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This Is the New Dodger Baseball Mark Walter, Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson and Their Partners Complete the $2.15 Billion Purchase of the Los Angeles Dodgers

Frustration in the Fashion District.

What got bought at the Wilshire Grand.

Pizza, burgers and big food news.

photo by Gary Leonard

Sondheim’s classic ‘Follies’ returns.

On Tuesday, May 2, the new owners of the Dodgers took the field at Dodger Stadium. Their purchase of the team from Frank McCourt closed the previous day. During the public introduction Johnson announced that parking had been reduced from $15 to $10. (l to r) Bobby Patton, Stan Kasten, Walter, Johnson, Peter Guber and Todd Boehly.

Condos and Hotel Planned for Spring Street Title Insurance Building Could Get 250 Units; Cambria Suites May Open in Adjacent Building

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n investment group led by Historic Core developer Izek Shomof has purchased the Title Insurance Building at 433 S. Spring St. and plans to build 250 condominiums. The deal includes an adjacent structure at 419 S. Spring St. where PNK I Group, a hotel developer and operator, has had a lease in place since 2007. The company is angling to convert the building into a hotel aimed at business travellers. Shomof would not disclose the purchase price but said he partnered on the deal with Naty Saidoff, owner of Capital Foresight, a Bel Airbased commercial real estate holding company.

The Shomof/Capital Foresight group paid for the property in an all-cash deal, Shomof said. The investors have an ambitious schedule in mind: “We’re hoping to break ground in four months,” Shomof said. The road to a groundbreaking — finalizing drawings, securing entitlements and getting building permits — usually takes longer than four months. Development timeframes are often extended even further when it comes to converting nearly century-old Historic Core buildings. If Shomof is able to realize his vision, the project would be the first start on a Downtown condominium venture in years and only the fifth for-sale residential property in the rental-dense Historic

Core. Two area condo pioneers, the El Dorado and Rowan Lofts, are on the same block. “I believe the market is changing and three years from now, when it’s going to open up, the market will be a great market to sell,” Shomof said. PNK, which develops and operates primarily middle-market hotels such as Comfort Inn and Holiday Inn, is angling to break ground on a hotel at 419 S. Spring St. this year, said Jay Kumar, the company’s president and CEO. PNK, which has let the property sit vacant for almost five years, has not finalized its financing, he said. Kumar said the group is in advanced negotiations to bring a Cambria Suites to the building. see Housing, page 13

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AROUNDTOWN Man Arrested for Hitting Cop With Drum

olice on May 2 arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with a May Day assault on a police officer. Officials say the suspect, Brian Mendoza of Los Angeles, is the man caught on video striking a police officer in the back of her Kevlar helmet with a metal snare drum during the May 1 demonstrations. Mendoza was allegedly among a crowd of protestors affiliated with Occupy L.A. who surrounded officers near Fourth and Hill streets, said LAPD Commander Andrew Smith. The officer was hospitalized with a concussion, Smith said. Mendoza was found and arrested at an encampment of people affiliated with Occupy L.A. near Fourth and Towne streets in Skid Row, Smith said. He is being held without bail. Police are also looking for masked suspects caught on video ramming the backs of police officers with wooden pallets. The May 1 protests, which brought together immigrant rights activists with Occupy L.A. members, were mostly peaceful, officials said. There was one other arrest Downtown, of a 34-year-old woman who allegedly made a false bomb threat outside the Bank of America branch at Seventh and Figueroa streets, said Lt. Paul Vernon. The Bomb Squad determined that the woman did not have an explosive device. Her bail was set at $20,000

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A Skid Row Cat Roundup

he effort to rescue dozens of homeless Skid Row felines has seen significant progress, though much remains to be done. Melya Kaplan, the founder and executive director of the Santa Monica-based Voice for the Animals, said that as of May 1, 26 kittens and two adult cats had been caught and taken out of the parking lot that once housed the One at a Time church on the corner of Seventh and San Julian streets. “It’s a very labor intensive job to get these cats. We’ll have to keep going in many, many times to get every one,” she said, noting that there may be dozens more cats that need to be corralled. The effort began in April when church officials realized they would have to move after losing some funding. Church members had been feeding the cats for several years and feared the animals would not find food after they departed. The rescue group is looking for donations and foster homes for the cats. Voice for the Animals is at (310) 392-5153 or vftafoundation.org.

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he Amgen Tour of California returns to Downtown this month, but chances to win a bike and ride part of the course make it different from years past. Event organizer Anschutz Entertainment Group, in partnership with Los Angeles Downtown

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EDITORIALS Union Station’s Curious Vision Quest

