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LABJ Looks at Market-Rate / Skid-Row Relationship

By Eric Richardson — September 06, 2005

Mark Lacter has an interesting piece in this week’s LA Business Journal titled ”Downtown’s Renewal Testing ‘Containment’ of Homeless Problem.” There are things I agree with, and things I don’t, but I guess that’s what makes a good read. I don’t know how the piece is presented in the paper journal, but I would...


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No Parking

By Eric Richardson — September 06, 2005

No Parking

I really do get the feeling that all the talk that’s gone into closing the Spring Street contraflow lane was unnecessary: Hollywood closed the lane already. Today marks at least the fourth day out of the last two weeks or so that the contraflow lane has been closed between 6th and 7th. Also today, a fun new twist on lane closures. The no parking signs...


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Imagining Red Car Routes

By Eric Richardson — September 06, 2005
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Picturing Red Car Routes

I took a little time away from the computer this weekend and watched college football (it was a nice start for the Trojans), so hopefully that’s enough of an excuse for why I’m posting today about happenings last Wednesday. In any case, Wednesday morning the CCA hosted a meeting of the Red Car Advisory Board I first mentioned back in June. The CRA...


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Housing Department Reports on SRO Hotels

By Eric Richardson — August 31, 2005

I don’t have a lot to add about this one, but I think this report from the Housing Department on SRO Hotels in Los Angeles (PDF) is a good read. What is an SRO? Well, the city considers it “a structure with => 6 guest rooms in which 30% or more of the units do NOT have private bath and toilet within the unit.” 76% of the city’s SRO...


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New Audit Says El Pueblo on Right Road

By Eric Richardson — August 31, 2005
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Olvera Street was in the news for the wrong reasons last year, as reports came out of mismanagement and missing funds. A new audit (1MB PDF) released today by Laura Chick’s office finds things in much better shape a year later. From Chick’s cover letter to the Council Today I am very pleased to release a follow-up audit of El Pueblo that tells a...


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Grand Intervention Posts Ideas for Civic Park

By Eric Richardson — August 30, 2005
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Back in mid-July I posted about Grand Intervention, the Norman Lear Center project to gather ideas for how the Civic Center park should be transformed when it gets its Grand Ave. project makeover. At the time I wrote that Though this is a sort of contest – the “best” submitted ideas will appear online and in print – I’d love to...


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A Little Housekeeping

By Eric Richardson — August 30, 2005

I just installed a new version of eThreads, the code that makes this site run, so if you notice anything that’s not behaving properly I’d appreciate an email. Things look pretty stable to me, and there’s a nice little performance bump in the new code. I also took this as a chance to enable the On This Date feature I’ve had on my blog...


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Dressing a Galaxy

By Eric Richardson — August 30, 2005
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I know it would be more like me to give you a day or two notice on something like this, not three weeks, but September 19th Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising opens their Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars exhibit. They’ll be displaying over 100 pieces from the six films. I’m not exactly a fashion guy, but many of these costumes...


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Not a Cornfield Events Blog

By Eric Richardson — August 29, 2005

I just saw that the Not a Cornfield project has a blog where they’re posting Community Events at the site. I haven’t had a chance yet to go walk around the site, but it’s been interesting to watch its development while passing by on the Gold Line or waiting at the Chinatown station. I really like their web presentation in general, and if you...


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Filming and I Have Been at Odds Lately

By Eric Richardson — August 28, 2005

I’ve complained a couple times now about filming closing the contraflow bus lane. Now, tonight, after two days of the bus lane being closed, they’re filming something I assume is a music video in the alley behind my apartment. Yet the only notification posted in my building was for the shoot across the street. I want to like filming, but it does make...