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The Must to return, Art Walk updates, and other happenings Around Town.

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Another day, another divisive rent proposal at Olvera Street.

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Volume 40, Number 13

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Culture of Picasso

From Beer to Eternity Downtown’s Pint Runneth Over as the Neighborhood Enjoys a Craft Brew Revolution

by Richard Guzmán city editor

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ou’ve never had to walk far to get a beer in Downtown Los Angeles.

Even before the residential revolution led to a wave of bars and nightspots offering an array of adult beverages, there were plenty of places to grab a cold one. Glasses and bottles of brews such as Budweiser and Heineken could be found everywhere from McCormick & Schmick’s to Hank’s Bar. Even craft beer has a history in the Central City, with the Bonaventure Brewing Company and Weiland Brewery making their own liquid manna well before the new denizens arrived.

Now, things are changing again, and Downtown Los Angeles has tapped a new beer revolution. Angel City Brewing opened this month in a 100-year-old building in the Arts District, and in April the Los Angeles Brewing Company will debut its 100-beer menu on Broadway and Eighth Street. Also new to the pour wars is Public School 612, carved out of the Daily Grill restaurant.

They follow arrivals such as Wurstküche in the Arts District, the Down ’n Out in the Historic Core, and L.A. Live’s Yard House, all of which offer a number of beers you’ve probably never tried.

“Craft beer has been growing in popularity, especially in the last couple of years,” said Ralph Verdugo, a longtime club owner and the proprietor of the Los Angeles Brewing Company. “Downtown has a clientele that loves to try new things, new artisan, local products like craft beers.”

According to The Brewers Association, a trade group representing thousands of brewers nationwide, craft beers emerged from home brewers in the late 1970s who wanted higher quality beer than what the local bars offered. They evolved into microbreweries with a focus on character and quality rather than volume.

Microbreweries have steadily increased in the United States, with annual growth in sales of 6%12% every year from 2004-2008. The Brewers Association reports the number of American craft see Beer, page 14

Let There Be Lights Wilshire Grand Replacement Plan Could Lead to Illuminating Three Blocks of Figueroa Street

by Ryan Vaillancourt staff writer

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Michael Bowe, the owner of Angel City Brewing, a 27,000-square-foot brewery in the Arts District. It is one of a flood of new Downtown spots focusing on craft beers.

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he $1 billion plan that comes before the City Council this week to build two skyscrapers in place of the Wilshire Grand hotel, and deck them out in digital billboards and “architectural lighting,” is poised to change the face of Seventh and Figueroa streets.

But if the plan is approved, it could also spark a bright makeover of at least three more blocks of Figueroa Street. Backers of a proposal to add lights and signage to the corridor say it would be an artful addition to the streetscape. They’ll have to convince skeptics who are wary that it will just lead to a proliferation of electronic billboards.

On Tuesday, March 29, the council is slated to give final approval to the hotel project.

At the same time, it will vote on a proposal from Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry to direct the Planning Department to study a special Figueroa Street sign district between L.A. Live and the Wilshire Grand. Under the proposal, hotel owner Hanjin International and its development partner, Thomas Properties Group, would pay $400,000 to cover the city resources needed for the study.

The sign district would allow developers — and existing property owners making renovations — to incorporate digital signage beyond what the city generally allows, as well as see Signs, page 10

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The new Wilshire Grand towers would hold architectural lighting, shown here, and digital signage capable of featuring animated advertising. The technology is poised to expand along Figueroa Street.

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AROUNDTOWN The Must Perches At Pershing Square

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ight months after a bizarre property dispute led to an abrupt and unwanted closure of the popular Historic Core wine bar The Must, the owners have signed a new lease at the Pershing Square Building at Fifth and Hill streets.

Proprietors Rachel Thomas and Coly Den Haan plan to re-open The Must in September in a bigger space, upping capacity from 80 to about 140. But they’ll be serving drinks and food before then. In partnership with building owner Jeffrey Fish, the pair is also opening Perch, a three-level rooftop bar and restaurant due in early June. Perch will serve bistrostyle French food, but “more approachable,” Den Haan said.

“Like cassoulet — if you break it down, it’s just really pork and beans, so we’ll have a pork confit with French beans, for example.” The Must will again focus on craft beer and wines from around the world. While the new space will boast an outdoor patio, the decor will be recognizable from the Fifth and Spring streets location, and so will the staff, Den Haan and Thomas said. “It’ll be like the old Must, but on steroids,” Thomas said.

Downtown News Scores in State Awards

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xcuse us while we pat ourselves on the back: Los Angeles Downtown News has had a very strong showing in the awards presented by the California Newspaper Publishers Association. In the organization’s 2010 Better Newspaper Contest, Downtown News received a first or second place prize (exact placement is revealed at the CNPA’s luncheon April 16) in the categories of Local Reporting, for stories written over a two-week period last April, most of them

by City Editor Richard Guzmán and Staff Writer Ryan Vaillancourt; Photo Essay, for Gary Leonard’s images of the Downtown Art Walk; and Columns, for political humor pieces by Executive Editor Jon Regardie. Additionally, the paper received Honorable Mention awards, for finishing in the top 10% of submissions, in the categories of Business

Writing, for former Staff Writer Anna Scott’s feature on absentee landlord the Chetrit Group; Page Layout and Design, for the art department headed by Art Director Brian Allison; Writing, for Regardie’s column “Honoring Beyonce Is Honoring Los Angeles,” about the mayoral ticket scandal; Feature Story, for Guzmán’s “What the Heck Happened to Art Walk?”; Editorial Cartoon, for an Urban Scrawl submission by Doug Davis; and Website, for ladowntownnews. com. In most categories Downtown News was competing against weekly newspapers throughout the state with a circulation of greater than 25,000. OK, we’re done praising ourselves now.

Hope Street Family Center To Break Ground

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alifornia Hospital Medical Center is scheduled to break ground this week on a sparkling new home for its Hope Street Family Center. On Friday, April 1, officials will celebrate the start of construction on the $15.7 million facility at 1600 S. Hope St. The four-story, 25,500-squarefoot project will offer a range of service supporting lowincome area families, including an outdoor basketball court and children’s play area. The center will increase CHMC’s educational, recreation and community wellness opportunities for children and working-poor families living in Downtown, Pico-Union and South Los Angeles. The building, scheduled to be finished in summer 2012, is slated to secure LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. The hospital has so far raised $10.2 million for the project. The 1:30 p.m. groundbreaking is open to the public.

