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A Downtown school meeting, a bike lane, and other happenings Around Town.

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A history lesson in how some key Downtown streets got their names.

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Signs of the Occupation The Faces and Messages of the People Protesting at City Hall

Urban Scrawl celebrates Halloween.

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A comeback for the Huntington Hotel.

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An electric car company in Downtown.

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The man behind a cleantech incubator.

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photo by Gary Leonard

Ue Daniels, a 21-year-old artist from San Francisco, is one of the hundreds of people who have been camping on the lawn of City Hall for more than a month. Images of some of the other protesters, and the signs they carry, are on page. 18.

Happy City Hall-oween IV Images of the Mexican Revolution.

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The Scariest Place in Downtown Is Right in the Civic Center

by Jon Regardie executive editor

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here is no shortage of horror stories in City Hall.

It’s a place where politicians duel, lobbyists cajole and the media are seen as trolls. What goes on there each day is kind of like what occurs in the Saw franchise, but without the charm.

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That’s what happens 364 days a year. On Halloween, it gets even worse. Here is the fourth annual guide to the completely invented haunted house that City Hall will become on Monday, Oct. 31.

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The Waiting Game: Your eyes flash open and you find yourself at the end of a long, serpentine line. Terrible moaning emanates from those in front of you. There’s a brightly lit sign in the distance that you can’t make out.

You look around and see that the queued-up figures are all clutching cardboard tubes, the kind that hold blueprints. The moans grow louder and the bodies loll back and forth. You touch the shoulder of the figure in front of you and ask, “How long have you been here?” You gasp as a bare skull turns around and cackles “Forever!

And you’ll be here forever too!” Then all the figures boom “Forever!” and hold their tubes aloft. Suddenly see City Hall, page 17

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AROUNDTOWN A Spring Street Bike Lane

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pring Street could have a bike lane stretching from Cesar Chavez Avenue to Ninth Street by the end of November. The city Department of Transportation has been working with the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council and the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition on the plan for several months. Spring and Main streets were among the priority routes identified for lanes in the Bicycle Master Plan adopted last year, said DOT transportation engineer Tim Fremaux.

Spring Street was fast tracked for implementation because, as a one-way corridor with five peak-hour auto lanes, it is ideal for conversion.

Traffic simulations were conducted and, said Fremaux, “Metro didn’t object to the removal of the bus lane.” The department is tentatively planning to paint the new lane green. In the coming month, DLANC is expected to inform residents and businesses about the plan.

The Main Street project is further behind, but Fremaux said the northbound corridor could see a bike lane in the first half of 2012.

Parents to Discuss School Options

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area will get together on Thursday, Nov. 3, to talk about the issue. The 7 p.m. meeting at Union Church, at 401 E. Third St., will include a presentation on the school options in Downtown. It will also focus on taking steps to bring a new school to the area. “We realize a lot of parents are very anxious about the school situation,” said Dennis Kang, one of the event organizers. “They don’t feel there are a lot of options in Downtown.” According to a recent demographic study by the Downtown Center Business Improvement District, there are approximately 1,850 kids in Downtown under the age of 5. That means 6.3% of neighborhood households have children who are at or approaching school age. Although the area has several expensive, high-profile high schools, many residents have complained that there are few reputable elementary school options, and some families have moved out of the area because of the issue. For information on the meeting, contact Kang at (213) 5504461 or dennis@citylightchurch.org.

Environmental Study Delivered for Bridge Replacement

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he effort to replace the ailing Sixth Street Viaduct is a step closer to reality. The final environmental impact report was completed

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recently and is headed to the City Council; approval is expected in late November. The study evaluated five concepts for a new bridge, including an option to replicate the design of the 78-year-old structure. However, officials with the city’s Bureau of Engineering recommended another concept that incorporates a cable-supported structure. The bridge spans the Los Angeles River between Downtown and Boyle Heights. A chemical reaction is breaking down the bridge, though officials have said there is no

imminent danger of collapse. Project Manager John Koo said the project is estimated at $401 million. The bureau is targeting a groundbreaking in 2015, Koo said, and completion could come by 2017, though exact timing will depend on federal funding. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Sen. Barbara Boxer held a press conference at the bridge on Thursday, Oct. 27, to urge Congress to pass legislation to fund infrastructure improvements. The public see Around Town, page 10

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EDITORIALS The Price of Art Walk

Urban Scrawl by Doug Davis

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his month, the City Council voted to require the Downtown Art Walk to secure a special events permit for future happenings. In essence, the move makes Art Walk organizers cover some of the cityinduced expenses associated with the gathering that brings tens of thousands of people to Downtown Los Angeles on the second Thursday of each month.

In general, we agree with the move, and with the response of Art Walk organizers, which is to try to get the entities that benefit financially from the gathering to pay for part of what the city has been covering.

However, we hope the politicians and financial guardians will keep an important fact in mind: Art Walk, even with the party atmosphere, remains an event whose benefits for Downtown extend well beyond the nights of the actual happenings. It’s an important part of Downtown life that may still require some help.

Making Art Walk contribute to the costs is the right move, especially at a time when the city is cash strapped. That said, leaders need to be careful that this does not create a financial burden that causes the event to collapse.

Art Walk has generated a lot of talk in the past few years as it mutated from an event focused on art to a veritable street party. A tumultuous leadership battle led to the hiring of the organization’s first paid director, which itself came from the financial contributions of area property and business owners. Then came the death of an infant at the July Art Walk. The tragic accident that occurred when a car rolled onto the sidewalk prompted important discussions about how to insure safety. It also led to the talk regarding payment.

The city vote requires Art Walk to pay about $8,800 for each event. Previously, Art Walk organizers had only spent a couple hundred dollars a month with the city for Department of Building and Safety permits.

The Art Walk leadership has gone to the operators of the food trucks and a few local buildings and secured promises to help. For the October Art Walk, the offices of council members Jan Perry and José Huizar chipped in $2,200 apiece.

The challenge lies in the future. While the city should not cover everything, it is important that the situation never devolve into a finances-fueled battle like the one that over the summer caused the abrupt demise of Silver Lake’s three-decade old Sunset Junction.

Certainly no one envisions anything like that occurring here, but when money is involved, things can change quickly.

What should not be forgotten is the message Art Walk sends to the rest of Los Angeles. While it divides Downtown residents, workers and gallery owners, and the noise and traffic often inconvenience people who live in the immediate area, it adds life and vitality to a community that many avoided a decade ago. It’s a great marketing tool for Downtown.

Art Walk is not perfect. It will always have detractors. However, it remains a unique, imaginative event. It’s a benefit to Downtown, and it’s worth the work to ensure that it stays and thrives.

The Lockout, the NBA and Downtown

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f things had gone right, this would be a big week for Downtown Los Angeles, as well as a few dozen other communities across the country. If a rift had not appeared between the owners of the 30 National Basketball Association franchises and the union that represents the league’s 400-plus players, then the regular season would have begun this week.

In this ideal world, the Lakers’ first home game would be Tuesday, Nov. 1, and the Clippers would play their home opener the following night. From now through April, the teams would each play 41 Staples Center games (not counting the post-season, which can extend into June), and around 18,000 fans would descend on South Park for each one (Staples’ seating capacity is about 19,000, but there are usually no-shows, and not all games sell out). Others would come to the area for the energy and the bars.

Negotiations between the owners and the players were ongoing at press time, with some reports indicating that progress is being made. Still, it is unlikely that the regular season will begin until December at the soonest (teams would need about a month of practice), and if common ground is not found and the talks collapse as they have several times already, some fear the entire season will be wiped out. That would be debilitating for arenas, since the type of events that can fill such massive facilities are generally reserved months, not weeks, in advance.