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he Metropolitan Transportation Authority has a game-changing opportunity with Union Station. The transit agency acquired the historic rail hub and 38 surrounding acres of land last year for $75 million. Metro staff immediately made a wise move by initiating a competition to find a firm to create a master plan for the property. This showed vision and strategy, and we were pleased to see that, rather than jumping into anything hastily, Metro was thinking decades into the future. This is, obviously, a crucial location: Union Station is the center of mass transit in Southern California. Smart, effective planning today will pay off potentially for generations. That’s the good news. The bad news, or rather, the curious news, concerns Metro’s recent experiment in having finalists for the master plan create “vision boards” for the property in 2050. The problem is that, after the fanfare, the visions mean absolutely nothing. As Los Angeles Downtown News reported last week, Metro held a flashy event on April 25 in which master plan finalists from around the globe flocked to Union Station to show off fantastical dreams. Standout architectural and design firms revealed plans for projects encompassing, among other things, urban farmland and skyscrapers with what looked like forests hundreds of feet in the air. Pretty stuff, to be sure, but Metro staff said the visions will never get built. Additionally, the designs will have zero impact in determining who wins the contract for the master plan. Metro said the project was intended to spark inspiration and get people — from designers to the citizenry — excited. That’s nice, and we’re all for having fun and thinking big, but in this instance, the effort seems misplaced. We don’t see a true long-term effect. It’s hard to fathom why world-class architects would want to spend time coming up with something that, in the end, will only look pretty, and why such a big show of it was made if there’s no chance of realizing these dreams. The firms, all hopeful for a contract that will be worth millions of dollars, probably felt they could not refuse the request to create vision boards. It would have been preferable to get a sense of what the architects and designers think can actually happen, to learn how they intend to shape this vital location. That would have been more meaningful. Metro has scored some big victories lately. The opening of the long-awaited Expo Line is a major achievement, and real progress is being made on the Downtown Regional Connector. We’ll hope that the vision boards were just a blip. Too bad — it might have been nice to see urban farmland and forests in the sky.

Right Time for Increased Police Force in Downtown

n April 23, people in the heart of Downtown may have noticed something surprising. Those on the streets would have seen more police officers than normal. The men and women in blue were walking around, rather than being stuck in black and white squad cars. That perhaps unlikely sight has continued, and that’s a very good thing. Although many people may not yet realize it, the increase in uniformed officers on the streets of Downtown is the biggest and most important LAPD move in the community since the introduction of the Safer Cities Initiative in 2006. The surge of officers, which Los Angeles Downtown News reported on last week, is also a vital step in insuring that the community remains safe amidst a rising tide of potential problems. The timing could not have been better, and although people in communities that lost officers may disagree, we think the department is being forward thinking in the deployment. We commend Central Area Capt. Horace Frank, Deputy Chief Jose Perez, Police Chief Charlie Beck and the other department brass who had a hand in pushing for or facilitating the change. We know that some people will complain whenever additional city resources are directed Downtown, no matter how important the need. As Downtown News reported, more than 40 officers have been shifted from stations throughout the city to Downtown Los Angeles. The first smart move comes in having these officers walk foot beats. Although police may be able to cover more territory in a car, the presence of cops on the sidewalks both sends a message of safety and can have a deterrent effect on potential criminal activity. While the officers will patrol communities such as the Financial District, the Historic Core and Little Tokyo, they will also have a secondary effect: Their presence will allow officers with the SCI unit to focus specifically on Skid Row. This is important because SCI officers have not always concentrated on the impoverished area. Although Safer Cities, which sent 50 cops to Downtown when it was introduced six years ago, has had a huge effect — the local crime rate has fallen by 36% since 2005, according to the department — members of the team have actually patrolled a much wider area, one bounded by Hill, Second, Alameda and Ninth streets. That was fine for a while. Although some still believe that SCI has unfairly targeted the homeless, a crackdown on quality of life crimes has paid off for everyone in Downtown. The denizens of

Skid Row are among those who have seen their lives improved by safer streets. However, things have begun to change. In the last year or so, three primary factors have conspired to make it difficult for the LAPD to keep the area safe with the existing level of resources. Some Downtowners have grown concerned. First, the prison realignment that went into effect last year (the cost-cutting move shifted large numbers of inmates from state prisons to county facilities) is leading to more people being released from lockups early. Some of these individuals lack a safety net and are drawn to Downtown because of the shelters and services here. Additionally (and certainly related), homelessness is increasing, and considering that many on the streets are addicts, this can correspond to a hike in drug activity. Among other things, this means more dealers who prey on those with substance abuse problems. The third factor is a judicial ruling last June that has led to a proliferation of trash and dirty conditions in Skid Row. Police and other city staff have stopped pulling apparently abandoned items off the streets because the ruling mandates that anything taken be kept for 90 days, even if it appears to be refuse. Although the directive seeks to prevent the personal property of homeless individuals from being trashed, the result is increasing detritus on the sidewalks. The filth has led to alarming reports of drug-resistant staph infection. These factors have not yet created an atmosphere of danger in Downtown, but Central Division staff say they are getting more quality of life complaints. Clearly, conditions are at a point where things could change quickly. That’s why it makes sense to get the Safer City cops into the heart of Skid Row, and why now is the time to have new officers patrolling the wider area. Fortunately, at a time when there is the potential for conditions to deteriorate, there is a heightened police presence. The change also came about because of community support. The Downtown Center Business Improvement District and the Central City East Association are among the organizations that have called for additional help. It’s good to have such proactive groups in our midst. In an ideal world, this LAPD deployment will stop crime before it starts and prevent bad situations from ever occurring. Ironically, the best result may be that nothing happens.

