Archives for December 2008

Around the Halls: December 1 - 3

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Getting Ready for Showtime

 

Faces of Downtown - Jessica Needleman

 

Cole's Set to Kick Off 100th Anniversary Celebration

 

Britney to Light L.A. Live Tree on Thursday

2nd

GRAMMY Museum All About the Music

 

Wednesday: Lunchtime Holiday Shopping at FIDM Trunk Show

 

New Conga Room Set to Add Latin Flavor to L.A. Live's Music Venues

3rd

For Reference: A Map of L.A. Live's Restaurants

 

Touring Downtown WIFI: siptea

 

Grand Opening Day for L.A. Live

4th

Oliver's Reputation Preceeds Him

 

Star-Studded Ceremony Kicks Off Light of the Angels at L.A. Live

 

It's Christmas Time in the City

5th

Broadway Critique Lacks Big Picture View

 

Local Schools Pay First of Many Visits to GRAMMY Museum

 

What to Do on the DASH This Weekend

 

Oliver Encounters a Critic

6th

"Printed" Opens at Crewest, Featuring Hand Made Works

 

Oliver Lights a Tree

7th

Pop-Up Store Sells Goods With a Conscience

 

Around the Halls: December 8 - 10

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Old Bank District Holds Successful First Holiday Block Party

 

El Pueblo Welcomes in the Holiday Season

 

Five Months In, the Hail-A-Taxi Program Looks For a Jump Start

 

Provecho Brings New Mexican to Financial District

 

Unwatched Wet Concrete Makes a Bad Mix

9th

Starbucks Furniture Set to Return

 

"Live Positively" Parade a Mexican Import, Coming Downtown on Saturday

 

Touring Downtown WIFI: Moxie

 

Art Walk Preview for December, 2008

10th

Fleming's Debuts at L.A. Live

 

Ritz Tower Gets Topped Off

 

A Clear Day in L.A.

11th

Conga Room Holds its Grand Opening

 

Bringing Back Broadway Honors Year of Progress

 

Normalcy Returns to South Park Starbucks

 

Walmart Announces $150,000 Gift to Homeboy Industries

 

Play Dates: Not Just for the Suburbs

 

'The Must' Makes Sure to Open for Art Walk

 

Oliver and the Final Beam

 

Lower Angels Knoll Quietly Opens at Foot of Bunker Hill

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Crane Operators: How Do They Get Up There?

 

Touring Downtown WIFI: 7+Fig

 

Shop Local at "UNIQUE Los Angeles"

 

Around the December Art Walk

 

What to Do on the DASH This Weekend

 

Around the Halls: December 15 - 17

15th

Tradition of Pershing Square Ice Skating Over Fifty Years Old

 

Holiday Parade Full of Potential, Given a Few Right Turns

 

Students Offer Ideas for Future of Pico

16th

Wednesday: A Cosmopolitan Holiday Gathering to Support the Weingart Center

 

A Peek Inside L.A. Live's ESPN Zone

 

Gram and Papa's Offers the Basics, Served Well

17th

Friday: Bar Hop With blogdowntown

 

Trying to Make It Work

 

Beta Test: Help Us Test Facebook Connect

18th

Halfway Through Pilot Phase, Central City East DASH Lacking Riders

 

Oliver Visits a Whiskey Bar

 

Council Expands Artists-In-Residence Zone

19th

Downtown High School in U.S. News' Top 100

 

Fashion District BID Gets Renewed, But Not Yet Finished With the Process

 

Area Kids Honored as Local 9-1-1 Heroes

 

Touring Downtown WIFI: Lost Souls

21st

Santa Pays a Visit to Gladys Park

22nd

First Bar Hop Proves Better Idea than Execution

 

City Hall Celebrates Chanukah

23rd

Far From Downtown

 

A Quick Hello from Los Angeles Street

24th

Music Center About to Go Live With Holiday Programming

 

Help Us Cover Downtown: blogdowntown Needs Your Support

 

Catching Up With... The Regional Connector

26th

First Game on New Gladys Park Court to Pit Skid Row 3 on 3 Against LAPD

 

Fifty-Eight Years Ago Today: Hollywood Freeway Opens Through Downtown

27th

Catching Up With... The Downtown Streetcar

 

No Encore for Oliver

28th

Catching Up With... Industrial Land Use

 

Looking for Last Minute New Years Plans? *

29th

126 Years Ago Today: Downtown Got Its First Electric Street Lights

30th

L.A. Live: Not Quite 'Downtown's Mecca,' But Still Full of Potential

 

The Nickel Opens 2009 on a High Note

 

Thanks for a Great 2008

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