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Architectural awards, Downtown Dodgers night, and other happenings Around Town.

An El Pueblo deadline is averted and a mediation process is about to begin.

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Volume 39, Number 27

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Rise of the Mammals

At the Center of It All Carol Schatz Hits Two Decades of Growing Downtown at the Central City Association

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arol Schatz joined the Central City Association on July 2, 1990. At the time, Downtown Los Angeles was a 9-to5 community facing the start of a CONvErSaTiONS

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recession and an exodus of Fortune 500 companies. By the time Schatz became president and CEO five years later, the CCA claimed fewer than 100 members and had a budget of $750,000. Its cash reserves

were at about $30,000. Two decades after her arrival, the lobbying and business advocacy organization is a powerful force in City Hall, and Schatz is its public and famously tenacious face. She has played a hand in almost every major aspect of Downtown’s tremendous growth, from spearheading the Downtown Center Business Improvement District (where she is also president and CEO) to helping create the adaptive reuse ordinance, which led to a housing renaissance. see Schatz, page 6

Park Powers Forward Green Component of Grand Avenue Plan, Including a Dog Park, to Have Groundbreaking Ceremony July 15

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Grading Approval Sought For Eli Broad’s $100 Million Project Ryan vaillancouRt construction firm working on philanthropist Eli Broad’s proposed Grand Avenue art museum has filed for a permit to begin grading at the site. It is the strongest indication yet that Broad will choose Downtown Los Angeles as the location for the Broad Collections. Additionally, a person close to the proceedings, who asked not to be named because they do not have permission to comment publicly, told Los Angeles Downtown News

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Carol Schatz is president and CEO of the Central City Association, a lobbying and business advocacy organization with 450 members. July 2 marked her 20th anniversary with the CCA.

he Grand Avenue Authority is poised to grant final approval this week to construction plans for the Grand Avenue project’s Civic Park, setting the stage for work to begin July 12 on the $56 million project. A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held three days later. The Community Redevelopment Agency and County Board of Supervisors have signed off on the plans, but the joint powers authority overseeing the stalled Grand Avenue project must give the final green light. The panel meets July 7, and if the documents are approved, preliminary construction work could start right away, but will likely wait until the following week. Barring any unexpected changes

or hurdles, “The date is July 12,” said Barry Widen, vide president of construction for Related of California, the developer of the $3 billion project formally titled The Grand. “That’s the day we’re going to actually start.” Barbara Casey, a spokeswoman for the project, said that civic and business leaders will gather at the site on July 15 for a groundbreaking ceremony. The park is expected to take about two years to complete. Backers of the plan see it as a milestone for the Civic Center and Downtown, saying it will give a facelift to a public space that has been severely underused for years. “I think it will create major public open space that will become the epicenter of the city and the primary place for public gatherings and concerts, arts and crafts fairs and things see Park, page 8

that the plan is to begin construction on a parking garage for the museum by August or September. Broad has said the museum, which still needs approval from the County Board of Supervisors and the joint powers authority overseeing the Grand Avenue project, would be set on top of the garage so it could face Grand Avenue. He said in May that he hopes to open the $100 million facility in 2012. He would also provide a $200 million endowment. Broad has yet to publicly state whether he will choose Downtown see Museum, page 9

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A construction firm has applied for grading permits for the site of Eli Broad’s proposed art museum. Broad has said he hopes to open it by 2012.

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AROUNDTOWN Dodgers to Host Downtown Night

n a couple weeks, the Los Angeles Dodgers will set their sights on something other than an opponent: Downtown residents and workers. Team officials, working with area stakeholders including Bill Cooper, Al Klein and Josh GrayEmmer, are getting ready for a Downtown Night at Dodger Stadium. On Thursday, July 22, the Blue Crew will seek to lure area denizens to Chavez Ravine for a 7:10 p.m. game against the New York Mets (Downtown News is one of the sponsors). Downtowners will be able to buy loge level tickets for $25 (the regular price is $35), and there will be a pre-game happy hour reception at the loge level terrace. Bus benches advertising Downtown Night will go up the week of July 12, and team officials point out that locals can get to and from the stadium via a free shuttle bus at Union Station. For tickets or other information contact Alison Mossler at (323) 2244278 or allisonm@ladodgers.com.

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olice are searching for a man who tried to rob an unarmed security guard with a Tech 9 submachine gun just after midnight on June 24. The guard, whose identity was not disclosed, used his flashlight to disarm a suspect described as a black man dressed in a full Lakers uniform believed to be about 40 years old. The 33-year-old guard was patrolling the north side of the World Trade Center at 350 S. Figueroa St. when the suspect exited a black van near Third Street. He pulled out a weapon and ordered the guard to hand over his wallet. The guard did, but then grabbed the assailant’s gun and hit him in the head with his flashlight, said Lt. Paul Vernon in a statement. The robber dropped the gun, which the guard recovered and turned over to police after escaping. Police later found the gun’s magazine and the robber’s glasses at the scene. “We hope we’ll be able to identify the robber through prints or DNA,” Vernon said. “But in the meantime, maybe someone will remember seeing a black man in his 40s with a gash on his head and wearing a bloody Lakers uniform.” Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Al Rasch at (213) 972-1245.

Downtown News Wins Press Club Prizes

os Angeles Downtown News finished in the top two six times during the recent awards handed out by the Los Angeles Press Club. At the 52nd annual Southern California Journalism Awards, held June 27 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, executive editor Jon Regardie won the top prize for Columnists in newspapers with a circulation of less than 50,000. Staff writer Ryan Vaillancourt earned second place honors for both Sports story and the prestigious Journalist of the Year category. Second place prizes also went to Doug Davis for Editorial Cartoon; art director Brian Allison for Design; and Jon Regardie for Headline writing.

DLANC Results Are In

mixture of new and old faces will make up the next board of directors of the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council. Winners of the 28 positions up for grabs in the June 25 election are Valerie Watson, Patti Berman, Stanley Michaels, Andrew Ruiz, Barrett Reiff, Scott Bytof, Mamta Patel, “General” Jeff Page, Russell Chan, Lisa Adams, Hal Bastian, Leslie Colwell, Jay Lopez, Shira Blatt, Edgar Varela, Celina Mancia, David Hurtado, Jay Kim, Lynn Myers, Michael Delijani, Allen Gross, Rick Young, Wendell Blassingame, Gerald Phillips, La’shaun Foster Jones, Niv Davidovich and Tanner Blackman. In one category no votes were cast. Officers will be chosen by the new board at a future meeting.