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Vendor Crackdowns in Style in the Fashion District City Officials Ask LAPD to Stop Citing Stores With Sidewalk Displays by RichaRd Guzmán

duced a motion that would establish an “overlay zone” that would legalize the display of outdoor merchandise within the n most days in the Fashion District, shoppers Fashion District. It also asks the LAPD to suspend citations unthrong the area looking for deals on clothes, ac- til the city comes up with a plan to modify the law for the area. cessories and even pirated goods. They visit stores “This overlay zone will legislatively allow those aspects of and peruse merchandise set up on stands on the sidewalks the community that are so unique to pulling in customers to of the 100-block area. continue,” Perry said. A couple of months ago, however, Daniel Cua had an The unusually blunt motion highlights the effects of the unexpected encounter. After the employee of Vanessa strict enforcement in the district, which is roughly bounded Accessories set up a display of cell phone gear outside the by Main, Stanford and Sixth streets and the 10 Freeway. It store on 11th Street, he got a citation from a police officer. points out that the aggressive LAPD activity is having finanAlthough it is technically illegal to display commercial cial repercussions. goods on a sidewalk, Cua said he was shocked by the misde“The most recent enforcement activity in the Fashion meanor citation. After all, he and others said, the LAPD and District has created uncertainty, fostered a negative effect on other city officials have long tolerated the practice. economic activity, and damaged the unique character of the “We thought we were doing everything within the bound- area,” the motion reads. aries,” said Cua, who added that his ticket has been tempoPerry said that while the street-display atmosphere is not rarily suspended. “I didn’t think we were doing anything right for every part of the city, it is so ingrained in the Fashion wrong.” District that many property owners have provisions in their Cua is not the only one to be surprised. About two months leases allowing tenants to display their wares on the sidewalk as ago the LAPD cracked down on outdoor displays in the area long as they do so within a certain distance of the property line. during a daylong sweep. Officers dispensed more than a dozen “This was an implicit agreement not only between the photo by Gary Leonard citations and several individuals who lacked proper identifica- landlord and the tenant, but also the LAPD, which over the Fashion District business owner Eduardo Campi points to outdoor tion were arrested. years has been aware of that and has worked with people in displays that have led to recent citations in the area. Although LAPD brass say it was a one-day action, some the Fashion District to allow this to continue,” Perry said. vendors say the heavy enforcement has continued, and Change in Practice ONS I T P Central Area Capt. 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What I Bought at the Wilshire Grand Liquidation Sale Customers Show Off Their Purchases by Kat Mabry

April 26, buyers have continued to come for towels, silverware, dishes, bedding and other items from the 896-room establishment. The hotel will be razed in June to make way for a massive $1 billion hotel/office structure. Los Angeles Downtown News spoke with some early purchasers to check out what they bought and why.

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ne of the most popular Downtown shopping destinations recently has been the Wilshire Grand Hotel, where a liquidator is helping move an estimated $2 million worth of merchandise from the shuttered 1952 establishment. Although flat screen TVs were sold out by 9:30 a.m. on the opening day of Thursday,

Buyers: Dave Glowacki and Lauren Rugina Job: Glowacki works in entertainment; Rugina is in pet services From: Sherman Oaks Left With: “We got here by 7:30 a.m.,” said Glowacki. “I was surprised we were fourth in line. I have four beta fish and you can’t put them together or they’ll kill each other, so two will go in the glass jars I bought today. I like a lot of Japanese flatware and bought shot glasses from the bar, sauce dishes, plates and other stuff too.”

Buyer: Lupe Martinez Job: Retired From: Sherman Oaks Left With: “I bought the robe for $25, and as soon as I get back to the car I’m going to call my friend who owns a restaurant in Studio City and tell him he has to come down here.”

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Continued from page 9 Buyer: Victoria Bernal Job: Executive assistant From: Echo Park Left With: “My mom used to come to press conferences here in the ’60s. She worked for Sunset magazine. When she heard that this was going to be demolished, she said, ‘There goes a little bit of my own history.’ I bought little trinkets for her to remember it by. The only thing that has the name Wilshire Grand on it is a coffee cup. I also bought a ladle, a silver platter and a few gifts.”

Buyer: Linda Sutton Job: Flight attendant From: Venice Beach Left With: “I bought Japanese bowls and little dishes and sushi plates. I love Japanese design and these are really pretty. They’re not as expensive as in Little Tokyo. I’ll use them for dinner and setting the table.”

Buyer: Rany Baroudi and David Baker Job: Baroudi is director of operations and Baker is executive chef at Hilton Checkers From: Los Angeles Left With: “We purchased coffee drip collectors for the banquet rooms in the hotel we work at,” said Baker. “It’ll look nicer at Hilton Checkers,” added Baroudi. “We actually found a lot of cool stuff for banquets,” chimed in Baker. “The glasses here are really cheap, 33 cents each. We bought a ton of stuff. We’ve got room service tray jacks, at least 100 or so water glasses and another 100 or so bread and butter plates.”

Buyer: Barry Thomas Job: Pianist From: Los Angeles Left With: “I’m a hoarder. I buy all kinds of stuff from hotels. I have a popcorn machine from the Holiday Inn and one from a Ritz-Carlton. These are the first towels I’ve purchased from a hotel. I wish they had the name Wilshire Grand on them, but it’s OK. I bought 10.”

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Continued from page 2 Campus. Recently, the Exposition Park museum opened the Erika J. Glazer Home Garden, where visitors and school groups will learn about planting their own gardens, and the 1913 Garden, featuring flowers and pollinators that bloom year-round. Although the North Campus will not open until June 2013 — the centennial of the museum’s opening — the new spaces will be used for occasional public programs (which will be listed at nhm.org). When complete, the North Campus will create a new “front yard” and main entrance for the Exposition Park facility, with outdoor exhibits in 11 zones.

