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ews, Business and Politics: The year started with a bang, with Congresswoman Lucille RoybalAllard announcing that $400 million had been secured to build the long-stalled Federal Courthouse project on a dead plot at First Street and Broadway. It wasn’t the only development surprise: Seven years after One Santa Fe was first broached, work finally began on the $160 million project near SCI-Arc in the Arts District. The spark for the effort that will create 438 apartments was an investment from Canyon-Johnson. January also brought a blitz of activity to Broadway. Within the space of a few weeks, officials announced that the street, the focus of Councilman José Huizar’s Bringing Back Broadway initiative, would get a Ross Dress for Less, an Ace Hotel and the Sparkle Factory (1), the new headquarters for Tarina Tarantino’s jewelry empire. In other fronts, a bitter fight erupted as the proposed City Council redistricting sought to pull Downtown territory from Jan Perry’s Ninth District and put it in Huizar’s 14th. The strings were pulled by new Council president Herb Wesson. Also: A rift erupted between the Latino Theatre Company and the Latino Museum at the LATC (the museum would eventually leave); Bank of India filled a ground-floor retail space at Sixth and Olive streets that had been empty for 22 years; Historic Core stakeholders complained about rampant pill sales at Fifth Street and Broadway; Main Street’s Huntington Apartments reopened following a $3 million renovation; architect Patrick Martin of the firm AC Martin died at the age of 35. Restaurants: Shortly after the calendar turned, an old favorite departed. On Jan. 29, Mac & Cheeza stopped dishing out its artery-clogging comfort food. Still, there was plenty to cheer.
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In the Arts District, the former English pub Royal Clayton’s was reborn as the Belgian beer cafe Little Bear. And while it wasn’t new, the seafood destination Water Grill (2) emerged from a $1.5 million renovation that made it less stuffy and far friendlier to a modern crowd. The day after the return, restaurant officials announced the selection of Damon Gordon as the new executive chef. Entertainment: January is traditionally a slow time on the cultural calendar, but the month boasted some highlights. Punk veterans X, the Dead Kennedys and the Avengers ripped it up outside the MOCA Geffen Contemporary on Jan. 28, while the still potent Public Enemy (3) played, of all places, a stage on the streets of Skid Row on Jan. 15.
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ews, Business and Politics: The big story of the month came on Feb. 24, when Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart announced it would open a 33,000-square-foot grocery store in a building at Cesar Chavez and Grand avenues. Labor groups and their allies immediately began protesting and pledged to fight the project, kicking off a lengthy battle in which the chain was usually one step ahead of the politicians. The City Council redistricting fight continued, with Councilwoman Jan Perry trying in vain to keep most of Downtown in the Ninth District. There was also change in Little Tokyo, with new leadership coming to three prominent institutions: G.W. (Greg) Kimura became CEO of the Japanese American National Museum, Dean Matsubayashi
Twitter/DowntownNews was installed as executive director of the Little Tokyo Service Center and Gregory Willis became president and CEO of the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center. In August, Willis would depart amid a scandal related to his past. On the development front, Allen Gross revealed plans to turn the Herman W. Hellman Building (aka the Banco Popular Building) at 354 S. Spring St. into 212 apartments (1). On Feb. 22, Lucky Brand jeans opened a $15 million headquarters at 540 S. Santa Fe Ave. in the Arts District.
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Restaurants: On Feb. 6, Mario Del Pero and his team of Mendocino Farms sandwich tricksters opened Blue Cow (2), a sit-down spot that replaced the Mexican joint Casa. The month also brought the debut of Il Mare, a South Park seafood joint from former Palm chef Kay Lee. A few blocks away, the massive J Lounge suddenly shut down — the news came via a Feb. 23 Facebook post. It was joined
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in restaurant heaven by the Seventh Street spot Eco-Asian. While it was neither a closing nor a debut, Philippe’s made news by hiking the price of coffee 500% — on Feb. 2 a cup went from 9 to 45 cents. Entertainment: The arts and entertainment scene brought some things old and plenty of new. FIDM hit a milestone with its 20th annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design, dedicated to the best outfits from Hollywood films. Another old-school offering came from Phil Stern: The 92-year-old photographer opened an exhibit of his images of Hollywood stars, from James Dean to Jackie Chan, in his Los Angeles Street gallery. Little Tokyo’s East West Players scored a hit with Three Year Swim Club, about a Japanese Olympic swim team — since there was no water on stage, hula dancing stood in for swimming. Perhaps the unlikeliest production of the year came from the Heidi Duckler Dance Theater. The show Cleopatra, CEO (3) told the tale of the Egyptian leader through a site-specific production that roamed through the former corporate offices of ARCO on the 51st floor of a Downtown office tower.