Local Buildings Notch Awards

ix Downtown buildings earned awards last week, in two separate competitions. At the Los Angeles Business Council’s Los Angeles Architectural Awards, the top honor went to the LAPD’s new Police Administration Building, designed by AECOM and Roth Sheppard Associates. L.A. Live won the Community Impact Award and the Civic Award went to the California Science Center’s Phase II expansion project. Other honorees were L.A. Trade-Tech College’s South Campus project and the YWCA of Greater Los Angeles’ under-construction Job Corps campus. In a

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EDITORIALS Big Value in ‘Smaller’ Hotel Projects

hen it comes to hotel activity in Downtown Los Angeles, the first thing that pops to mind is the recently opened Ritz-Carlton at L.A. Live. The second thing that comes to mind is the recently opened JW Marriott, which is part of the same $1 billion, 54-story tower. For most Downtowners the third thing that comes to mind is, well, nothing. That is understandable, considering the tidal wave of press that the 1,001-room Convention Center hotel generated in this and other media outlets when it opened this year. The coverage has been deserved — the project is precisely what the city needs to compete on the national convention circuit and especially with regional foes San Diego and Anaheim. Actually, some industry professionals say at least one more 1,000-room hotel should be built within walking distance of the Downtown Convention Center, but it’s best for now to accept the current victory. The focus on the Convention Center project has made it very easy to ignore the fact that a lot of other work is occurring at Downtown hotels. While those efforts lack the overwhelming dollar figures and glass-fronted glitz of the Ritz/Marriott, they should not be overlooked or dismissed as inconsequential. These projects represent some of the largest pieces of the Downtown hotel puzzle, and the work there could have a major impact in bringing top business shows to the Central City. It is almost ironic that the upgrades underway at the 1,354-

room Westin Bonaventure — the largest hotel in the city — have such a low profile. Were it not for the Ritz/Marriott, the approximately $40 million improvement effort at the 1976 landmark, which Los Angeles Downtown News reported on last week, would be the biggest thing in Central City hotels in years. Similarly, many in Downtown are unaware that the 453-room Omni on Bunker Hill will soon begin a $12 million upgrade, and that a former Holiday Inn on Figueroa Street across from L.A. Live is finishing a $10 million rehab. The renamed Luxe City Center Hotel will offer 180 rooms. Taken together, that represents approximately $60 million worth of investment and the upgrade of 1,987 Downtown hotel rooms. Suddenly, it’s not such a little thing. It is unlikely that so much investment would come to Downtown hotels without the arrival of the Convention Center hotel. After all, the country is still in the midst of a bruising recession, and area establishments have suffered from declining occupancy rates in recent years as people have cut back on travel. The upgrades at area hotels can’t be classified as efforts to compete with the Ritz/Marriott. Most well-heeled leisure travelers enticed by the fancy new establishment won’t be going to any of the older hotels no matter how much is spent renovating their rooms and suites. The proprietors and managers of the long-running hotels know this. Rather, the key to the upgrades is being able to complement

the Convention Center hotel when major business gatherings come to town (as well as securing smaller business meetings, the kind that can take place in a single hotel). Large conventions often pull in tens of thousands of expense-account bearing business people, far more than the Ritz/Marriott can accommodate. Downtown will benefit by ensuring that the overflow stay at top-line name-brand and boutique hotels in the area, rather than head to the Westside and arrive in the Central City each day via shuttle bus. This is a case where, fortunately, everyone seems to be on the same page. Although hoteliers may have initially feared what a $1 billion project would mean to their bottom line, now they realize that, to use a cliché, a rising tide lifts all boats. Without the Ritz/Marriott, Los Angeles could never land a convention like the Microsoft confab that will arrive next year. Any effort to secure Comic-Con, the lucrative fan-boy festival long based in San Diego, will have a better shot when local tourism officials can dangle the new hotel along with thousands of additional just-upgraded rooms. The investment may be tough for the owners to stomach, just as the Convention Center hotel was difficult for Anschutz Entertainment Group to develop and finance. But without the risk, nothing will be gained. The upgrades at the Westin Bonaventure and other area hotels are something Downtowners interested in the health of the community should know about. It’s a big expense now, but it is likely to pay off in the long run.

at upscale seafood restaurant Water Grill as a sous chef. A previous winner of the same show, Ilan Hall, rode the exposure of that experience to The Gorbals, the Jewish/Scottish restaurant he opened in the Alexandria Hotel. Stunts from “Fear Factor” have been shot here and part of a season of “America’s Next Top Model” was filmed in the community. Downtown-based Jeffrey Sebelia won a season of “Project Runway,” and another season of the show was based at FIDM in South Park. Even housing complexes get in on the action: The most memorable thing about the forgettable dating show “Age of Love” is that it utilized the 1100 Wilshire building before the condo buyers arrived. The list goes on. Turning to Downtown Los Angeles for film, television and commercial shoots is nothing new — for decades before residents started arriving in large numbers, Downtown was

virtually a backlot for the production industry. In some ways, that’s still the case: A recent ranking of the most filmed locations in Los Angeles included the Sixth Street Bridge that connects Downtown and Boyle Heights, and the Second Street tunnel, a setting for too many car commercials to count. The reality/game show trend is slightly different, and when one gets beyond the traffic congestion and occasionally rude film crews, it’s something that actually works to the community’s benefit. It has the obvious jobs angle, and while area residents and employees may be jaded, it is worth remembering that millions of people are exposed to Downtown via its appearance in these shows. Sometimes it’s not a single segment that has a benefit, but the result of a series of shows and films. That said, we admit one thing: We’re not quite sure how “Downfall” is good for Downtown.

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any will snicker at the ABC summer show “Downfall.” They probably should, considering that its entire raison d’être is to throw things off the roof of a tall building in the American Apparel complex near Seventh and Alameda streets. The smashing of items into the blacktop below happens as an audience sits in bleachers and the night-lit Downtown skyline sparkles in the distance. In this case, the issue of shattering luxury goods in the quest for high ratings is beside the point. More important is the observation that this reality/game show is one of many reality/ game shows that have ties to Downtown, whether because they are shot in the community or they utilize participants who live or work here. It’s fun that Downtown has a long roster of reality and game show ties. Amanda Baumgarten, a contestant on the current season of the hit Bravo show “Top Chef,” now works

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Rent Threat Revoked El Pueblo Situation Cools as Mediation Approaches

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by Richard Guzmán city editor

step that could have led to evictions of tenants at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument was averted last week. The move clears the way for mediation to begin between the city and merchants, dozens of whom have withheld a portion of their rent for several months. Last month, a letter sent from City Attorney Carmen Trutanich’s office to Paul Hamilton, an attorney for the Olvera Street Merchants Association, warned that unless more than 40 tenants pay the cumulative $200,000-plus they owe in back rent by July 10, negotiations would not move forward. On Wednesday, Trutanich’s office said paying the back rent is no longer a condition for talks to start. “At this point we are ready to proceed with mediation in the coming weeks and we’re not requesting any funds to be put into the escrow account,” said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for Trutanich. City Councilman José Huizar, whose 14th District covers El Pueblo, said Trutanich’s office was following the advice of the mediator who will handle the negotiations. “He felt the mediation shouldn’t be conditional on anything, so that people are not being forced to the table, which I think is a good point,” Huizar said. Huizar said negotiations are set to begin July 13 and should last about two days. A decision by the mediator should be complete by August, he said.