Dodger Stadium-Union Station Shuttle Returns

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hen the Dodgers begin playing in Chavez Ravine this week, fans once again will have an alternative to expensive parking. Officials with the Dodgers and Metro last

week staged a press event touting the shuttle buses that will give ticket holders a free ride from Union Station to Dodger Stadium. The $450,000 service is being funded by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC). Last year the MSRC gave Metro a $300,000 grant for shuttles that carried 122,000 riders throughout the season. This year’s grant includes money for Metrolink to offer additional late-night service, with 11 p.m. trains going from Union Station to the Antelope Valley, San Bernardino and Ventura County. The shuttles will start 90 minutes before each home game, leaving from the Patsaouras Bus Plaza at Union Station and running every 10 minutes. Drop-offs will be in the parking lot behind the center/left field pavilion.

Service will continue every half hour during the game and for 45 minutes after the final out. Riders without a game ticket will pay $1.50 one way. Opening day is Thursday, March 31.

Map Your Art Walk

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hose planning to head to the next installment of the ultra-popular Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk, take note: The team that stages the event that attracts upwards of 20,000 people is about to launch a new website that will help make the happening more manageable. The site, downtownartwalk.org, will launch shortly before the Art Walk on Thursday, April 14, and will include a rundown of galleries, restaurants, bars and other Downtown offerings, including parking. The directory will offer a brief description of each venue. The site will also allow visitors to create their own map of spots to hit during the event that takes place on the second Thursday of each month. The map can be printed, emailed or published on the site so that other users can see what your Art Walk looks like, said Joe Moller, who took over as executive director of the event late last year. “Because we don’t have the resources to put up signs all over Downtown, this will give users transportation, directions, information about all businesses Downtown, and not just on Art Walk night.” The organization also plans to debut a new logo on the website.

Additionally, Moller detailed another new trick for Art Walk: In May, it will have a car participating in Downtown’s Red Bull Soap Box Derby.

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The 1944 romantic comedy, developed from a ballet written by Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins, follows three sailors on a 24-hour leave who compete for the affections of three women.

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EDITORIALS Urban Scrawl by Doug Davis

Time for the McCourts to Move On

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his week, the Dodgers will begin their 54th season in Los Angeles. Sadly, there is limited excitement about the team that will take the field on Thursday, March 31, against the hated San Francisco Giants. Instead, a disproportionate share of the attention will, for the second year in a row, fall on the warring owners of the team, Frank and Jamie McCourt.

In the past year and a half, since news of the couple’s separation surfaced just as the Dodgers were beginning the 2009 playoffs, the situation has gone from bad to abysmal. Last season was dominated by a series of public embarrassments, some on the field, many in court, and a few elsewhere.

Unfortunately, it does not appear as if the situation will be remedied any time soon. Instead, it looks as if Frank and Jamie will continue to battle, a scenario that effectively leaves ownership undecided — the turmoil could continue for years in court. Meanwhile, and likely as a result of the squabbling, the team has not been significantly upgraded in the off-season, a worrisome state of affairs given the 2010 squad’s mediocrity.

This is not, to use a phrase that once meant something, the Dodger way. This is not what fans expect, and given Commissioner Bud Selig’s refusal to let Frank McCourt accept a loan from former team owner Fox, it is not what Major League Baseball expects.

Given this state of affairs, it is time for the McCourts to move on. The right step, the thing they should do for the good of the fans and the franchise, is to sell the Dodgers. It is time for the McCourts to swallow their pride and to let someone who really cares about the team and the city, and someone with the resources to make the Dodgers competitive and the stadium experience enjoyable and efficient, take over.

We don’t make this urge to sell lightly. This page is a big believer in a private enterprise’s ability to conduct business in the manner it deems best. Even if an owner runs his or her company into the ground, that’s usually their prerogative.

However, the Dodgers are a special case. They are a business that is privately owned, but they also belong to the city.

The McCourts may possess the title to Dodger Stadium, but the Chavez Ravine landmark built by Walter O’Malley belongs to the fans, all of them, from those who sit in the top deck to those who watch from the luxury boxes.

Additionally, there is the fact that the couple has had ample opportunity to put the mess behind them and to escape the

media glare. However, numerous attempts at mediation have failed. Repeated calls for them to work out their differences for the greater good, including an editorial on this page one year ago, were not heeded.

It is time for Frank and Jamie to realize that this experiment has not worked. That’s not a bad thing, and everyone is not fit for every business. But the couple must recognize that their dream to one day pass the Dodgers on to their four sons

Seven years after the McCourts acquired the storied franchise, there is an uninspiring lineup, an unsatisfactory stadium experience and owners who care more about beating each other in court than they do their team winning on the field.

is not worth the discomfort and anger they are forcing on the millions of fans who pay to see the team play. The Dodgers should not be a laughingstock, and the McCourts should not be owners of a professional baseball team.

Owning a team comes with a public responsibility. Early on, the McCourts seemed to take this seriously, and even as they endured a series of miscues and saw a revolving door of managers and general managers, they remained in the public eye, accessible to critical fans and the media. It certainly didn’t hurt that, after years of poor performance, they assembled teams that made the post-season, and twice came within a couple games of the World Series.

Then the marriage crumbled, and with it, the sense of

decorum that franchise owners are expected to maintain. Of course, the split is not the reason they should sell — people have endured the pain and financial distress of divorce and still managed to hold on to and effectively run their business.

Again, the troubling aspect is the public spectacle that Frank and Jamie have unleashed.

Their war has spilled unseemly collateral damage. The media has reported on a lavish lifestyle funded by the team’s revenues.

There have been embarrassments like the Massachusetts man, Vladimir Shpunt, who was paid to sit in front of a television and think positive thoughts about the Dodgers.

Meanwhile, the Dodger Stadium experience has deteriorated. Plans for a $500 million renovation of the venue, complete with new eating and outdoor areas, were announced and then shelved. While sitting in the stands on a warm summer night and watching the game is unparalleled, spending two innings in line to get a mediocre Dodger Dog is ridiculous. The restrooms are outdated, the common areas ugly.

There has even been something close to price gouging, like the requirement last season that anyone wanting to buy tickets to see the Yankees must pay for six other games as well.

The optimum Los Angeles sports experience is no longer Dodger Stadium, but Staples Center.

Then there’s the team itself; last season it finished in fourth place in the NL West, a dispiriting 14 games out of first place.

Granted, they were partly hamstrung by Manny Ramirez never reverting to his pre-suspension form, but unlike some other major market teams, the Dodgers did not spend what it takes to compete. While other squads, such as Philadelphia, paid for top players, the Dodgers have been content to stick with a few dependable athletes and a bunch of spare parts.

Thus, seven years after the McCourts acquired the storied franchise, there is an uninspiring lineup, an unsatisfactory stadium experience and owners who care more about beating each other in court than they do their team winning on the field. It is not right, and it is not fair to the Dodger faithful.

Frank and Jamie had their chance, but the Dodgers mean too much to too many people for this situation to continue.

They need to understand that this is about more than their own desires, their own insatiable need to win at all costs.

Unfortunately, as we say, they only are passionate about winning in their personal lives.