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ews, Business and Politics: The story of the month was the major change revealed for the $1 billion Wilshire Grand replacement. With the shifting economy, property owner Korean Air jettisoned its vision of two towers, opting instead to pursue a single building, up to 70 stories tall, with 900 hotel rooms and a smaller office component. Korean Air also parted ways with its development partner, Thomas Properties Group. Speaking of TPG, the mega-landlord joined other area property owners to raise objections to the construction plan for the $1.4 billion Regional Connector. The entities called for more underground tunneling, arguing that other methods would lead to traffic snafus and decimate business. That wasn’t the biggest Downtown fight. On March 16, the
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vicious City Council redistricting saga effectively came to an end, with the full council voting 13-2 (Jan Perry and Bernard Parks were in the minority) for the new borders. Also: Developer Izek Shomof purchased a trio of low-income properties at Fifth and Los Angeles streets and pledged to renovate them (while keeping the buildings as affordable housing); the funicular Angels Flight doubled its price, going from a quarter to 50 cents a ride; Vancouver-based Onni Group announced plans to build a $100 million, 32-story apartment tower at Ninth and Olive streets (1); and on March 28, Fifth and Main streets was named Woody Guthrie Square for the famed folk singer who once lived Downtown.
part. In the Historic Core, the massive Los Angeles Brewing Company, with more than 100 beers on tap, debuted on March 17. Speaking of beer, the inaugural L.A. Beerathon was canceled before it started due to permitting issues. That didn’t stop brew enthusiasts from visiting local bars en masse and knocking back cold ones (2).
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Entertainment: Perhaps the best reviewed Downtown play of the year opened this month, with actors Alan Mandell and Barry McGovern helming Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (3) at the Mark Taper Forum. A few feet away, the Ahmanson Theatre lured a younger-than-usual crowd with the Green Day rock opera American Idiot. Down at the Grammy Museum the city’s past came under the microscope with the opening of the exhibition Trouble in Paradise: Music and Los Angeles 1945-75. Over at Disney Hall, the sweet sounds of the Phil were replaced with something wholly unexpected — Willie Nelson took the stage March 13.
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ews, Business and Politics: Dodger fans cheered joyously on May 2, when Mark Walter, Magic Johnson and four other really rich folks completed a $2.15 billion purchase of the team (1) from Frank McCourt. The price of parking immediately dropped by $5, and the transaction kicked off a spending/player acquisition spree never before seen in Chavez Ravine. It wasn’t the only big happening of the month. On May 9, Smart & Final inked a deal to open a 25,000-square-foot supermarket at 845 S. Figueroa St., where a building renovation was already underway. Also on the development front, the long-stalled Brockman Lofts on Seventh Street finally
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Restaurants: The oft-praised Spice Table got another national accolade, with chef/ owner Bryant Ng being named one of the 10 best new chefs in America by Food & Wine magazine. The month also brought a balance of openings and closings: Burger purveyor The Counter debuted on Seventh Street, and Pho Citi shuts its pho doors at Second and Hill streets.
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Entertainment: Downtown was filled with theater, music and, uh, paper. The Dutch boys and girls of the troupe Wunderbaum (3) brought their Songs at the End of the World to REDCAT. At the Japanese American National Museum, visitors gawked at the inventions on display in Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami. Strange pianos, meanwhile, began popping up in Downtown, with the opening of the arts initiative “Play Me, I’m Yours.” For a few weeks, individuals could plop down and tinkle out “Chopsticks” or anything else their heart desired.