Since April 1, when the city raised the rents, about 43 tenants have paid only their old rates, costing the city approximately $72,000 a month. In the letter to Hamilton, Trutanich said tenants could face eviction if they refused to pay the back rent. It also stated that if the tenants paid what they owed, the money would have been placed in an escrow account while negotiations took place. After negotiations, if the rates turned out to be lower than the rents set in April, the difference would have been returned to the merchants. If no agreement was reached, the money would have remained in the account while the issue went to court. Hamilton did not return several calls for comment. Vivien Bonzo, president of the merchants association, also did not return multiple phone calls. But in a June 19 post on the Los Angeles Downtown News website, she said that Trutanich’s requirements would have prohibited the tenants from participating in the mediation and were “completely unproductive to our mutual goals.” “Merchants agreed to pay 50% of the mediation costs; we agreed to the mediator of choice of Mr. Trutanich and we had every intention of negotiating in good faith,” she wrote. “The city attorney’s demand, at a cost of nearly a quarter of a million dollars to our merchants, effectively undermines the previous recommendation and elongates a process that we would all like to complete.” Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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ast month, the Los Angeles Film Festival ditched the Westside when it held a 10-day event in Downtown Los Angeles. Last week, officials announced that another highprofile event is jumping to Broadway, ending a 14-year run on the far side of the 405. Political and business officials last Tuesday revealed that Macy’s Passport Presents Glamorama, a maphoto by Gary Leonard jor HIV/AIDS fundraiser, A group of models joined Councilman José Huizar to announce will take over the 2,000that a major AIDS fundraiser will come Downtown on Sept. 16. seat Orpheum Theatre on Broadway for nine days as it ramps up for a Sept. 16 show. Bringing the Macy’s employee cafeteria in 1982 and star-studded affair to the Central City is a has since grown into one of the largest coup for Downtown boosters. and longest-running AIDS benefits of its “It’s big,” said Orpheum owner Steve kind, according to a company statement. Needleman, who appeared at a press con- Over the years, the event and the Macy’s ference on the morning of June 29 with Foundation have raised more than $28 Councilman José Huizar, Macy’s officials million for AIDS services, prevention and and a group of models. “It’s really well at- research. tended. It gets massive media coverage.” The event takes place annually in the Los The Passport event benefits AIDS Angeles area; before the Downtown shift, it Project Los Angeles, which advocates for was held at the Barker Hangar at the Santa HIV-related public policy, and Project Monica airport for 14 years, and Passport Angel Food, a meal provider and delivery fundraisers also take place in Minneapolis, service for those suffering from AIDS, can- San Francisco and Chicago. In cities other cer and other life-threatening illnesses. than L.A., the show has followed a format The show began as an awareness- that includes a theater setting, and this year see Fashion, page 20 raising fashion show in a San Francisco

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Schatz Continued from page 1 Throughout that period, the CCA has expanded exponentially; today it boasts 450 members, a $2.3 million budget and $1.8 million in reserves; Schatz tracks those numbers weekly. Schatz, 62, is a native Angeleno who attended Berkeley and Loyola Law School. Before joining the CCA, she worked for the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, overseeing the liquidation of assets of failed lending institutions. Last week she sat down with Los Angeles Downtown News to discuss her tenure with the CCA, politicians such as former Mayor Richard Riordan, and why an ability to fight is a key part of the job. Los Angeles Downtown News: How did you wind up at the CCA? Carol Schatz: I was at FSLIC, and then FLSIC got subsumed into the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. They offered me a job in Orange County and I refused to go, and applied for a job at CCA, which I had never heard of. Q: What was your role early on? A: I was the director of legislative affairs. I was the advocate, I was the lobbyist, and we were dealing primarily with city issues. In 1995 I became the first woman to run CCA. Q: Let’s go back to 1990. Forget the spin you may have used at the time: What was Downtown like then? A: Pathetic. The recession began in late 1990, and there was no life on the street. There was no retail to speak of. There were no restaurants. The recession began and it was the quintessential 9-5 Downtown. If you worked Downtown you came in at 9, you left at 5 and maybe

Q: What was the state of CCA and its status in the city at the time? A: CCA, immediately prior to the early ’90s, was a quintessential good old boys network. It was powerful within the confines of that CEO network, but I don’t know how much clout it had in City Hall. Q: In terms of really moving Downtown forward, what was the first major piece? Was it launching the DCBID? A: No. Two things. It was the Figueroa Corridor Initiative, trying to tie USC into Downtown and creating a more vibrant corridor there. It was also re-creating the Civic Center Authority. [Previous CEO Don] McIntyre had gotten involved in the International Downtown Association. I went to some of the conferences and that’s where I learned about business improvement districts. I learned that every real downtown that had been successful in revitalizing itself had a business improvement district as a funding mechanism. So the first step in creating the BID was to get our then state assembly member, Louis Caldera, to author legislation that allowed for a property-based BID, because California had no authorizing legislation at the time. This was 1994. But 1995 was in the middle of this terrible recession, and the property owners in the central part of Downtown just were not interested at that moment because they were hurting so badly. So we got the legislation through and I waited until I thought we could re-introduce the concept, which we did at the end of 1996. Then we worked on it all through 1997, and the BID began in January of 1998. Q: How important was that in terms of where Downtown is today? A: I think the BID has been absolutely instrumental in the revitalization that we’ve seen. Having an organization that was devoted to the physical infrastructure of our area, making it safe, making it clean and then

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Schatz has had her hand in most of the major business issues Downtown has faced in the past two decades, including the formation of the Downtown Center Business Improvement District and the creation of the adaptive reuse ordinance.

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As the face of the CCA, Schatz has to work with, and occasionally battle, high-ranking political figures. Above she appears with former Mayor Jim Hahn. Left, she is with Councilwoman Jan Perry, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

beginning to try to change the perception was critical. Q: With perspective, we see the mid to late ’90s was the key for so much. There was the effort to get the BID going, the work on adaptive reuse and getting Staples Center approved. A: That’s exactly right. Staples Center opened in October 1999 and the adaptive reuse ordinance passed in the spring of ’99. That relationship of creating incentives for residential development, then creating an activity center that would be a destination was critical. Q: The adaptive reuse ordinance had to be a gamble. No one could know what would happen. A: We started with this half-day seminar where we brought in city departments that were critical, and the L.A. Conservancy. This

was after I brought the concept back from New York. When it passed in ’99 I simply had no idea if it was going to be utilized or not. We were involved with all the city departments; it was Andrew Adelman who was heading up Building & Safety under Riordan who took the bull by the horns and pushed it through the rest of the city departments, to his credit. Q: And Hamid Behdad was in charge of implementing it. A: That was after Mayor Hahn was elected, and it was probably a year or two before Hamid was put in place to coordinate all this, and his impact was huge. Q: What would you consider your most significant accomplishment at CCA? A: I would say the adaptive reuse ordinance. I would say creation of the BID. I would say

sort of changing the perception of Downtown Los Angeles. I would say fighting some policies that would have made it very difficult for Downtown’s housing boom to take place, because too often we find ourselves fighting policy that sounds like a great thing, but can be very deleterious. Q: Are we talking about the Inclusionary Zoning ordinance, which would have required a level of affordable housing in most residential development? A: Exactly. In Downtown it just would have crippled us. Q: Would it have been that bad? A: Yes, because it was such a fledgling market in an area where no one, except maybe Geoff Palmer, saw that there was a market here. No one in the city was looking at Downtown as

Q: What has been your most difficult or frustrating issue? A: How difficult it is to get things through the city. The frustration that my developer members have had in getting things to move. L.A. seems to succeed in spite of itself, but it’s just so hit and miss. In the early ’90s I felt like we would move forward an inch and then get swatted back about five feet. It’s just so hard to get things done in this city that it sometimes takes your breath away. Q: A key of CCA is its relationships with politicians and its ability to move pro-business legislation forward. Which politicians, current or past, have been the most helpful? A: Riordan was very helpful. Let me think about the council members who have been very helpful — I’m on my fourth City Council so I have to think back who was around. Obviously having Jan [Perry] here has been critical. It was very difficult with her predecessor. Q: That’s Rita Walters. She opposed Staples Center. A: How about that? How about that? It’s one of the most extraordinary votes I’ve — [shakes her head incredulously]. I have to say that in terms of the current council, as opposed to some previous city see Schatz, page 9

