1977 offering Going for the One. The aging rockers will be performing all three albums in their entirety as part of a triple-header concert tour. Although some faces and voices have changed over the years, this lineup features original bassist Chris Squire, along with three veterans in guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White and keyboardist Geoff Downes. The vocals are being handled by Jon Davison. At 842 S. Broadway, (877) 6774386 or laorpheum.com.
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In any play, the dialogue rules. It certainly does in Tribes, but in a wholly unexpected way — the show focuses on a deaf man, Billy, who falls in love with Sylvia, who in her way “listens” to him. The catch is, Billy and his family never learned sign language. Doh! Nina Raine’s play debuted in London in 2010 to overwhelmingly positive reviews, and the show runs at the Mark Taper Forum through April 14 (it’s in previews now; opening day is March 10). Some shows feature interpreters using American Sign Language. At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.
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When the NCAA tournament and March Madness begins, Downtown becomes filled with thousands of unproductive office workers who spend all day streaming the basketball games on their computers. On March 28-30, it will get even worse for employers, as for the first time the tourney’s Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games will take place in Downtown. While no one yet knows who will have avoided upsets and will be playing, Staples Center will hold two games on Thursday and another on Saturday. The winner will move on to the Final Four. Sorry USC fans, the Trojans likely won’t be in the mix here. The hopes are higher for UCLA. At 1111 S. Figueroa St., (877) 6222749 or ncaa.com/mbbtickets.
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Sometimes a business does something more important than make money. Such is the case with the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. Founded in 1925 in Downtown, the business helped promote African American culture and history in a variety of ways. It hired African Americans to help design and build their headquarters at 4261 Central Ave. in 1928, and commissioned murals and curated African American art shows and collections. That is celebrated in the California African American Museum exhibit The Legacy of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. The Exposition Park exhibit features some of the artwork including paintings and sculptures. It runs through June 23. At 600 State Drive, (213) 744-7432 or caamuseum.org.
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A band of colorful puppets will take over the W.M. Keck Amphitheatre on the rooftop of the Walt Disney Concert Hall on May 18. Taiwan’s Liao Wen Ho Puppet Theatre visits as part of the Music Center’s World City series, which brings international, youth-oriented acts to Downtown. The troupe mixes traditional Taiwanese glove puppetry with modern touches such as lighting and special effects. There are also not-sotraditional puppets such as martial arts figures. There will be an 11 a.m. and a 12:30 p.m. show at the 350-seat theater. At 111 S. Grand Ave. or musiccenter.org.
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Plácido Domingo is set to conduct this Houston Grand Opera production of one of the genre’s bloodiest, most intense dramas — Tosca. In the show that runs May 18-June 8 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky plays the fiery prima donna Tosca, who becomes trapped between her allegiance to her rebel lover (played by Italian tenor Marco Berti) and the scheming of treacherous police chief Scarpia (baritone Lado Atanli). The explosive triangle plays out, and comes to a powerful conclusion, against some of Puccini’s most beautiful and passionate music. The opera has a six performances. per .O A . L f At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) o sy rte u 972-8001 or laopera.com. o c
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The tour title pretty much says everything about where the New Jersey rockers are in their career: The Bon Jovi Because We Can tour lands at Staples Center on April 19. Mr. Bon Jovi and his guitar-playing pal Richie Sambora will drop their new album What About Now on March 12. Will the aging, balding and occasionally potbellied creatures in the crowd care? Sure, but they’ll save their loudest cheers for songs like “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “Bad Medicine” and “You Give Love a Bad Name.” Remember when people listened to those songs on cassette? Everyone in the crowd does. At 1111 S. Figueroa St. or staplescenter.com.
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The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre is familiar to lo local audiences — the New York-based com company has been dropping by Downtown Los Angeles every few years for more than a decade. When the troupe visits the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on April 17-21, there will be something old and something new: All six performances will close with the standout Revelations, a piece choreographed by Ailey himself Revelations that features African-American spirituals and gospel blues. The three different programs will have other pieces as well, including Ronald K. Brown’s Grace and Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16. This marks the first time Downtown will glimpse the Ailey under the guidance of new artistic director Robert Battle. At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0711 or musiccenter.org.