began move-ins. On May 19-20, Downtown had one of its most active and crowded weekends ever. The Clippers had two playoff games at Staples Center, the Lakers and Kings each hosted one playoff game, and the bike race the Amgen Tour of California rolled through Downtown. Although many predicted that “Sports-ageddon” would bring chaos, proceedings were remarkably smooth. Also: Businessman Austin Beutner on May 8 dropped out of the mayor’s race, citing family reasons; a 23-year-old man was arrested after hitting a police office with a drum during a May Day protest; and Downtown parking meter rates shot as high as $6 an hour following the introduction of a new “congestion pricing” scheme. Restaurants: The popular Mercado La
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ews, Business and Politics: Downtown’s focus shifted to football once again, with Anschutz Entertainment Group on April 5 delivering a 10,000-page environmental impact report (1) for the proposed Farmers Field. The football dream wasn’t the only South Park happening with a major economic impact: On April 21-25, Downtown hosted the U.S. Travel Association’s International Pow Wow — tourism officials predicted that bookings from the convention for foreign travel buyers and tour operators would pump $350 million into the local economy over three years. On April 15 CicLAvia shut down 10 miles of streets and drew about 100,000 cyclists and pedestrians, with much of the action in Downtown. In the real estate world, longtime power player Nelson Rising returned to Downtown, teaming with his son Christopher to form Rising Realty Partners — their first move was a $60 million purchase of the Pacific Center. Another big move came from the LAPD. In response to rising crime, the department deployed about 50 extra cops to Downtown in the effort to allow some area officers to focus exclusively on Skid Row. Also: The $22 million Budokan of Los Angeles project got $5 million from the state; Metro’s very long-awaited Expo Line debuted April 28; the remains of 118 people were reburied at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes 18 months after they had been unceremoniously pulled from the earth; and a liquidation sale of everything from plates to linens to machinery began at the shuttered Wilshire Grand hotel (2).
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Paloma food stall Mo-Chica joined the big leagues when chef/owner Ricardo Zarate moved the Peruvian joint to a 1,800-squarefoot space on Seventh Street (2). May also brought the debuts of Industriel, a French spot at Sixth Street and Grand Avenue, Eat. Drink.Americano, a gastropub that filled the old Café Metropol space in the Arts District, and the Broadway pizzeria Two Boots. It wasn’t all good news though, as the Old Bank District’s Urban Noodle shut its doors. Entertainment: For Downtown, it was double the Sondheim, double the fun, as two of the musical master’s works debuted. Fortunately for audiences, the revivals of Follies (3), which filled the Ahmanson Theatre, and A Little Night Music, from East West Players, both earned raves. At the LATC, standout Arts District theater troupe Cornerstone joined forces with gang prevention stalwart Homeboy Industries for the original play Café Vida. The show played at the LATC. Down at the California
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ews, Business and Politics: The Kings win the cup! The Kings win the cup! The Kings win the cup! Yes, on June 11, for the first time in their 45-year history, Downtown’s resident skaters captured the Stanley Cup, and three days later held a massive victory parade and celebration in Downtown (1). Almost everything else paled in comparison, though Downtown got an unexpected dose of fun thanks to a spate of papier-mâché deer, sunbathers and more placed in public spaces by the street artists Calder Greenwood (2) and the cryptically named “Wild Life.” Things were far different in Skid Row, where city officials finally see June, page 8
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ews, Business and Politics: It was a month of confrontation and celebration. On July 12, the normally enjoyable Art Walk exploded when Occupy L.A. protesters clashed with police. The fracas began after protesters began writing chalk messages on sidewalks and private property. They ignored orders to stop, police formed a skirmish line, and ultimately 17 people were arrested and four officers were injured. The mood was far brighter on July 26, when Angelenos thronged the Civic Center to open the first phase of the $56 million Grand Park (1). The 12-acre project from Related Companies, propelled by Supervisor Gloria Molina’s crafty negotiating ploy six years earlier, gave Downtown its best public green space. Amazingly, the park was the second green space to come online in a week. On July 19, city officials unveiled the revamped City Hall lawn. The space had been replanted after being destroyed the previous November by Occupy L.A. protesters. In the new park, grass was reduced by 51% and was replaced