A prolonged lockout would be terrible not just for fans, but for the numerous Downtown Los Angeles businesses that rely on the people who visit the community for games. It would be even worse for those who earn hourly wages at Staples Center and at businesses near the arena. The bitter irony is that the fight between those who have a lot may be harshest on people who have comparatively little.

As mentioned above, there is reason to be hopeful, but until a deal is actually signed, each and every business owner who feeds off the Staples audience has to make alternative plans for the future. Even if the league is able to save an 82-game season, business owners have to be plan for a November well below expectations.

We won’t deign to guess which side is right. For months the rhetoric has flown like beer at the Yard House before a game — the league asserts that 23 of the 30 franchises lost money last

season. The players union claims the athletes whose talents enable the cash registers to ring will lose millions over their careers if they make too many concessions.

The economic downturn of the past few years has taught almost all business owners a lesson that comes into play in this instance: Sometimes success is not determined by turning a profit. In the event of a long lockout, victory could mean not record revenue, but simply surviving.

Some businesses played it smart and adapted early. As Los Angeles Downtown News reported recently, a few managers in the area grasped the threat months ago and began courting private parties and other corporate events, some tied to gatherings at the Convention Center.

Others, however, seem to be lagging, and are operating more on hope that the parties will come to terms. This wishful thinking is born out with vague plans to offer happy hour or other specials. If the season is saved, they’ll escape by luck, not business acumen.

Even if the games resume, the bars and restaurants must come up with options in November that will draw the people who normally only come Downtown for basketball. Pushing, say, $1 off a well drink probably won’t cut it. The business owners and managers will have to offer deals that are not only too good to refuse, but so great that people will drive here for them. Then they’ll have to aggressively market the options, using traditional advertising (no, this isn’t a play for Downtown News ads) as well as social media and word of mouth.

The Downtown restaurants and bars have some key advantages. Not only is there a base audience through other L.A. Live activity, including Kings games and the Regal cineplex, but many of the establishments in South Park offer high-quality food and drink at a range of price points. They have established, loyal audiences. The key will be whether they can pull these customers without a game.

There is also, perhaps, power in numbers. The businesses should consider banding together to offer group deals, maybe with dinner at one place and a drink or entertainment somewhere else.

Living through the lean times may take a team effort, and it will be best if it involves drawing traditional Staples or other customers, not poaching the ones who are in Downtown anyway.

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No One Wants to ‘Live on Charity’ How the Downtown Streets Got Their Names

by Greg Fischer

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fter the Mexican-American War in the mid- to late-1840s, Mexico relinquished its 27-year hold on Los Angeles to the United States. The maps that existed at the time were simple and often inaccurate.

The United States government wanted an accurate map of the city of Los Angeles. They assigned Lt. E. O. C. Ord to draw it. The result is a map titled “Plan de La Ciudad de Los Angeles,” dated Aug. 29, 1849.

Most of the roads in the Downtown area started as single family, residential streets.

The map begins with Calle Principal (Main Street) and goes west. East of Main was the floodplain for the river. That land was generally developed later.

The second street, in Spanish, was Calle Primavera. Spring Street is the translation.

While it’s true that the water table is high in this area, the name of the street owes its origin to a romantic, not a riparian, story.

Lt. Ord was taken with a beauty in Santa Barbara whom he called “Mi primavera,” or “My springtime.” Since Ord was tasked with drawing the map, Spring Street was born.

The next street, Calle Fortin (Fort Street), led to Fort Moore, where the $231 million arts high school now stands. All big cities in the latter 19th century had to have a street called Broadway, and so Fort Street transitioned to that name.

West of Broadway is Hill Street, or Calle Loma on the map. Continuing west is Calle Acituna, which we now call Olive Street.

These are direct translations.

Going west to east were the three virtues:

Faith, Hope and Charity. On the map, they are labeled Calle de las Flores (Faith had already morphed to Flower, supposedly due to the beautiful flowers on Elysian Hills visible from there), Calle de Esperanza (Hope Street) and Calle de Caridad. This last one, Charity Street, was a nonstarter. No one wanted to “live on Charity,” so it was renamed with the grand title of Grand Avenue.

The final street, on the west side of Downtown, was Calle de las Chapules (Grasshopper Street).

In the 19th century, there was a concerted movement to name important streets running north/south in Spanish and, at the same time, to honor some of the past governors of Alta California. That led to Soto, Echandia, La Alameda, San Pedro (named for the road to the port), Figueroa (formerly Grasshopper Street and later Pearl Street), Alvarado and Micheltorena.

The surveyor himself is commemorated

by Ord Street in Chinatown. As Ord crosses Alameda, you can look up and see an iconic Los Angeles landmark: Phillipe’s.

The following ditty has been around for years and helps us to remember the street layout: From Main, we Spring to Broadway over the Hill to Olive. Wouldn’t it be Grand to Hope to pick a Flower on Figueroa?

Going north to south, there are some other interesting notes. Temple Street was named for a 19th century family prominent in the banking (Temple and Workman Bank) and ranching (Rancho La Merced in the San Gabriel Valley) industries. Tenth Street was renamed Olympic Boulevard in honor of the 10th Summer Games, held in Los Angeles in 1932. Don Pio

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In an early map of Los Angeles, today’s Grand Avenue was named Calle de Caridad, or Charity Street.

Since no one wanted to live on a street with that name, the new title was chosen.

Pico Street became Pico Boulevard and kept 13th Street off the map. Venice Boulevard was originally West 16th Street.

The presidents take over south of Venice.

A map drawn just before the Civil War shows evenly spaced presidential streets. The first three, Washington, Adams and Jefferson, are angled inside the old city limits. They are followed by Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Jackson streets. These latter streets never made it off the map.

Why are the Downtown streets angled?

One story holds that Governor Felipe de Neve, founder of Los Angeles in 1781 in the

name of King Carlos III of Spain, didn’t want the wind blowing dust through the north/ south streets, and so he placed the Plaza (at the top of today’s Olvera Street) on the true compass points (N, S, E and W). This turned the streets sideways to the wind coming off the mountains and meant that the buildings on the north side of town would blunt the wind and keep the dust down.

Los Angeles is a city that makes sense. It just takes some time to plow through the 230-year story to get the answers.

Greg Fischer is a Downtown resident and an amateur historian.

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by Ryan Vaillancourt staff writer

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ast summer, real estate investor Rod Goldberg walked into the Huntington Hotel, a Main Street vice den known for its bruise purple paint job. His jaw dropped.

“It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen,” he said.

As a partner in Dadson Washer Service, a firm that provides laundry facilities to hundreds of Los Angeles apartment complexes, Goldberg has seen plenty of properties in rough shape. None compared to the Huntington.

Rats ran rampant. Water leaked into the long vacant first floor commercial spaces. Some of the tiny apartments had been abandoned, apparently by hoarders who had packed the units with knickknacks, furniture and clothes. Under orders from the city not to sign new leases, the previous owner had taken to boarding up rooms once they were vacated.

The address, 752 S. Main St., was also a well-known crime magnet. Police officials knew it as a drug dealing hot spot and attributed three nearby shootings last year to Huntington residents or visitors.

“It was a cockroach infested, bedbug infested hotel,” said Heidi Hameed, who lived there with her husband for four years, the last with their infant son. “I don’t know how many times we had to take the mattress up to the roof to shake it out. My son was always getting bitten.”

Now, things are changing. In September 2010, Goldberg and a group of other investors bought the 196-unit property for $4.2 million. Their plan was to renovate it and charge market rate rents for young tenants, including recent college graduates.

“It was cheap,” Goldberg said. “It was real simple: Two hundred units in Downtown with 20,000 square feet of retail?