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tiple offers, many from investment-minded cash buyers. “I’ve probably written 30 offers this year and I have five things in escrow,” he said. Hal Bastian, who has led the Downtown Center Business Improvement District’s monthly Downtown housing tour for prospective buyers or renters for about 10 years, has encountered the same phenomenon. “We’re finding that the market is very tight,” he said. Currently, there are only a few “new release” for-sale projects, including 940 E. Second St. and the Gallery Lofts in the Arts District. The Ritz-Carlton Residences are on the market too, but the units that start around $800,000 appeal to a limited market. With few new condos available, Bastian has been showing his groups units on the resale market, though that segment is tight too, he said. Experienced Hand Shomof is known for redeveloping several buildings on the 600 block of South Spring Street. His properties include Premiere Towers, Spring Tower Lofts, City Lofts and the Hotel Hayward. He also heads a group of investors who recently purchased two faded residential hotels at Fifth and Los Angeles streets, the Baltimore and King Edward. In buying 433 S. Spring St., Shomof said he hopes to better connect Spring Street between Fourth and Sixth streets. That plan will likely get a boost next year with the opening of the Spring Street Park across the street from the Title Insurance Building. Bill Stevenson of Downtown Properties, developer of the Rowan and El Dorado, said the Shomof project, if successful, would be “a huge boost to the Historic Core.” He said the hotel could have an even greater impact by delivering a new demographic to the neighborhood

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ur son, Alexander, was born at California Hospital Medical Center on Grand Avenue in 2010. We are proud to say that he is a native of Downtown Los

Angeles. I met my husband, also Alexander, a few blocks north of the hospital at Hank’s, a bar dating back about 100 years. I am from Scotland, Alex is from Portland, Ore., and we both fell under Downtown’s spell when we arrived here separately. At a time when having a baby in Downtown is still relatively uncommon, it’s hard to know what to expect in terms of amenities and practicality. When I saw the Los Angeles Downtown News story on the Downtown LA Parents group in 2009, I was excited and relieved to learn that there were parents who wanted to connect with each other. I joined and we have had access to a lot of interesting and helpful information via the group and have been able to connect with other families in the area. There aren’t a lot of parks and play centers in Downtown yet. Having said that, Grand Hope Park, adjacent to FIDM and Ralph’s, is wonderful. It has a great play structure and Alexander lights up when he sees the “Sliiiiide!” We can spend entire afternoons there. Going a little further afield, Elysian Park is only 10 minutes

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ome people like Downtown Los Angeles because it seems “edgy” and “mysterious.” One Downtown mom once had a different take: She told me that Downtown’s “edgy” reality is interrupted when an elevator door opens and a neighborhood family clutching a stroller pushes their way out. Some people don’t get parents who elect to raise children in Downtown, and conversations can be emotionally charged and socially heated for those who only know the area as a business-by-day/party-by-night locale. By no means is Downtown a utopia for our family, but there isn’t ever a time when it feels any more normal or abnormal than other areas. Our kids experience a lifestyle with a relatively low carbon footprint. We live in a Historic Core three-bedroom apartment with two baths and approximately 1,200 square feet of space. My husband works three blocks away in the Spring Arts Tower, and when I was teaching high school art I would walk only seven blocks to work on the other side of Pershing Square. The family pretty much works, lives, eats and sleeps in a five- to 10-block radius. With this routine, our family walks a lot (sometimes the kids ride in the stroller). We walk to the park, to indoor playground the Little Barn, to meet friends with kids at rooftop pools or for crafting at MOCA. People in the neighborhood wave and say hello. Workers in the shops always ask about the kids. Solaris, my 3-year old son, loves perching on the stroller through Downtown with a play telescope to eye everything closely. The kids point to the dogs (“dog”) and the tunnels (“tunnel”). They point to sculptures, expressing what they see: elephant, giant, art, man. About two years ago, I was pregnant with my second child, my daughter Vesper, and walking in the Greenpoint area of Brooklyn. I saw a young couple walking with a 1-year old girl. I was so excited and asked how they felt so confident about letting their daughter walk so freely through the streets. The mom said that she was raised in Greenpoint and it was no big deal for them. Solaris was home with his dad and I couldn’t imagine him walking in Downtown. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and have always loved Downtown. My grandmother would come down here to shop at The Broadway before there was a Beverly Center. My dad would tell me of a time when the Red Car went to the ocean or the mountains, and there were still grand Victorian houses on Bunker Hill. In high school during the late ’80s my friends and I would occasionally have lunch at Gorky’s cafe and walk all around Downtown. We would peek into the studios

Rossi Continued from page 14 shortage of daycare services. Googling “daycare in Downtown LA” didn’t get me anywhere when I needed drop-in daycare a few months ago. I ended up travelling to Hollywood every morning for two weeks. Thanks to the Downtown LA Parents group, I found a wonderful daycare center in the heart of Downtown. The first time I left Alexander with them he cried. Parents know that the crying only lasts a few minutes or less in most cases, but this

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Alexandra Infante Cornell with her son Solaris and daughter Vesper.

that truly were live/work spaces created by artists, and would talk about how it would be so “bitchin’” if we could live like that one day. It sounds totally corny now, but in my heart of hearts Downtown felt like home even then. Of course Downtown has changed a lot since the ’80s. It’s much more habitable and hospitable now. The area is a place of accessibility. The whole family walks one block down the street to eat breakfast at Grand Central Market and take Angels Flight to MOCA. We can also walk to the kids’ music classes at the Colburn School. We take the Metro and drive to places like the L.A. Zoo and Kidspace, just like other L.A. parents. The only thing missing — besides more grocery stores — seems to be a real park on this end of Downtown (Grand Hope Park is nice but it shouldn’t be the only one fit for kids). My dream is that city planners and Angelenos will support Downtown as a place that kids and families can enjoy without thinking it strange. I have gone to city meetings and called people associated with building new parks, though I have been told there are no plans to put a children’s park in either the Spring Street Park or the Grand Avenue Civic Park. I guess people don’t naturally consider it when imagining the population that is continuing to grow here, which is a shame. Downtown is a great work in progress that hasn’t fully arrived, but I would rather be a mom here than other places. I feel extraordinarily proud to say that my kids will always feel that their family helped contribute to the Downtown L.A. that others will inherit.

