Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Richard Neutra's 1962 Designed Hall of Records 50 Years Old. But How Should it Be Preserved for Another 50 Years?

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The Los Angeles County Hall of Records - which no longer stores the County's records - is the only major civic or private building l...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Los Angeles This Saturday August 25th at 10:30 AM!

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Sorry about posting so late this weekend - but I've been busy sorting and shelving the 100,000 one dollar books on the Second Floor of ...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Happy 119th B-Day Dorothy Parker - Even Though You NEVER Said Los Angeles Was 72 Suburbs in Search of a City

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On Dorothy Parker's 119th birthday today, the web is alive with one of her most famous quotes - Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of ...
Monday, August 20, 2012

Many Things To Consider Before Privatizing The Los Angeles Convention Center

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An editorial in this week's DOWNTOWN NEWS examines if the City of LA should have a private operator take of the running of the Conventio...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

THE LAST BOOKSTORE'S $1 ONLY FLOOR OPEN FOR BUSINESS

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I've been busy this week sorting through the 20 - 30 new boxes of $1  books that have been shipped to the LABYRINTH - the getting close...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Two Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles This Weekend!

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Sorry about posting so late this weekend - but I've been busy sorting and shelving the 100,000 one dollar books on the Second Floor of T...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Los Angeles Has OVER 400% MORE Olympic Medal Winners Than Any Other City in the US - and California Has More Medal Winners Than Any Countries Other Than China & Russia (and the US, of course)

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Los Angeles has 400% MORE Olympic Medal winners than any other city! 45 to San Francisco's 11. And we also have more winners who were b...
Monday, August 13, 2012

After Buying Frommer's - When Will Google Buy The Los Angeles Times?

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According to Forbes this morning,  The publisher John Wiley & Sons   said  it has agreed to sell al of its travel assets, including...

Can Traditional Manufacturing Jobs Make a Comeback in Downtown Los Angeles?

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While I agree manufacturing can and needs to make a comeback in the US , as does Hal Sirkin of the Boston Consulting Group in his Huffington...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

This Weekend's Best Deals in the One Dollar Floor at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in Downtown Los Angeles!

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I've been busy this week sorting through the 20 - 30 new boxes of $1  books that have been shipped to the LABYRINTH - the getting close ...
Thursday, August 09, 2012

What Occupy LA, Chalk Walk and the Media Don't Know About the Historic Downtown LA Neighborhood & Skid Row

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Whenever any of us talk about the type of 'community' we have built here in Historic DOWNTOWN LA, the Occupy LA 'activists'...

You Know The Circus Is In Town When Occupy LA's Clown Bus Arrives from Oakland

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Even while some members of Occupy LA were 'apologizing' for the violence they caused at last month's Art Walk at the LATC Theatr...
Wednesday, August 08, 2012

100,000 One Dollar Books - AND Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles Resume This Week End

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The Last Bookstore Presents ... its just opened 2nd floor with 100,000 books at only ONE DOLLAR each!) And because of that, I ha...
Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Could Downtown Los Angeles Become The 21st Century Creative Mecca of the US Now That New York Is Too Expensive?

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In the Los Angeles Review of Books , Hannah Gersen discusses  The Last Bohemia: Scenes from the Life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn  by Robert An...
Saturday, August 04, 2012

After Art Walk Violence Last Month, Chalk Walk Organizer Apologizes to Downtown Los Angeles Residents (UPDATE ON NEW DOLLAR BOOK SECTIONS AT THE LAST BOOKSTORE)

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According to the story in blogdowntown , at Thursday  night's meeting at the LATC (The Los Angeles Theatre Center) Richard Florence apol...
Thursday, August 02, 2012

How - And Why - The Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk - Should be for Everyone - Including Occupy LA

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In a post on yesterday's blogdowntown , I agree with David Markham's comment that  the goal of Art Walk should not for it to be fr...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Discover the Secret History Of Historic Downtown LA This Weekend! Four Walking Tours Starting at THE LAST BOOKSTORE! PLUS CUSTOMIZED NEW WEEKDAY AND LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING TOURS

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The Last Bookstore Presents (and it's just opened 2nd floor with 100,000 books at only ONE DOLLAR each!) Presents …. ... Th...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Reflections on My Unexpected Life in Downtown Los Angeles

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Roosevet Lofts Finally Fully Finished & Fully Open! After being one of the earlier projects to go south, the new owners of the Roosev...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Narcissists Known As Occupy LA Target Art Walk To Get Their Faces on the 11 PM News THREE UPDATES!

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The assholes known in DTLA as "Narcissists  Who Can't Stand It if Their Faces Are Not On the 11 PM News" (aka Occupy LA) deci...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Discover the Secret History Of Historic Downtown LA This Weekend! Four Walking Tours Starting at THE LAST BOOKSTORE! PLUS CUSTOMIZED NEW WEEKDAY AND LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING TOURS!

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The Last Bookstore Presents (and it's just opened 2nd floor with 100,000 books at only ONE DOLLAR each!) Presents …. ... Th...