Well, what am I missing?”

The answer is, possibly, something significant. A past investment in the building by the Community Redevelopment

Agency required the Huntington to be priced affordably for 20 years. That covenant expired in July 2010, but the property remains on a city list of derelict buildings, a designation that prohibits rent increases.

Blight Spot, Bright Spot Goldberg set out on an approximately $3 million renovation of the four-story, 1910 hotel last fall. He started with a task normally reserved for later in the development process — he painted the Huntington’s purple skin a bright cream.

“We painted first because everyone was skeptical that I was going to come in and really change things,” he said. “I wanted to show everyone, right away, that we were for real.”

Units were rebuilt. Utility infrastructure was replaced. A metal cage that once separated a desk clerk from residents was torn out.

About 60 people were living in the hotel when Goldberg’s group bought it, but those who hadn’t paid rent or had no lease were evicted. Others were relocated. Goldberg said some left voluntarily after he hired 24-hour security.

The exterior signage of the property was changed too: Gone is the infamous Huntington Hotel. Now, it’s officially the Huntington Apartments, where 135-square-foot studios with no bathroom or kitchen start at $499 per month.

The largest units, which measure about 300 square feet and include a bathroom, are listed for $1,100, or about $3.60 per square foot. By comparison, a 662-square-foot studio with a kitchen and a bathroom at the nearby Great Republic Lofts is currently offered for $2.50 per square foot. At the NCT Lofts, another nearby upscale complex, a 789-square-foot unit is $2.40 per square foot.

Whether renters will pay the advertised Huntington rents remains to be seen. But there’s another lingering question about the prices: Are they legal?

Under previous owner Darren Stern, the Huntington recorded 314 city code violations. The poor conditions landed the property in the city’s Rent Escrow Account Program, or

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Rod Goldberg and a group of investors bought Main Street’s Huntington Hotel for $4.2 million and spent the past year trying to reinvent the former slum property as a market-rate apartment complex.

REAP, which forces slumlords to bring their buildings up to code before they can collect rent. Tenants in REAP properties pay only 50% of their rent and can opt to send their payments into an escrow account managed by the city. Landlords recoup the funds only when they bring their properties up to code.

While Goldberg has fixed the building, the city has not yet freed the property from REAP. He said he will not sign leases until that happens, which could be as soon as November.

REAP rules, however, prohibit landlords from raising rents for 12 months after a property is released from the program.

According to a Housing Department record of rents paid

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by Jon Regardie executive editor

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faded car dealership moved into the automotive and green technology future last week, as business and political leaders from two continents came together in Downtown Los Angeles.

At a ceremony at 1800 S. Figueroa St. on Monday, Oct. 24, officials from Shenzen, China-based BYD, along with the mayor of Shenzen Province and other government leaders, teamed with their Los Angeles counterparts to cut the ribbon on the North American headquarters for the company that manufactures electric vehicles, solar power systems, rechargeable batteries and LED lighting. The move will ultimately create approximately 150 management and engineering jobs in Downtown, though there are only a few dozen now.

Chuanfu Wang, the chairman of BYD, said that the Downtown location will be the base of the company’s North American fleet sales for electric cars and buses. The facility will also house BYD’s research and development arms that will create versions of their cars for the U.S. market.

“It will also be our solar and LED business headquarters with a focus on marketing, sales, technical support, local product design, training and after-sales support,” Wang said in an English translation of his remarks.

Perhaps more importantly, the Figueroa Street headquarters will be a beachhead for one of China’s largest companies, with more than 200,000 employees worldwide, and possibly for a wave of Chinese businesses looking for a presence in North America.

“It’s the bell cow,” said Austin Beutner, who during his time as a top deputy to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa oversaw the deal for the city. Beutner is currently running for mayor.

“They are a market leader,” Beutner continued. “I’ve personally gotten many phone calls from Chairman Wang and his colleagues to introduce me to other CEOs in Shenzen who’d like to talk about Los Angeles and the opportunity.”

Corridor Comeback BYD, which stands for Build Your Dreams, was founded

in 1995 with 20 employees. Wang has overseen tremendous growth for the company, which has offices in countries including Denmark, India, Hungary, the Netherlands and South Korea. During his address, Villaraigosa noted that Wang has been described as a combination of Thomas Edison and former General Electric head Jack Welch. The label came from Business Week magazine.

While the company may be unfamiliar to many Angelenos, it is no stranger to financiers. It is 50% owned by interests in the United States. Investor Warren Buffett owns 10% of the company through a subsidiary of his Berkshire Hathaway.

Charlie Munger, vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, said at the event that BYD is “helping China become not just a quick learner from the West, but an inventor that could lead the West in some fields.”

The deal is the latest step in the evolution of the Figueroa Corridor, which has long housed a concentration of auto dealerships, but is now seeing growth at its southern end related to USC, and development on the north tied to L.A. Live. The BYD headquarters a few blocks south of the Convention Center is owned by prominent area landlord the Shammas Group.

In the 1920s, said Darryl Holter, CEO of the Shammas Group, the property was home to the White Motor Company. Before BYD came in, the building was vacant and did not meet earthquake standards for commercial structures.

Holter called the fact that the site will again house a business anchored in auto sales “pretty significant.”

“They provide the largest selling electric sedan in China,” Holter said, referencing the more than 1 million cars customers have purchased. “Although they’re not ready to try to enter the American market with their small vehicles, which is a very hard market to intervene in, they may be able to do that in the next few years.”

Councilwoman Jan Perry, whose Ninth District includes Downtown, touted the potential benefits for the area.

“BYD has finally brought the cutting edge technology to Auto Row here on the Figueroa Corridor,” said Perry, who is also running for mayor. “This was a unique public-private

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Chuanfu Wang, the chairman of Chinese carmaker BYD, at the opening of the firm’s North American headquarters last week.

partnership, and I think it bodes well for us in the future.”

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BYD Continued from page 7 ergy systems and LED lighting packages for commercial and residential users.

At the Downtown event, the company announced a partnership with Hertz to create electric buses for their shuttles at LAX. It will also manufacture electric cars for Hertz’s Los Angeles rental fleet.

While the opening of the BYD headquarters was widely celebrated, it was no simple feat. Beutner noted that at his first meeting with company officials, they said they were not interested in locating in the city of Los Angeles. One deterrent, which Villaraigosa also mentioned, was a 12-inch stack of documents detailing city regulations and other matters.

Beutner helped persuade Wang not to reject the city out of hand. He hosted a dinner at his house for the chairman and other BYD officials, inviting a batch of prominent Los Angeles

civic leaders with which to mingle. During a follow-up meeting with the company, he brought together 12 city department heads. He gave them explicit instructions in responding to questions or requests. They boiled down to never saying “no.”

“I said you can say, ‘Yes, we will,’ or you can say, ‘Yes, we’ll look,’” Beutner recalled. “‘Yes, we’ll look’ doesn’t imply we can or can’t. It just means we’re going to make an effort to try to understand and see what we can do.”

Incentives the city provided to close the deal included some things other businesses can receive, such as a 15% tariff reduction for BYD cars shipped through the Port of Los Angeles — all zero emission vehicles can get that benefit. Other offerings were tailored specifically to the company, such as a guaranty that those who buy electric cars will receive a battery charger in their home within a week. The city also promised to showcase a BYD car at LAX. Additionally, improvements to the sidewalks and a repaving of the street took place.

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here’s a new project in the Arts District that, at first glance, doesn’t stand out. The 3,500-square-foot space has cubicles — enough for eight small companies to share — with faded, used furniture, a conference room, a reception desk and a coffee maker. But if the managers of the recently opened building are right, this temporary office is the seed of L.A.’s future economy.