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Park Continued from page 1 like that,” said Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry, who sits on the Grand Avenue Authority. The park will essentially connect the Music Center and City Hall. It will start on Grand Avenue and run between the County Hall of Administration and the Hall of Records on the north and the County Courthouse and Law Library on the south, culminating at Broadway. Although a park exists there now, it is unknown to many passersby, who must navigate past two tall, circular parking ramp barriers at the Grand Avenue entrance, or snake up L-shaped staircases to access it from Broadway. The new design eliminates the ramps at the western end, opening up that entrance point across the street from the Music Center. The ramps on the western side of Broadway will be replaced with a series of landscaped stairs and terraces that invite the eye up to the park. The most significant effort is the addition of a new plot of land immediately west of City

Hall — now a parking lot servicing the Clara Foltz Criminal Justice Center. The effect will be a park bookended by two institutional and cultural icons, with City Hall to the east and the Music Center and DWP headquarters to the west, said Tony Paradowski, senior associate at Rios Clementi Hale Studios, the architecture firm that designed the park. Park Evolution The Civic Park will mark the first and, currently, the only real action tied to the Grand Avenue plan, which stalled amidst the global recession as Related has been unable to secure the $700 million construction loan needed for the first phase of the Frank Gehrydesigned project. The park’s $56 million budget was financed by a $50 million, non-refundable deposit Related paid to the county in return for development rights, plus accrued interest. That allowed the park to move forward even while Related waits for the economy to improve. The park’s design has morphed over the past two years, as Rios Clementi Hale has repeatedly put its designs out for public comment and suggestions. When finished in the summer of 2012, visitors will gain access to

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a new “event lawn,” an array of new seating areas, a mix of terraced green space and hardsurface walkways crisscrossing the park, new native landscaping and trees from around the world that represent Los Angeles’ ethnic diversity, Paradowski said. One aspect of the site that will be largely unaltered is the Arthur J. Will Memorial Fountain. The 1960s-era stone landmark will not be changed, though the surrounding area will be extended with a half-inch- to quarterinch-deep “membrane pool” that people will be able to walk through. “From our very first public meeting, the loudest voice was to preserve the historic foundation,” Paradowski said. Others criticized the current space for having too much pavement, a problem the firm is trying to alleviate with more greenery and narrower walkways. Rios Clementi Hale presented the most recent design in March at a Downtown meeting. That led to the addition of a 1,800-square-foot dog park, Paradowski said. The 60-foot by 30-foot facility will rise in the easternmost section of the park, in the new plot adjacent to City Hall.

The design will create ample green space west of Broadway (shown here).

“The Downtown meeting was really eyeopening,” Paradowski said. “A lot of voices were saying that, ‘Hey, this is our neighborhood park.’” The project will add two new structures, one on the westernmost plot and one at the east end, that will include public restrooms and a cafe-type space. A Starbucks that now sits in the middle of the park will be moved to the new structure on the western end, Paradowski said. Once completed, the park will be run by an as yet undetermined nonprofit manager, Paradowski said. That entity will coordinate frequent public events including concerts, cultural celebrations and possibly a farmers market. The new, eastern plot is being called the Events Lawn, and could be used for community gatherings that would entail closing Spring Street and Broadway temporarily, he said. “I think there’s a lot of momentum to move forward and an enormous amount of anticipation,” Perry said. “It’s going to be a legacy project.” Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

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Schatz Continued from page 7 councils, I never heard this anti-Downtown rhetoric, which had been not uncommon, especially from the Westside and some of the Valley folks. Everyone seems to recognize that if Downtown succeeds the rest of the city benefits, and that wasn’t always the case. Q: So there was a time with a lot of anti-Downtown rhetoric? A: It was in the early ’90s and it came from a variety of different council members, and it was very unfortunate. That was part of that struggle of being swatted back five feet, and hearing all this rhetoric. I also remember there was a magazine called Buzz. They had a whole issue devoted to — I think it said “Downtown Is Dead” on the cover. I went ballistic. You know, people who do stuff like that go on Carol’s list. And I was very happy to see that they went under some time after that. Q: At a recent press conference, First Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner commented, positively, on what he termed your “tenacious, ferocious leadership.” You’re known for being tough. A: Yeah I am. I don’t think you can do politics in the second largest city in the country without being tough. This is playing with the big boys and you’ve gotta be able to play. So you gotta be tough. You gotta be able to take your punches. You gotta be able to give some punches and you gotta be able to stand and get along the next day. It’s a blend of skills and I would say not many people have the kind of skills that are necessary to run organizations like this. It’s an unusual mixture of skills, but being tenacious is clearly one of them. If we think something is really important, we’ll stand our ground and we’ll fight, that’s it. Q: You’re known for— A: I’m a fighter. Because we’re representing business, and business has to fight tooth and nail to be heard up there. As organized labor has become more and more powerful, sometimes our interests coincide, but sometimes they don’t, and getting people to remember that we’re the ones who create jobs — organized labor conditions those jobs, but we create them.

Q: Bigger picture again: Obviously tremendous strides have been made Downtown in the past two decades. Where is the community still falling short and how does it get there? A: We need more housing, we need more retail, I want to see our first new office building be built so I know we’ve come full circle and really created a thriving economy where every market is hitting on all cylinders. I want to see more cultural institutions. I just want to see more of everything here, because this is the place it should be. Q: Twenty years is a long time in an organization. How long do you see yourself here? A: I’m looking at 65 as sort of the magical year potentially, but as long as I feel like I’m accomplishing something and enjoying it, then I’ll want to stay. And when I feel like I’m not accomplishing things or not enjoying it, so much so that it’s more frustrating than enjoyable, then I’ll go. Q: So you’re not yet putting in place a succession plan? A: Well, I had a succession plan, but it changed. Not in terms of anything I wanted, but I had a change in staff, and you know, not much you can do about that. Q: Let’s circle back to where we started. You discussed Downtown in 1990. Here are we in 2010. How’s Downtown? A: The change has been revolutionary. It’s been transformative. We’ve got all these fabulous new restaurants. We’ve made Downtown a destination in terms of hospitality and entertainment and housing, and those three things — in 1990, there was no way I could foresee any of that happening. If somebody would have told me then that we would have become a housing destination, a destination for new restaurants and bars, I would have said, right. No chance. And we have what, 44,000 people living here now, as opposed to the 18,000 people living here before 1999. The qualitative feel, the energy you feel here. The fact that you see people walking around after 5 p.m., till 2 a.m. Bottega Louie is packed on Sunday. People come from Orange County to eat here. It’s like, what? To imagine that 20 years ago, there’s no way. Having to be a pragmatic executive, there’s no way in the world I could have foreseen it. Contact Jon Regardie at regardie@downtownnews.com.

