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Careful What You Ask For

By Eric Richardson — July 07, 2005
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Sometimes you see good illustrations of why you shouldn't fuss too loud unless all your cards are in order. Case in point: the Ford Hotel at 1000 E. 7th St (midway between San Pedro and Central). In April a zoning administrator ruled that the hotel needed to maintain some conditions that had previously been put on its operation. One of those was that two armed...


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Downtown Race: Me and the 33

By Eric Richardson — July 06, 2005
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One of my favorite things about biking Downtown is the healthy competition you get to have with the bus drivers. Today, though, I had a guy driving the 33 try to cut me off and I really didn't appreciate it. I got the last laugh, though. It all started back before 1st Street. We were both heading down Spring, and I was hanging out in the second lane to give...


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Metro 417 Looking Close to Open

By Eric Richardson — July 05, 2005

Subway Terminal Building Getting Close

I was glad to note today that the Subway Terminal Building -- or Metro 417 -- is finally looking close to being ready to open. The sidewalks have for a while been closed on both Hill and 4th, but today I saw that they are both open again. Workout equipment was visible in a room on the 4th Street side. It'll be interesting to see both this building and the...


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Looking for Inspiration: The 16th Street Mall in Denver

By Eric Richardson — July 05, 2005
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Good Advice

As I've mentioned, I was in Denver over the weekend for my cousin's wedding. Sunday afternoon we had a little time before we needed to be at the airport, so we decided to go check out the city's Downtown. Particularly interesting to me was the 16th Street Mall, a 16-block pedestrian mall oriented toward retail, restaurants, and nightlife. My mind immediately...


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DWP Building Staying Lit?

By Eric Richardson — July 04, 2005

A few days ago Brady mentioned on his blog that the DWP Building had been lit up in time for Antonio's black tie gala across the street. Last night I got into town around 11:30pm and found the building to again be lit up. I'm not sure whether this was just another occasion or if there has been a decision made, but I have to say that after seeing the building...


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Historic Core Walking Tour and Photos

By Eric Richardson — July 02, 2005
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I don't have anything particularly interesting or insightful to say about Downtown, seeing as I'm in Denver at the moment, but jim went on the Conservancy's Historic Core walking tour today (led by shannon) and he says it was pretty good. Jim is also starting to get some Downtown pictures up on flickr. Hopefully he'll start putting them into the blogdowntown...


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Technical Docs on Grand Ave Plans

By Eric Richardson — June 30, 2005
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If you're like me, and the plans for Grand Ave. tend to leave you confused as to what exactly is going where and when certain things are happening, it can be good to get all that in one place. While it may not be the friendliest of documents, the report the CRA recently submitted to City Council (1.3MB PDF) is definitely thorough. Lots of information about...


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Google Maps Adds Labels

By Eric Richardson — June 29, 2005

I noticed this morning that Google Maps recently started identifying landmarks, including a good number of buildings Downtown. If you take a look at this map you'll see labels for the Biltmore, MOCA, Macy's Plaza, and more. This change couples nicely with their recent addition of arrows indicating flow on one-way streets. On the downside, the labels are a...


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blogdowntown Quoted in LA Business Journal

By Eric Richardson — June 28, 2005
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A big thanks to Lynn Myers for letting me know that this site got quoted in this week's issue of the LA Business Journal. Apparently the LABJ enjoyed the recent stories about troublesome Australians as much as I did. Their "L.A. Stories" section includes a bit titled "Down Under" bylined to Spencer Kallick. Quantas flight crews have said they're afraid of...


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Draft Minutes from 6/14 DLANC Board Meeting Now Up

By Eric Richardson — June 28, 2005

I know I was very slow on a write-up from the DLANC Board meeting that was held two weeks ago, but since I was acting as secretary and taking minutes I figured I needed those done before I wrote anything here. They are now done, and Draft Minutes from the 6/14 Board Meeting are now up on the DLANC website.