Welcome to the L.A. Cleantech Incubator.

The Community Redevelopment Agency, in partnership with the Department of Water and Power and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s office, have long imagined developing an industrial business district for companies dealing with clean technologies along the Los Angeles River. The La Kretz Innovation Campus, a planned 60,000-square-foot facility on the block bounded by Hewitt, Colyton, Fifth and Palmetto streets, is slated to break ground next year and open in summer 2013. The future permanent home of the incubator will house some 25 young companies seeking to develop and launch new green products and technologies.

For now, the incubator is in the smaller space, about a block away. Fred Walti, a veteran business consultant who is running the project, talked about the present and the future.

Los Angeles Downtown News: How did you come to take this gig?

Fred Walti: About three years ago, four other executives and myself formed a management consulting company called the Propellant Group, which is focused on helping early stage technology companies grow. I got interested in cleantech because I came to the conclusion that if we are ever going to get control of our country, we have to get off the dependence on foreign fossil fuel. So I started to work on an informal basis about four years ago with the city in forming Cleantech L.A. A year or so ago when they decided to do the incubator, I got a call — I was in Bolivia, riding a motorcycle across the country with my wife on an extended vacation — asking if I was

Q: If I’m a start-up company, why would I locate here?

A: If you’re an entrepreneur and you’re interested in leasing space, you need to pay for tenant improvements, Internet, utilities, parking, reception, coffee machines. It’s all here and it’s here at a really inexpensive price, $300 per month per desktop. I spend close to that on my cell phone.

Most people don’t know that L.A. is the biggest green economy, and that’s all things relative to energy, transportation, efficiency and so on, in the country. They’re growing at a very rapid rate. New companies need access to three things: capital, talent and the market. We’re building off the third one first. That’s why companies are doing business here, that’s why every week there’s a delegation from some foreign country coming through — they’re interested in entering the clean business market in L.A. Q: What’s the role of the incubator?

A: We’re the business equivalent of a baseball farm system.

Baseball organizations go out in the very early stages, find young talent and then train that talent, through Triple A, batting practice and so on, and then they graduate to the show.

We’re the same thing. Our job is to find really talented entrepreneurs and promising technologies and people who’ve started companies and then help them get into the marketplace or expand, and we help them by giving them real easy plug-and-play space.

We also give them CEO coaching. Many of the people who start tech companies are very familiar with technology and product but are less experienced in how to build a company.

We’re pretty experienced in how to build a company. We’re building a growing network of mentors and advisers that we are in the process of vetting. We introduce our companies to people who may be able to help them, whether that is potential financing sources or potential customers.

Q: What companies are here now and what do they do?

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A: The companies are 350Green and Gridtest Systems.

They’re both involved in electric vehicle infrastructure.

350Green is an owner/operator of public charging stations.

They have a contract with Walgreens to put charging stations in Walgreens across the country, of which 160 will be in L.A. They came here from San Diego because this is the biggest market for their products.

Gridtest Systems makes testing equipment for the manufacture and implementation of charging stations. There are a lot of companies developing charging stations of all kinds. Gridtest’s system simulates different kinds of vehicle situations, driving, stopping and so on, to assess the effectiveness of the stations.

Q: Once the permanent facility is up and running, what effect will it have on the neighborhood?

A: Building an ecosystem to support the development of new companies is not a five minute job. I’m not sure it’s a five year job. But we’re going to build that center and those companies are going to generate 600 direct jobs and maybe see Incubator, page 10

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Incubator Continued from page 9 1,100 indirect jobs, and they’re well paid positions. We’re going to attract service companies and accounting firms, banking firms, retail establishments. These guys are going to work here.

I used to live in Hollywood. Now I live two blocks away. I figured if I’m going to sell it, I’ve got to live it. I think it’s going to be the tipping point for what’s called the arts and innovation district, the cleantech corridor and for the city’s green economy effort.

Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

Around Town Continued from page 2 can weigh in on the viaduct’s EIR during a hearing of the Cultural Heritage Commission at City Hall on Thursday, Nov. 3, at a 10 a.m.

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August, now include some new alternatives, including using Figueroa Street between Seventh and Ninth streets, and Seventh Street between Figueroa and Hill streets. “With this new alignment we also go to Seventh and Metro and would hit the planned Target at Seventh and Fig,” said Laura Cornejo, a transportation planning manager for Metro. Another modification was made to address the steep 14% slope on Grand Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets — the new plan proposes an elevated bridge between Fourth and Sixth streets.

Cornejo said a final route decision is expected

by February. Operational costs for the streetcar are projected at about $5 million annually with ridership of up to 10,000 per day. Meanwhile the Department of Transportation was expected to get the OK from the City Council Friday (after Downtown News went to press) to apply for a $37.5 million federal grant for the project.

Already $11 million in local funds have been secured for the effort.

Continued from page 6 vises the REAP program for the city, said that the city’s record of what Huntington tenants paid before Goldberg’s group bought the property is “unreliable.” The department’s only documentation of past rents, she said, came directly from the tenants who sent their payments to the city.

Complaints The Housing Department does not keep records of REAP building leases and would only seek such documentation if a tenant files a formal complaint, said Babazadeh.

No tenant has complained, but Becky Dennison, co-director of the Los Angeles Community Action Network, an advocacy group for low-income residents, has. So has Barbara Schultz, managing attorney for the Legal Aid Foundation.

Schultz referenced the 2005-2007 rent rolls as evidence that the new rates mark a significant increase. She represented five former tenants in wrongful eviction cases against the new owners. Three received $18,300, the citymandated relocation amount for senior and disabled people who have lived in a building for three years. One received $20,000, and the other secured $25,000 in a lawsuit settlement, Schultz said.

Hameed, the four-year tenant who battled bedbugs, said she accepted a $500 relocation offer from the new owners. Her family is now living in a shelter in the city of Chico.

Goldberg declined to comment on the relocations and evictions.

Goldberg denies that the advertised rents are higher than past rates. Many residents,

he said, paid nothing, and most of those who regularly paid had no formal lease. He said the new pricing is based in part on the few leases provided by residents remaining in the building. Other tenants pay rates that fall within the advertised price range, he said.

“My position with the city is, just tell me what you want me to do,” Goldberg said.

“We’re not trying to break any rules or break any laws.”

Babazadeh said that after hearing complaints from tenant advocates, the department reached out to Goldberg to try to establish proper rent levels. Talks are ongoing, she said.

“By the time we resolve with this owner, I’m very confident that we’ll come up with the rents,” Babazadeh said. “We don’t want this property owner to get caught with noncompliance. This property owner really doesn’t appear to us to be a slumlord.”

While the rents have sparked suspicion from some, the other changes have earned Goldberg instant credibility from one key stakeholder: The LAPD. Lt. Paul Vernon said that since Goldberg and his partners acquired the building, there has been a notable drop in crime around the area.

“This good faith effort to turn it around is really making a big difference,” Vernon said.

Goldberg said he’s been under fire since day one, from wary city department heads to tenant advocates. The skepticism, he said, is natural considering the Huntington’s shadowy history. Still, he hopes to distance himself from the former owner.

“Everyone questioned us when we came in,” Goldberg said. “I’m like, can you just give us some time?”

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Party planning professionals like to begin things early, and aim to start bookings in the first few weeks of September.

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Even better, they cover a range of styles and price points, from fancy affairs to more casual gatherings.

Below are 15 Downtown Los Angeles places where you can organize a holiday event for your staff (you know they deserve it). But seriously, get moving — the calendar may only say Halloween, but it is late in the party planning game.