by drought-tolerant plants. It was a big month for development, too. Atlanta’s Wood Partners announced it would move forward with a $120 million apartment complex at Eighth and Hope streets, with plans to open the 22-story building in 2014. The Jeffries came online, bringing 43 apartments to Winston Street, and the Roosevelt Lofts finally completely opened, following an acquisition by Greystar. Also: The new City Council boundaries went into effect July 1, with nearly all of Downtown being taken from the Ninth and put into the 14th District; the Federal Transit Administration certified the $1.37 billion Regional Connector, clearing the way for Metro to proceed with planning and fundraising; and a Sunday Historic Core farmers market opened. Restaurants: Downtown got even more places to eat! The $4 million Towne began serving its version of comfort food in South Park, while Soleto Trattoria & Pizza debuted in the old Zucca spot on Figueroa Street. FigOly opened in the new Luxe City Hotel (the former Holiday Inn) and in the Fashion District celebrated chef Casey Lane turned the former Angelique Café into the instantly
June Continued from page 7 responded to filthy and unsanitary conditions by launching the major cleanup Operation Healthy Streets. In politics, jaws dropped when City Attorney Carmen Trutanich finished third in the district attorney’s race, behind Jackie Lacey (who would go on to win the seat in the runoff) and Alan Jackson. An embattled Nuch would instead try to keep his current post. Also: Work began on the $172 million Marriott hotels project in South Park; the E3 video game convention and its $40 million economic impact danced into Downtown; Pouria Abbassi stepped down after six years as GM and CEO of the Convention Center; local officials again tried to find a developer to activate El Pueblo’s Pico House; and the City Council on June 19 voted that Aug. 3 should be declared… wait for it… Elephant Awareness Day in Los Angeles. Restaurants: The food scene, for once, was slow, with
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celebrated The Parish (2). The Central City also got its moment in the spotlight, with the July 17 program Flavor Forward: A Taste of Downtown L.A. taking place as part of the Central Library’s Aloud series. Entertainment: The month was all about big crowds. The fifth annual Dog Day Afternoon (3) jammed the Cathedral Plaza on July 11
most of the action tied to Kings fans who came to eat and drink while watching the team’s pursuit of the Stanley Cup. On the upside, Owen Timoteo opened the small Kitchen Faire on Sixth Street, giving Financial District workers a tidy but tasty lunch option. On the downside, Michael Bowe closed and sold his Angel City Brewing on Alameda Street in the Arts District.
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Entertainment: The summer cultural slate was filled. The Los Angeles Film Festival brought about 90,000 people to Downtown on June 14-24, while other moviegoers hit the historic theaters of Broadway on Wednesday nights for the L.A. Conservancy’s Last Remaining Seats series. There were major international happenings as well: The Russians took over the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with a Bolshoi Ballet production of Swan Lake, and anti-homosexuality laws in Uganda got an airing with Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine’s solo REDCAT show A Missionary Position (3). The drama War Horse galloped into the Ahmanson Theatre, while dozens of Downtowners floated their boats at the Psomas Paper Yacht Challenge on June 28. There was conflict too, as longtime MOCA chief curator Paul Schimmel, who had clashed with new museum director Jeffrey Deitch, was forced from his position.
with two- and four-legged celebrants. On July 12-22, the gay and lesbian film festival Outfest celebrated its 30th anniversary at various Downtown theaters. Hordes materialized for the fifth annual Bloomfest, held in the Arts District July 21. There was also a sizable audience in Pershing Square that evening when the Saturday night concert series featured throwbacks Modern English and The Fixx.
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ews, Business and Politics: The year’s traditionally slowest month for news, as everyone goes on vacation, was, well, slow. On Aug. 2, local officials held a groundbreaking celebration for the Spring Street Park (1), which is under construction on Spring between Fourth and Fifth streets. In politics, Zev Yaroslavsky finally ended his waiting game, announcing he would not run for mayor in 2013. Meanwhile, LAPD Deputy Chief Terry Hara rocketed to a huge and surprising fundraising lead in the Ninth District council race. Waves also emanated from City Hall following City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana’s 18-page report recommending that the Convention Center be turned over to a
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and the start of a $20 million renovation (next year it will become a Hyatt Regency). Also: Downtown Management, helmed by 86-year-old Joseph Hellen, opened the 88-apartment Chester Williams Building and announced plans for a new 12-story Historic Core housing structure; World War II veterans honored firefighters from Downtown’s Fire Station 3 for helping clean seagull mess off Little Tokyo’s Go for Broke Monument (2); and the Aug. 9 Art Walk was peaceful and uneventful, despite fears that the previous month’s Occupy L.A.-LAPD clash would be repeated.