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Ed Whitacre is smarter than you. Deal with it. Also, learn from it, as on March 14, the man who ran both General Motors and AT&T shows up the architecture firm Gensler for an 8 a.m. installment of the Live Talks Business Forum. Whitacre will be pushing his new book American Turnaround: Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA, and there just may be about 10,000 lessons for Downtown business players. It is one of several intriguing Live Talks events of the spring. March 21 brings A.G. Laffey, the former CEO of Proctor & Gamble, and Roger Martin, dean of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. At 500 S. Figueroa St. or business.livetalks.org.
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The reprise visit of Fela! to the Ahmanson Theatre is short — it is only on stage April 26-May 5. However, the small run is also mighty, as the show that first landed at the Ahmanson in late 2011 is packed with some infectious tunes. The production seeks to turn the theater into a 1970s Nigerian nightclub as it tells the story and features the explosive songs of the late political musician Fela AnikulapoKuti. The plot may be thin, but the music and the choreography by Bill T. Jones keep the crowd moving. It’s a thrilling tale about a man who, seriously, once married 27 women at once. Learn all about that in the song “Na-Poi.” At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.
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The Swiss artist Urs Fischer appears to live in a bizarre, macabre world. Consider one sculpture, installed outdoors on a grassy bluff, of a giant blue teddy bear, from whose head a massive table lamp protrudes. Then there’s his house made out of bread. Or there’s “Skinny Sunrise,” a sculpture depicting a human skeleton kneeling on a wooden bench covered with bone dust. In the words of New York magazine, Fischer “specializes in making jaws drop.” From April 21-Aug. 19, step into Fischer’s world as MOCA presents the first comprehensive retrospective of his work. At 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 626-6222 or moca.org.
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Servicemen and women who survive a war without any physical wounds still have to contend with the mental scars of battle. The play Melancholia, presented by the Latino Theater Company at Spring Street’s Los Angeles Theatre Center, examines the effects of post traumatic stress disorder on troops and their families. The play, which runs March 16-April 7, follows a man named Mario and a friend who enlist in the Marines. When Mario returns home he is shattered by the shock and trauma of war. He descends into a spiral of violence, alcoholism and depression, and begins to have delusions. The show is a revival of the company’s 2007 production that later traveled to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. At 514 S. Spring St., (213) 489-0994 or thelatc.org.
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Tuesday, March 5 Nathan Englander at Aloud Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 2287500 or lfla.org. 7:15 p.m.: Englander, author of The Ministry of Special Cases, discusses “what we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank.” Hint: It’s more than just Anne Frank.
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ROCK, POP & JAZZ Blue Whale 123 Astronaut E. S. Onizuka St., (213) 620-0908 or bluewhalemusic.com. March 5: Donny McCaslin, Jason Lindner, Tim Lefebvre and Nate Smith. March 6: Vardan Ovsepian Chamber Ensemble. March 7: Gonzalo Bergara. March 8: Dan Tepfer and Ben Wendell. March 9: Kenneth Whalum III Group. March 10: Daniel Szabo, Edwin Livingston and Peter Erskine. Bootleg Bar 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org. March 4, 8 p.m.: Face paint, major chord tonality and accessible electronica mark Hunter Hunted’s somewhat optimistic sonic vision of the end of days. Good luck guys. March 5, 8 p.m.: Geographic confusion or biting irony? We’re not exactly sure why Australian band Alpine chose its name, but suffice it to say, they will be playing their post-Cardigans sound this week. March 5, 8:30 p.m.: Come explore the affectation of apathy with Brisbane’s own surf rock purveyors Dune Rats. March 7, 8 p.m.: Visionary kiwis Die! Die! Die! bring their noise punk styling and a band name that stands in solidarity with our own feelings about electro pop. March 8, 8 p.m.: Nebraska native Joshua James’ heartfelt singer/songwriter act will have you wishing you’d invested in suspenders years ago. Broadway Bar 830 S. Broadway, (213) 614-9909 or broadwaybar.la. March 7, 10 p.m.: Broader Than Broadway, the Eddie Haskell of electronica shows. Club Nokia 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubnokia.com. March 6, 9 p.m.: Hard charging heavy metal outfit Black Label Society is the sonic equivalent of a bat signal, calling forth its minions of bearded headbangers from their natural habitat in the Inland Empire. March 7, 9 p.m.: If anyone else is extremely disturbed by bass-heavy performer UZ’s alternate moni-