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Parties Continued from page 11 nostalgic ambiance with its Art Deco style, dark wood furniture and multiple dining areas, including a patio in the station and a lovely exterior courtyard with a fountain. One party advantage is that Traxx can cater events at other places in the station, including the Grand Ticket Concourse, the gigantic, oft-photographed room that sports a high Spanish ceiling.

Parties there can hold hundreds of people. Some of the many menu options include house-cured pork loin, hanger steak and grilled salmon.

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that offer eagle eye views. Very few of them, however, also boast top-notch cuisine and a killer dance floor. You can get both at Elevate Lounge, located in the penthouse at 811 Wilshire Blvd. The venue 21 stories above the streets of the Financial District offers a dance floor, a DJ, and of course, that great view. Holiday parties for up to 400 people can be arranged. Bottle service is available, though this could be dangerous for an office event. The vibe is modern and a bit clubby, but dressing up is not a must if you arrange a private party. Of course, acting like a wallflower is always discouraged.

At 811 Wilshire Blvd., (213) 236-9600 or elevatelounge.com.

Brew Crew: The microbrewery trend is all the rage these days, and it seems that a new brew palace pops up weekly in Los Angeles. Well, the Bonaventure Brewing Company has been doing it a lot longer than most, and while it may seem verboten, an office party there doesn’t even need to involve

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huge buckets of beer. Or any beer. The restaurant on the fourth floor pool deck of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel can host an event for as few as a dozen employees or more than 1,000 revelers. The patio has nice views of the city and is a good spot for a laid-back gathering — you actually get the chance to converse with those at the party (just remember, no politics or religion). There is also indoor seating. If drinking is on the to-do list, the BBC specializes in handcrafted pale and blonde ales, and also offers a strawberry blonde. The food choices range from party platters with bacon-wrapped dates and beef satay to sushi to five-course sit-down dinners.

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On Target: Famed chef Wolfgang Puck has his hands all over Los Angeles and, in Downtown, all over L.A. Live. His most talked-about current spot is WP24 on, you guessed it, the 24th floor of the Convention Center hotel. They roll out the party plates come the holidays, but it’s not the only venue where you can get your Puck on. Perhaps the most impressive option for Puck’s catering army is the Target Terrace, located just above the Grammy Museum. It has enough space for a 300-person reception or 150 seated guests. It offers not just a view of South Park, but also access to the museum, where you can check out a range of interactive exhibits (be sure to take in the current James Brown and George Harrison shows). Most importantly, you’ll have a direct line to Puck’s kitchen. Think dishes such as roasted halibut, slow braised Portobello short ribs and stuffed chicken with risotto and wild mushrooms.

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Give it a Shot: Nestled in a strip mall at Sixth Street and Central Avenue, Yxta may be a little out of the way, or even off the radar for most Downtown office workers. But if that’s the case, well, their loss. The Warehouse District spot has a patio, a bar and an all-around loft feel. The spacious restaurant also boasts a healthy tequila list, with dozens of añejos, reposados and silvers.

While etiquette experts advise against doing a bunch of shots at an office party (do you really want the gossip that ensues from going home with Lenny in accounting or telling Ginger in marketing what you really think of her?), Yxta serves the type of tequilas that can be sipped sensibly on the rocks. You know, like adults do. There is also a menu full of Mexican classics such as tortas and tacos, and house specialties, among them pork chops, nopales (cactus) plates and marinated skirt steak. BTW: Yxta can hold up to 105 people. That means 105 people can try and fail to say the name properly. see Parties, page 14

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Parties Continued from page 12 At 601 S. Central Ave., (213) 596-5579 or yxta.net.

Pizza Party: When it comes to an office event, a pizza party isn’t the first thing that pops to mind. It’s usually more fitting for a high school party. But the pie is taken to an artistic level at Urbano Pizza. The recently opened Sixth Street eatery is a cool, modern space with room for 150 people, a 24-foot long communal table, barrel wood walls and a tin ceiling that gives it a good mix of industrial, urban and laid-back atmosphere. The pizza was created by Brad Winnaman and is made in a wood-burning oven. The results are creations like the Urbano Uovo, made with eggs and mushroom ricotta, and the Testa Verde, featuring baby spinach, ricotta and white cheddar. If for some crazy reason the people in your office don’t like pizza (and why are you working there if that’s the case?), they serve meatless lasagna, beef meatballs and a charcuterie plate. photo courtesy of Urbano Pizza At 630 W. Sixth St., (213) 614-1900 or A pizza party may not pop to mind for an office event, but the artisan pies at Urbano urbanopizzabar.com.

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At 251 S. Olive St., (213) 356-4100 or noerestaurant.com.

Bar, Kitchen, Party: Hotels are always a popular option for parties thanks to the numerous ballrooms and restaurants they offer. One of the most unique Downtown choices is the simply named Bar & Kitchen, located inside the O Hotel.

The restaurant offers its first floor and fireplace lounge, a mezzanine level which overlooks the hotel lobby (so you can wave at people), and a VIP room, which is limited to 10 guests. There’s a full menu, but partiers can also opt for plates

of passed hors d’oeuvres. It’s an option for conversation and for munching on delicacies like bacon-wrapped dates and chorizo and chicken skewers.

At 819 S. Flower St., (213) 784-3048 or barandkitchenla.com.

Viva la Seafood: If you think your staff would like a little French flair — mais oui, Inspector Clouseau! — then consider Kendall’s Brasserie and Bar. Private rooms are available for events and celebrations at the venue that is part of the Music Center. Interestingly, the patio is dog friendly, which makes it a rare option for businesses with an office canine.

The restaurant makes it easy to pick your food, with readymade holiday menus like the Snowflake Dinner Party, with options such as rotisserie chicken, and the Silver Bells package, which delivers pan-seared salmon and slow braised beef short ribs. see Parties, page 16

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Yxta at Sixth Street and Central Avenue may be out of the way, but it draws diners and office partiers for the comfortable feel, Mexican menu and fine tequilas.

Family Style: From the outside, Colori Kitchen on Eighth Street is forgettable. It’s easy to miss it if you’re headed to the Golden Gopher. Once inside, however, it makes an impression. Opened by Italian-born chef Luigi Barducci Contessi and his wife and sister-in-law, it’s a small trattoria with flavors one would never expect. The open kitchen, bright colors and pleasant cacophony will make your office staff feel like they’re in a little place in Italy. The menu will further drive that feeling with dishes including spaghetti with clams, ravioli with spinach and ricotta and salmon in lemon sauce. Word of advice: Don’t be the wise guy who tries a dish and then harrumphs, “Now that’s Italian.”

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That’s all possible when an event is booked at the Downtown location of Morton’s the Steakhouse. In addition to the privacy and room for up to 75 people, you get to choose from mouthwatering meats such as single cut filet mignon, USDA prime rib-eye steak, lamb chops and, if you’re the type who likes fish in a red meat palace, Chilean sea bass. You can get your vegetable on too, since Morton’s offers salads, sautéed garlic green beans and steamed asparagus. Yes, we actually wrote the phrase “get your vegetable on.”

At 735 S. Figueroa St., (213) 553-4566 or mortons.com.

A Spoon Full of Yum: If you have an office crew of six or more, you’ll need to call ahead for a reservation at Wood Spoon. If you have an office full of food lovers, you’ll be glad you made that call. Wood Spoon is a casual Brazilian spot run by chef/owner Natalia Pereira. The restaurant is a favorite of many Downtown chefs thanks to dishes like the chicken potpie, a Brazilian specialty made from scratch at Wood Spoon. Other standouts include the pork burger and the fish sandwich made with tilapia. Even the water will impress your staff. Here, it’s flavored with cinnamon.