doesn’t make the separation any easier. A few minutes after I left, my phone buzzed. It was a message with a photo of Alexander smiling. It was lovely of them to send the picture and so comforting to see that not only had he stopped crying, but he was already having fun. We plan to remain here and we’ll continue to enjoy all that Downtown has to offer. Even more than that, we will delight in watching our son and the Downtown community grow and develop. Not many families get the chance to participate in the formation of a fledgling community. It is a very exciting opportunity and at the same time, a challenging responsibility.

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Mother’s Day

The Mysteries and Gifts of Downtown A Mother and Daughter Find Surprises and Cultural Treasures Around Every Corner by Jaimy mann

y 5-year-old daughter Querelle became a Downtown resident 20 months ago. Shortly thereafter I found, and somehow got her into, a dream school — a Buddhist pre-school in Little Tokyo with art, odori and piano lessons. They even take field trips to places including nursing homes, the Japanese American National Museum and the zoo. Querelle and her classmates also ride the DASH to the Little Tokyo Library’s weekly story time with Ms. Keri. Once we moved to the loft, I found a job at a private college Downtown. I am an instructor and specialist in the library. Downtown has been good to us! Motherhood and childhood are truly magical in this community. Querelle and I go on intellectually enriching adventures to the same venues I take my college students to — the Watts Towers, the FIDM Museum and Galleries, MOCA and the Chinese American Museum. We learn about neighborhoods, gentrification, fashion, art, race and history together. Likewise, Downtown offers child-centered opportunities that I can transfer to my academic work. Because I am completing my Ph.D. in English, with a specialty in Children’s Literature and Culture, Querelle and I attend numerous library events and film festivals. Our favorites include the Central Library’s Christmas readings and REDCAT’s International Children’s Film Festival (it’s this weekend). National treasures and sub-cultural events are threaded throughout our lives because we are in Downtown. We love it when we can use public transportation. When I’m not driving I see more, and our time feels more intimate because I look my daughter in the eyes and point things out to her. On weekends, QQ and I ride the train to Chinatown and the 45 bus down Broadway. Querelle loves it when I

imitate the feminine robotic computerized voice: “Next stop, Little Tokyo/Arts District.” We make a game during mealtime where I create my own drop-off location: “Next stop, Querelle’s mouth.” My daughter and I enjoy taking the bus to protests. We are often pleasantly surprised to stumble onto protests we didn’t know about, which happens often Downtown. It’s great that the neighborhood is a place where people converge to attempt to enact change and express their imaginations regarding the way things could be. We immerse ourselves when these opportunities arise. They contain numerous teachable moments. We also enjoy attending festivals. During one blackout, we walked to the Chinatown Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. The entire neighborhood was pitch black except for the main square. Querelle brought her 4-week-old foster kitten, February, to the ceremony wrapped in a yellow baby sling made so she could “nurse” her dollies hands-free. We also went to the Chinatown Moon Festival and the Year of the Dragon Festival. It is thrilling to go out to run an errand and wind up celebrating Cinco de Mayo or Hinamatsuri/Japanese Girls’ Day. In Downtown it’s easy to find special places. We love to eat at restaurants in the mall above Woori Market on Alameda Street in Little Tokyo. Querelle’s favorite is Honda-ya, because we sit on tatami mats and eat quail eggs, but we have eaten at three other restaurants: an enormous Korean lunch buffet, a sushi place next to Honda-ya and a lovely vegan restaurant. Because they are all amazing and different (and parking is free) one of our goals is to dine at the rest of the mall’s eating establishments. QQ and I also enjoy browsing Old Bank DVD. However, our favorite “errand” is The Last Bookstore. Thanks to the price and quality of texts at the shop, I came up with my only

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Jaimy Mann and her daughter Querelle.

original mommy idea: I bought dozens of books, individually wrapped them, and let children choose one as a “party favor” after Querelle’s birthday party, held at La Culebra de la Tierra Art Park in Highland Park. Lives pass so quickly working and learning and living, and my daughter is not who she was last Mother’s Day when we released goldfish for good luck into a Chinatown pond. I’m grateful we have another enriching, magical, mysterious year in Downtown.

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igger Better Bäco: Unless the fantastic food at Bäco Mercat was suddenly free and a meal there was followed by a unicorn ride, Restaurant Buzz didn’t think it was possible to make things any better at Josef Centeno’s Main Street restaurant. But the celebrated chef has taken a big step forward. Literally. Last month Centeno introduced Big Plate Specials, which include selections such as the whole roasted threepound chicken ($29), the 24-ounce pork porterhouse ($29) and a 22-ounce bone-in rib eye steak for a massive $75. Don’t be intimidated by the price or size of the meals. The dishes are meant to be shared. At 408 S. Main St., (213) 687-8808 or bacomercat.com. n Build a Burger: With promises of more than 300,000 possible combinations, The Counter Custom Built Burger is not a place for the indecisive eater. The restaurant, which opened its original location in Santa Monica in 2003, debuted its first Downtown spot last week at 725 W. Seventh St. on the ground floor of the Roosevelt Lofts. The Counter specializes in fancy burgers and a build-your-own menu. It starts with the choice of a one-third, two-third or one-pound patty. Then there are 12 cheeses, 32 toppings, 23 sauces and seven buns from which to choose. If that’s not enough there is also a bun-free Burger in a Bowl, as well as ice cream shakes, malts and floats. Additionally, the Counter has a full bar with “spiked” adult shakes, cocktails, 20 beers on tap and a wine selection. Please know what you want when you get there. Restaurant Buzz doesn’t want to be stuck in a slow line. At 725 W. Seventh St., (213) 228-7800 or thecounterburger.com.