Let Frank and Jamie battle over the dissolution of their marriage for as long as they want. But take Los Angeles’ team out of it. It is time for them to sell the Dodgers. It is time for the McCourts to move on.

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Stadium Games Big Money, Big Deals and the Big Battle for Football in Los Angeles

by Jon Regardie executive editor

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ere’s what’s tricky about a football: The very shape of the thing means that, when it hits the ground, anarchy can ensue. Unlike a round baseball or basketball that have predictable patterns THE REGARDIE REPORT

when they come into contact with a playing surface, the ovoid shape means that a football may bounce straight up, or it could carom in who-knows-what direction. Sort of like Charlie Sheen on a bender.

The shape of a football is symbolic of Los Angeles’ attempt to return the professional version of the sport to the region. Although many might expect a straight and predictable path — money-grubbing league + nation’s second largest media market = franchise that makes everyone happy — no person or entity has been able to grab the bouncing ball. Every time getting a team here seems within reach, it goes skittering away. Even the National Football League is still trying to figure out a plan some 17 years after two teams flew the coop.

That’s partly why County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas’ disparaging comments about the league last week were so interesting. With two stadium proposals going at it like Russell Crowe and the scary guy in the metal mask in Gladiator — Anschutz Entertainment Group’s $1 billion South Park project vs. Majestic Realty’s $800 million venue in a hillside in the City of Industry — Ridley-Thomas simply behaved like a student of history. The message was that those

who ignore the past of dealing with the NFL are doomed to repeat it.

“It would not surprise me at all if we found new sites emerging over the next few weeks or so,” Ridley-Thomas said during a Monday, March 21, address to the Los Angeles Current Affairs Forum in Downtown’s Wilshire Grand hotel. “It would not surprise me at all if in fact we were to see the NFL acknowledge that it thinks competition for a new franchise or a relocated franchise in Los Angeles would be a good thing in the interest of Los Angeles and the league. That’s been their pattern for the last 15 years.”

Ridley-Thomas’ comments come as the team owners and the players’ union are at loggerheads over a new collective bargaining agreement. NFL brass has indicated that L.A. efforts are on the back burner until the issue is resolved. That, however, hasn’t stopped aspiring stadium builders from moving fullspeed ahead.

While Ridley-Thomas’ remarks won’t be popular with stadium proponents or the league, he speaks from deep experience. After the Raiders and Rams left following the 1994 season, the then City Councilman spent years meeting with the commissioner’s office and the 32 team owners. Yet as he pushed a plan to return football to the Coliseum (where the Raiders had played), he saw the NFL foment competition from would-be stadium developers across the region. Although Ridley-Thomas’ principal attempt ended in 1999 when the league awarded an expansion franchise to Houston over L.A. (after Texas businessman Bob McNair agreed to pay $700 million for the

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team; that didn’t include the cost of building a stadium), several repeats also led to heightened competition rather than local unity.

The situation prompted Ridley-Thomas to question whether the NFL, despite public proclamations, really has a desire to return here soon.

“If there is an appetite, it’s a small one,” he said. “I’ve never seen grown people play so many games in my life.”

Predicting the Future The games comment brings up another game: That’s the one now being played by AEG and the city. I say game because, while the public negotiations are underway, it’s clear how this is going to end. The current process, while democratic and all, will culminate with everyone at a big back-patting press conference, smiling and singing “Kumbaya.”

The plan by AEG and its youthful partner Casey Wasserman involves razing the West Hall of the Convention Center and building a 64,000-seat stadium where it stands. A new West Hall would then be erected and attach to the main convention building. AEG wants the city to float $350 million in bonds for the project, which it honest-to-God promises to back. The new Farmers Field would host football, other sports events and the overflow of some major conventions.

Then, some time down the line, possibly in the post Antonio Villaraigosa era, the city will decide that it should get out of the convention business. Bids will be solicited for an operator to book and run the Convention Center in a public-private partnership. Then, holy Nostradamus, AEG will win the contract.

This will essentially turn South Park into Anschutzland. Passports won’t be required, but attendees will be urged to come bearing a flotilla of $20 bills.

Unless AEG boss Tim Leiweke is caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy (an old line from former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards), the deal will happen. There’s too

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County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas last week expressed doubt about the NFL’s desire to return soon to Los Angeles. “If there is an appetite, it’s a small one,” he said. “I’ve never seen grown people play so many games in my life.”

much at stake for it not to work, and previous development agreements achieved by AEG and the city for Staples Center and L.A. Live show the parties can come to terms.

Expect union jobs and a hefty public benefits package. It all beats the present of an L.A. Live that’s a bit too empty during lunchtime and a convention center that, even with the new $1 billion hotel, is a second-tier destination for some large trade shows — notice how Comic-Con chose to remain in San Diego despite being wooed by L.A. Until the deal is signed, there are hoops to jump through, among them meetings of a blue ribbon commission. More complicating are the attention-seeking city council reps intent on demanding that the city not spend one penny ever on the project. Eons ago (the 1990s) Valley councilman Joel Wachs did the same thing over the proposed Staples Center. see Football, page 9

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An Offer, With an Asterisk Deal Would Give El Pueblo Merchants New Leases And Let Them Declare Financial Distress RichaRd Guzmán city editoR

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ne year ago, the city raised the below-market-rate rents of more than 50 Olvera Street merchants — more than 40 of them simply ignored the hike and continued to pay the rates they had been paying for years.

In November, the city offered different terms to the merchants, with rates lower than the previous figures — soon after a group of tenants filed a legal claim against the city for $52 million.

Now, the city is trying again, but with an asterisk: It is offering new terms to the merchants that are higher than what they currently pay (in some instances twice as much or more) but below the previous offers. The city is giving merchants the chance to lower that rent by declaring financial distress.

In mid-March, members of the Olvera Street Merchants Association were presented with deals calling for a 20-year lease term with another 20-year option. The offer would give tenants rent increases that start at 25% below the April 2010 offer, and in six months they would increase slightly.

The discounts would be even steeper for tenants who claim financial distress. Their rents would rise over three years until they are 25% below the April 2010 offer. Shop and restaurant owners who go this route need to submit a form stating they would not be profitable, but are not required to show any documentation or proof of their claim.

Tenants could get rates 50% below last year’s offer if they claim financial distress and open their books to an audit by the City Controller.

Those who claim financial hardship face restrictions if they want to get out of their businesses.

Under the new proposal, merchants can sell or assign their businesses to any immediate relative, or another merchant that has been in business at Olvera Street since at least 1999.

A merchant who claims financial hardship, whether documented or not, can still assign or sell their business to any immediate family member, but cannot sell it to another pre-

1999 merchant until they have been out of the hardship rent rate for at least a year (tenants are not allowed to sell their businesses to other outside parties).

Vivien Bonzo, president of the Olvera Street Merchants Association, said they are still reviewing the proposal and could not comment on the offer, but she believes they may be close to finalizing a deal.

