area newsletter FEBRUARY 2020• LOS ANGELES
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Community News Historic Buildings in Los Angeles May Receive a Stay of Execution A proposal by Councilmember Paul Koretz would
require property owners to give the city 60 days of notice before demolishing buildings that are more than 45 years old. That would double the current notification window of 30 days. During this period, an owner must post a notice of their plans as well as inform the district’s councilmember. The new rule would give the city more time to determine if a building is eligible for landmark status. The landmark designation has already granted some classic buildings a reprieve from the wrecking ball, including the original Hollywood Reporter location on Sunset Boulevard. The 30-day notification period came into effect in 2015 after the former Mole-Richardson Studio Depot at 900 North La Brea Avenue was razed by its owner in 2014.
Garbage In But No Garbage Out L.A. Sanitation’s general manager Enrique Zaldivar has announced the city’s entire fleet will be moving to 100 percent zero-emissions trucks by 2035. This makes L.A.
the first major city in the U.S. to commit to such a goal. The bureau is estimated to have more than 750 vehicles. At a panel event hosted by the Los Angeles County Electric Truck and Bus Coalition, Zaldivar added that truck procurement will be entirely electric within two years. Coalition members, including the Sierra Club, called on the city last summer to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The news comes as Los Angeles ramps up efforts to cut air pollution and reduce its carbon footprint. Mayor Eric Garcetti has called for a Green New Deal for Los Angeles that charts a course for the city to be carbon-neutral by 2050.Environmental leaders also hope the move by Los Angeles could accelerate the electrification of refuse trucks elsewhere.
Transit Sees Red for New Riders Plans to make L.A.’s rapid transit network more
user-friendly remain on track. The latest change? Renaming Metro’s Red Line, which transports more than 100,000 riders every day, the “B” Line. The move comes after the Blue and Expo lines were rebranded “A” and “E.” Metro intends to eventually have all rail and bus rapid transit stations updated with letter names. The name shake-up comes as the Metro system, anticipating the number of riders to grow, works on projects to reduce ride times during peak
Community News hours and introduce roomier new train cars. The new “B” Line transports commuters from Union Station in Downtown to North Hollywood, making 14 stops over 16 miles. It will also link to many of the future projects designed to increase rapid transit lines. Right now, the most noteworthy of these is the work being done to extend the “D” Line (formerly Purple) to Beverly Hills and Westwood.
Forecast Looks Bright for Real Estate Futures The outlook for California commercial real estate is bright, despite warnings of an economic slowdown. According to a UCLA economic forecast, developers are feeling hopeful about 2022 and are actually anticipating another commercial real estate
expansion. The Winter 2020 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey looks at what the next three years could be like for the office, multi-family, retail and industrial sectors. The report predicts 2022 will be as strong or better than 2019 for all areas, except for retail. Those experts surveyed were bullish about industrial and multi-family projects. Office markets will remain the status quo, they believe.
Port of L.A. Makes Waves with Overhaul Plans The Harbor Commission has approved the first phase of construction on the $150 million San Pedro Public Market development, the long-awaited overhaul of the Ports O’ Call Village. It will include 100,000 square feet for restaurants, 40,000 square feet for retail businesses and 30,000 square feet for offices. With the groundbreaking expected in the spring, this first phase could be finished as soon as the fall of 2021. The port, the busiest in the country, has so far invested more than $700 million in developing the waterfront.
Restaurant
Spotlight
Totem Poultry
Marco Polo
Met Him At A Bar
7454 1/2 Beverly Boulevard, Fairfax District
4141 Santa Monica Boulevard, Silver Lake
801 South La Brea Avenue, Miracle Mile
The name says it all. This new rotisserie, located in Beverly Grove, is devoted to fire-grilled, organic chicken, served in a variety of combinations – from a breast and a wing to a leg and a thigh to a half-chicken to a whole. If you’re in the mood for something else, they offer soups (chicken and mushroom or chicken and vegetable) and a chicken salad, topped with red cabbage, dates and green goddess dressing.
This Silver Lake restaurant, located at the new Silver Lake Pool & Inn, promises a California twist on coastal Italian cuisine. Or as the owners describe it: “An inviting al fresco dining experience with a low-key locals vibe.” The all-day menu includes baked clams with calabrian salsa, sprinkled with breadcrumbs, and a mozzarella Bottarga with buffalo mozzarella.
The same owners are behind the popular brunch and breakfast spot Met Her At A Bar (which, not coincidentally, is right across the street). Located where Rascals used to be on La Brea, this new Italian-themed eatery specializes in homemade pasta like carbonara, cacio e pepe and white truffle ravioli.
SIGHTS & SOUNDS in LOS ANGELES
Night Gallery 2276 East 16th Street Los Angeles, CA 90021
The Homer Project 4529 Homer St. Los Angeles, CA 90031
Art + Practice Exhibition Space 3401 W. 43rd Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90008
CURRENT EXHIBITION:
CURRENT EXHIBITION:
CURRENT EXHIBITION:
Josh Callaghan’s Social Block February 1, 2020 – June 1, 2020
Justin Lowman: Windows-Phase Three of Four November 2019 – June 1, 2020
Collective Constellation: The Eileen Harris Norton Collection - February 8, 2020 – August 1, 2020
Josh Callaghan’s Social Block, which inaugurates Night Gallery’s new outdoor exhibition space, takes its inspiration from that most common of building materials: the cinder block. At approximately 2.3 times a normal scale, Social Block forms a new relationship to the human body, “existing at the juncture of sculpture, furniture and architecture.” The installation is a tableau, an associative landscape onto which the viewer is invited to project the long arc of human history and its cycles of construction.
“Phase Three of Four” is activated by the stillness and movement of the sun. In other words, what time of day it is when you arrive at the viewing will determine how you experience it. For that reason, The Homer Project recommends you either plan to view the work for an extended period of time or see it multiple times, each at a different point during the day. The work aims to engage with perceptions of both materiality and time itself.
Art + Practice and the Hammer Museum present this selection of work by women of color from the personal collection of Art + Practice co-founder, Eileen Harris Norton. Harris Norton has been supporting Los Angeles-based artists for more than 30 years. Collective Constellation puts the spotlight on these trailblazers and their impact on the world of contemporary art. The works range from painting and printmaking to sculpture and video to photography and installation. They also include such artists as
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