Museum Continued from page 1 or Santa Monica as the site for his 2,000-piece art collection. Matt Construction, the contractor Broad said would build the 293-space garage, filed an application on May 26 with the city Department of Building and Safety for preliminary soil and geological reviews of the site at 620 W. Second St. The application also requests review of a proposed import-export route for transporting soil removed in the grading process. “We are taking the necessary steps that would enable us to begin construction promptly if this project is approved and moves forward Downtown,” said Broad Foundation spokeswoman Karen Denne. The proposed museum is still in the planning stage and needs a series of approvals before it can move forward. First, it must officially be folded into the $3 billion Grand Avenue project’s already completed Environmental Impact Report. The review process to amend the report is pending. While Broad has not publicly committed to locating the museum Downtown, he has stated a preference for building it in the Central City if the approval process goes smoothly. In Santa Monica, the museum would require approval from only one government body; on Grand Avenue, Broad is negotiating with multiple agencies, including the Supervisors, the Grand Avenue Authority and the city Community Redevelopment Agency. So far, it appears the project has political support. Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry, who sits on the Grand Avenue Authority, said she considers the Broad Collections a major opportunity for Downtown. “It’s a collection that the city shouldn’t lose out on,” she said. In order to meet his goal of opening the 120,000-squarefoot museum by 2012, Broad told Downtown News in late May that he would need to secure approvals within 45 days. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com. Contact Jon Regardie at regardie@downtownnews.com.

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HEALTH Exercise While Doing Something Fun Getting Fit Doesn’t Have to Mean the Treadmill, Especially When There Are New Classes by Sharon naylor

ou know that exercise is the cornerstone to a healthy lifestyle and disease prevention, and provides you a cheerier outlook because of all those happy hormones a good workout creates. But how motivated are you to get on that treadmill day after day? If you’re like many people, the answer is, not very. “Half the battle of sticking to an exercise routine is actually looking forward to your workout,” says Mary Anderson, fitness director at Fitness magazine. “If the treadmill has become stale, sampling a new class might do the trick to get you hooked on the gym again.” The new wave of creative, unique fitness classes popping up at gyms, YMCAs and community adult education centers are anything but stale. Tried-and-true classes, such as yoga and spinning, are getting makeovers. In addition to introductory yoga classes, you might find yoga classes set to Caribbean music. A spinning class set to Motown hits could create a far more fascinating ride. That’s not all. Shape magazine’s “Fitness Class of the Month,” featured on its website, has extolled the fun and excitement of “Punk Rope,” a jump-rope class set to highenergy, fast-paced punk music to get that heart rate pumping. At such a class, you may discover a renewed passion for your childhood joy of jumping rope. You just needed a new soundtrack. “We get tons of reader mail about such exercise epiphanies,” Anderson says. “In the January issue, a reader related an a-ha moment about trying out a pool workout to rehab a hurt knee that she’s stuck with ever since.” It is often a creative twist that gets you to revisit a former fitness love. For example, if you’ve drifted from your passion for stationery cycling, you may get recharged at Crunch’s “Spectrum Ride” class. Crunch, a chain of gyms, illuminates the room with colorful rainbows, and your fitness leader gives instruction about each color as it relates to a different chakra of the body and spirit. If you’re interested in the New Age realm, this fresh biking class can rev up your dedication to the workout.

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Capoeira, a Brazilian dance/martial art, is just one of the many fun ways you can get your exercise.

With dancing such a worldwide sensation, thanks in part to the hit show “Dancing With the Stars” and programs like it, your new workout schedule might include classes on the standards of ballroom — salsa, merengue and the waltz. You also can expand your dance horizons with new classes in Bollywood-style dancing, Caribbean-style calypso or a blend of styles, such as Crunch’s “Tribal House Party,” featuring the hottest club dancing moves set to “tribal” music. “A personal favorite is the ‘Jukari’ class at Equinox,” says Anderson, who regularly samples a variety of unique and motivating fitness courses. “Jukari is a sort of flying trapeze class without the scary heights that was a collaboration with Reebok and Cirque du Soleil,” she added. “It’s the latest in the trend of off-your-feet workouts (TRX suspension training, including anti-gravity yoga you perform in a sort of fabric sling). Basically, there are

about 16 trapezes in the room, which can be set to shoulder height and used to perform flying leaps and twirls or set to shin height to use like stirrups, where you hold a plank position with your feet suspended. Our staff tested it out when it first launched, and everyone — all seasoned exercisers who’ve done it all — loved it.” Similar to the Jukari class is the “BodyWeb” class at Crunch, a similar system of TRX-suspended ropes and wires that give you a chance to flex your inner Spider-Man. Tapping into a childhood sense of play also gets hearts beating for new classes, such as the “Harry Potter” series’ sport of Quidditch, without the flying brooms. The sport, in which players run with brooms between their legs, focuses on scoring against opponents while also trying to capture the “Golden Snitch” (a player dressed in gold with a tennis ball in a sock secured to his or her belt). It has inspired an actual tournament, the Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup, which was held last October at Middlebury College in Vermont. And remember your pogo stick? That’s the centerpiece of a new fitness class at Crunch. If you used one in grammar school, there’s probably a course out there somewhere offering you a chance to reign on the bouncing device once more. With the new collection of fitness classes constantly inviting you to refresh your exercise routine and keep you coming back, a good amount of caution is advised as well. You must honor your current fitness level and get the green light from your physician before undertaking any fitness routine. “When going into any class, as the instructor will tell you, go at your own pace,” Anderson says. “It’s OK to consider your first class a trial run where your main goal is just to learn the ropes. If you really want to get the hang of it, stay at the front near the instructor so that you get extra attention rather than sneak in the back of the room.” Crunched for cash and not able to join a gym? Go online to find free yoga, tai chi, race walking and the new and exciting martial art capoeira (a Brazilian dance, martial art and acrobatics workout) classes held in local parks and recreation centers. Fitness can be free — and certainly fun — for all. Article copyright 20101 Creators.com.

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VITAL SIGNS Study Links Picky Eating, Autism by Ryan ball

he dinnertime battle of wills is a drama that plays out in most households with small children. While it’s normal for kids to reject certain foods, researchers studying the effects of picky eating on health and nutrition suggest that food selectivity may be an indication of larger developmental issues. Sharon Cermak, professor of occupational science and occupational therapy at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at USC, was involved in a recent study that compared the eating habits of 53 children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to those of 58 typically developing children. The Children’s Activity and Meal Patterns Study monitored mealtime behavior of children between the ages of 3 and 11, and found that those diagnosed with ASD rejected an average of 41% of foods offered, while the other children turned down 18.9% of foods. Though picky eating is not a core symptom of autism, the findings suggest that children with ASD may be at a greater risk of nutritional deficiencies and obesity since carbohydrates are typically favored over fruits and vegetables. As an occupational therapist, Cermak focused primarily on looking at sensory processing and its relationship to food selectivity. “What our research is showing is that it’s more a problem of feel, the feel of foods in their mouth, as opposed to the taste,” Cermak said. She noted that the same sensitivities can interfere with multiple aspects of a child’s functioning, such as oral care and hygiene.

