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| | | A 58-year-old female pedestrian was struck by a DASH bus at the intersection of 5th and Flower at approximately 5:30am on Wednesday morning, and passed away after being transported to the hospital. LAPD is investigating the incident. Over at Streetsblog, Damien asks whether the incident could have... Read More | | | | | | This story is an installment of Kid-Friendly Downtown.Writing for blogdowntown has opened my senses to everything dealing with children in our neighborhood. Suddenly I am in the middle of a burgeoning cause of concern for the future education of Downtown L.A.’s youngest residents. I have been... Read More | | | | | | Panasonic Systems Company President J.M. Allain said today that his firm intends to make L.A. Live a technological showplace. Photo by Eric Richardson. A massive 8,000 square foot screen is slated to go on the side of L.A. Live's convention center hotel as part of a deal announced toda... Read More | | | | | | LAist puts a spotlight on Downtown's Grand Central Market, where anyone can find a meal for around $5. Read More | | | | | | This month, Spring Arts Collective Gallery is curated by Kevin Taylor. Photo by Ed Fuentes. Tomorrow marks the first Downtown Art Walk of 2009. It happens that January is also L.A. Arts Month, a civic and private partnership designed to encourage the exploration of art in Los Angeles... Read More | | | | | | Sculptor Robert Graham's Madonna at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. The shaft above her head creates a halo as the sun moves from east to west. Photo by Ed Fuentes. This morning, services were held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for sculptor Robert Graham, who pass... Read More | | | | | | A hand-drawn menu board at L.A. Cafe, at 639 S. Spring. Photo by Eric Richardson. I've lived on Spring street for a touch under five years now, and for two of those I've enjoyed having a pair of great eateries flanking my building. On the one side, California Fresh, offering great sal... Read More | | | | | | A boutique hotel-in-a-hotel, Stay launched in June of 2008 as a hybrid hotel / youth hostel. Photo by Eric Richardson. Since launching Stay, the boutique hotel-hostel hybrid now running on three floors of the Hotel Cecil, operator Lanting Hotel Group has been busy. On the hotel's grou... Read More | | | | | | A photo of the Hotel Figueroa from 1928, with Y.W.C.A. gym and lounge in the rear. Photo by USC Digital Archives / Los Angeles Examiner. Did you know that the Hotel Figueroa was built in 1926 as a hotel for "business, traveling and professional women and their husbands and childre... Read More | | | | | | LA Times Fitness has a review of many of the area Gyms that are offering big discounts to new and current members, of which at least three have downtown locations. Read More | | | |
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