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the community upped its caffeine quotient when Tierra Mia Coffee opened at 653 S. Spring St. Entertainment: Actor Alfred Molina shaved his head and drew some of the best notices of the year for Red (3), the play at the Mark Taper Forum in which he portrayed painter Mark Rothko. He appeared with Jonathan Groff (“Glee”) in the two-person drama. The month also brought the 72nd annual Nisei Week, which was celebrated in Little Tokyo with a parade, parties and a gyoza-eating competition. The Red Hot Chili Peppers proved they’ve moved on from life under the bridge when they played two nights at Staples Center. While the National Night Out once again prompted smiles by bringing cops and citizens together in Pershing Square, Downtown said goodbye to the outdoor film series Devil’s Night Drive-In. Fortunately, a few months later it was reborn as the Electric Dusk Drive-In. photo by Gary Leonard, composite by Los Angeles Downtown News
Restaurants: Nightlife guru Cedd Moses continued his conquest of the bar scene in two ways: He filed papers with the city for a 300-seat brewery, eatery and skeeball emporium in the Crazy Gideon’s building in the Arts District, and he helped cool things down a bit on a hot August night when his 213 Inc. organized the third annual Los Angeles Craft Beer Crawl. Also in August,
ews, Business and Politics: Downtown’s collective jaw dropped on Sept. 18, when word broke that Anschutz Entertainment Group was on the market (1). Company President and CEO Tim Leiweke went into furious spin mode, seeking to assure surprised and angry politicians that a sale would not jeopardize the $1.4 billion Farmers Field/Convention Center expansion plan they had been working together on for months. The concerns were assuaged, and on Sept. 28 the City Council approved the project’s environmental documents and other development agreements. The AEG buzz dwarfed everything else in September, but there was some notable
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activity, including the Delijani family’s announcement of an ambitious plan to upgrade four of its historic Broadway theaters, in part by installing restaurants and bars in the venues. The renovations would target the Palace, State, Los Angeles and Tower theaters. There was more development activity, with Historic Core apartment king Barry Shy announcing plans for SB Omega, a 40-story tower at Fifth and Main streets. Another local veteran, former Linear City partner Paul Solomon, filed papers with the city for The Walnut, a proposed 57-unit project on Seventh Street Also: A federal appeals court judge upheld
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ews, Business and Politics: It wasn’t quite the angels singing, but plenty of Downtowners did rejoice at the opening of City Target, the long-awaited anchor of the $40 million renovation of the FIGat7th shopping center. Another notable opening occurred Oct. 9, when David Alfaro Siqueiros’ $10 million “America Tropical” mural preservation project was completed and the viewing platform was opened at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument. Downtown saw a landmark start to diminish, as Martin Project Management began a floor-by-floor demolition of the Wilshire Grand hotel. Evoq Properties, which replaced bankrupt developer Meruelo Maddux Properties, was busy selling non-core assets and revealed plans to upgrade its 1.4 million-square-foot Alameda Square, known to many as the headquarters of American Apparel. In another real estate deal fit for the month of Halloween, Nick Hadim announced plans to put apartments in the long-abandoned Ghost Building (1), an annex of the Alexandria Hotel at 216 W. Fifth St. After an intense design competition, city officials on Oct. 19 selected HNTB Corp. to design the replacement for the Sixth Street Viaduct. In the Civic Center, a long-derelict state-owned property known as the “graffiti pit” was put up for sale, and the city and county expressed interest in turning it into recreation space. Also: The last section of Grand Park opened, adding the facility’s largest green space and a small fenced-in dog run; the city and Old Los Angeles Company settled a lawsuit over the Pico House, clearing the way for development of the El Pueblo landmark; and the YWCA debuted its $78 million Job Corps Campus at 1020 S. Olive St. Restaurants: Ben & Jerry’s, the ice cream dreamed up by those jolly Vermonters, opened a store in Union Station on Oct. 11 (customers named Ben or Jerry got free scoops). Guild, an American bistro, debuted in the former City Billy
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and Pasta Primavera spot at 611 W. Seventh St. Also in the replacement department, the sports bar/restaurant UrbanX took over for South Park’s medieval-themed Excalibur. Boyle Heights taco haven Guisado’s signed a lease to open in the Spring Arcade Building and Downtown saw the unlikely pairing of Gene Simmons and Wolfgang Puck at Rocktoberfest (2), which filled L.A. Live Oct. 15-21. In the bummer department, noted chefs Walter Manzke and Ludovic Lefebvre both cancelled plans to open restaurants in Downtown.