“We’re not that far apart on reaching a mutual agreement with the city,” she said.

That is counter to what transpired in January, when the Merchants Association filed a $52 million claim, saying the dispute stems from the city’s denial “of the Olvera Street Merchants’ rights to a long term lease and fair and reasonable terms.” Merchants claim they deserve the 55-year terms signed by 17 tenants more than a decade ago.

Paul Hamilton, an attorney who represents the merchants, did not return calls for comment by press time.

History of Division On March 19, 14th District City Councilman José Huizar presented a motion before the city’s Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee directing various city departments involved with the negotiations to comment on the proposal to the council’s Budget and Finance Committee within 30 days. The new agreement must still be approved by the City Council and the commission that oversees El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument. There is no timeline yet on when that would happen.

Huizar was not made available to speak with Los Angeles Downtown News about the new offer or the hardship options.

In a statement emailed to Downtown News, he said, “My two goals at El Pueblo have been to get new rent and lease agreements in place and to make sure the merchants, who are an important part of the historical tradition at El Pueblo, were part of the negotiation process.

“My office worked with the merchants, the City Attorney and the Mayor to come up with this proposal. I believe that the lease recognizes the importance of the merchants as El

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Olvera Street Merchants Association president Vivien Bonzo at a past meeting of the commission that oversees El Pueblo. The merchants and the city have long battled over new leases, but, said Bonzo, “We’re not that far apart on reaching a mutual agreement.”

Pueblo’s original families who are the heart of El Pueblo, while protecting the taxpayers of the City.”

The issue of rents on Olvera Street has been a divisive topic for years. It escalated in January 2010 when the civilian commission that oversees El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument approved new rents based on a study commissioned by the city.

The report, by Simi Valley-based Riggs & Riggs, recommended rents of $2-$6.50 per square foot. It also said tenants of the puestos, the small kiosks that occupy the center of the pedestrian street, should pay $950-$1,350 a month.

Those rates went into effect on April 1, but more than 40 tenants paid only their old rates and countered with their own rental study that found that rates should be $265 to about $300 for most puestos, and merchants in most of the standalone businesses should pay $1.20-$2 per square foot.

A handful of tenants did sign the new deal in December, and some have been paying new rates since April. However, the city is owed about $72,000 a month in back rent since April from those who only paid old rates, which average about $1.35 per square foot for standalone businesses and $300 a month for the puestos, according to a 2009 audit by the City Controller’s office.

The latest agreement offers to forgive those back rents through Nov. 1., and within five years it would phase in rents up to market rate based on appraisal reports.

Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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The project is the first development for Legacy, which owns a few other parcels Downtown, said Schmidt, who declined to identify Legacy’s principal owners. According to the California Secretary of State, Legacy’s chief contact is Leon Neman, who co-owns Neman Brothers, a prominent Downtownbased textile wholesaler. Neman would not comment for this story.

The seven-story brick building, which is connected to a concrete structure that was added in 1940, has sat unused except as a canvas for graffiti writers for decades Schmidt said. So, 10 years later, after sitting on the property as it wallowed, why start building now?

“The economics,” said Schmidt. “The construction costs are low. The labor force is out there. People are willing to work just to stay afloat.”

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The structure is perched on a corner that, while bustling with Toy District commerce by day, is marred after sunset by the kind of Skid Row woes that keep many would-be denizens from checking out Downtown.

Ten years later, Legacy’s vision for the old Jeffries Banknote Company building is no longer far-fetched. The company broke ground on a $3.5 million-$5 million residential conversion of the 1927 structure, to be dubbed The Winston, in January and is on pace to open it as 43 apartments in summer 2012, said Stephan Schmidt, development di-

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Stephan Schmidt, director of development for Legacy Real Estate Holdings, is overseeing the conversion of the 1920 Jeffries Banknote Building into 43 market rate apartments.

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On a larger scale, institutional investors are showing an increasing appetite for completed rental projects. Related Cos. recently put two Little Tokyo apartment structures with high occupancy — Sakura Crossing and Hikari — on the market, in part to capitalize on swelling buyer demand. In January, a pension fund bought the City West apartment complex Canvas L.A. for $62.5 million, or about $350 per square foot.

For Legacy, turning the Winston into apartments is partly an effort to take advantage of a favorable moment in the market. But in terms of use, going the forrent residential route wasn’t much of a choice, Schmidt said. There is precedent, in developer Tom Gilmore’s Old Bank District apartment buildings, and more recently with Saeed Farkhondepour’s 96-unit Medallion.

“This building can’t be anything other than housing,” Schmidt said. “The office market in this area, there is none.

As far as buildings with ground floor retail with apartments on the top, this being a seven-story mid-rise, it’s comparable to Gilmore, and Medallion across the street. It’s one of the last dinosaurs, I guess you could say.”

Los Angeles or Bust When completed, the Winston will feature a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 600 to 1,200 square feet, most of them with balconies. Currently washed in a layer of white paint, the exterior of the structure will be buffed to feature its original brick and masonry.

Rents have not yet been set, but Schmidt expects them to be competitive with Gilmore’s buildings and the Medallion. According to Gilmore Associates’ apartment listings on Craigslist, rents are less than $2 per square foot.

The Medallion’s pricing is higher, according to the building’s website, at about $2.20 per square foot.

Legacy is seeking permits for a bar and jazz club called The Winston Room in a ground floor lounge space that fronts the alley between the building and a parking lot on Main Street. The property includes three retail spaces totaling 3,000 square feet.

Legacy also owns a one-story building with several shops on the northwest corner of Winston and Los Ange-

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As much as the Old Bank District has become a hip place for mostly young professionals to live and socialize, one block to the east, Los Angeles Street, is still considered the western edge of Skid Row. There is precedent for market-rate housing on Los Angeles Street, but not much. The Santee Village complex of condos and apartments opened (and recently re-launched under new ownership) at Los Angeles and Eighth streets. A portion of the Medallion rises on Los Angeles Street as well.

The Pacific Electric and Santa Fe Lofts front Main Street, but the buildings abut Los Angeles Street.

“It definitely is pushing the boundaries of the Historic Core,” said Russell Brown, executive director of the Historic Downtown Business Improvement District. “But it’s 50 feet from the San Fernando Building. And five years ago when Blossom and Stella Dottir opened in the Canadian Building [at Main and Winston streets], that was also pushing the boundaries, so I think it’s just part of the transformation of the neighborhood.”

Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry, who has been an advocate for various homeless service organizations, including developers of permanent supportive housing in and around Skid Row, said the de-facto border between the poverty-stricken world east of Los Angeles Street and the upwardly mobile crowd to the west isn’t and should not be cemented.