At 107 W. Ninth St., (213) 629-1765 or woodspoonla.com.

Smart Bar: Many Central Business District workers are familiar with the Library Bar, since it’s a popular hangout for the 9-to-5 crowd. So chances are your staff will feel right at home in the dressed-up bar with the book-lined walls, lounge and fireplace. The tasty menu items include the Library burger, chorizo sliders or roasted marrowbones. Drinks-wise, enjoy the beer, wines by the glass and the finely prepared cocktails.

At 630 W. Sixth St., (213) 614-0053 or librarybarla.com.

A Majestic Time: Located in the SB Spring, a Historic Core apartment complex that that once housed offices for Bank of America, Majestic Halls is now a five-hall venue consisting of 20,000 square feet of party space. Events can take place in rooms such as the Grand Hall, which has a white marble dance floor and floor-to-ceiling marble columns. For a more intimate option, the North Hall provides a bar and stage area.

Those looking for a modern majestic time can opt for The Catwalk, which has an updated industrial decor. Yes, a catwalk serves as the centerpiece of the room for those who need to tap their inner supermodel. Fierce! The party spaces in the 1921 building also offer a variety of food options.

At 650 S. Spring St., (213) 278-7162 or majestichalls.com.

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Parties Continued from page 15 At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-3028 or patinagroup.com.

Think Pink: It’s hard not to get in a festive mood inside Rosa Mexicano at L.A. Live. The brightly colored restaurant with the striped carpet and lively bar has a private dining room and a patio for office events. Sure, the decor is shockingly busy, but think of

it as a good set-up for a batch of mixed drinks and festive food choices such as the Guacamole en Molcajete, which is made in traditional lava-rock mortars and prepared tableside. Another musttry is the filete con hongos, which is filet mignon doused in a creamy mushroom-tequila sauce. If you’re not allowing alcohol at your holiday party, this dish may just get the staff to forgive you.

At 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 7460001 or rosamexicano.com.

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City Hall Continued from page 1 you can see the sign clearly. It says “Restaurant permits here.” No one is at the counter! Now you understand — there’s never anyone at the counter! You scream and run.

If the Suit Fits: You turn a corner. You’re out of breath.

You see a male figure far down the hall, just outside the mayoral suite. The figure senses you and turns, and even at this distance you can tell it’s wearing a fantastic dark suit. You relax and the utterly gorgeous suit floats forward. Floats? A moment later you see a huge toothy grin.

But where’s the rest of the face? And why does it suddenly smell like Listerine Breath Strips? You hear a moaning “Ohhhhhhhh.” The resplendent suit floats closer in a billowing manner. Billowing? When it’s five feet away it stops.

“Ohhhhhhhh.” Suddenly you realize the truth: The suit is billowing because it’s empty! “Ohhhhhhhh,” moans the empty suit with the pretty teeth and the nice breath.

“Ohhhhhh-bama is my friennnnnnnd.” You flee.

Study Up: You scamper down another hallway. You see a sign that says “14.” Hey, it smells funky, sort of like Broadway. There are 666 people waiting at something that looks similar to, but is slightly different and 9,000 times more expensive than, a DASH stop. More lines in City Hall? Oy vey! “What are you waiting for?” you ask one of the 666, and he points at a streetcar that, no matter how far you stretch, is just out of reach. “All they have to do is finish 137 studies and then the streetcar will get here,” he says.

You faint.

Z Marks the Spot: You’re woken by a rumbling sound.

Down the hall is a man on a Harley Davidson with a big Z on his chest. He rides up to you. “How you doin’?” he says in a tone that sounds like a pick-up line, which is strange, because you know City Hall is a place where people work solely to make the city better, and definitely not for dating. “Wanna see my third district?” he intones over the rumble. “That doesn’t make any sense,” you respond. “I’m running for

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DowntownNews.com Controller, and I’ll show you an audit,” he says. “That doesn’t make any sense either,” you say. Suddenly the reason for the comments dawns on you — it’s Dennis Zine, and he thinks you’re single! Run away! Run away!

some pratfalls. Nothing. You ask if he’s heard the one about the million trees. Still nada. Then you realize why the figure can’t laugh — it’s Bernard Parks! You bang your head in frustration and knock yourself out.

Reach for the Ring: You dash toward the mayoral suite. The empty suit with the nice teeth isn’t around — maybe he’s in Iceland. You hear something — it’s a zombie walking toward the door. You blink and suddenly there are five zombies.

They’re all snarl-wheezing “The precious,” just like Golem in Lord of the Rings. Are they actual zombies? No! They’re the five declared candidates for the 2013 mayor’s race and they’re fixated on one thing. You see two more lurking in the wings.

Ticket to Ride: You wake in front of a door with the letters A, E and G on it. You knock. “No trick or treaters, just legislation!” someone shouts. “I need help,” you say, and the voices grow quiet, as if “help” is a code word. “Help,” you say again.

The door cracks open and you peer inside. It looks like someone is holding a hoop in the air and the members of the City Council are jumping through it, though you can’t be sure.

The man in the suit hands you an envelope and murmurs, “Here are front row tickets for whenever the Lakers play again.” “Uh, thanks,” you respond. Then a look passes over the man’s face. “Hey, you’re not the mayor,” he says, and before you can say anything, he snatches the envelope away and slams the door. No matter how hard you knock, they won’t let you in.

Are they actual zombies?

No! They’re the five declared candidates for the 2013 mayor’s race and they’re fixated on one thing.

“The precious,” they snarl-wheeze as they claw at the door, each trying to be the first one through. Then, out of nowhere, one punches its neighbor. One zombie picks up a bucket of mud and throws it at someone else. Next thing you know, 871 vicious and half-truthful mailers are flying about. It’s on!

“The precious, the precious,” is all you can hear.

He Who Laughs Last: You slink away from the fight and approach an unmoving, stone-faced figure. A sign informs you that if you can make it laugh, you’ll be set free. That shouldn’t prove too hard. You tell a couple George Carlin and Richard Pryor jokes. There’s not even a smile. You say you want to open a restaurant called the Hamster Pan. Not even a flicker of a grin. Hey, this is harder than the Sphinx’s riddle. You do

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Check Mate: You sit on a step, exhausted. A well-dressed man approaches and hands you a cup of water. “Thanks,” you say. “Did I help you?” he asks? “Yes,” you respond.

“Good,” he says. “I just moved down from Sacramento and am running for City Council in 2013. Can I have $500?”

You’re stunned, but before you can protest he pulls your checkbook from your pocket and you’re signing your name.

Then a woman shouts, “Get away!” The man runs off and she approaches. “Thanks for that,” you say. “Did I help you?” the woman asks. “Yes,” you respond. “Good,” she says. “I’m running for city council in 2013? Can I have $500?” Out comes the checkbook. It happens again and again and again, and you just can’t say no.

Return of the Suit: “Ohhhhhhhh,” you hear, and how did that empty suit with the perfect teeth float back here?

“Ohhhhhhhh.” Then something dawns on you — it’s actually harmless. “Ohhhhhh-bama wants to give me a job,” the billowing empty suit wails. But you’re not scared. Then you realize, no one in City Hall is scared of the empty suit.

Everything’s OK. Happy Halloween.

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The group does not have an official leader and the protestors lack identical goals. However, they share an anger over bank bailouts and other behavior they believe benefits corporations and harms average citizens. Here are images of some of the men and women at City Hall, and the signs they carry.

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“It was conceived to commemorate the centennial of the Mexican revolution,” said Beth Guynn, senior special collections cataloguer for the Getty Research Institute, which put together the show from its photography and other archives.

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Zapata, whose revolutionary credo “It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees” is well known to many, is photographed sitting next to Villa, as well as with his rifle.