“It can result in problems with fingernail care, getting their fingernails cut or their hair washed because they find the light touch uncomfortable,” she said. The study was published in the Journal of Pediatrics and can be viewed at jpeds.com. Cermak said the group is in the process of securing funding to do a second study. Item courtesy of USC HSC Weekly.

that requires reconstructive surgery involving transplantation of a skin flap from the chest or arm. “Going transorally allows us to avoid the need for those big reconstructions,” said Kokot. “The transoral robotic surgery patients have the potential to start eating within a few days after surgery, will stay in the hospital for a few days and generally are going to do much, much better.” A month after surgery, USC’s first TORS patient is recovering nicely. He has minimal pain and is eating essentially a normal diet,

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Kokot said. Cosmetically he is very happy not having a lip-splitting mandibulotomy. With the large, open operation he would not likely be eating normal food at this point. He would most likely have a gastrostomy tube, and he might still have a trach. USC surgeons will soon use TORS for resection of tumors of the superglottic larynx and hypopharynx, while also treating sleep apnea with procedures such as tongue-base reduction. Kokot said that they’ll also be performing robotic thyroidectomies. Item courtesy of USC HSC Weekly.

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he revolutionary da Vinci robot helps doctors save lives, but, crucially, it can also help spare a patient reconstructive surgery. USC University Hospital recently saw its first transoral robotic surgery (TORS), the first one performed on the West Coast, according to Niels Kokot, assistant professor of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, at the Keck School of Medicine. Kokot performed the surgery with Uttam Sinha, assistant professor and vice chair of Otolaryngology, on March 22. TORS was developed at the University of Pennsylvania, where Kokot trained for fellowship and gained experience in using the da Vinci robot to extract cancerous tumors. The operation in March was for resection of tonsillar carcinoma. Using the robotic arms and 3D visualization, the surgeons were able to gain access to an area of the body that usually requires extremely invasive measures Kokot said that tumors of the tonsil and tongue base are generally removed via lipsplitting mandibulotomy, where surgeons splay open the entire jaw to get to the tumor. The procedure leaves facial scarring and a gaping hole between the neck and throat

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Exhibit Kicks Off Natural History Museum’s $107 Million Transformation

John Harris, the curator in charge of Age of Mammals, oversaw the installation of the exhibit, part of the museum’s $107 million makeover. by RichaRd Guzmán city editoR

ith a vacuum hose and a brush, Howell Thomas carefully cleaned between the bones of a brontothere. Slowly and methodically, he removed tiny bits of dirt from the specimen also known as a thunder beast. Thomas, a senior paleontological preparator for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, later moved on to a massive mastodon skeleton. He placed his tools into the rib cage of the 20,000-year-old beast, whose tusks protrude about six feet from its head. “We’re getting very excited around here,” said Thomas, who with his long hair and wild gray beard looks like he just spent years in a remote location discovering the bones of an ancient creature. Instead, he has spent the last three years working on specimens at the Exposition Park museum. While their bones are thousands, and in some cases millions of years old, the longextinct mammals, along with a few that are still around today, are about to be thrust into the spotlight as part of an exhibit titled Age of Mammals. The exhibit opens July 11 in the NHM’s restored 1913 Building. It is the first completed phase of a five-year, $107 million transformation that will add three major permanent exhibits along with a new “front yard” to the museum. It will all lead up to an NHM centennial celebration in 2013. The 8,800-square-foot Age of Mammals takes up a two-floor renovated wing of the building. Two other, smaller exhibits will also open July 11: What on Earth?, which presents some of the museum’s most unusual items, such as a platypus egg, an ancient Peruvian gold feather and a shell with marine invertebrates; and Life Through the Ages, which consists of paintings of ancient environments and extinct animals by American painter Charles R. Knight. Those are accompanied by comments from museum scientists comparing the art to scientific facts. Next July, another major exhibit, Dinosaur Mysteries, will open in the 1913 Building. That will be followed in December 2012 by a third exhibit that will explore the natural and cultural history of Los Angeles and Southern California. For museum officials, it’s a major moment. “People are going to see our collection in a whole new way, in a space that has been transformed,” said Jane Pisano, president and director of the NHM. “We used to just put our specimens out there because they are wonderful, they’re very informative in and of themselves, but now we are really telling a story with these important objects. In the Age of Mammals we’re telling the story of the evolution of mammals during the last 65 million years.” Pisano said the exhibit can be summarized in six words: continents move, climate changes, mammals evolve. The lessons of those words get a little help from some lighting changes in the 1913 Building. The once opaque skylight has been restored to allow sunlight to shine down during the day, creating a more natural feel. The old concrete balustrades on the mezzanine level are now made of glass so that more light filters in.

“It’s a beautiful space for the exhibit, especially in the daytime when the sunlight shines through,” said John Harris, the curator in charge of Age of Mammals and the NHM Head of Vertebrate Studies. He is also the chief curator of the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, where some of the specimens in the NHM exhibit were found. Back in Time Age of Mammals is the first large-scale exhibition to debut at the museum in 20 years. It takes visitors back to the fall of the dinosaurs and the rise of mammals, including man, with more than 230 specimens discovered around the world. It uses interactive displays, taxidermy and skeletons mounted as if in motion; among the latter is a sperm whale swimming above visitors’ heads and a giant jaguar, the largest cat in the Rancho La Brea asphalt deposits. “This is the realization of three years worth of hard work and we’re putting forward what is really a dynamic new exhibit,” Harris said. “We’re explaining for the first time not only how they evolved but why they evolved.” The exhibit starts with a taxidermized cheetah posed as if chasing prey. Next to it is a cheetah skeleton posed in the same way to show the movement of the bones. Directly behind the cheetah is the thunder beast, which lived about 50 million years ago and looked more like a dinosaur than a plant-eating mammal. “It’s a huge beast with a huge skull,” Harris said. Pointing to different bones, he added, “It kind of looks like a dinosaur

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Howell Thomas, a senior paleontological preparator for the Natural History Museum, cleans off the bones of a mastodon in anticipation of the July 11 opening of the Age of Mammals exhibit.

but you can tell there are seven vertebrate in the neck and that’s a characteristic of a mammal. If you look at the jaw there’s only one bone in the lower jaw; that’s also mammals. And if you look at the teeth there are different kinds of teeth in the jaw and that again is a characteristic of a mammal.” The exhibit also includes touch screen televisions to explain the hows and whys of evolution, including how continental shifts affected the way life developed. Original Valley Girl The exhibit’s centerpiece is the 20,000-year-old Simi Valley mastodon, which museum staffers refer to as the “original Valley girl.” “It was found in Simi Valley in 2001, so it’s never before been assembled, mounted and presented to the public,” Pisano said. The mastodon was related to the elephant and looked similar to a mammoth; it ate leaves and soft vegetation. It roamed the Earth from at least 3.75 million years ago, and became extinct about 11,000 years ago. “It’s a peculiar thing that most of the creatures you see in front of you here were all living in Los Angeles until about 11,000 years ago, and then they all became extinct,” Harris said. “You would have seen these in your backyard if you had been here 11,000 years ago.” While the focus is on specimens from North America, the exhibit also ventures into other parts of the world. That includes a display of a “walking whale” from Pakistan. It was an early relative of the modern whale and had well-developed legs, although it spent much of its time in fresh water. Age of Mammals also tells the story of human evolution, with a series of casts on display and even some skulls visitors can touch. A row of skulls dating from 2.4 million years ago to modern times shows both that the human brain has grown considerably in size, and that there was more than one human species living side-by-side during our evolution. A 3.5 million-year-old footprint from Tanzania and a cast of the famous Lucy fossil — the original bones are secured in a vault in Ethiopia — explain how humans began walking upright. The oldest primate specimen in the exhibit is the jawbone of a small lemur-like creature found in Simi Valley. It’s approximately 40 million years old. “The evolution of humans wasn’t simple,” Harris said. “It was rather complex and we hope to show that here.” Museum officials also want to show how they know what they know, which is the focus of the mezzanine level of the exhibit. That holds the tools and demonstrates the methods scientists use to reconstruct the past. The exhibit doesn’t just look back in time to tell the story of mammals. It ends with a mounted polar bear, an animal that is endangered by climate change and could become extinct. “We end with a look at the future of mammals, and that’s something too that’s very new about the presentation of our collection,” Pisano said. “We’re not only looking at the past, we’re also looking to the future.” The Natural History Museum is at 900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-3466 or nhm.org. Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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Bringing Back Arshille Gorky MOCA Show Gives a Clear View Of Often Overlooked Abstract Expressionist by Kirk Silsbee