She said the Downtown Women’s Center is a prime example of the two worlds co-existing. The DWC, which provides an array of services for homeless women, occupies a recently renovated building on San Pedro Street, just north of Fifth Street in Skid Row, and immediately adjacent to the condo project the Little Tokyo Lofts.

“I think the DWC has shown that there doesn’t need to be a separation,” Perry said. “The front door faces on Skid Row and it has improved that block considerably and, I would argue, has lifted up the entire neighborhood. I think when you have a good operator and design there doesn’t need to be a separation.”

Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

Football Continued from page 5 In the end, he helped get a better deal for the city, but it’s unclear if any of the current council members have his sway.

There are two points to all this: First, why can’t both sides just save themselves time and money and make the deal now that they’ll ultimately agree to in a few months after the public process and all the back and forth? Just put Leiweke in a room with Mayor Austin Beutner, add some take-in from The Palm and a quick-typing courtroom stenographer, and boom, the deal gets done. While the real business happens, Villaraigosa can attend the opening of a shopping center in Reseda and get on TV. That’s win-win!

The other point is, maybe it’s time to ease up on the nopublic-money-ever rhetoric. Sure, no one wants to subsidize billionaires, but given the jobs, economic activity and other benefits that will come to Downtown Los Angeles and the rest of the city, allowing a limited amount of future income to flow toward the stadium deal may produce better results than letting City Hall handle the cash. Just look at the sheer number of cars and phones city officials get. Just consider the financial waste uncovered in audits conducted by City Controller Wendy Greuel and, before her, Laura Chick. Just think of how many city council and staff hours were wasted by two years of meetings and reports on the proposed sale of 10 city-owned parking garages. After all that time and expense, exactly zero companies made bids for the garages.

Do we really want public money not to go to AEG so the dollars instead can stay with the city and possibly get squandered?

It’d be one thing if the government were uniformly fiscally prudent, but that’s not the way business is done here.

So, drop the games and determine how much would be spent by both sides on the long-winded stadium and convention center deals. Then take that money, use it as the first deposit in a Downtown piggy bank, and let AEG power forward on Anschutzland.

If anyone can then convince the NFL to play ball, it will all be perfect.

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Perry believes the sign district would visually link two naturally synergistic hubs: the destinations of L.A. Live and the Convention Center to the south, and, at the northern end, the new Wilshire Grand. The hotel is expected to be a hub for tourists and Angelenos alike — it has been approved for up to 21 bars and restaurants on site.

“We’re planning for the future,” Perry said.

“Once a new hotel is up and running and the streetscape connects to the [L.A. Live] campus and all the way down to the Convention Center, there’s the expectation that there will be many, many more tourists. I think from an aesthetic standpoint it’s going to make a lot of sense and it’ll be quite apparent that they are connected.”

Not everyone was immediately on board.

Bert Dezzutti, senior vice president of Brookfield Properties, which owns the 7+Fig shopping center and two other office towers near the Wilshire Grand, initially opposed the signage plan, in part because he said it clashed with the aesthetics of the Financial District. The company later reached a settlement with TPG after the developer agreed to dim the brightness of its signs. Dezzutti declined to comment for this article.

Perry said Brookfield may even come to benefit from a future sign district. The firm is currently working on a $40 million renovation of the 7+Fig shopping center to be anchored by Downtown’s first Target. It would be a logical candidate for increased signage in the special district, Perry said.

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Twitter/DowntownNews when Staples Center was developed. Sign districts — formally known as Supplemental Sign Use Districts, or SSUDs — were first applied to larger neighborhoods in Hollywood in 2004.

The Hollywood SSUD was backed by developers and city officials who believed that the revenue to property owners generated by advertising would catalyze revitalization. The area did see a boost in development, notably along key stretches of Sunset and Hollywood boulevards, near Vine Street and Cahuenga Avenue.

It also resulted in a cacophony of advertising that some believe detracts from the neighborhood’s historic identity.

“Hollywood had a character that could have been enhanced with signage,” said Dennis Hathaway, president of the Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight. “What really happened with, say, the W Hotel, is it just got plastered with signs — billboards, essentially.

They don’t call them billboards, but that’s what they are.”

Perhaps surprising to those familiar with the anti-billboard activist, Hathaway is not opposed to all signage. He said the signs and lights at L.A. Live, for example, seem to fit within the context of that contained nucleus of sports, entertainment and all-around commercialism.

Perry and some proponents of digital signage and architectural lighting say that expanding the L.A. Live aesthetic along Figueroa Street is a natural evolution of the busy, commercial urban area. One of them is Hamid Behdad, president of Central City Development Corporation — but only if the signs are done the right way, he said.

“I am very, very against ugly billboards and signage, but I’m very much in favor of nicely designed, elegant signage,” Behdad said. “If you believe in urbanism you can’t really subtract signs from it. It’s just a fact of life. If you don’t want to see signs, go to the suburbs.”

Behdad said the Planning Department study will have to take enforcement into consideration so the city can act quickly against

scofflaws who erect signs beyond what is approved, or without approvals at all.

Perry said the study will also keep proportions in mind: A 10-story building won’t get the same allowances in square footage as, say, signs on the 45-story Wilshire Grand tower.

Even with a sign district, all major projects will be subject to a design review process, she said.

Still, proponents of urbanism should resist the idea that signs — even the ones incorporating the most cutting edge technology — represent a way to fundamentally transform a cultural or entertainment-related district, said architect Eric Owen Moss, director of the Downtown-based Southern California Institute of Architecture.

“They’re trying to make a conceptual area, give it a certain kind of light and energy, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it, but it’s odd to think you can bring life to a city by simply plugging it in,” Moss said. “It seems to me that what is important is the building you put the sign on.”

Signs vs. Lights The district would regulate two distinctly different elements: digital signage, which is usually a vehicle for advertising, and architectural lighting. In large contemporary buildings, both technologies are literally embedded in the structures, complete with lights and support infrastructure.

The plan for the Wilshire Grand involves an architectural lighting scheme on the midto upper levels of the 45-story phase one hotel and condominium tower. No text or logos — essentially, no advertising — would be allowed in these lighting elements, said Ayahlushim Getachew, senior vice president of Thomas Properties.

The advertising friendly digital signage, depicted in several TPG renderings as colorful landscapes dotted with flitting butterflies, would occupy a lower level of the building, from about the 35- to the 150-foot mark. The ground level signage will be mostly consistent with retail centers citywide, with normal business and restaurant signage above storefronts.

The brightness would be comparable to illumination of other Downtown office towers at night, and significantly less bright than most lighting at L.A. Live’s Nokia Plaza, said Chip Israel, a lighting consultant to the developer.

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The bright lights at L.A. Live were given the OK before Staples Center was built.

Downtown — just consider the illumination of City Hall’s spire — but the latest technology is, said Chris Martin of the Wilshire Grand project architect AC Martin Partners.

