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• Returning Luster to Landmarks

  The LA Times profiles Wayne Ratkovich, the developer who restored the Oviatt and Fine Arts buildings.Jul 21

• LAT on Vista Hermosa

  The LA Times looks at Saturday's opening of Vista Hermosa Park.Jul 20

• Aoyama Tree a Historic Monument

  The LA Times reports that the city has added Little Tokyo's Aoyama Tree to the register of cultural-historic monuments.Jul 17

• Comment by Bartleight Makes Reuters

  Congrats to blogdowntown commenter Bartleight, whose comment on today's Hail-a-Taxi story gets quoted in a Reuters piece on the approval.Jul 16

• Follow the LEEDer

  Metropolis magazine interviews Mark Edlen of Gerding Edlen, one half of the South Group parternship, about sustainability and green buildings.Jul 14

• Valencia Group Out of Union Lofts Restaurant

  Angelenic reports that the Valencia Group -- with "acclaimed restaurateur John Valencia" is out of the picture for the Union Lofts' restaurant space. Meruelo Maddux is in talks with other operators.Jul 12

• Defamer Hits the Art Walk

  T-RO of Defamer was at Thursday's Art Walk and put together a photo recap for the site.Jul 12

• Citizenship Crowd Slows Morning Traffic

  The Times writes that 40,000 were expected for a morning naturalization at the Convention Center, slowing Downtown traffic.Jul 11

• Cleaning Out a Camp Site

  KPCC's John Rabe shot this video of LAFD cleaning out a homeless camp site underneath the girders of the 1st street overpass at Figueroa. More at LA Observed.Jul 08

• Street Scenes: Broadway

  The LA Times' "Street Scenes" photo / audio series takes a look at Broadway.Jul 07