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is the latest restaurant to debut on the street as part of an extensive effort to revitalize the historic corridor. The 1,000-squarefoot spot, next to Broadway Bar, blends traditional Italian flavors with Cajun flair. There’s a large window where people can watch pizza dough being tossed, as well as street-side service and delivery. If you’re not in the mood for pizza, just down the street there’s the burger emporium Umamicatessen, which opened in March. At 828 S. Broadway or twoboots.com. n Guess Who’s Coming to Seventh Street: If you see the sign for Guess clothing company on the southwest corner of Seventh Street and Grand Avenue, don’t start making plans to buy some skinny jeans. Instead, the ground floor spot is set to become a French bakery with al fresco dining. According to Derrick Moore, vice president of brokerage services at CB Richard Ellis, who worked on the lease at the space, the as-yet-unnamed bakery next to sushi spot Sugarfish should open within two months. In addition to baked goods the menu will have a heavy French influence and there will be a patio dining area. As for the Guess signs, that’s the result of ad space sold while the restaurant is under construction. At the southwest corner of Grand Avenue and Seventh Street. n No Longer Pho Sure: When it opened, the proprietors of Pho Citi said the restaurant at Hill and Second streets would be open 24 hours a day. In the last couple weeks, however, the doors have been shuttered and no customers have been seen inside. The phone has been disconnected and, although the website for the small chain is up, the phone numbers for most of the other locations are disconnected too. A call to Robert Rodriguez, a Pho Citi representative, was not returned. Nor were calls to the Kawada Hotel, where the restaurant is located. The place opened late last year and Downtowners have an appetite for pho, so what gives Pho Citi? Restaurant Buzz will

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Ron Raines, who clocked 15 years on the soap opera “Guiding Light,” plays a man whose marriage is falling apart in Follies. Last week he received a Tony nomination for his performance and the show is up for a Tony for Best Revival. by Ryan E. Smith

ollies, James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s melancholy tribute to dashed dreams and show business, can be summed up in one small word: big. There are 41 people on stage and 28 pieces in the orchestra, not to mention the opulent costumes and a three-level set. Last week, the show received eight Tony Award nominations, including one for Best Revival of a Musical. “It’s a big production,” said Ron Raines, who will play the role of Benjamin Stone when the musical opens at the Ahmanson Theatre on Wednesday, May 9 (previews began May 3). “When you hear the word ‘Follies,’ you don’t think ‘intimate.’” The show, which debuted in 1971 and won seven Tony Awards the first time around, including Best Score, revolves around former members of a musical revue who return to a crumbling theater before it is demolished. Two unhappy couples filled with regrets are at its heart. This John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts production of Follies comes to Los Angeles by way of Washington and then Broadway, where the revival closed in January (the Downtown show runs through June 9). Most of the leading roles remain the same, including Raines, Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein and Elaine Paige. Victoria Clark will replace Bernadette Peters in the role of or nNews.com Sally Durant Plummer. at Downtow hand corner maillist ht rig r pe the up m/forms/ Raines, Maxwell all received symbol in WS week, ews.coBurstein nnand E-NELast Look for this w.ladowntow IGN UPnominations. ww STony The offering was added to the Ahmanson’s schedule to help fill a gap left by the cancellation of a Funny Girl revival. While past productions of Follies have scaled back the expensive musical, director Eric Schaeffer said staying true to the magnitude of the original was a priority. “I was like, if we’re going to do Follies, we have to do it

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right. We can’t be skimpy about it,” he said. “It’s about he played Alan Spaulding on “Guiding Light.” showgirls. It’s about the theater. It’s all these big things that That’s not what qualified him for this gig, though. were so important to bring the show to life.” Raines’ resume includes a career that began in the opera Not that Schaeffer believes that size is everything. world before transitioning to musical theater. That’s where He once did a version of Follies in a 136-seat garage in he spent the next 20 years. Even during his time on televiArlington, Va. The experience, he said, taught him that sion, the three-time Emmy nominee continued to record mounting the show is all about telling the story — whether and take to the stage to keep his voice in shape. going big or little, the story is paramount. “I had no idea that I was going to be with ‘Guiding Light’ “The show is very simply done,” he said. “When we’ve for 15 years because I came from a business where the got to turn it on, we turn it on and we open the floodgates, show always closes,” he said. but in the storytelling itself it was really about keeping it In Follies, the theater itself is nearing its end. It remains simple and keeping it connected to the characters and their haunted by the past and its former performers’ younger story.” selves. Schaeffer said he wanted that aura to be reflected in That’s important because Follies — which features such the show. songs as “Broadway Baby,” “I’m Still Here,” “Could I “It’s really, really important to me,” he said. “It’s that sense Leave You?” and “Losing My Mind” — has a lot to say. that we all have those things in the past that are always in the Raines calls it a “grown-up show,” one that deals with life back of our minds, that are always haunting us.” and its challenges. Those issues are central to his character, Ghosts in faded costumes linger in the theater as a literal whose marriage is unraveling. manifestation of that. But Schaeffer went a step further to “Ben Stone is a man who thought he knew what he include the audience, draping the auditorium in old canwanted, and he was laser-beam focused on it,” Raines vas to provide the feel of entering an aged theater full of explained. “There are many people like Ben Stone. When memories. they reach a certain age, they wonder, ‘If I had gone this “I didn’t want the audience to feel like they were watchway, how would my life have been different?’ He did ev- ing the show,” he said. “I wanted them to feel like they were erything the way he thought was right and really has had a in this experience.” miserable life because it wasn’t fulfilling.” Even if that experience focuses on disappointment and Guiding Force sadness, Schaeffer said Follies has something to offer each This is a big summer for Sondheim in Downtown Los member of the audience. Angeles. His 1973 musical A Little Night Music opens May “It means something different for everyone who sees the Starts 4 &whether 11 it’s looking back with regret or whether it’s 16 at East West Players. It also involves themes of love and May show, heartache — it includes the tear-jerk song “Send in the saying, ‘I hope I make the right choices ahead,’” he said. Clowns.” “It’s Sondheim. He doesn’t always write for the optimist. Follies is full of dysfunction and delusions. Those are He often writes for the realist.” subject Raines knows a lot about — the actor spent 15 Follies runs through June 9 at the Ahmanson Theatre, 135 Check Website FullofMovie Listings years actingOur them out in thefor world soap operas, whereLADowntownNews.com N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.