rt scholar Gene Cooper used to tell his art history classes at Cal State Long Beach that color print reproductions of art are rarely to be trusted, and that black and white copies are no good to anyone. Seldom is this truer than when it is applied to the work of the Armenian-born painter Arshille Gorky (1902-’48). His iconic double portrait, “The Artist and His Mother,” has been widely disseminated for decades in books and magazines, often in black and white. The image has strong draftsmanship, yet the overall effect is always one of different degrees of muddiness. Not until a viewer stands in front of the actual piece do the subtle juxtapositions of pinks, violets and beige tones make apparent that Gorky was a master of subliminal color relationships. Fortunately, there is now an opportunity to stand in front of that work, as well as many other Gorky creations. The tremendous traveling exhibition Arshille Gorky: A Retrospective is at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Grand Avenue location through Sept. 20. It is full of revelations. For a giant of the mythical Abstract Expressionist movement, the brilliant Gorky’s diminished estimation has been curious. His early death at his own hand shouldn’t have stood in the way of canonization: Jackson Pollock’s dark life only fueled his legend. Same with Mark Rothko, another suicide. Perhaps it’s Gorky’s individuality that has stood in the way of greater appreciation of his work. Until now, Gorky’s profile was a little like that of composer/ pianist Thelonious Monk in the mid 1950s. Musicians superficially knew the singular architect of modern jazz through his evergreen “’Round Midnight” and a few other tunes, but they barely scratched the surface of Monk’s evolving canon; his music was thought too hard to play. Likewise, Gorky’s “Artist and His Mother” was reflexively cited in art history surveys and his idiosyncratic abstract land and bodyscapes were often deemed quirky and remote.

Even the biggest museums usually have just a couple of Gorkys in their permanent collections, so very few people have taken the full measure of his output. This show is an assembled oeuvre that has been long overdue and should elevate Gorky’s standing as a modernist of singular vision. He was born Vosdanig Adoian in an Ottoman Turkey. As a teenager he survived the Armenian genocide, but not before watching his mother starve to death. He made his way to the United States in 1920 and rechristened himself Arshille Gorky, claiming to be a cousin of the Russian writer of the same name. The show’s early work details Gorky grappling with the legacies of Cezanne, Picasso, Impressionism, Cubism and Surrealism. By 1930 we begin to see the organic shapes emerge in the homages that would become identifiable with Gorky. His Cubist flings simplify the figure and ground shapes. A woman in a Picassoesque pencil study for a WPA mural holds a paintbrush, though it’s removed in an act of self-editing in the finished painting. And the haunted figures in “Artist and His Mother” (based on a photo portrait from his childhood) lose the modeling in their hands. The studies and various versions of this landmark are wisely segregated to one room, a judicious move used elsewhere in the show. It’s a treat to immerse oneself in the stages of this piece. If Willem DeKooning, Franz Kline and Pollock were the AE studs — giving the paint a palpable energy that fairly jumped off the canvas — Gorky constructed a dank interior world. The linear shorthand that marks mature Gorky is derived from the surrealists, but it’s never so literal. His sexual subterranean fields were full of quasi-human shapes of protuberances, volumes and openings, or sometimes just a smear of red crayon on an otherwise black and white painting or drawing. He eventually achieved a distillation of gesture and nuance that said a lot through small disclosures. Perhaps Gorky’s greatest statements are a couple of finished versions of his “Betrothal” paintings from 1947, grouped with

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studies in one room. Like DeKooning’s women of the ’50s, these constitute separate gospels. The rhythm of the placement of abstracted elements and the exquisite modulation of colors (golds, olive greens and plums) are positively musical in their organization. They’re the work of a master whose facility in juggling many components and properties is done so in a symphonic way. Very few of Gorky’s contemporaries were able to pull that off. Though earlier paintings like the green-drenched “Waterfall” touched on this kind of totality of vision, he didn’t do it very often in quite this way. A final 1948 painting has thick black strokes and seems to portend Gorky’s tragic end. He didn’t give much notice through his work, but when Gorky gave up he ended about 10 years of realized work. What a shame. Arshille Gorky: A Retrospective is at MOCA, 250 Grand Ave., through Sept. 20. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 11 a.m.8 p.m. Thurs.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Info at (213) 626-6222 or moca.org.

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Gallery Row is the place to be on Thursday, July 8, when the monthly Downtown Art Walk showcases dozens of art venues. Grab a map at the Art Walk Lounge at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (514 S. Spring St.) and plot your course from noon-9 p.m. Live entertainment in the galleries, food trucks at the curbs and thousands clogging the streets create quite the scene. Check out the Project Windows Annex at Bert Green Fine Art where Elizabeth McGrath and Brian Poor present an interactive animatronic installation. At Norbertellen Gallery, a survey of Indian Mithila art over the last 20 years depicts the legend of Ramayana as well as contemporary subjects (image of “The Kobar,” by Minki Das, above). Info and map at downtownartwalk.com.

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Egypt hasn’t cornered the marmar ket on mummies, although it is certainly represented at the world premiere of Mummies of the World, World an exhibit that opened on July 1 Center at the California Science Center. The largest traveling show ever assembled of mummies and artifacts contains more than 140 specimens, including a Peruvian child mummy that predates good ol’ King Tut by 3,000 years; a whole family of 18th century mummies from Hungary preserved by the oil from their pine coffins and cool, dry air; and Egyptian animal mummies elaborately wrapped in painted linen bandaging. New technology and forensic science tools unravel more mummy mysteries. Is “CSI: Mummies” in the future? The show continues through Sept. 25 at 700 Exposition Park Dr., (323) 724-3623 or californiasciencecenter.org.

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Want a little funk in your Friday? Take in a noontime treat of pure groove at the California Plaza Watercourt with the Los Angeles-based band Orgone on July 9. Part of the free Grand Performances series of summer concerts, Orgone stirs up its heavy funk with soul, jazz, Afro-beat, DJ culture and raw power. The name comes from a term coined in the 1930s by psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich to describe a universal life force; the band describes itself as a cosmic connection of souls and a natural creative force. Go ahead, surrender to the beat, and may the funk be with you. At 350 S. Grand Ave., grandperformances.org.

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L.A. Downtown News is looking for a enthusiastic selfstarter who is well-organized and has the ability to sell advertising over the phone AND in person, with 3+ years in sales experience, preferably in advertising/media with a proven track record in prospecting and closing new business. The ideal candidate will have exceptional communication and selling skills, a strong work ethic and a great attitude. Compensation includes a base salary plus commissions and bonuses.

