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RACE THIS WAY Urban Adventure/Scavenger Hunt Finds Plenty of Clues and Competitors in Downtown

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Contestants scrambled across Little Tokyo on April 27 searching for clues and solving puzzles as part of CityRace, an adventure/scavenger hunt organized by John Hennessy.

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ery few fans of the CBS show “Amazing Race” ever get the chance to compete in the adventurous globetrotting competition. In addition to the difficulty in getting selected, aspirants need to give up weeks of their lives.

By contrast, anyone with $40-$95, at least one friend and a few spare hours on the weekend can have a pretty good facsimile of the experience. Even better, one can do it all in Los

Angeles, and often in Downtown.

The opportunity comes courtesy of John Hennessy, who for the past nine years has been staging his urban adventure/scavenger hunts called Race/LA and CityRace. The local competitions are inspired by the CBS show.

“I was a big fan of ‘Amazing Race,’ and I thought it would be really cool if you could to do something like this in L.A. that you could just do in a day,” said Hennessy, recalling how he started the event in 2004 for a few friends.

Hennessy’s 2013 spring season is underway, and once again, the sights, sounds, art and ethnic communities of Downtown Los Angeles fit squarely in his plans. A day-long Race/LA takes place on Saturday, May 11. It is followed with a series of Central City-set CityRace competitions. The three-hour events will take place this month and next in South Park, Olvera Street, Chinatown and even underground in Metro stations.

Hennessy, 48, stages more than 70 races a year in 15 locations throughout Southern California. The biggest are the see Race, page 17

City Has Plan to Turn ‘Graffiti Pit’ Into Park Deal in Place to Buy and Transform the Eyesore Across From City Hall

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f all goes according to plan, one of the Civic Center’s most notorious blight spots will finally be eradicated. The only thing better? In its place could be a park.

The site in question is the vacant lot on the northwest corner of First and Spring streets. The city has reached a tentative deal to pay $7.5 million for the state-owned parcel that has been fenced off for 35 years.

The city Recreation and Parks Commission in March approved a plan to buy the two-acre site using an array of funding sources, including Quimby fees (charged to developers to pay for park creation), zone change fees and money from a

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In total, the commission approved spending up to $9.9 million to acquire the site and pay for demolition work needed to clear the property of an underground parking facility.

Additional, as-yet-undetermined funds would be needed to complete the park project.

“If Downtown is going to continue its trajectory, we need to improve livability and green-space access for the residents of Downtown and this new park space will help us do that,” said 14th District City Councilman José Huizar, who has worked with the Recreation and Parks Department and Mayor Antonio Villraigosa’s office on the plan. “It will also offer an organic connectivity to Grand Park, which will in-

crease the number of people utilizing both open spaces.”

The site just across from City Hall, which spreads west to Broadway, was home to a 13-story state office building constructed in 1931 that was severely damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. The state demolished the building in 1976 and the site has since sat mostly unused, except by skateboarders and squatters. Today the property is home to dozens of feral cats.

Remnants of the old building, including the underground garage, which is not structurally sound, remain on the fencedoff property. The building bones, which have been routinely scrawled with graffiti — some know the site as the “graffiti see New Park, page 12

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n just a few weeks, Downtown will have a new grocery option. Carolyn Paxton, a co-owner of Urban Radish, said the market at 660 S. Mateo St. will open on May 29. The 8,200-square-foot warehouse will sell fresh produce, meat, seafood, dairy and an array of prepared items. The operation plans to focus on fresh ingredients, Paxton said. “We’re a farm-fresh market and community eatery, a neighborhood market that’s rooted in traditional foods going back to when food was farm grown and picked off the vine when it’s ripe,” she said. The large mural of a chipmunk on the exterior of the building near the Toy Factory and Biscuit Company lofts will remain and greenery will be added around the property. Paxton said the grocer is teaming up with Homeboy Industries to create a hiring program that will train participants of the gang prevention and job development nonprofit. The May 29 opening is pending final inspections from the city. A grand opening event is slated for July.

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Film Fees Lowered at Grand Park

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he County Board of Supervisors last week voted 4-1 to reduce the fees for filming in Grand Park. The 74% decrease approved on Tuesday, April 30, follows film industry complaints that previous rates — $20,000 a day for one-quarter of the park or $80,000 for the entire expanse between the Music Center and City Hall — were exorbitant and effectively killed filming at the site that opened last July.

Despite the price cut to approximately $5,000 a block, film industry representatives were pushing for even steeper reductions. In a competing proposal, the board had considered a pilot program that would have eliminated fees altogether for six months. Ultimately, a majority of the board opposed the pilot plan.

Supervisor Gloria Molina, who pushed for the reductions, was concerned that if the fees were lowered too much it would jeopardize public access to the $56 million park. Officials with the Music Center, which operates the park, told Downtown News in March that the reductions that were ultimately approved constituted what they consider a compromise.

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os Angeles Downtown News had a strong showing at the state’s largest journalism competition. In the California Newspaper Publishers’ Association annual Better Newspaper Contest, Downtown News captured two first place and three second place awards. The prizes were announced Saturday, April 27, at the CNPA’s banquet in Universal City. Downtown News was competing against all weeklies in the state with a circulation above 25,000. Staff Writer Ryan Vaillancourt won a first place prize in Investigative Reporting for his series “Skid Row’s Perfect Storm.” The three articles, published in November 2011, chronicled the dangers posed to the community by prison realignment, worsening

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street trash and the drug trade. Additionally, Downtown News won a first place prize in Editorial Comment for the Jan. 30, 2012, editorial “Which Way in L.A., Nuch?” which chastised City Attorney Carmen Trutanich for failing to state publicly whether he would run for District Attorney. Downtown News also earned second place awards for Environmental Coverage for a series about hazards in Skid Row, Editorial Cartoon for a work by Doug Davis, and Best Website.