He is also depicted in modern posters, including one for a Latin rock concert. It reveals his continued influence on Mexican culture.

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“It also looks at the fact that there are people who we don’t know, we don’t know their names, who were involved in the war,” Guynn said. “There are women, children, the indigenous and they’re all important.”

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Staff Writer ria enthusiasts, get ready. For Los Angeles Opera’s 25th birthday, the company’s singers, musicians, costumers, set designers and others are throwing a party.

Best of all, everyone’s invited, and nobody has to pay.

On Saturday, Nov. 5, the company will hold an opera “open house” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The day of free short concerts and behind-the-scenes looks at all aspects of L.A. Opera will come before the Nov. 6 curtain-raising of Romeo and Juliette.

Company artistic director Plácido Domingo and music director James Conlon will share the baton in two concerts with the L.A. Opera orchestra and the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program, respectively; there will be two performances of the 30-minute children’s opera The Prospector, adapted from Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West; and from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., company set designers, costumers and musicians will give an array of presentations on how operas get made.

“We want people who have come to the opera, or who’ve always wanted to go to the opera but never really had the chance,” said company spokesman Gary Murphy.

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Executive Editor he El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument attracts thousands of visitors every day who take in the sights, eat at Mexican restaurants and buy souvenirs from the dozens of shops.

Approximately 30 people who gathered there on Sunday, Oct. 23, had a much different agenda. They came to remember one of the worst atrocities in the history of Los Angeles.

County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Assemblyman Mike Eng and members of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance were among the figures who gathered to commemorate the 140th anniversary of what has become known as the Chinese Massacre. The event was put together by David Louie, a member of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument board of commissioners “I wanted to gather a small circle of friends who cared about the Chinese Massacre so that we could remember and remind people that ignorance and greed are the fundamental ingredients of racism,” said Louie. “Those that remember have a responsibility to prevent a repetition of this horrific chapter in Los Angeles history.”

The massacre occurred on the evening of Oct. 24, 1871. It began after an Anglo man named Robert Thompson was killed when he was caught in the crossfire during fighting by two Chinese gangs. Word of Thompson’s death spread quickly, and an angry crowd estimated at 500 people swarmed into the por-

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Vittorio Grigolo and Nino Machaidze star in the L.A. Opera’s upcoming production of Romeo and Juliette. It begins Nov. 6, the day after the company’s open house.

doing it on Saturday morning.”

The open house, a first for the company, comes a day before the opening of Romeo and Juliette, the Shakespeare adaptation by French composer Charles Gounod. The staging marks the return of the Ian Judge-directed L.A. Opera production from 2005. The leading roles will be sung by tenor Vittorio Griggolo and Nino Machaidze. Domingo conducts.

Romeo and Juliette runs through Nov. 26 with six performances.

More information on the opera open house, including programming details and schedule, is at laopera.com/support/openhouse.aspx.

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(front row, l to r) Bryce Louie, Agnes Louie, Brett Louie, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and Alhambra School Board member Bob Gin listen to state Assemblyman Mike Eng at the Oct. 23 remembrance of the Chinese massacre.

tion of Downtown that was then Chinatown, and today encompasses El Pueblo.

A mob mentality quickly took hold, and 19 Chinese men and boys were killed by the violent gang.

Months later, nine individuals were put on trial for the part they played in the murders, and eight were convicted. However, the convictions were later overturned on a technicality. No one else was ever charged for the crimes.

The massacre, noted Louie, was one in a series of events that led to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which suspended Chinese immigration to the United States, and other discriminatory laws.

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Friday, noveMber 4 The Royal Comedy Tour Nokia Theater, 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 7636020 or nokiatheatrelalive.com.

Nov. 4, 8 p.m.: Prepare to chuckle heartily and perhaps even chortle when The Royal Comedy Tour arrives. Laugh dispensers are Sommore, Bruce Bruce, Tony Rock, Damon Williams and Mark Curry. saturday, noveMber 5 Before the Rebellion, Before Brockman California African American Museum, 600 Exposition Drive, (213) 744-7432 or caamuseum.org.

2 p.m.: A panel discussion titled “Before the Rebellion, Before Brockman.”

Kollaboration Nokia Theater, 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 7636020 or nokiatheatrelalive.com.

6 p.m.: It’s the 11th year of Kollaboration, the mixed media entertainment festival that showcases young Asian and Pacific Islander talent.

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The amount of talent displayed in an average chamber music concert at the Colburn School is more than enough to make you feel guilty about lazing around on a Sunday drinking beer and watching football. These musicians are no joke. So prepare yourself for a virtuosic guilt trip when master violinist Daniel Hope joins students from the Colburn School in a show on Tuesday, Nov. 1. The British ace comes bearing gifts of Prokofiev, Schulhoff and Brahms for the musically inclined. Concert time is 8 p.m., but arrive an hour early for a talk with Hope and an extra dose of insight for your aspiring mind.

At 200 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-2200 or colburnschool.edu.

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thursday, noveMber 3 Remembering Emmett Till REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.

8:30 p.m.: University of Chicago art historian Darby English considers a number of contemporary photographs that pose questions about Emmett Till’s historical subjectivity.

Karl Marlantes at Aloud Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7000 or lapl.org.

7 p.m.: Matterhorn author Karl Marlantes riffs on his new What It’s Like to Go to War. It is suggested reading for those who really want to know what happens in battle. Thomas Curwen moderates.

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Monday, october 31 Halloween Party for Kids Grand Hope Park, Ninth and Hope streets, downtownla.com 5-10 p.m.: The biggest holiday party in the Central City is pitched to families. The fourth annual Halloween Party for Downtown L.A. Kids features a bounce house, games, hot dogs, cotton candy and even trick or treating in the park. It’s staged by the Downtown Center Business Improvement District. Costumes mandatory for kids, recommended for adults.

Halloween Party for Adults Downtown Independent, 251 S. Main St., (213) 6171033 or downtownindependent.com.

7 p.m.: From the cautionary parental school of thought comes the “Check Your Reese’s for Razor Blades” party. There will be DJs, drinks, Halloween themed short films and the sort of sordid debauchery that accompanies this, the spookiest of holidays.

Wednesday, noveMber 2 Hollywood Left and Right at Aloud Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7000 or lapl.org.

7 p.m.: Aloud puts together another of its stellar panel discussions. The event titled “Hollywood Left and Right” features film historian/author Steven J. Ross, actor/activitst Mike Farrell and film critic Roger L. Simon.

Jose Oubrerie at SCI-Arc SCI-Arc 960 E. Third St., (213) 613-2200 or sciarc. edu.

7 p.m.: Architect Jose Oubrerie espouses ideas and wisdom imparted only on the special initiates of the field of architecture.

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On Wednesday, Nov. 2, Tony Dominguez choreographs the dance of his elaborate and very large Giant Judas puppets to cel celebrate the dearly departed. The wild theatrical staging culminates in a full-blown rock concert when a host of musicians led by Santos de Los Angeles lead the audience and los muertos in a swinging swan song for the dead. Doors open at 3 p.m. and the show itself runs 7-11 p.m. at 307 S. Broadway, (213) 617-3600 or lamuerte lamuertevive.com.

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7-11 p.m., Nov. 2: This special event is part celebration of Dia de los Muertos, which includes large paper maché puppets, and part Latin cabaret. Doors open at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10-$45.

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Playwright Bill Cain’s 9 Circles is drawing some pretty positive notices — just don’t expect an evening of light giggles.