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ews, Business and Politics: There was a development rush before the end of 2012. Nearly two years after ST Residential acquired it from Sonny Astani, the 30-story, 271-unit South Park apartment tower Apex (1) opened to residents. Astani, meanwhile, partnered with parking lot giant L&R Group to buy a three-acre development site at 12th Street and Grand Avenue for $29 million, and L&R sold its 845 S. Figueroa building and a parking facility to the State Bar of California for $50 million. On the other end of the spectrum, November brought the opening of Skid Row Housing Trust’s $22.3 million New Genesis Apartments. The Main Street facility mixes traditional affordable housing with units for the formerly homeless and disabled. The sports scene this month was crazy. The NHL champion Kings didn’t get to skate due to a league-wide lockout. In basketball, the Clippers soared, while the Lakers fired coach Mike Brown after a shocking 1-4 start. Although they flirted with Phil Jackson, the team instead hired Mike D’Antoni. The initial results were not pretty. On Nov. 4, Downtown lost a major player, with the passing of Mikawaya head and Little Tokyo leader Frances Hashimoto. Eleven days after her death, Frances K. Hashimoto Plaza was unveiled at Second and Azusa streets. Also: The parents of Marcello Vasquez, the infant killed in an accident during the July 2011 Art Walk, sued the event organizers and the city; club owner Mitchell Frank revealed plans to reactivate and open Main Street’s Regent Theatre by summer 2013; and 70-year-old Idaho resident Larry Kmetz
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3 built a model of Downtown Los Angeles in his basement. Restaurants: November was festive at Pete’s Café and Bar, as the Historic Core spot owned by Peter McLaughlin, Tom Gilmore and Jerri Perrone (2) marked the 10th anniversary of its Oct. 18, 2002 opening. People celebrated the first establishment aimed at the then-new Downtown residential crowd. November also saw two big debuts: French spot Coco Laurent arrived in a 7,000-square-foot space at Seventh Street and Grand Avenue and Bestia, an Italian eatery from chef Ori Menashe, opened in the Arts District. Om Nom Organics, a small grocery store, opened on the ground floor of the Eastern Colombia Building. Entertainment: The Los Angeles Auto Show vroomed back to the Convention
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Center on Nov. 30 with its usual parade of new and concept cars. The Giant Robot Biennale exhibition of Asian hipster culture returned to the Japanese American National Museum. At REDCAT, audiences settled in for nine showings of theater troupe
Elevator Repair Service’s nearly eight-hour Gatz (3), an epic reading of The Great Gatsby. Also in November, the Downtown Comedy Club rechristened itself Garrett Morris’ Downtown Blues and Comedy Club and moved into new digs in the Alexandria Hotel.
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complete the acquisition of the mall, office building and hotel by May and then launch a major overhaul of the shopping center. The seller is Jamison Services, Inc. and its mediaaverse head Dr. David Lee. Downtown said goodbye to a longtime watering hole on Dec. 15, when the King Eddy Saloon at 131 E. Fifth St. held a closing party. Owner Dustin Croick sold the bar to Michael Leko and Will Shamlian, who shuttered it for renovations. The past also came into play as brothers Allen and Richard Wattenberg this month marked 50 years as owners of Ross Cutlery (2), the knife and scissors store whose customers over the decades included O.J Simpson, shortly before his arrest for murder. Also: More than 200 people attended a Metro public meeting for the master plan for Union Station; federal officials selected Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to design the $400 million Federal Courthouse; Palo Alto-based Essex Property Trust purchased the Pacific Electric Lofts from developer ICO Group; and the intersection of Fifth and Flower streets in front of the Central Library became Ray Bradbury Square on Dec. 6.
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This week, the holidays will be over. Sure, the hangover might linger, but darn it, it’s time to move on. In keeping with this punctual ethos of progress in the post-holiday daze, L.A. Live is finishing off the Kings Holiday Ice Rink at Nokia Plaza. It’s been a good run, and considering the NHL lockout it has been Downtown’s only chance to catch some Staples Center-area ice action. The last full day for the rink is Tuesday, Jan. 1. Skating starts at 3 p.m. and continues until 11:30 p.m. At 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-5483 or lalive.com.
Alexandria Hotel Ballroom 501 S. Spring St., or blundertown.com. 8 p.m.: With a seemingly omnipresent gig poster featuring Jack Torrance from The Shining and replete with promises of a haunted venue, the New Year’s eve bonanza with The Melvins and Redd Kross promises to be one for the ages.