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Endorsement: Eric Garcetti for Mayor

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he challenges facing Los Angeles in the next four years are very serious. Although the economy has rebounded somewhat from the depths of the recession, the city still faces a tough structural deficit — this year’s budget shortfall started north of $100 million. At the same time, unemployment remains stubbornly high and thousands of miles of streets and sidewalks are in disrepair. There’s a pervasive feeling that government cares more about special interests than citizens. All of the above could pale in comparison to the quandary surrounding public safety: Crime is at a historically low level, but questions swirl about how L.A. will maintain enough police officers and firefighters to make Angelenos feel protected.

These are only a few of the problems, challenges and issues the next mayor of Los Angeles — either City Controller Wendy Greuel or City Councilman Eric Garcetti — will have to face. On top of these are subjects such as reining in pension costs for municipal employees, trying to ease traffic congestion, doing what can be done from the mayor’s office to ensure children have high-quality educational choices, and leading and inspiring a wildly diverse city of 4 million people.

We think Garcetti is the better equipped of the candidates to handle these and other challenges and to lead Los Angeles over the next four years. Los Angeles Downtown News endorses Eric Garcetti for mayor.

Every candidate has his or her detractors, but Garcetti has generally impressed during the 12 years he has represented the 13th District on the City Council. During that time, multiple communities in his territory have seen big advances, becoming more active and livable. Although the improvements in Hollywood, Silver Lake and other neighborhoods can partly be attributed to larger

economic cycles, Garcetti has routinely nurtured the gains, knowing when government can help and when it is better to stay in the background and let business or neighborhood groups take the lead. The growth in his district is similar to that seen in Downtown Los Angeles during the same period.

Garcetti has valuable leadership experience that will serve him well in the mayor’s suite. Although he was one of the council’s younger members in 2006, he became the panel’s president and held the post for six years. During that period he favored consensus-building over strong-arming. His style was different and quieter than those who came before and after him: He skipped the flash and bombastic rhetoric, yet still largely managed to keep a batch of big egos in check, which is no easy task.

The council presidency put Garcetti on the front line for some important battles, and also gave him experience on thorny budgetary matters such as negotiating a controversial early retirement system for city employees.

While today that seems to have been accepted as a successful move to help reduce city spending, he was also atop the panel in 2007 when city leaders voted to give 25% raises to many city workers — salary hikes Los Angeles now cannot afford. Of course, Greuel and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were also among the elected leaders who supported the now unfortunate pay hikes.

Choosing the next mayor is not just about evaluating a candidate’s record, but also about discerning what types of experience best prepare a person for the future. This is a crucial time for Los Angeles, a city poised to become even more of a business and cultural pacesetter across the country and throughout the Pacific Rim. Along with the challenges mentioned above, there are immense opportunities.

We think Garcetti is the most likely candidate to take advantage of what the city has to offer, and we expect he will balance his even-keeled nature with an appropriate scale of vision. The tenure of Villaraigosa demonstrated what can happen when a cocktail of massive vision and unbounded personal ambition exceed a leader’s focus and abilities. Garcetti doesn’t dream as big as Villaraigosa (nor does Greuel), and that’s probably a good thing.

Garcetti’s vision is more focused and practical that the current mayor’s. We like his recognition of the need to seize on technology in the next four years — hiring a city technology czar is a wise move. His Great Streets program, an effort to improve 20 key corridors, is another good start. We expect more big ideas will develop and that they will complement the focus on nuts and bolts work.

We don’t pretend that Garcetti arrives with every tool needed to lead the city. During the primary Downtown News endorsed Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry, in part for the work she did in Downtown over the past dozen years, which we believed she could expand citywide, and in part because we felt she was tough enough to take on entrenched forces.

Garcetti still needs to shake the suggestions that he lacks the toughness required to hold back the lobbyists and special interests clawing for power inside City Hall. He’ll have to master the bully pulpit, which is often the most valuable tool a Los Angeles mayor has, and which is far different than the job demands of the council president. Some question how independent Garcetti can be regarding education when he is strongly allied with the teachers’ union. In short, he’ll have to demonstrate from day one that he has the fortitude, independence and transparency

that being mayor requires.

Greuel is a good candidate, and we could see her being an effective mayor (though not as effective as her competitor). Her strengths include her experience in multiple levels of government and the private sector. Very few question her toughness, and her years on the council and as controller provide her with a firm grasp of L.A.’s fiscal situation.

She has also, in the latter stage of the campaign, demonstrated an understanding of what the next mayor will have to do. Her “L.A. Forward” is a smart blueprint for addressing job creation and other matters.

However, “L.A. Forward” is a late-stage addition to her platform, and it comes only after Greuel has continually disappointed on the campaign trail. For much of the race she was frustratingly vague, and when she got specific the ideas too frequently seemed impossible — think of her plan to increase the LAPD to 12,000 officers.

Additionally, her campaign has at times been unnecessarily bruising to others. Yes, Greuel was the early frontrunner and thus the subject of many attacks from her competitors, but her responses could be far harsher and more personal than required; the explanation that it was “just politics” doesn’t erase the needless hits, and we think a candidate is ultimately responsible for all that occurs under his or her name. If Greuel can’t run an effective and responsible campaign, it is fair to question how she will respond to the myriad challenges of running a city and dealing with the harsh criticism and confrontation that at times can seem to come from all sides. The choices she made during the race have repercussions.