Martin said he hopes a sign district would catalyze the incorporation of cutting edge lighting technologies like 3D image mapping, which uses projections to turn buildings into veritable three-dimensional film screens.

If the Wilshire Grand development agreement is approved, the study would address an array of questions, including whether to expand the district beyond Figueroa Street.

There are only four undeveloped sites, all surface parking lots, that front the street.

The site proposed for the long-stalled megaproject known as Metropolis would seem to be an obvious beneficiary if the district’s boundaries are stretched a bit (a representative for the firm did not respond to requests for comment). The site fronts Francisco Street, one block west of Figueroa Street, and backs up on the Harbor (110) Freeway. Plans called for four towers on the plot.

As for measuring public support, the process will reach out to property owners and residents along the corridor, said Perry, who expects a positive response.

“I think by the very nature of folks who move to Downtown Los Angeles, there’s a certain understanding and level of acceptance that this is not a suburban lifestyle,” she said.

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It was then and there that Siguenza, who decades later would co-found the iconic theater troupe Culture Clash, announced to his mother that when he grew up he wanted to be Picasso. His mom did not share his enthusiasm.

“She told me no, because ‘Parece loco,’” Siguenza said, using the Spanish for “He looks crazy.”

While Siguenza of course never became Picasso, this week he’ll have the opportunity to embody the Spanish artist.

Siguenza’s one-man show A Weekend With Picasso has its West Coast premiere at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on Thursday, March 31 (it is currently in previews). The play, which was first staged in February at the Alley Theatre in Texas, continues at the Spring Street venue through May 1.

The play, directed by Todd Salovey, the associate artistic director of the San Diego Repertory Theatre, looks at the artist s nNew ntowof during a weekend in his studio on coast France in 1957 .Dow /L.Athe m o .c k o o b as he is working onFaacefew commissioned pieces that are facing a deadline. The focus is fully on the 52-year-old Siguenza, who in addition to acting like the artist will attempt to paint like him on stage.

Salovey admits that he initially had reservations about the theatricality of bringing the story to life. He became convinced it would work when he learned of Siguenza’s desire to paint in front of the audience. Salovey knew it would make the actor credible as Picasso.

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then they start to believe they’re seeing Picasso,” Salovey said.

The play visits Picasso at the age of 76, about the same “I think that Herbert is channeling Picasso.” age the artist was in the book when the young Siguenza first Siguenza is, at least, tapping some talents that he is not nec- learned of him during that fateful trip to the dentist’s office. essarily known for by audiences.

The plot sets the audience as a weekend visitor who Picasso “A lot of people don’t know that art has always been my assumes was sent by an art dealer to make sure he finishes first love,” said Siguenza, who studied art and graduated with some work on time. a BFA in printmaking from the California College of Arts in StartsPicasso is at first annoyed by the visitor, viewing the audiOakland.

Marchence 18as a nuisance. After a while, he eases up and becomes a To prepare for the performance, Siguenza spent months mentor to those in the seats. recreating some of Picasso’s paintings in an attempt to underPicasso recounts some of his life and his work, but it’s not stand the artist. He later learned that, due to copyright issues, a retrospective about the artist, Siguenza said. Rather, it is while on stage he can not actually recreate Picasso’s work. an in-the-moment look at the more down-to-earth side of a “I was going to use those in the show until I found out we complicated man. couldn’t, that Website meant I have paintMovie my own versions of “He talks to the audience, there’s no fourth wall, and they’ll ChecksoOur fortoFull Listings LADowntownNews.com Picasso,” he said. see all sides of him,” Siguenza said. “He was very joyous and Born for the Role very hospitable with his friends.”

If his painting abilities come as a surprise to the audience, it Salovey notes that Siguenza’s Picasso also has a message for is perhaps because they have been overshadowed by his stage the audience. He asks them if they are happy with what they success. are doing in life and implores them to combine their passion Siguenza, along with Richard Montoya and Ric Salinas, with their work. started Culture Clash in 1984 in San Francisco. Their work “It’s an interesting moment,” Salovey said. “He’s not the torblends social satire, pop culture and politics. tured artist, but what we’re seeing is a very content family man, The trio moved to Los Angeles in 1991. They have traveled content with his accomplishments, and at the same time we’re Starts around the country and gained significant local acclaim for seeing him trying to grapple with the work around him.”

Chavez Ravine, staged in 2003 at the Mark Taper Forum, March and While the audience will likely leave with some new knowl25 Water & Power, which was mounted at the same venue three edge of Picasso, Siguenza said the play has taught him a lot. years later.

“He learned to never stop creating, be more organic, more For his first solo performance, Siguenza said he has taken spontaneous, to be fearless,” Siguenza said. “All these words more than 20 years of experience as an artist to create the role are hard to live by, but it’s something I definitely try to do.” of a lifetime.

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Beer Continued from page 1 brewers has gone from 8 in 1980 to more than 1,600 in 2010.

So, in a way, Downtown’s nightlife upswing comes at the perfect time to try a new brew.

Early Adopter Michael Bowe was one of the early adopters of the craft beer movement. The former gaffer and writer in the film industry discovered home brewing in the late 1980s when he got a mail-order beer kit. He was hooked from his first batch of pale ale and won several industry awards, among them the California Home Brewer of the Year prize in 1995 and ’96.

He launched Angel City Brewing on St. Patrick’s Day in 1997 in Culver City and turned it into a legitimate business. He opened his new 27,000-square-foot space in the 100-year-old John A. Roebling Building at 216 S. Alameda St. on March 19. Unlike the other recent arrivals, Angel City is a true brewery, with the capacity to produce more than 1,000 barrels a year.

Bowe has big plans for Downtown, where he is currently employing five people at Angel City.

“I always thought that if you’re going to have a brewery in a city you put it Downtown, and I want to turn this into an institution,” he said. “In 10 years I want to be making 100,000 barrels a year.”

Bowe currently sells beer to walk-in customers Thursday through Sunday. Wide-scale production should begin in about a month, he said, and he’ll be producing brews such Angel City “Che,” a pale lager, Angel City Pilz, a bohemian pilsner with a spicy finish, Angel City Belgian IPA and Charlie Parker Pale Ale, named after the jazz musician.

Other plans for the cavernous space include a restaurant, stages for live music and an outdoor beer garden. But his biggest joy comes from watching customers try his just-made creations.

“Beer doesn’t want to go anywhere, it wants to be drunk right here,” he said. “It’s kind of like milk: It has to be fresh and nothing tastes better than fresh beer from a brewery.”

The Showman Verdugo took a different path to beer purveyor. As the owner of Broadway’s Club 740 (which recently changed its

name to The Globe Theater), he admits he’s not a beer expert, but an aficionado with an eye for flair.

Flair is what he’s bringing to the Los Angeles Brewing Company, where the 100 beers on tap will include everything from Bud Light to artisan options such as Brother Thelonious Abby Style Ale and Flying Dog Imperial Porter. He plans to focus on beers from local and California microbreweries like Nibble Bit Tabby Brewery, just south of Downtown.