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Friday, January 4 First Fridays at the Natural History Museum 900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-3388 or nhm.org. 5 p.m.: Wildcat! Wildcat! and Lord Huron are only the capstone on this night of music, lectures and museum revelry. Feed your brain with Dr. Kirk Johnson delivering the talk, “Digging Snowmastadon: Discovering an Ice Age World in the Colorado Rockies.”
graced the stage at Lincoln Center. Robin Weigert has a topnotch performance as Brooke, the liberal daughter who comes home with a tell-all book about her family, including her parents, who were friends with Ronald and Nancy Reagan. At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-7353 or centertheatregroup.org.
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The Egyptian monarch Cleopatra came to power in 51 B.C. The show Cleopatra came to the California Science Center in 2012. It won’t stretch very far into 2013, however. Sunday, Jan. 6 is the last day to head to Exposition Park to check out the largest exhibition of Cleo-era artifacts ever assembled in one place. There are more than 150 items on display, from towering 16-foot sculptures pulled from the Mediterranean Sea to massive stone statues of the head of Caesarian, Cleopatra’s son. Most of the pieces were found in underwater archaeological digs. At 700 State Dr., (213) 744-7400 or californiasciencecenter.org.
Is this last week thing becoming a trend? Sure seems like it. What, you’d like another? No problem. This is, ta-da, the final week to catch Anything Goes, the nautical, Cole Porter penned musical currently at the Ahmanson Theatre. The curtain falls on the Tony-winning production on Sunday, Jan. 6. Rachel York kills it as nightclub entertainer Reno Sweeney, and the show incorporates some of Porter’s classic songs, among them “It’s De-Lovely,” “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” and “I Get a Kick Out of You.” It’s no Zero Dark Thirty, and that’s probably a good thing. At 601 W. Temple St., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.
Hey, here’s something that’s not a final chance. Instead, it’s a first opportunity. The Natural History Museum brings back its fantastic First Fridays series on Friday, Jan. 4. It’s a chance see some of your favorite performers in the company of Exposition Park’s resident set of dinosaurs. Musical acts include Wildcat! Wildcat! and Lord Huron. Additionally, you’ll get all smart and stuff with a 6:30 p.m. discussion led by Dr. Kirk Johnson (shown here) titled, and we swear this is true, “Digging Snowmastadon: Discovering an Ice Age World in the Colorado Rockies.” The program begins at 5 p.m. At 900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-3388 or nhm.org.
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Is the last opportunity to watch a dysfunctional family nearly explode a good thing? If it’s Other Desert Cities, then it just may be. Sunday, Jan. 6, marks the final performance of playwright Jon Robin Baitz’s show at the Mark Taper Forum. The awardwinning tale of Palm Springs familial dysfunction previously
Tuesday, January 1 Oshogatsu-Japanese New Year Weller Court, 123 Astronaut E. S. Onizuka St., (213)626-3067 or jccsc.com. 11 a.m.: The annual New Year’s Day celebration features taiko drummers, lion dancers, Japanese calligraphy workshops, a kimono fashion show, Japanese food booths and plenty of children’s craft activities. Thursday, January 3 Sterling Ruby at MOCA MOCA, 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-1710 or moca. org. 7 p.m.: One of the artists behind the Destroy The Picture exhibit drops in for a lecture on the importance and intent layered beneath the veneer of contemporary art.
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SPONSORED LISTINGS Downtown On Ice Lunchtime and Weekend Concerts Pershing Square, 532 S. Olive St., (213) 8474970 or laparks.org/pershingsquare. Downtown on Ice is back. The seasonal facility at Pershing Square has skates for rental for $2, with skate sessions costing $6. There will be an array of special events and programming at the rink for the next two months, including regular lunchtime concerts from noon-2 p.m. From Jan. 2-4, catch Urban Dread, Soul Dogs and Undercover Girls. For the weekend concerts, catch Bon Jovi cover band Wanted on Jan. 5 at 8 p.m., and on Jan. 6 at 8 p.m., it’s Soulicious. Every Wednesday along with live music and ice skating Pershing Square holds its award-winning farmers market. Bar 107 107 W. Fourth St., (213) 625-7382, facebook.com/bar107 or twitter.com/bar107. Dec. 31: Bar 107 hosts its eighth annual “Dress to the 9s” party. If you dress to the 9s, you get in the keyhole-shaped door for free. DJ Diablo starts at 9:30 p.m. There will be drink specials, party favors and great music.
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