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There are many excellent writers at the Los Angeles Times, but few as gifted as Hector Tobar and none who are better connected with our city...

Below is just  the opening of my latest Huffington Post Column.  You can read all of it at the above link. Why Can't Los Angeles Over...

Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times picks up where the Downtown News left on the story of the long term decline of the Downtown Toy Di...

One of the reasons it's been so hard to replace Art Walk founder Bert Green is that even though Art Walk happens but once a month,  it...

CityWatch just put up my first of six Huffington Post columns on how to collectively solve LA's traffic & housing problems. They wi...

Best Art Walk Ever! Just the right number of people, plenty of time for conversation with new friends and old, some good new artists, plenty...

The sun is shinning on Art Walk Day and any sprinkles are now supposed to be after 9 PM. And the ART WALK map - plus a list of special event...

(This is the first of six columns on traffic and housing in Los Angeles) Two of the most important decisions any of us ever make is where we...

Black Friday Deals In Downtown Fashion/Art Walk Stores! Vintage & contemporary fashion, best seller books, art supplies & everythin...

Downtown Fashion Walk – Where To Go And What To Do When You Get There! Thursday November 19th, 2009 6 PM – 10 PM (or later!) Most stores wi...

Downtown Fashion Walk – Where To Go And What To Do When You Get There! Thursday November 19th, 2009 6 PM – 10 PM (or later!) Most stores wi...

First the DWP's attempted pay-off of the rate payers money to Brian D'Arcy - Measure 'B', despite the fix being in at City H...

Have five air-conditioned spaces in Downtown with very high ceilings perfect for art galleries or fashion designers looking to house product...

Go to the Downtown Fashion Walk website - www.downtownfashionwalk.com - and print out both the list and the map for tonight's Downtown F...

OCTOBER 15th FASHION WALK EVENT LIST Below - listed by street - are the final confirmed venues and events of the Thursday Oct. 15th Downtown...

Now there's no guarantee you will get an invite to the Elmer Ave - aka Elmer Av - Saturday show - but e-mail them why you should be inv...

This Thursday’s October 15th Downtown Fashion Walk, along Main, Spring and Broadway between 4th & 7th Streets, is right in the middle of...

This Thursday’s October 15th Downtown Fashion Walk, along Main, Spring and Broadway between 4th & 7th Streets, is right in the middle of...

The last time I saw Brendan, at a late night diner in the Downtown Industrial District, we talked about our pasts, a future project we might...

Over at LA Observed, resident photographer, Judy Graeme, takes the occasion of the Getty Center and it's photography collection's ac...

This weekend's Los Angeles Times story - Death on the Rails - begins with the statistics that have long proven how riding the Metrolink ...

latimes.com/news/local/la-me-neon-downtown25-2009sep25,0,973989.story The story of why the Neon Museum - after 28 years - is leaving Downtow...