Although the campaign has been bitter and will undoubtedly get more so in the two weeks leading up to the May 21 election, this remains an exciting time for Los Angeles.

Change is coming, and with it comes the chance to move Downtown and the rest of the city forward. We think Eric Garcetti is the right person for the job.

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The Future Is Now A Growing, Shifting Downtown Also Means Change for the Office Market

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t won’t come as a surprise to those who live and work in Downtown Los Angeles, but a lot of people who still think L.A. ends at La Cienega are about to get a shock: The Central City may be ready to claim bragguest opinion

ging rights as the business center in the region over the next decade.

We are aware that some will roll their eyes.

In fact, we often give our friends grief for using words like “resurgent,” “energetic” or even “transformational.” But as students of Downtown who watched the first economic boom with the building of the Convention Center in the early ’70s and the surge of development in the late ’80s, we believe we can stand behind these words. These statements describe what is finally happening in our great urban center.

Before and even during the early stages of the residential revival that began in 2000, Downtown was lamented by some planners and politicians as “the urban core that would never be.” Now, with tens of thousands of new residents, several major hotels announced, an explosion of proposed lifestyle office spaces and a number of entertainment venues, the promise of a major shift is finally being delivered.

This is all being felt in the business community as well. Traditional financial services, accounting and law firm tenants are no longer maintaining oversized footprints in the commercial core as they diversify. Rather, a new

generation of businesses, as well as revamped firms seeking a dynamic, 24-hour experience, are quickly taking their place. Downtown is changing and evolving, and we think it’s for the better.

The creative industries in Los Angeles, comprised mostly of entertainment, technology and media, have been leading the economic recovery and will shape the future of real estate development. Even traditional office users, who must attract talent and constantly evolve in a technology driven world, now place great value on access to public transportation and the concepts of urbanism. We’ve seen the year-over-year lease rate improve in large part due to increased demand for Class B office space (historic buildings and structures that average 12 stories). As these new 21st century tenants are being priced out of the Westside via high rents or a lack of vehicle accessibility, there is strong evidence that they aren’t interested in the staid old standards of Class A office buildings Downtown. Instead, they’re looking for flexible space that they can shape for themselves and access via public transportation in a pedestrian and bike friendly environment.

Downtown is one of the few areas in Los Angeles where residents and office workers are opting to go “car-free.” The subway and light rail lines are driving growth in communities that were cut out by traffic, and the streetcar may be back, allowing for a flow of new Downtown shoppers and residents from other parts of the city. Innovative companies like Zipcar, bike sharing programs and in-

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creased bus transportation are finally creating a network of options for local residents.

As a father-son team representing multiple generations, we recognize the need to create environments that reflect the desires of a growing, flexible workforce. At our building, PacMutual, overlooking Pershing Square, we’re seeing a huge spike in demand for communal brainstorming tables and inspiring outdoor reading nooks.

We’ve encountered prospective tenants looking for functioning windows, exposed brick and high ceilings. They care more about Wi-Fi and surrounding amenities than layers of security and built-out cubicles.

This shift in work habits is having a profound impact on the whole community, beyond office walls. All of a sudden many of the people who used to leave at 5 p.m. are staying after dark and then coming back on weekends.

The residential market in Down­ photo by Gary Leonard town has grown significantly in the Nelson and Christopher Rising. last five years. There are now more than 50,000 permanent residents, including the city and county must address, among 19,000 families. To give some perspective, them homelessness, faster build-out of our downtown Denver has only 20,000 perma- impending public transportation projects, nent residents. and more business friendly policies.

There is more. Downtown L.A.’s first char- We believe Downtown is returning to its ter school is in the works and young profes- roots as the hub of business, culture and transsionals are exploring new stores, visiting portation for Southern California. As more friends who have moved here and flooding the and more people look for a quality of life not streets for Art Walk. Increased hotel options dominated by the single occupancy vehicle, have brought back tourists who are much as more businesses see the value of a density more comfortable in an environment that of creative businesses and as more amenities has multiple public transportation options. are built in Downtown, an L.A. of generations Projects like Grand Park that add beauty and past will drive us forward. green space to the neighborhood continue to Nelson Rising is the chairman and chief eximprove the Downtown experience. ecutive officer and Christopher Rising is the While things are certainly looking up for president and chief operating officer of Rising Downtown, there are still major issues that Realty Partners.

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Glasnost in the First District Big Spending and Bitter Accusations Make the Campaign To Replace Ed Reyes the Best Race No One Is Watching

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n the election cycle that culminates on May 21, the mayor’s race between Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti has garnered the lion’s share of the headlines. The City Attorney slugfest between incumbent Carmen Trutanich and challenger Mike Feuer has gained attention for its unending vitriol. The Controller’s race between Dennis Zine and Ron Galperin has — OK, it hasn’t done much of anything, because almost no one in the city has any idea what L.A.’s official controller does.

Those campaigns have overshadowed other important races, including the contest for the First District City Council seat being vacated by a termed-out Ed Reyes. The lack of attention is too bad, because the battle pitting Reyes’ chief of THE REGARDIE REPORT

staff Jose Gardea against Gil Cedillo, who spent much of the last 15 years in the state legislature, is full of intrigue, oddities, big money and nasty mailers. It is easily the best political race that almost no one is watching.