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arryl Holter is known around Downtown primarily as the doublebreasted suit-wearing executive who manages the Shammas Group’s small empire of Figueroa Street auto dealerships. So it might come as a surprise that under the white collar veneer, Holter’s a guitar pickin’ working man’s working man with a penchant for progressive politics. He even wrote a song called “Looking for Health Care Reform” for a musicians union fundraiser. Holter has spent increasing time in recent years with his six string. Last month, he released his third album, Crooked Hearts, a roots rock exploration of relationships gone awry. On the record he is backed by a lineup of top notch musicians, including Blasters guitarist Dave Alvin and fiddle wizard Gabe Witcher of the Punch Brothers. Holter plays on Monday, May 7, at 10 p.m. at Seven Grand. He spoke with Los Angeles Downtown News about his business and his music. Los Angeles Downtown News: You’re known as the de facto president of Auto Row. How and when did you get into music? Darryl Holter: My father taught me when I was a kid. I grew up in Minnesota and I started playing around the state at hospitals and talent contests and even television shows. I primarily did country western music when I was really young. Then I was very interested

in the folk music revival in part because Bob Dylan came from Minnesota, so there was a direct connection. I went through literally doing every Bob Dylan song that ever existed. Then I was involved as a student in the civil rights and the anti-war movements, so I used a lot of my music there. I found that music was a really interesting way to connect with people. Over the years I’d written a lot of songs and I decided about five years ago that I might like to record them. I thought if I don’t do it now, I’ll never do it. Q: Starting with Dave Alvin, Crooked Hearts has some heavy hitter musicians. How’d they end up on your record? A: When I decided to record, I said to [coproducer Ben Wendel], “Look, I want to do this right.” We went and got the best guys we could. I’ve been playing music since I was a little kid but usually it’s been by myself. In doing the records I was able to play with really great people. It has allowed me to see my own creations in a totally new way. Q: Do you expect your colleagues and friends in the Downtown business world to show up at the Seven Grand gig? A: A lot of them want to although the show is kind of late for them, you know, ten o’clock on a Monday night. But I don’t make it mandatory. I do this for fun. Seven Grand is at 515 W. Seventh St. Crooked Hearts is available at darrylholter.com. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

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Friday, May 11 Urban Issues Breakfast Forum at CAAM 600 S. Drive, (213) 744-7432 or caamuseum.org. 7:30 a.m.: Professor Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, speaks on the U.S. criminal justice system and its impact on the rights of African Americans.

Blue Whale 123 Astronaut E. S. Onizuka St., (213) 620-0908 or bluewhalemusic.com. May 7, 7 p.m.: NuVeau directed by John Daversa and NuJazz directed by Gary Pratt. May 8: Dan Schnelle Group Jam Session. May 9: Hitomi Oba Group. May 10: Sketchy Black Dog Part I. May 11: Sketchy Black Dog Part II. May 12: Bill Cunliffe Trio. May 13: Quartetto Fantastico and the Left Side Sax Alliance. Bootleg Bar 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org. May 7, 8 p.m.: Harriet’s back for a month long Monday night residency. May 8, 8 p.m.: International fusion via New York’s Chicha Libre. May 9, 8 p.m.: High function song writing and ensemble textures with Tommy & The High Pilots. A B & the Sea and Jesse Macht join in for kicks and giggles. May 10, 8 p.m.: Lovedrug is some low down gold for those late nights. Sexy, chic indie rock for the masses. May 11, 8 p.m.: Tes Elations with that oh so stylish nostalgic vibe and the driving rock force all mixed up in one special package. Julia Holter and the Hurd Ensemble in support. May 12, 8 p.m.: Groovy and grungy, the Sister Ruby Band is here to please. May 13, 8 p.m.: Siddhartha presents their “Dashiki shoegaze.” Shuffling lo-fi alternative for the masses. Broadway Bar 830 S. Broadway, (213) 614-9909 or broadwaybar.la.