Like Bowe, Verdugo thinks the Central City is ready to quaff.

“I didn’t want to do this anywhere else but Downtown,” he said.

Although the space is still dusty and under construction, Verdugo has an ambitious opening day in mind and big plans for the 8,000-square-foot spot in the Chapman Building at 756 S. Broadway. He is installing a $130,000 broken-glass bar top, a couple of $5,000 colored mirrors, 100-year-old marbletop tables and a glass staircase that will lead to a second floor bar focusing on mixed cocktails.

He plans to offer a membership card that, like airline miles, will pay off for frequent users — after a customer’s 50th beer, a bartender will ring a bell and hand over a brass mug. He expects to have plenty of takers.

“Craft beers are growing in popularity, so it’s not just the beers that are going to attract people to your venue. It’s what else you have to offer,” he said.

The Teachers The most unlikely new addition to the Downtown craft beer scene is Public School 612. That’s because the establishment is inside an already popular business, the Daily Grill, at (naturally) 612 S. Flower St. The spin-off is an attempt to appeal to a nightlife crowd and re-energize the restaurant’s bar.

The offerings will likely surprise most customers, and bar manager Trevor Mortensen aims to educate people. Those who ask for a Budweiser will instead be guided to Craftsman 1903, a lager with a hint of sweet grain from a Pasadena microbrewery. Those looking for a Newcastle will be steered to a San Diego brew called Ballast Point Calico Amber.

The beer menu looks like a school composition notebook, with more than 30 selections broken down into subjects. The “American History” category holds craft beers mainly from California, including the Eagle Rock Solidarity, a mild ale, and the Stone Arrogant Bastard, an in-your-face assault of hops not meant for those with low tolerance.

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Ralph Verdugo plans to offer more than 100 tap beers in his Los Angeles Brewing Company. The bar is set to open in April in the Chapman Building.

The “Semester Abroad” category offers selections from, well, abroad, with strong Belgian entries like the Duvel Green, a light body citrus-tinged drink, and Echt Krieknbier, an oakaged blend.

The “Study Group” beers are monster bottles meant for sharing. They include Telegraph Stock Porter, with hints of coffee, vanilla, chocolate and fruit, and the $35 Allagash Curiex, a Jim Beam Bourbon barrel-aged Belgian with a hefty 11% alcohol by volume content.

“We have people who come in with a great knowledge of beer, but we also have others that get educated on craft beer,” Mortensen said. He added that he hopes to snag limited release beers down the line.

In the meantime, he’s happy more people are paying attention to good beer.

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Thursday, Mar. 31 Central Library 630 W. Fifth St., Meeting Room A, (213) 228-7000 or lapl.org.

6-8 p.m.: Learn how to develop a marketing plan in a “Business Marketing Basics” workshop.

saTurday, apr. 2 California African American Museum 600 State Dr., (213) 744-7432 or caamuseum.org.

1 p.m.: “Identity: You, Me and What Others See” is a panel discussion exploring race, appearance and acceptance.

Central Library Art Department Landing, Second Fl., 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7000 or lapl.org.

1-3:30 p.m.: Learn all about “Alice And That Blue Dress: From Victorian Times to the Present,” then watch a screening of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. sunday, apr. 3 California African American Museum

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Friday, apr. 1 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-DINO or visit nhm.org.

5:30-10 p.m.: First Fridays, the museum’s monthly party, blends music and drink with cutting edge academia, tours, bands and DJs. At 6:30 p.m., Dr. Steven Finkel will discuss “How the Smallest Organisms Created Our World and Are Now Saving It.” SCI-Arc Lecture Series 960 E. Third St., (213) 356-5328 or sciarc.edu. In the W. M. Keck Lecture Hall.

7 p.m.: Hey all you urban planning geeks. David Bergman, principal of Los Angeles-based consulting firm MR+E, focuses on economic analysis related to urban planning. He’ll discuss “Planning in Five Dimensions.”

Museum of Neon Art 136 W. Fourth St., (213) 489-9918 or neonmona.org.

8 p.m.: MONA’s First Friday Music Series features live bands performing against the backdrop of bright, buzzing neon.

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Singer-songwriter Kenny Rogers (“The Gambler,” “Lady”) is also a producer, actor, photographer and entrepreneur (remember the Kenny Rogers Roasters chicken franchise?). Hear him talk about his Texas roots, his career and his new album on Monday, March 28, at 8 p.m. at the Grammy Museum, followed by an audience Q&A. Speaking of singer-songwriters, on March 30 at 7:30 p.m. the museum screens Troubadours, a film about the musical movement of the late ’60s, centered at the West Hollywood club the Troubadour where Carole King, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Joni Mitchell and many others found their voices. A post-screening panel with director Morgan Neville and special guests will follow. At 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org.

Wednesday, Mar. 30 SCI-Arc Lecture Series 960 E. Third St., (213) 356-5328 or sciarc.edu. In the W. M. Keck Lecture Hall.

7 p.m.: A discussion with Jesse Reiser, whose work reflects his fascination with form generation. Reiser is a big user of animation software in his designs.

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From the land of the kiwi birds, director and choreographer Lemi Ponifasio and MAU, New Zealand’s preeminent contemporary dance and theatre company, alight at the Million Dollar Theatre with the U.S. premiere of Tempest Without a Body. Staged by REDCAT for two nights — Saturday, Apr. 2, at 8:30 p.m., and Apr. 3 at 7 p.m. — the ferocious dance production combines elements of Shakespeare, avante garde theater and ritual to explore personal liberty and the escalation of state powers. At 307 S. Broadway, (213) 2372800 or redcat.org.

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“What laid this egg?” Crack the case, not the egg, during the First Fridays event at the Natural History Museum when the venue stays open from 5:30-10 p.m. for tours, scientific discussion, live music, drinks and DJs. On April 1, in addition to the ornithology enigma, learn how microbes created the world and how they are saving it.

Then groove to the international pop sounds of The Pinker Tones and Latin indie music darling Ceci Bastida in the Diorama Hall surrounded by animals in their natural (well, somewhat natural) habitats. At 900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-3466 or nhm.org.

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And then there was… Thomas Adès.

The British composer/pianist/conductor and music thought-leader tells the Creation story in “In Seven Days,” an ambitious piano concerto with full orchestra and hightech abstract imagery that is played out on huge screens at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday-Saturday, Apr. 1-2, at 8 p.m., and Apr. 3 at 2 p.m. Adès conducts the Phil, Sō Percussion, the Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble and pianists Nicolas Hodges, Katia and Marielle Labèque, and Gregory DeTurck in two Stravinsky works as well. But, wait, there’s more: The Aspect of Adès Festival runs until Apr. 9 with three completely different programs the second weekend. It’s at 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.com. image courtesy of SCI-Arc

Tuesday, Mar. 29 ALOUD at the Central Library 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org.