It nearly ended March 5, when Cedillo notched 8,390 votes while Gardea pulled 7,392 ballots. Cedillo had 49.3% of the turnout, just under the majority needed to win outright.

Instead, democracy dictates that the top two finishers advance to the runoff.

Actually, democracy is the wrong word if you take into account an accusation that Cedillo leveled during a recent Downtown forum. When asked about low voter turnout and politicians establishing partnerships with nonprofits, Cedillo, as he sometimes does, ignored the question and spun in a completely unrelated direction. He hit the “change” theme, which plays well politically, then veered toward… wait for it… Cold War era-politicking.

“City Hall is like the old Soviet Union,” Cedillo remarked.

“It’s about protecting itself and there’s not going to be change from the inside.”

The line is as fantastic as it is farfetched. Is Cedillo, who first won a State Assembly seat in 1998, comparing Reyes to old bloc leaders like Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev? Does he think Reyes is settled in the First District equivalent of Red Square building up a nuclear arsenal to hand over to Gardea.

Even more interesting is what the comparison means for Cedillo himself. If he’s the change agent, then he’s probably a CD1 Mikhail Gorbachev, who introduced the openness concept of “glasnost,” which made him adored by the West and hated in the fading USSR (though there is little evidence he could become “Gorby II”). Maybe he’s salty Boris Yeltsin. Or perhaps Cedillo fancies himself a Los Angeles Vladimir Putin.

The mind boggles.

After the debate I asked Gardea about the remark. “You’ve just been compared to Soviet Russia,” I said. “Do you agree?”

He responded with a bemused smile.

“Nyet.”

Smooth Orator Because I’m somewhat of a masochist, I do things like attend forums and press events where there are more people standing behind the podium holding signs than there are folks in front listening to the remarks. Such was the case last Thursday when I headed to a spot just west of Downtown to watch Cedillo and John Choi, a candidate for the 13th District seat, endorse each other and pledge to work together, assuming they both get elected.

While completely artificial, the event revealed how polished a candidate Cedillo is. With his six years in the assembly and eight years in the State Senate, and plenty of time in the spotlight for propelling bills including the California Dream Act (which paved the way for undocumented students to apply for financial aid), his delivery is effortless and smooth. At the podium he’s in his element, smiling wide and speaking confidently. He connects with the crowd in a way that Gardea, whose manner is a mix of folksy and wonky, has yet to master.

No doubt that approach, along with his Sacramento experience, have helped Cedillo curry favor with those who, depending on your point of view, are either grassroots supporters or dastardly outside special interests. According to documents filed with the City Ethics Commission, Cedillo has benefitted from more than $500,000 spent on his behalf through independent groups. Entities including the disparate political arms of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and the union representing DWP employees have dropped huge cash on mailers and other support.

Gardea, by contrast, has seen $26,000 directed his way through unaffiliated interests.

The mailers on both sides have been frequent and forceful — Team Cedillo regularly labels Gardea a “failure,” and the Gardea

camp ravages Cedillo for going on international junkets.

Then there are the veteran politicos’ respective efforts to cast themselves as agents of change.

“If you want change, then you have to elect somebody different,” Cedillo said at an April forum. “You have candidates who come from Sacramento and who have a culture of collaborating and meeting incredible challenges.”

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Last week (left) Jose Gardea appeared with councilman and mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti, who has endorsed him. (right) Gil Cedillo and John Choi endorsed each other.

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Urban Outfitters Coming Downtown Chain Is One of Two New Shops Headed to Broadway

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owntown, get ready for a bit of national retail: Urban Outfitters is coming to the Rialto Theatre.

The office of City Councilman José Huizar last week said the Philadelphia-based retailer of men’s and women’s clothing and fashionable accessories has signed a deal to renovate the 1917 theater at 810 S. Broadway and will restore its historic marquee. Huizar said Urban Outfitters officials worked with representatives of Bringing Back Broadway, the 10-year program to restore the corridor, for more than a year to secure the location.

The 10,000-square-foot store is set to open by early 2014.

“Urban Outfitters understands the market and knows where Broadway is going, and I thank them for planting their flag and saying they want to be part of Bringing Back Broadway,” Huizar said in a statement.

Rumors circulated over the past year that the chain would land in Downtown Los Angeles.

It is the second national retailer to come to the street as part of the makeover. In March, Ross Dress for Less opened a 39,000-square-foot-store at 719 S. Broadway.

John Hauser, Urban Outfitters’ chief officer of brand experience, said the company had been looking at the Downtown market for several years.

“When we decided the time was right to open an Urban

Outfitters, the Rialto Theatre on Broadway was the perfect location,” said Hauser in a statement. “The Rialto movie palace building still has incredible character — you can feel the history when you are there. Urban is excited to be on Broadway and to be part of the revitalization.”

Urban Outfitters was founded in 1970. According to earnings reports, the chain has 215 locations in the United States, Canada and Europe; 18 of those opened in the year ending Jan. 31, 2013.

The publicly traded parent company, Urban Outfitters, Inc., also owns 180 Anthropologie stores, among other holdings.

Huizar’s office also announced that the Stockholm-based fashion brand Acne Retail (pronounced ack-NAY) is coming to the corridor. It will open a 5,000-square-foot store and coffee shop in the Eastern Columbia Building at Broadway and Ninth Street.

The retailer sells men and women’s denim, bags, footwear and other accessories. The company was founded in 1996 and has numerous international locations. This will be its second U.S. store, after one in New York City.

Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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At the same event, Gardea tried pushing the theory that backing from labor and business groups means more of the same.

“When you understand that those political pressures come from very specific interests that really want to maintain a certain status quo, then you come to the question of what really is change,” he said. “In this case change is myself, who understands City Hall, who understands the community, who doesn’t like to do backroom deals because if I did, ladies and gentlemen, I’d be sitting here in front of you with the Chamber of Commerce endorsement, with the Central City Association endorsement, and countless other groups.”

Yes, he really uttered “ladies and gentlemen,” and yes, he actually argued that the guy who has been chief of staff to a sitting councilman for a dozen years is the change agent.

Money Game The First District is a huge territory that stretches from MacArthur Park through City West and Chinatown and up into the Northeast L.A. communities of Glassell Park and Highland Park. Although it contains more than 82,000 eligible voters, only 22% turned out in March.

Cedillo’s first place finish that month and his outside financial backing would seem to give him the advantage on election day. Then again, one could argue that his failure to win outright with so much bonus cash makes him vulnerable, especially if the outside interests don’t spend as much this time.

One of the most interesting aspects of the campaign has been the money game. Gardea initially surged to a big fundraising lead. Then, three weeks before the election, the situation changed radically. Gardea raised just $5,095 in the Feb. 17-27 reporting period.

During that same 10-day stretch, Cedillo hoovered up an astounding $103,470. It far surpassed the cash raised by any candidate for any council seat during that time.

The second highest performer was 11th District winner Mike Bonin, who pulled in about $77,000. From there it dropped to the $33,000 secured by Ninth District contender Curren Price. Cedillo’s haul even surpassed the combined $65,000 raised by City Attorney runoff candidates Feuer and Trutanich.

Looking at Ethics Department documents reveals that a cadre of L.A.’s business elite showed Cedillo the money. Developer Rick Caruso donated the maximum individual amount of $700, as did the McCourt Group and Casey Wasserman. Over at Anschutz Entertainment Group, meanwhile, 11 individuals gave a combined $6,750, with seven people, including one executive assistant, donating the maximum amount.

What accounts for the crazy cash discrepancy during that period?

“I was talking to voters,” said Gardea. “He was talking to funders. It’s consistent with what his campaign has become.”

Counters Cedillo, “Well, I think my opponent lost his advantage.”

With just two weeks until election day, only one thing is certain: The barbs and negative mailers that both sides have been rolling for months will become more frequent and even uglier. The race is too close to expect otherwise.

Contact Jon Regardie at regardie@downtownnews.com.

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Cedd Moses has created eight bars that helped put Downtown on the after-dark map. He says the proposed Arts District space should be seen not as a rowdy bar, but rather as a familyfriendly restaurant that has a brewery attached.

the likes of San Diego. The brewery, which doesn’t yet have a name, would sell to local bars and distributors that would essentially take the Downtown-centric brand to watering holes and liquor stores statewide, Moses said.

Moses’ plan, however, faces a mounting chorus of opposition from Arts District residents concerned about noise, parking and other impacts from an operation that would have a capacity of nearly 700 people (including the basement bar). Critics contend that the venue would disrupt the quiet, mostly residential neighborhood along Traction Avenue.

“It’s just too big,” said George Rollins, who moved to the street 35 years ago. He owns and rents out a 16-unit loft building at 800 Traction Ave. Rollins believes the area already has enough nightspots — he points to options including Wurstküche, the popular sausage and beer joint on Third Street, and the Angel City Brewery at Third and Alameda streets.

“We want it to remain the Arts District and not the bar district,” Rollins said. “What I know about bars is, when they close, people tend to be very loud on the street. Occasionally there are fights and it’s just not a nice scene.”

Moses’ plan was heard at an April 2 city meeting, though some area inhabitants have complained that advance notice for the hearing was inadequate. Residents within a 500-foot radius of such a business are supposed to be notified, but at some housing complexes only the property owner received a notice. A city zoning administrator has delayed a decision to give area stakeholders more time to weigh in.

The Los Angeles River Artists and Business Association, which originally supported the project, reversed its position during an “emergency meeting” on April 29. The group, which advocates for the Arts District, is now urging the city to deny the permit, said LARABA board member Jonathan Jerald.

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While many area residents oppose the brewpub, it has the backing of the Arts District Business Improvement District, which represents area property owners. Hundreds of other residents and business owners in the neighborhood signed a petition supporting the project.

Moses said that the opposition is rooted in a misunderstanding of the proposed operation. Rather than a rowdy nightclub, Moses sees the brewpub as a family-friendly restaurant known for pizza and craft beer that also serves liquor.

“They’re protesting a use that we’re not planning,” Moses said. “We’re not trying to mislead anybody. We want the residents to love what we do and that’s why we’re not just opening a giant bar or nightclub. It’s a community oriented restaurant with a brewery attached.”

In response to neighborhood noise concerns, 213 has already agreed to close two outdoor patios at 11 p.m. Moses also has a deal with a parking lot operator to allow valet parking for all the businesses’ driving patrons, Moses said.

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The brewpub, regardless of whether it is approved, is unlikely to be the last battleground over the future of the Arts District, which has changed immensely since the 1970s and ’80s, when it was a hub for artists seeking cheap (and often unsanctioned) places in which to live and work.

A collection of market-rate condominium and apartment projects began opening in the district in the middle of the last decade, and the Southern California Institute of Architecture has become a modern anchor for the neighborhood that has drawn additional investment. The nearby condo project 940 East 2nd Street, where units ranged from $540,000-$1.3 million, recently sold out. Developers are expanding the Barker Block condo project and plan to sell units for upwards of $500,000.