ker “ball trap music,” put your hands up and say hey! Escondite 410 Boyd St., (213) 626-1800 or theescondite.com. March 4, 10 p.m.: Yonatan and Friends gather for some improvisational jazz. Best not to wander too far from the venue Yonatan, The Makers are the most territorial of the improv jazz bands. March 5, 10 p.m.: Bunny West and Boom Boom Boom, a night of soulful singing with a title reminiscent of the end of a Looney Tunes bit. March 6, 10 p.m.: With mere days between now and St. Patty’s, offer your liver and music sensibilities a test run with Irish isle natives the Mighty Stef. March 7, 9 p.m.: Johnny Moezzi and Trevor Menear’s blues rock will tag-team your ear drums. March 9, 10 p.m.: Charlie Chan and the S.O.B.’s rep old school Chicago blues and stylish goatees. March 10, 10 p.m.: RT N the 44s will provide a dose of honkytonk to go with your 11% beer. Exchange LA 618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com. March 8, 10 p.m.: With a title that sounds eerily like a new wave spirituality seminar in Sedona, this week’s Awakening finds Solarstone presenting “Pure Trance.” March 9, 10 p.m.: DJ Carl Cox has been around the block a few times, both metaphorically and literally. This EDM veteran knows that finding parking near The Exchange is a pain. Nokia Theater 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6020 or nokiatheatrelalive.com. March 9, 8 p.m.: When translated, ranchera singer Paquita la Del Barrio’s name means “Paquita from the neighborhood.” This endearing name suggests the warmth of the genre and also calls into question the originality of Jennifer Lopez’ lyrics. Nola’s 734 E. Third St., (213) 680-3003 or nolasla.com. March 5, 8 p.m.: Reggy Woods Jam Session. March 6, 7 p.m.: Al Marotta tickles the ivory. March 7, 10 p.m.: Jazzmoov has a two-year anniversary show. Please, no presents. One-Eyed Gypsy 901 E. First St., (626) 340-3529 or one-eyedgypsy.com. March 6: Another evening with RT N the 44s. March 7: Ubiquity Presents Frolic. March 8: All-female 1950s tribute act Big Dick. March 9: AK and Her Kalashnikovs. Redwood Bar and Grill 316 W. Second St., (213) 652-4444 or theredwoodbar. com. March 5: FU Marylou, No Small Children, The Spreewalls and Peg Leg Love. March 6: Danny B Harvey and 3 Balls of Fire. March 7: Pretty Mouth, JD Bender, Jon Pebs & The Midnight Welders and the Sudden Passion.
March 8: The Horde & The Harem, Gabe Hart & The Fourth Wall, Savage Gospel and Dignitary Loss. March 9: Saint Maybe, King Hearts & Coronets and Virginia Reed. Seven Grand 515 W. Seventh St., (213) 614-0737 or sevengrand.la. March 4: The Eric Patterson Quintet features lock-synch sound and matching olive green shirts. March 5: If you’re looking for someone to commiserate with on the night of the L.A. mayoral primary, take solace with the Makers, whose brand of improvisational jazz is pro-trombone and antidubstep. March 6: Deacon Jones Blues Review will be holding class this Wedneday. The Smell 247 S. Main St., alley between Spring and Main streets, thesmell.org. March 8: Aftergloam, Parenthetical Girls, Seacats and Brannigan’s Law. March 9: The Shivas, Human Behavior, Ezra Buchla and Whitman. March 10: Heller Keller, Wonder Wheel, W-H-IT-E and Ablebody.
FILM Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. March 8, 7 and 9 p.m., March 9-10, 5 and 7 p.m., March 11, 5, 7 and 9 p.m., March 12-14, 5 and 7 p.m.: In Elecktrick Children, Rachel, a teenager from Mormon country, believes in immaculate conception. Her fundamentally religious family regards her condition as an intolerable transgression. IMAX California Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 7442019 or californiasciencecenter.org. Explore the remnants and wisdom of an ancient empire in Mysteries of Egypt. Ice and polar bear enthusiasts will likely dig To the Arctic 3D. Experience the gripping story full of hope, crushing disappointment and triumph in Hubble 3D. REDCAT 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 of redcat.org. March 4, 8:30 p.m.: A screening of experimental films made by queer and non-queer artists explores a markedly different outlook about sex work. March 9, 8:30 p.m.: A collection of shorts and the feature Ten Five in the Grass celebrates the work of African American filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson. Regal Cinemas 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 763-6070 or lalive.com/ movies.