The gritty and emotionally charged drama concerns an Iraq War veteran facing trial for his actions during the height of battle. It’s a tough lead role, and television’s Patrick J. Adams takes it on in the production directed by Patrick Zsebe. The Bootleg Theatre’s intimate, unfinished interior is appropriate for the hardscrabble show that only runs through Nov. 12. At 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org.

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At 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.com.

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Nov. 2, 8 p.m.: Leann Rimes has the sort of creatively ironic last name that has helped elevate country music to a subtle art.

Nov. 3, 8 p.m.: Bask in the warmth of youthful success as Colbie Caillat chats it up with Grammy Museum director Bob Santelli.

Nov. 4, 8 p.m.: It’s an evening with America, which is a bit misleading. When we say America we mean the dudes who rode through the desert on a horse with no name.

Nov. 5, 11 a.m.: Dan Zanes and special guests from the Harmony Project show off some musical exploration and perform before noon.

Nola’s 734 E. Third St., (213) 680-3003 or nolasla.com.

Oct. 31, 8-11 p.m.: Jazz as blue as the deepest ocean with the Jacques Lesure jam session.

Orpheum Theatre 842 S. Broadway, (213) 622-1939 or laorpheum.com.

Nov. 3, 9 p.m.: Canadian Dallas Green, aka City and Colour, takes acoustic to the big stage.

REDCAT 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.

Nov. 5, 8:30 p.m.: The Scream Festival 2011 presents electro-acoustic music that merges seamlessly with electronically generated or enhanced imagery in this screening of 11 international works.

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

Nov. 1: Habitual offenders Barrio Tiger spend more time at the Redwood than a young Richard Nixon. They’ll be joined by Help, Sirhan Sirhan (not the actual Sirhan Sirhan, he’s incarcerated) and Sideshow Tragedy.

Nov. 2: Neon Line and Viva La Vox assault your aural apparatus.

Nov. 3: Dustbowl Revival and James Apollo in the nautical themed bar.

Nov. 4: No information was provided regarding Water Tower Bucket Boys and Cliff Wagner Old #7, but suffice it to say, they’ll be thoroughly amazing.

Nov. 5: It’s the Backbiter 20th anniversary show with Biblical Proof of UFOs, Motorcycle Black Madonnas and the Dragons and, holy cow, Saccharine Trust.

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

Oct. 31, 10:30 p.m.: Mind the Gap. Nov. 1, 10:30 p.m.: One part electro/ambient, one part space case hard rock and another part disembodied vocals. Voila! It’s BellX1 from Ireland.

Nov. 2, 8:30 p.m.: Punk and country had a baby and named her Lydia Loveless. Olentangy John and Last American Buffalo join her.

Nov. 3, 9: The thing about seeing underground hip-hop is that even if you enjoy the show, you’re bound to a code of silence. Inside the dark recesses of subterranean beats and slick rhymes check out Aziatix and Nylon Pink.

Nov. 4, 9 p.m.: Rubblebucket is a funky slab of groove. Check out their new video for L’Homme or snag a ticket to their show with Superhumanoids and Big Tree.

Nov. 5, 9 p.m.: Captivating electro minimalists Still Corners are escorted into performance rapture

by Ganglians and Frankie & the Heartstrings.

Nov. 6, 9 p.m.: Sic Alps and Sun Raw slap you in the face with some engorged beats.

Broadway Bar 830 S. Broadway, (213) 614-9909 or broadwaybar.la.

Nov. 1, 10 p.m.: Recurring Tuesday night electro jam Galaktica Premium Space Music is really starting to steal the Makers’ thunder. Why can’t the space people and the dead animal crowd get along?

Casey’s Irish Pub 613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or bigcaseys.com.

Nov. 4, 10 p.m.: Mix up a little post-punk, some psychedelic and a dash of surf, let sit for 30 minutes then combine with copious quantities of alcohol and enjoy Ovideo.

Grammy Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org.

Nov. 1, 8 p.m.: Judy Collins, singer, songwriter and seminal rock figure, cruises through Downtown to impart her wisdom and hypnotize you with her golden locks.

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Nov. 1: If you played on a rugby team with The Makers and you had to travel to a match in Chile on a chartered flight and you crashed in the Andes, you’d have a pretty heavy dilemma on your hands: Do you eat The Makers or do you let them eat you and keep improvisational jazz alive in the fuselage of a wrecked Uruguayan jet? I think you know the correct answer. Jazz comes first.

Nov. 2: The Deacon Jones Blues Review joins forces with the siren song of Lady GG. The Smell 247 S. Main St., alley between Spring and Main streets, thesmell.org.

Nov. 3: Actually, Big Digits, Essay and G.E.D. in a rowdy sock hop of noisy proportions.

Nov. 4: Abe Vigoda, High Places, Stephen/Steven, White Dog, David Scott Stone and C.R.A.S.H. Nov. 5: Gun Outfit, Dunes, Total Abuse, John Wiese, Thee Urxed and Infinite Body.

Nov. 6: PPM presents Eric Copeland, Kit, SFV Acid and Earn.

FILM California African American Museum 600 Exposition Drive, (213) 744-7432 or caamuseum.org.

Nov. 3, 7 p.m.: Fannie Lou Hamer: Voting and Civil Rights Activist.

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Nov. 1-5, showtimes vary: Inni is Sigur Rós’s second live film following 2007’s celebrated Heima.

Nov. 3, 7 p.m.: In The Woods, idealistic 20-somethings driven by a calling of utopia, mobilize a movement deep into the woods, armed with a ridiculous amount of Costco reserves and technology.

Nov. 4, 9 p.m.: Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements will put some rock and roll on the silver screen for you to digest.

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Twitter/DowntownNews “It reaches a huge population who have different interests and needs and it’s the kind of exhibition where many viewers will find something they identify with,” she said.

Library Continued from page 20 we’re so intertwined.”

Lourdes said she is fascinated by figures such as Villa and Zapata. However, she found herself gravitating more toward the images of children and women who participated in the war.

“They’re so young in these pictures,” she said as she looked at a photograph of a boy with a gun strapped by his side and awkwardly clutching a sword.

Martin Gomez, the city librarian, said he too was struck by the images of children.

“There was a lot of talk about those pictures,” he said. “But this was a reality. It was a reality then and it’s still a reality now.”

A Nation Emerges is the second collaboration between the library and the Getty Research Institute, following 2007’s Julius Shulman’s Los Angeles, which featured images of the evolving city by the landmark architectural photographer.

The Central Library’s broad audience makes it an ideal place for a follow-up show, Guynn said.

‘It’s good to see the pictures of women and those that died. It really helps put the reality of war in perspective.’

—Nancy Matheny, exhibit visitor

It also draws accidental visitors such as Nancy and Gary Matheny, a Michigan couple who toured the exhibit while on vacation. They did not know much about the Mexican revo-

lution before coming to see the show.

Nevertheless, the images made a strong impression, in particular the pictures of the lesser-known participants.

“It’s good to see the pictures of women and those that died,” Nancy Matheny said. “It really helps put the reality of war in perspective.”

The exhibit includes a couple of upcoming programs meant to enhance the understanding of the war. One takes place, Saturday, Nov. 5, when Grandeza Mexicana Folk Ballet performs a 2 p.m. dance piece titled Revolution: Land and Liberty at the library’s Mark Taper Auditorium. On Dec. 1, author Luis Urrea will discuss his book Queen of America: A Novel as part of the Aloud speaker series. The book tells the story of a healer who is claimed as the spiritual leader of the Mexican Revolution.

City librarian Gomez, meanwhile, hopes to continue to attract a wide audience for the exhibit.

“We use the library as an opportunity for different cultures to get to know each other as well as to find themselves in the library,” Gomez said.

A Nation Emerges: The Mexican Revolution Revealed runs through June 3 at the Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lapl.org.

Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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