“I’m sympathetic with the idea that it ought to stay that alcove of non-development, but I don’t think it’s doable and I don’t think it’s good for the neighborhood,” said Michael

Tansey, who started turning old buildings into artist lofts in the early 1980s. Tansey also serves as chair of the Arts District BID. “In a general sense, I don’t think you can get off the train of development that’s happening in the Arts District,” he said.

Rollins said he doesn’t oppose growth in the area — just the scope and nature of the brewpub. He also rejected the idea that the Arts District’s demise as a residential haven for artists is inevitable.

“I don’t think we’re past the point at all,” he said. “There are still lots of artists who live and work down here, but one more big bar is, you might say, a tipping point.”

The public comment period for the project closed on April 30 and the zoning administrator is considering whether to grant Moses the conditional use permit. There is no timeline for making the decision. If denied, the ruling could be appealed to the Central Area Planning Commission.

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If the proposed sale to the city occurs, it could mark a major turning point for eliminating longstanding blight in the Civic Center. The graffiti pit site is diagonally across from a massive hole that also once held a state office building. Construction on a new $400 million federal courthouse is slated to begin this year on that property, which is just west of the Los Angeles Times building.

The funds to pay for the new site include $1.7 million in Quimby fees that had been allocated to other park projects but were never spent. There is also $400,000 previously set aside for the Spring Street Park, according to the Recreation and Parks report (the .7-acre park on Spring between Fourth and Fifth streets is nearing completion).

Another $4 million for the site purchase comes from interest the city has accrued on various Quimby fee accounts (Quimby fees must be spent on parks near the project whose developer paid the fees). The Recreation and Parks Department has set aside an additional $3.5 million from a special fund for new park creation.

The county had also been in preliminary talks to acquire the site. Representatives of First District Supervisor Gloria Molina said the county wanted to convert the site into a park, or possibly use it for a new county administration building. Under the latter scenario, the county would have demolished its current, aged headquarters and expanded Grand Park where the Hall of Administration now sits.

It is unclear why the city was ultimately selected to advance into negotiations with the state.

If the sale is approved by the State Board of Public Works, the city would have 60 days to close escrow, Liang said.

Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

New Park Continued from page 1 pit” — would have to be cleared before park development could proceed.

The proposed sale goes before the state Board of Public Works on May 10, said Michael Liang, a spokesman for the state Department of General Services, in an email.

If the deal goes through, however, it is unclear how the city would fund the actual development of the park, or when it could open. The $9.9 million would only cover acquisition, demolition and “pre-development” activities, according to a Recreation and Parks report.

A Recreation and Parks spokesperson declined to comment on plans for the site, pending the ongoing negotiations.

Turning Point The site is adjacent to the eastern portion of the county-owned Grand Park, a $56 million space that opened to acclaim last summer. The portion of the four-block park that abuts the First and Spring site is comprised of a lawn that added a sorely needed dose of greenery to the Civic Center.

The plan for the state to sell the property in order to raise revenue was made public last year, and in October the city and county both expressed interest. At the time, some observers questioned why another adjacent government property slated for a park use would not simply be folded into the Grand Park plans.

For years, development of the site was hindered in part by a complicated land ownership and management scenario. The city, state and county had an agreement that began in 1986 to collectively do a private office project on the site with developer Raffi Cohen. The project, known as First Street North, dissolved when the Downtown office market soured in the

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Demolition of the bridge is slated to start by fall 2014 with completion slated for late 2018.

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here are some big changes in the Downtown food scene this month. Chego!, an eatery from Roy Choi, who started the Los Angeles food truck craze with his Kogi Korean BBQ Truck, was slated to open in Chinatown on Saturday, May 4 (after Los Angeles Downtown News went to press).

Chego! had closed its Culver City location late last year, though Choi continued to serve the restaurant’s Asian fusion meals out of the Chego Truck. The hotly anticipated Downtown spot is in Chinatown’s Far East Plaza at 727 N.

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Broadway. On the other side of the spectrum, the French Garden will close on May 24 after 15 years in business. The Seventh Street restaurant, known for its lush, garden-like patio hidden in the middle of a gritty industrial area, is closing because owner Benoit Lesure’s lease expired and he and his landlord were unable to come to terms on a new deal. Lesure, who hopes to find a new spot in Downtown, said his space will be filled by Señor Fish, the Little Tokyo restaurant that will be shuttered to make room for the upcoming Regional Connector.

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with the California Environmental Quality Act. Holland Partner also created the 208-unit GLO apartment complex on Wilshire Boulevard in City West.

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he lineup for the 19th annual Los Angeles Film Festival was announced last week, and as usual, the Downtown event will hold a mix of premieres, parties, community screenings and panel discussions. The festival, which returns to Downtown for the fourth time, runs June 13-23 and opens with the North American premiere of Pedro Almodovar’s comedy I’m So Excited, with Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz. It closes with another comedy, The Way, Way Back. The coming of age story stars Steve Carrell and follows an introverted 14-year-old boy on vacation with his mom, her boyfriend and his daughter.

The festival includes nearly 200 feature films, shorts and music videos from more than 40 countries. Also planned are events like Poolside Chats and master classes with individuals such as comedian Maya Rudolph and film composer and producer Gustavo Santaolalla. Also returning are the free community events, among them a 20th anniversary screening of Dazed and Confused and a dance-a-long screening of John Waters’ Hairspray in honor of the film’s 25th anniversary. The two-week festival will be headquartered at L.A. Live’s Regal Cinemas, although films will also be screened at venues such as the Grammy Museum and the FIGat7th Plaza. For a complete lineup and ticket information go to lafilmfest.com.

