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It's been well over ten years I've been down here - but sometimes it seems like just a few years. Other times, it can feel like a li...

... Mr. Cowboy's Great Adventure! And it was no contest. Even though only one person was brave (foolish?) enough to post a response, I g...

Even though they call it by the old name of - the Historic Core - Vote for Historic Downtown on the CURBEDLA poll for best nabe of the year....

Some highlights below. Seriously! So here is my set of predictions for 2008. Clip it, laminate it, drop it in your time capsule and let it ...

Photojournalism has had a number of periods where one or more newspapers or magazines had a series of great photographers. Henry Luce's ...

In today's LA WEEKLY, the writer worries the new owners of Pasadena's Ritz-Huntington might be tempted to tear down or otherwise des...

Evidently, yes. I've been told that the depression era - and I recall hearing it opened right after prohibition ended - dive bar that ev...

Actually, according to the London Independent newspaper, Los Angeles is tied with Washington DC as being the 7th (though they mistakenly lis...

The first time Mr. D was bred was unexpected. Horny as hell and tired of waiting for me to arrange his loss of equine virginity (scheduled l...

Two things were clear from the start. First, we would spend the rest of our lives together. There was never a question about that. Sec...

Yes! The Hollywood Bowl. Not just for summer any more. According to their new advertising campaign - you can now take the shuttle service ...

Just when you thought the walk between Ralph's and the 7th and Flower subway stop cound't get any more forbidding - now every street...

Historic Core has made it to the CURBEDLA finals! http://la.curbed.com/archives/2007/12/curbed_cup_roun_3.php

Downtown’s Haunted Walk of Horror! If you missed the haunted house attractions of last Halloween, you can still get your thrills and chills ...

That's what Page SIX reports today. And I had heard a five million dollar unit is in escrow - so if one did sell for eight million - it...

I had heard that Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) General Manager, Carol Baker Tharp, had passed over the weekend. Kevin at LAO...

Looking over the addresses posted of the homes that burned or were damaged in Malibu last night and this morning - I recognize a lot of fami...

With Los Angeles suffering from a major deficit in cultural tourism and the Autry Museum of the West being a well kept secret in its hidden ...

I don't know if I can forgive Kate over at the FishbowlLA for posting this help wanted ad instead of just forwarding it to.... me: Any w...

Two years ago I posted about a conversation in the lobby of the Orpheum Theater during the Ovations Awards (LA's Tony Awards) that could...

The always thought provoking David Leonhardt has one of his better columns in tomorrow's New York Times. Below is his opening... and hi...

I'd comment on the below correction - but... what could I possibly add?? CORRECTIVE: Paris Hilton Story Tuesday, November 13, 2007 (11-1...

Read all the bad, bad news for major newspapers today in Editor & Publisher - but at the bottom of the below excerpt is the surprise tha...

Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Special Election for City West Residential Representative On Tuesday November 6th between 7 PM a...

Westwater Downtown - Getting Personal with Ron Deaton By Brady Westwater Days after retiring from being arguably the most powerful man ...

Westwater Downtown - Here’s Proof: NCs can Improve the Economy By Brady Westwater Now that LA Neighborhood Councils Congress has an Ec...

The Economy - LA: Whose Business is It? By Brady Westwater When it comes to business friendly practices and economic development (ot...

Nothing I can add to the above link.

Since Ed Fuentes over at BlogDowntown attended out our DLANC (Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Planning Committee meeting last Wednesday, I...

Last night - the unveiling of the new Los Angeles Theater Center - aka the New LATC - was straight out of the 1980's. A particular night...

That's the question Mark Lacter poses over at LA OBSERVED (Business). But even with all the many options he presents - there are several...

Yesterday, after months of hearings in committees, the City of Los Angeles finally made a commitment to help restore Broadway as a center fo...

It's a short post. Just go over to Kevin and read it. For a second generation Bruin, it was a wonderful belated birthday present. Eve...

UPDATE! Demonstration appears to have turned into a riot. Hit above link. Walking down Broadway today, I saw an all too familiar sight. Tw...