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On Saturday, May 12, L.A. Opera presents a portrait of tortured artists debating the futility of their own lives and the irrelevance of their art as they binge drink and struggle with their mortality. No, it’s not Silver Lake, the Opera, but rather La Bohème, the original hipster magnum opus (if you doubt that, remember, La Bohème was the basis for Rent). The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m., and Giacomo Puccini’s crowd-pleasing masterwork has six shows through June 2 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. So get ready for four acts of lament and bellowing celebration of the human condition set Fans of Neil Diamond are in for a treat. in the Parisian Latin Quarter during the 1840s. It’s a fitting If you thought you’d have to wait for final show for the current opera season. At 135 the singer’s hot August nights at the N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-8001 or Greek Theatre, you were wrong. Kind losangelesopera.com. of. On Saturday, May 12, at 7 p.m., Embrace the possibilities of irreverence, Club Nokia hosts Super Diamond, absurdity, confrontational self-denigration and total the finest Neil Diamond cover band scorn for mainstream filmmaking with Adult Swim’s Tim since Diamonds in the Rough. Fans and Eric! On Monday, May 7, at 7 p.m., the Downtown can expect a spot-on sound and Independent screens Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie incredible fidelity to Neil’s origicomplete with live commentary from the dynamic nals. Tickets are still on sale. Red duo themselves. There will be thrills and chills Sox fans are politely reminded and special appearances on screen by the to keep their Fenway voices likes of Zach Galifianakis, Will Ferrell and to themselves during “Sweet Jeff Goldblum. Tickets are available online Caroline.” At 800 W. Olympic for this once in a lifetime opportunity to Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubshare air with the folks who reinvented nokia.com. public access television chic. At 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. photo by Ellis Parrinder

Thursday, May 10 Alison Bechdel at Aloud Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org. 7 p.m.: Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home, discusses autobiography and the graphic vovel. Art Walk Historic Core, (213) 617-4929 or downtownartwalk.org. 5-11 p.m.: The galleries, bars and restaurants host their monthly open house for neighbors and strangers alike to explore the diverse wonder of local flavor. Michael Sandel at Live Talks Business Forum City Club on Bunker Hill, 333 S. Grand Ave., 54th floor, business.livetalks.org. 7:45 a.m.: The Harvard professor and author of the new What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets speaks at the early morning event. He’ll be in conversation with Richard Waters, an editor at Financial Times.

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May 10, 10 p.m.: HM Soundsystem presents Broader Than Broadway, a program of electronic music and a titular insult that will finally have you attending overeaters anonymous meetings. Club Nokia 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubnokia.com. May 11, 9 p.m.: Chino & Nacho, Venezuela’s simultaneous answer to Pitbull and the Ying Yang Twins. May 12, 8 p.m.: The price of admission not only affords you a chance to see Super Diamond, a tribute to Neil Diamond, but also Dread Zeppelin. Whole lotta love, mon. Grammy Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. May 10, 8 p.m.: Grammy Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli sits down for a candid conversation with John Mayer. This is your chance to see Mayer in a venue so intimate, you’ll wonder if he’ll name drop you in a forthcoming Rolling Stone interview. Nokia Theater 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6020 or nokiatheatrelalive.com. May 11, 8 p.m.: Gloria Trevi performs in conjunction with the Spanish Book Fair of Los Angeles. May 12, 8 p.m.: Los Tigres Del Norte, or the Tigers of the North for those who don’t speak Spanish. May 13, 7 p.m.: Puerto Rico’s finest Calle 13 team up with Argentina’s the Valderramas. Orpheum Theatre 842 S. Broadway, (213) 538-3831 or laorpheum.com. May 12, 8 p.m.: Songsmith Rufus Wainwright on

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Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. May 7, 7 p.m.: Shrim! It’s Adult Swim’s finest duo, Tim and Eric, offering live commentary during a screening of their opus Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie. May 11-17, showtimes vary: For everyone who can no longer tolerate the rapid devolution of American culture, there is God Bless America. The film follows a terminally ill man and his 16-year-old accomplice as they go on a murderous rampage of vigilantism bent on wiping out the lowest common denominator in modern society.

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Cars Continued from page 19 rockabilly culture “I think Downtown has been waiting for a show like this,” said Holly Gollob of HG Productions, which is putting the show together with Gasoline Gallery. The gallery had mounted the show in front of its El Segundo location for six years. The cars on display will all be pre1969 vehicles. They will primarily be American-made machines, so expect to see a lot of souped-up Chevys and Fords. Don’t come looking for imports or a Prius with racing stripes. The motorcycles will also be pre-1969 models, with a heavy concentration of custom Harleys, maybe a few Indians and also some bobbers (bikes that are customized by being stripped down to

just the essential parts). A handful of bands will perform rockabilly and surf rock music. Among the artists selling their wares will be surf-inspired painter Damian Fulton, Gustavo Rimada, who mixes pin-up, tattoo and folk art in his paintings, and custom painter Sara Ray, whose work is often etched on motorcycle gas tanks. Gollob said she expects up to 3,000 people to attend, including Downtown residents. Although many Central City inhabitants may not have a garage to work in or an old hot rod, she said there will be plenty to check out with the art, the music and the cool rides. “People come to this from all over the state,” she said. “It’s all part of the scene, building cars and taking long drives.” California Screamin’ 7 is Saturday, May 12, noon-9 p.m. at 333 S. Boylston St. Tickets are $10 for adults $5 for ages 12-17 and free for anyone under 12. More information at gasolinegallery.com.

photo by Gary Willoughby

Hot rods and other custom cars and motorcycles will be on display May 12 at the California Screamin’ show.

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