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freedom of choice, then consider taking her to Chaya for lunch. The Asian fusion restaurant in the Financial District has nearly 20 options for Mother’s Day. Chaya’s $39 brunch special includes six starter choices, among them warm asparagus salad, corn puree soup and a wild arugula and strawberry salad. The nine main course selections include smoked salmon eggs benedict, pancetta-wrapped Gulf shrimp and pulled short rib. For dessert she’ll have to decide between flourless chocolate cake, chocolate croissant bread pudding or raspberry sorbet. The decisions don’t end there, since brunch is served with a mimosa, wine or cider. If it all proves to be too much, help mom finish the leftovers.

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How do you pay her back? You can’t. But you can begin to try on Mother’s Day. One option is taking her out for a nice meal.

The restaurants of Downtown Los Angeles are here to help, and on Sunday, May 12, there are places all across the community that have mom in mind. Whether you want a multi-course dinner, a high-end tea sipping or an all you can eat and drink party at a modern Mexican restaurant, the Central City has you covered.

The below list of seven dining options isn’t close to complete. Rather, think of it as a starter guide to all Downtown has to offer on May 12. Now start planning. Mom deserves it.

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At 700 W. Fifth St., (213) 239-6500 or patinagroup.com.

Top Tea Time: It’s tea party time at the Convention Center hotel. Not a Mad Hatter off-with-your-head tea party, but rather the fanciest kind, one at WP24. The L.A. Live restaurant with the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Downtown has a $65 Mother’s Day tea ($25 for the under-12 set) with blends from organic tea importer Art of Tea. It is complemented with miniature sandwiches, scones and other pastries. The kids get treats in the form of mini-peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and ham and cheese croissants. For the little ones who forgot to bring a gift (or the dads who forgot to give one to the kids to give to mom), there’s a card making area.

At 900 W. Olympic Blvd. (213) 743-8800 or wolfgangpuck.com.

Small But Endless: Just like mom can’t limit how much she loves you, Border Grill isn’t limiting how much she can eat on Sunday. The modern Mexican restaurant is breaking up its Mother’s Day celebration into two parts, with a 10 a.m.-2 p.m. brunch and a 4-9 p.m. dinner.

Real hunger is a must at both. The brunch is $35 and means unlimited small plates, which are similar to tapas. The details of the brunch menu are still being worked out, but for another $8 mom can also get bottomless mimosas. At dinner the price drops to $25 with small plates that include green corn tamales, plantain empanadas and lamb barbecue. The dinner drink specials are the $20 margarita pitchers, although those aren’t bottomless.

At 445 S. Figueroa St., (213) 486-5171 or bordergrill.com.

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At 111 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-7565 or patinagroup.com.

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Downtown Born and Raised Living in the City Means a Cure for the Common Suburbia

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he narrative of my children’s 6- and 8-year-old lives takes place within a two-mile radius of Downtown. Enzo (our older child) and Ophelia were born in two different Downtown hospitals and have MOM’S EYE VIEW

attended three nursery schools Downtown.

They learned to ride a bike in Los Angeles State Historic Park with elevated Metro rail tracks and the Downtown skyscrapers as a backdrop.

The decision my husband I made to move Downtown over 10 years ago and remain here raising Enzo and Ophelia was a response to the suburban town where we went to high school, and the wish to provide a different background to our children’s lives. Growing up in suburbia, my childhood was set in post ’60s housing tracts along with chain stores and restaurants. The views of what was acceptable or cool mirrored the limited aesthetic options.

In contrast, we’ve chosen to live in the Arts District. Living densely means an increased probability of meeting and making friends with neighbors. The elevator ride is like speed dating, where you have 10 seconds to establish rapport and measure affinity. Through this process we’ve made close friends with some neighbors in our 110-unit building.

Our kids have been to parties with more than 50 people where guests sing opera and play piano, hosted by an artist with a peacock painted on the ceiling of her loft. We have been to the home of dear neighbors in their 80s and shared the rooftop pool with

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Sara Kurzenhauser and her children Enzo, 8, and Ophelia, 6, explore all Downtown has to offer from a base in the Arts District.

20-somethings. The view outside our window at night includes decorative flames illuminating outdoor tables at a fancy restaurant.

One benefit of living where we do is easy access to a range of culture and activities. We have attended a fireside camp chat at Vista Hermosa Natural Park. We have been to the performances at Disney Hall’s free World City series, where we have seen Tibetan monks, Czech puppeteers and Senegalese dancers, all in our Downtown backyard.

During CicLAvia we have seen our familiar streets from a car-less perspective.

Easy access to these events, and the sense that we are enjoying our own urban backyard, is what keeps our family here, though we do experience occasional doubts of not provid-

ing our kids a typical backyard. Still, what I’ve come to value most about the Downtown experience is the unplanned. Just as a manicured park provides an organized, structured experience versus the wild of nature, planned cultural events offer enjoyment that contrasts with the unpredictable elements of daily city life.

I also value the sights and people we see during the daily one-mile trip from home to school and back. Each morning we pass the Chester Williams Building at Fifth Street and Broadway, where workers on ladders are painting by hand to restore black and gold bric-a-brac. Day by day we see the progress as they paint delicate gold detailing of barechested warriors — or are they angels? —

holding staffs, framed by arches, in a pattern of columns and crests.