Through March 7: 21 and Over (12, 2:20, 4:50, 7:40 and 10:20 p.m.); Jack the Giant Slayer (1 and 10 p.m.); Jack the Giant Slayer 3D (11:20 a.m. and 2:10, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 11 p.m.); The Last Exorcism Part II (11:30 a.m. and 2, 4:40, 7:20 and 10:10 p.m.); Phantom (1:30, 4:20, 7:10 and 9:40 p.m.); Bless Me, Ultima (1:10, 3:50, 6:40 and 9:30 p.m.); Dark Skies (1:30, 4:20, 7:10 and 9:50 p.m.); Snitch (1:20, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.); Escape from Planet Earth (11:30 a.m. and 4:10 and 9:20 p.m.); Escape from Planet Earth 3D (1:40 and 6:50 p.m.); A Good Day to Die Hard (11:20 a.m. and 1:40, 4:10, 6:50 and 9:30 p.m.); Identity Thief (11:40 a.m. and 2:20, 5, 7:50 and 10:40 p.m.); Side Effects (11:50 a.m. and 2:30 and 10:50 p.m.); Warm Bodies (12:50, 3:40, 6:30 and 9:20 p.m.); Silver Linings Playbook (1:20, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.).
THEATER, OPERA & DANCE Bob Baker’s Something To Crow About The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, 1345 W. First St., (213) 250-9995 or bobbakermarionettes.com. March 5-8, 10:30 a.m. and March 9-10, 2:30 p.m.: Come join Mama and Papa Goat and 100 more of the Bob Baker marionettes for a musical “day on the farm.” Expect everything from dancing scarecrows to tap dancing bullfrogs warbling “Shine on Harvest Moon.” Call for reservations. Christmas in Hanoi East West Players, 120 Judge John Aliso St., (213) 6257000 or eastwestplayers.org. March 7-9, 8 p.m. and March 10, 2 p.m.: A mixed race family returns to Vietnam for the first time since the war. Through March 10. The Flying Dutchman L.A. Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0711 or laopera.com. March 9, 7:30 p.m.: The legend of the ghostly ship condemned to wander the oceans has fascinated opera lovers for hundreds of years. In a production from the Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera, Richard Wagner’s score comes to spooky life under the baton of James Conlon. Icelandic baritone Tómas Tómasson and Portuguese soprano Elisabete Matos make their L.A. Opera debuts. Tribes Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 6282772 or centertheatregroup.org. March 6-9, 8 p.m. and March 10, 1 and 6:30 p.m.: Billy, who is deaf, is in love. He has found Sylvia, who in her way “listens” to him. All’s good, right? Of course not, as Billy and his family face a big question: Why did they never learn sign language? Through April 24.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC Thursday, March 7 Camerata Pacifica Zipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-2200 or colburnschool.edu. 8 p.m.: Eccentric programming illuminates Camerata Pacifica’s robust performance of experimental and traditional classical music. The Gospel According to the Other Mary Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.com. March 7-8, 7:30 p.m. and March 10, 2 p.m.: Dudamel conducts this Peter Sellars-directed collage of Biblical stories animated by the L.A. Phil and a crew of dancers alike. Friday, March 8 Piano Spheres Zipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-2200 or colburnschool.edu. 8 p.m.: Premieres galore as the celebrated piano program features pieces by Arvo Pärt, Tan Dun, Stephen Cohn, Carlos Rafael Rivera and Gilead Mishory. Sunday, March 10 James O’Donnell Organ Recital
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BARS & CLUBS The Association 610 S. Main St., (213) 627-7385. Carved out of the area that used to belong to Cole’s, the bar in front, the Association is a dimly-lit, swank little alcove with some serious mixologists behind the bar. Look for a heavy door, a brass knocker and a long line. Barbara’s at the Brewery 620 Moulton Ave., No. 110, (323) 221-9204 or bwestcatering.com. On the grounds of the Brewery, this bar and restaurant in an unfinished warehouse is where local residents find their artistic sustenance. Fifteen craft beers on tap, wine list and full bar. Bar 107 107 W. Fourth St., (213) 625-7382 or myspace.com/ bar107. Inside the keyhole-shaped door, tough-as-nails Derby Dolls vie for elbowroom with crusty old bar guys and a steady stream of Old Bank District inhabitants. Velvet señoritas, deer heads with sunglasses, a wooden Indian and Schlitz paraphernalia plaster the red walls. There’s no shortage of entertainment, with the funky dance room, great DJs and the occasional rock band. In the photo booth, you can capture your mug in old-fashioned black and white. Open from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. seven days a week. Big Wang’s 801 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2449 or bigwangs.com. Wings, beer and sports: That’s the winning recipe at this sports bar. The Downtown outpost, the third for the Hollywood-based bar, has everything the other locations have, plus a comfortable patio with outdoor flat screens. Bonaventure Brewing Company 404 S. Figueroa St., (213) 236-0802 or bonaventurebrewing.com. Where can you get a drink, order some decent bar food, sit outdoors and still feel like you’re
