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Jan Perry Wants Downtown Street Widths Examined

By Eric Richardson — July 21, 2005
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I was just reading through Council referals and noticed an interesting motion from Jan Perry. It deals with street and sidewalks widths Downtown, and seems to reflect a desire to allow wider sidewalks and activate more pedestrian life on the streets. Consider this text from the description that comes along with the motion. Many of these new projects include...

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Contraflow Removal Approved by Council

By Eric Richardson — July 20, 2005

I just returned from this morning’s City Council meeting, where the Spring Street Contraflow removal project was approved 11-0. There wasn’t really any debate on the issue; Jan Perry called the item special so that she could make a few comments in support, and then they voted to approve. Now comes the interesting part, as the various parties involved...

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Photo Roundup

By Eric Richardson — July 19, 2005
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Jim Winstead also entered the photo game in a serious way, with a set of photos of Downtown fountains.

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Best of Downtown

By Eric Richardson — July 19, 2005
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The Downtown News held their party tonight for the annual Best of Downtown edition. I’m very honored to report that this site was chosen as an Editor’s Choice for Best Downtown-Oriented Blog. This year’s edition should come out online and in print shortly.

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Grand Intervention

By Eric Richardson — July 18, 2005
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I read Martin Kaplan’s opinion piece on the Civic Center park over the weekend, but didn’t realize until I received an email just now that the Lear Center has set up a website to receive submitted park ideas – Grand Intervention. The Los Angeles Times has offered its pages, and the Lear Center its Web site, for such a competition. Proposals...

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A Busy Downtown Night

By Eric Richardson — July 15, 2005

I got home from work tonight, took a shower, threw on some walking shoes (well, shoes at least), and headed out to see what I could see. There was quite a lot out there. First thing I walked past was Pershing Square. Say what you will about the “park” itself, but one thing has always fascinated me about the people there. On the grass on the north...

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July Art Walk Report

By Eric Richardson — July 15, 2005
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As I mentioned the other day, last night was this month’s edition of the Downtown Art Walk. I made it to seven galleries, but for the first time didn’t make it over to the Nickel. I stepped into Bert Green Fine Art and LACDA on Wednesday, though, so maybe that sort of counts. I heard that eecue was out taking pictures last night, so I expect to see...

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eecue Making Maps Like He was a Cartographer

By Eric Richardson — July 14, 2005

eecue has been showing off some cool goole-fu over the last few days. He’s been scanning in photos from Los Angeles From An “Auto” (Part One – Part Two, a 1906 book with pictures of a lot of Downtown buildings. Along with posting the actual pages, he’s also taking the pictures and positioning them on a Google Maps interface. His...

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Contraflow Removal Approved by Transportation Committee

By Eric Richardson — July 13, 2005

I just got back my apartment after today’s Transportation Committee meeting. This is the meeting where the Spring Street contraflow lane project was to be discussed and a vote taken on whether to pass it on to Council. The summary: they approved to send it on to Council, so it will appear on an agenda there sometime soon. One thing that worries me is the...

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Thursday Night Art Walk

By Eric Richardson — July 13, 2005
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Tomorrow night is the July Downtown Art Walk. If you haven’t been to one yet, shame on you! Seriously, they’re a lot of fun, even for those of us who know very little about art. I’m not sure if this will get you more excited or just point out the fact that I need to invest in more adjectives, but here’s a list of past Art Walk wrap-ups...