7 p.m.: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon talks to journalist Lisa Ling about “The Dressmaker of Khair Khana.” It’s the true story of an unlikely entrepreneur who saved her family and inspired her community in Afghanistan under the Taliban.

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SPONSORED LISTINGS Live Church LA Club Nokia, 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 4934329 or livechurchla.com April 3, 10 a.m.: Join Live Church L.A. for a new series: “Do You Believe?” Most people want a touch, taste, see, and smell guarantee before they believe anything. The reality is that everyone “believes” or acts on something without absolute proof everyday — belief in things unseen is more a fabric of our lives than absolutes. Come discover the power of believing.

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8 a.m.: “California Recovery: Will Apartments Lead the Way?” Find out at the USC Casden Multifamily Market Forecast. Industry experts will discuss the challenges and emerging opportunities in the multifamily market and give fresh perspectives on conduit lending and multifamily development. Registration at 7 a.m., lunch at noon.

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Explore Downtown’s Bunker Hill, Financial District, Historic Core, and Little Tokyo neighborhoods by discovering public art and places developed through the CRA/LA Art Program.

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Can architecture promote hedonism?

Bestor Architecture’s installation “Silent Disco,” which opens Friday, April 1, at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, invites visual, communal and physical pleasure with its bad-boy demi-dodecahedron design (12-sided geometric solid, of course) and graphic interface. Designed with the SCI-Arc students in mind as an escape from all that left-brain classroom activity, by day it’s a quiet, unplugged refuge, a silent volume of light reflecting and refracting rays from embedded mirror ball fragments; by night, with downloadable soundtrack, DJs, projections, fog, back rooms and dark halls, it’s time to party like it’s 1976!

You can do just that at the opening night reception from 7-9 p.m. The exhibition runs through May 15 at 960 E. Third St., (213) 613-2200 or sciarc.edu.

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We Got Games The Dodgers Return, and Shhhhh, the Kings Are Playoff Bound Los Angeles Dodgers Dodger Stadium, 1000 Elysian Park Ave., (213) 224-1400 or dodgers.mlb.com.

March 31, 5 p.m.; April 1, 7:10 p.m.; April 2, 1:10 p.m.; April 3, 5 p.m.: That’s right — it’s Dodger time. Peanuts, crackerjacks, Andre Ethier, wildly pricey beer and fireworks are back! Ready for a buzzkill? So are the defending champion San Francisco Giants, who in a bizarre scheduling choice open their title defense in the Ravine. Never has there been a better excuse to ditch work early and celebrate spring in Los Angeles. Go Doyers!

Los Angeles Lakers Staples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 742-7100 or nba.com/lakers.

March 31, 7:30 p.m.; April 3, 12:30 p.m.: The Lakers host an always tough, Dirk Nowitzki-led Dallas Mavericks

squad to start the week. Then it’s off to Mormon country to take on the Utah Jazz (April 1), who have played a bit out of tune ever since Jerry Sloan called it quits and Deron Williams was sent packing. They come home to host a team that surprisingly seems to have improved since parting ways with its star: The Denver Nuggets have been hot since Carmelo Anthony ditched them for New York.

Opponent Los Angeles Clippers Staples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 742-7100 or nba.com/clippers.

March 30, 7:30 p.m.; April 2, 7:30 p.m.: The Mavericks come to town, and the Clippers will look to (guess who?)

Blake Griffin to slow down the Dirk of Dallas. Then it’s off to Phoenix before returning to host Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Los Angeles Kings Staples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., 1 (888) KINGS-LA or kings.nhl.com.

April 2, 1 p.m.: Skating toward the regular season finish line, the Kings are on the road to take on the Edmonton Oilers (March 29) and Vancouver Canucks (March 31) before returning to Staples Center to host the Dallas Stars.

They’re closing in on a rare playoff berth, but shhhhh… don’t jinx anything.

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Andre Ethier and the Dodgers open the season at home against the San Francisco Giants.

Don’t forget to dress the part — it’s required.

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Apr. 1, 8 p.m.: Dierks Bentley with Josh Thomp- cana era.

3, 1 p.m.: It’s Hattitude time! CAAM’s annual son and Miss Willie Brown.

Mar. 29, 10 p.m.: Useless. homage to Easter celebrations features a fashion Apr. 2, 8 p.m.: Prince Royce sings bachata in both Mar. 30, 10 p.m.: Veterans of psychobilly The show of Alakazia’s couture hat collection. Enjoy the English and Spanish.

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This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant began to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on March 01, 2000.

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by Jon Regardie executive editor

T

he architecture firm Gensler, which has local offices in Santa Monica but is soon moving to Downtown Los Angeles, has been selected to design the $1 billion football stadium and events center in South Park. The decision was announced on Friday, March 25, by Anschutz Entertainment Group, which hopes to build the stadium.

“It’s a very exciting day for our firm,” Ron Turner, the director of the firm’s Sports/Entertainment division, told Los Angeles Downtown News.

Gensler will now begin to create concept schematic designs for the 64,000-seat stadium with a retractable roof that would rise on the site of the Convention Center’s West Hall.

The firm’s design team is being led by Turner and company Principal-In-Charge Andy Cohen.

“Today’s announcement represents a significant milestone

and is a further sign that AEG is determined to make Farmers Field a reality while providing the leadership to modernize the Los Angeles Convention Center,” said Mark Romani, president and CEO of Denver-based ICON Venue Group, which is AEG’s “owner’s representative” on the project, in a statement.

Turner said he thinks AEG was won over by a design that has the building not standing out, but fitting in to the greater surroundings in South Park.

“It complements the whole campus at L.A. Live and it looks like it fits,” he said. “I know that was always important to [AEG] that the building fits in the campus environment and not be dominant.”

In December, Gensler was named one of three finalists for the project that is seen as both a home for NFL football and a way for Los Angeles to bolster its convention business. The other finalists were HNTB and HKS Sports & Entertainment Group.

The Gensler renderings unveiled in December depict a stadium with a long, thin oval window placed on its side above the end zone, giving view to the Ritz-Carlton/J.W. Marriott hotel. It showed two levels of luxury suites — Romani previously said there will be more than 200 in the stadium — above the first level of seating. Video screens were in two corners.

image courtesy of Gensler

The rendering Gensler created for Farmers Field in December.

Gensler has significant experience with AEG and Los Angeles developments. The firm designed the $1 billion Convention Center hotel and is working on the renovation of the 7+Fig shopping center. Turner also worked on the design of Staples Center while he was with the firm NBBJ. In February, Gensler announced that it is leaving Santa Monica for a new home in City National Plaza. It will bring 250 jobs to Downtown.

Contact Jon Regardie at regardie@downtownnews.com.

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