Downtown? It’s a tall order to fill, but this bar in the Bonaventure Hotel does it admirably. Come by for a taster set of award-winning ales crafted by Head Brewer David Blackwell. Sure, the hotel is vaguely ’80s, and you’ll probably encounter some convention goers tying a few on, but it only adds to the fun. Bona Vista Lounge 404 S. Figueroa St., (213) 624-1000 or thebonaventure.com. Located in the heart of the Financial District in the landmark Westin Bonaventure Hotel, this revolving cocktail lounge offers a 360-degree view of the city. Bottlerock 1150 S. Flower St., (213) 747-1100 or bottlerock.net. Situated on the ground floor of the Met Lofts in South Park, this wine bar features a vast range of bottles from around the world and a price range equally as wide. Wines by the glass start at around $8, but if you’re feeling overcome by oenophilia (or just deep-pocketed) there are some first growth Bordeauxs for more than $1,000 for the bottle. And if you don’t get your fill while at the bar, which also features a rotating crop of artisanal beers and a full dinner menu, the bar also sells bottles at retail. Broadway Bar 830 S. Broadway, (213) 614-9909 or broadwaybar.la. Located next to the Orpheum Theatre in the Platt Building, the Broadway Bar’s blue neon sign beckons patrons inside to its 50-foot circular bar. The casualchic spot is based on Jack Dempsey’s New York bar, with low lighting and a dose of ’40s glam. There’s a patio upstairs with nice views, and a jukebox. Caña 714 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 745-7090 or canarumbar.com. In the Caribbean, “caña” is slang for sugarcane. Rum is made from sugarcane. Therefore, Caña serves premium handcrafted rum cocktails in an intimate, elegant environment featuring live Caribbean and tropical Latin music. Casey’s Irish Pub 613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or bigcaseys.com. With its worn brick staircase, tin ceilings and dark wood decor, it’s easy to see how this neighborhood bar and grill still works its Irish charm. Regulars cozy up to the 60-foot mahogany bar with a pint of Guinness and a plate of bangers and mash. Casey’s has a full menu with six beers on tap and a selection
of Belgian ales and microbrews. Cole’s 118 E. Sixth St., colesfrenchdip.com. This beloved restaurant saloon has been renovated under new ownership. The great leather booths and dark wood bar of the old spot remain, but now the glasses are clean. Draft beer, historic cocktails, including what is probably the best Old Fashioned in town, and a short wine list. Corkbar 403 W. 12th St., corkbar.com. If the name didn’t give it away, this South Park establishment is all about the wine, specifically, California wine. Situated on the ground floor of the Evo condominium building, Corkbar serves up a seasonal food menu of farmer’s market-driven driven creations to go with your Golden State pinots, cabernets and syrahs. Down and Out 501 S. Spring St., (213) 489-7800 or twitter.com/ thedownandout. This latest offering from the same folks that brought you Bar 107. The 3,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of the Alexandria Hotel features mug shots of celebrities including Frank Sinatra, Hugh Grant, Steve McQueen and Andy Dick. The owners describe it as a sports bar for local residents who don’t want to mingle with tourists.
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2006 Toyota 4Runner ........................
2009 Mercedes CLK 350 Coupe ......
2011 Audi A5 Cabriolet ....................
2008 Porsche Cayenne GTS ..............
$16,988
$26,888
$36,980
$46,898
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2012 Toyota Camry LE ....................... Certified, Full Power, Gray/Gray, 20,767 miles. TU0069 / 044898
$18,888
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2010 Mercedes E350W ......................
2011 Audi A6 3.0T Quattro ..............
2011 Porsche Panamera S ...............
$36,991
$43,680
$76,896
Certified, Silver/Black, Only 22K Miles. 121489-1/ A165279
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24 Downtown News
March 4, 2013
Celebrating 40 Years
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