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(2 blocks west of San Pedro St.)

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Volunteer opportunities Helping kids heal. Free Arts for Abused Children is looking for volunteers to integrate the healing power of the arts into the lives of abused and at-risk children and their families. Today is the day to get involved! Contact Annie at volunteers@freearts. org or 310-313-4278 for more information.

LEGAL Fictitious Business name Fictitious Business name statement File no 20100873589 The following person is doing business as: CAseY’s iRisH pUB, 613 s. grand Ave., los Angeles, CA 90014, are hereby registered by the following registrant: Big CAseYs inC., 613 s. grand Ave, lA CA 90014. This business is conducted by a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 6/1/2004. This statement was filed with deAn lOgAn, los Angeles County Clerk on June 25, 2010. NOTICE—This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the

office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et. seq. Business and professions Code). pub. 7/05, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26/2010 Fictitious Business name statement File no. 20100696012 The following person is doing business as: TeXTile AssOCiATiOn OF lOs Angeles (TAlA), 444 s. Flower street, 34th Floor, los Angeles CA 90017, (Mailing address) pO Box 71022 lA CA 90071, are hereby registered by the following registrant: CAliFORniA FAsHiOn AssOCiATiOn, 444 s. Flower st., 34th Floor, los Angeles CA 90071. This business is conducted by a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 5/21/2010. This statement was filed with deAn lOgAn, los Angeles County Clerk on February 1, 2010. NOTICE—This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name state-

ment must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et. seq. Business and professions Code). pub. 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/5/2010 Fictitious Business name statement File no. 20100717853 The following person is doing business as: JespeR kYd pROdUCTiOns, 1210 north Maple street, Burbank, CA 91505, are hereby registered by the following registrant: JespeR kYd JACOBsen, 1210 north Maple street, Burbank, CA 91505. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrants hascommenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on May 1, 2005. This statement was filed with deAn lOgAn, los Angeles County Clerk on May 26, 2010. NOTICE—This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious

business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et. seq. Business and professions Code). pub.6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12/2010 Fictitious Business name statement File no. 20100873456 The following person is doing business as: TOnYs sAlOOn, 2017 e. 7th street, lA CA 90021, are hereby registered by the following registrant: spiRiTed VenTURes 12 inC., 515 W. 7th street, #300 lA CA 90014 . This business is conducted by a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 5/30/2009. This statement was filed with deAn lOgAn, los Angeles County Clerk on June 25, 2010. NOTICE—This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et. seq. Business and professions Code).

pub. 7/05, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26/2010

This statement was filed with deAn lOgAn, los Angeles County Clerk on June 25, 2010. NOTICE—This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et. seq. Business and professions Code). pub. 7/05, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26/2010

Fictitious Business name statement File no. 20100873596 The following person is doing business as: CAnA RUM BAR, 714 W. Olympic Blvd., lA CA 90015, are hereby registered by the following registrant: spiRiTed VenTURes 6 inC., 515 W. 7th street, #300 lA CA 90014. This business is conducted by a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 4/10/2010.

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NOTICE THAT THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA WILL CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND A DESIGN FOR DEVELOPMENT (PHASE 1) ESTABLISHING DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS FOR PALLET YARDS AND RECYCLING CENTERS IN THE CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA, IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, July 15, 2010, beginning at the hour of 10:00 A.M. or as soon thereafter as this item may be heard, the Board of Commissioners of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles, California (“CRA/LA”) will conduct a meeting at the CRA/LA Board Room located at 354 S. Spring Street, Sixth Floor, Los Angeles, California 90013, to consider the proposed adoption of a Design for Development in accordance with Section 522 of the Central Industrial Redevelopment Plan. The CRA/LA will also consider the adoption of a Negative Declaration for the proposed adoption of a Design for Development. The meeting may be continued from time to time until completed. The proposed Design for Development will impose development and design controls that may restrict any future pallet yards and recycling centers in the Project Area of pallet yards and recycling centers in the Project Area. Any and all persons having any objections to the proposed adoption of a Design for Development, who deny the regularity of this proceeding or wish to speak on any issue raised by the adoption of the Design for Development, may appear at the meeting and will be afforded an opportunity to state their comments or objections. If any person desires to challenge in court the proposed adoption of the Design for Development or any proceedings in connection therewith, they may be limited to raising only those issues that they or someone else raised at the meeting described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the CRA/LA at, or prior to, the meeting. Written correspondence on this matter may be addressed to the CRA/ LA, c/o of the CRA/LA, Downtown Region, 354 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California 90013. 6/28, 7/5/10 CNS-1887865# DOWNTOWN NEWS

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Fashion Continued from page 5 Macy’s sought to lend that style to the show here, said company spokeswoman Melinda Martin. “We decided this was a year we’d try and standardize that format so we were looking for a theater setting,” Martin said. “The city of Santa Monica and the Barker Hangar have been great, but it does not offer a theater setting.” The event will feature a fashion show with models wearing outfits from designers including Material Girl, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Just Cavalli and Jezebel/Felina Lingerie, said Dan Douglas, manager of the Macy’s in Eagle Rock. R&B and hiphop songstress Macy Gray and singer/ songwriter Eric Hutchinson will headline the show’s musical component.

The announcement marks the latest in a series of high-profile events moving from the Westside to Downtown. The Los Angeles Film Festival just wrapped up its Downtown stint after long being rooted in Westwood. The Barneys New York Warehouse Sale jumped from Santa Monica to the Convention Center in 2009. And after fleeing Downtown for Culver City in 2003, L.A. Fashion Week last year repositioned much of its event programming Downtown. As for Macy’s Glamorama, Kent Smith, executive director of the Fashion District Business Improvement District, said the event is better off in Downtown. “For those of us in the industry, we all feel now that the show is where it belongs,” Smith said. Tickets for the event go on sale Aug. 8 and will be available at macys.com/glamorama. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

We Got Games The Dodgers Are Goin’ Fishin’ Los Angeles Dodgers Dodger Stadium, 1000 Elysian Park Ave., (213) 224-1400 or dodgers.mlb.com. July 5, 6:10 p.m.; July 6-9, 7:10 p.m.; July 10, 1:10 p.m.; July 11, 5:05 p.m.: Anybody want to go fishing? In Chavez Ravine? Yes? Good, because the Florida Marlins are in town this week. This is good news for Casey Blake, who last week crushed an eighth-inning home run to help the Dodgers sweep the Giants. Can’t you just see the bearded Blake, a

proud Iowan who hunts ducks in the off-season, with a leg up on the stern of a boat, bracing himself as he reels in a trophy marlin on one of those fishing television shows? Way to go, Casey. Later in the week, Blake and the boys will trade rod and reel for some traps as the Chicago Cubs come to town. Then again, the Cubbies are pretty tame these days. Los Angeles Sparks Staples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 929-1300

or wnba.com/sparks. July 6, 7 p.m.: The Sparks, still struggling to figure out how to win without Candace Parker in the line-up, host the Phoenix Mercury this week. The match-up should be a good test. The Mercury are the defending WNBA champions, but like the Sparks, they’ve struggled this year. The teams have already played three times this season, and all three were decided by one point (the Mercury won twice). The Sparks will look to even up that score on the Staples Center court. The July 6 game is the last home match until July 20, as the Sparks make way for the circus. —Ryan Vaillancourt

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