One day while walking to a performance at Disney Hall, Enzo posed a question generated by having city streets as your backdrop: “Why is it the people who ask for money and don’t have jobs are the people with skin that is brown and not those with skin that is peach?”

I formulated my response (parenthood doesn’t have pause buttons for when these weighty topics come up) and started off trying to explain colonialism to a 4-year old. A moment later he was distracted by a banner advertising a sports game at Casey’s Bar. On the way to and from school we pass through Skid Row, which leads to almost daily observations and conversations about race and poverty. We have seen people crying, fighting, laughing and dancing. My children remember people they have seen, recalling a man helping a woman who couldn’t walk to cross the street.

We pose questions and discuss why people become homeless and what to do about it. These aren’t manicured streets with large sidewalks lined with Olive Garden and Red Lobster. This is devastating indigence — how will witnessing it affect who our children become and how they view society?

Heading east on Sixth Street, we turn just before one of the scenic bridges. The buildings in our area are a mix of warehouses and brick structures. We see flat-roof seven-story buildings, all shades of industrial gray and red brick, flowering bougainvillea and a small community-run dog park. On our walk to get olive ciabatta bread we pass colorful murals of rainbows exploding out of creatures’ mouths, another in black and white of chipmunks and mammal skeletons by artist Peter Roa. How will these daily visions shape our kids’ perception of space, their expectation of buildings and living aesthetic?

I can’t wait to find out.

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Busy in the City One Mom Moves Downtown and Finds an Abundance of Free Family Activities

by Camille Coakley

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nesters who wanted to reconnect with their independence.

I’ve spent most of my time in L.A. on the Westside. I was one of those diehard Westsiders who never went Downtown and would look at you with a blank stare if you mentioned

places like Mount Washington or Elysian Park. But everything changed after I moved Downtown in an attempt to downsize as I went from working in corporate America to becoming a full-time freelancer. Now, I see Downtown as a bourgeoning community that an increasing number of families are calling home.

I admit, the thought of moving Downtown was a bit scary.

I was worried how my 9-year-old son Iye would fare. I knew that he couldn’t play outside with other kids as he had done before and I worried about finding a good public school. But

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after doing some research, I felt comfortable that other families were making a go of it in Downtown.

Going from a spacious Beverly Hills townhouse to a small Downtown loft was a bit of an adjustment for us, but what we gave up we got back in other ways. The things I enjoy most and didn’t expect from Downtown are the free activities and the quality time it allows me to spend with my son.

The high cost of extracurricular activities on the Westside limited the amount of things we could do. Downtown, however, has an abundance of free and low-cost options. We’ve walked to free performances at Walt Disney Concert Hall, to Grand Park to see family movies and have taken countless trips to the Central Library. We also take advantage of the city sponsored LA Kids program at the nearby Elysian Park Rec Center.

Our weekends include an array of cultural activities that are mostly within walking distance or a quick ride on the DASH. Our excursions include the California Science Center, Chinatown, Olvera Street and Little Tokyo. Downtown’s centralized location allows us to get around to many places without a car. We’ve hopped on the train to Pasadena and Downtown Long Beach for day trips.

During the holiday season we walked to Pershing Square for ice skating, to the Music Center to sing Christmas carols, to the Colburn School to see a family friend perform, and to the Orpheum Theater to watch our favorite holiday movie, A Christmas Story.

Downtown life can be unpredictable and exciting. We’ve seen movie stars and a naked man jumping on a car. We check out new restaurants that seem to open every week.

Plus, we have our favorite kid-friendly stomping grounds such as D-Town Burger Bar, Pitfire Pizza, Umamicatessen and Big Man Bakes.

One of my big fears about moving Downtown was finding the right public school, but we managed to get into Dorris Place Elementary in Elysian Park. This school has been great for Iye and has really helped him flourish. Academically, it has an API score of 884, just a few points lower than our school in Beverly Hills. It also has a free after-school program called L.A.’s Best that offers extracurricular activities such as chess, sports and hip-hop dance class.

There’s an energy in Downtown unlike every other part of the city. It’s the feeling you get in places such as Chicago and, yes, New York. As a parent, Downtown also gives me a sense of individuality. Having cool restaurants and bars, nightclubs, theaters and concerts right outside my door gives me no excuse not to take some time out for myself. Being here keeps me feeling young and alive and has inspired my creativity and pushed my cultural boundaries.

I’m not saying Downtown is perfect. We have to contend with screaming in the night, the profanity, the smells, the smoke, the sirens, the mentally ill, the occasional panhandlers and the typical things that come with living in any major metropolitan area. You never know what you’re going to get down here. It can get crazy, but I feel it’s representative of real life.

Downtown may not be the idyllic Beverly Hills neighborhood where we came from, but it is rich in culture and diversity. I know we won’t be Downtown forever, but for now it’s great to call this place home. I’m enjoying every minute of our time together and our Downtown excursions. This Mother’s Day, I look forward to spending the day with Iye without having to leave the neighborhood.

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John Hennessy began staging his races in 2004. He now does about 70 each year, with many taking place in Downtown.

Race Continued from page 1 twice-yearly Race/LA events, where up to 30 teams of two participate. The CityRace competitions, which allow groups of up to four people, can have as many as 50 teams.

One thing Hennessy has learned since starting the competition is that Downtown is fertile ground for the teams that are both hunting for clues and trying to have fun.

“For me it’s the most interesting area,” Hennessy said of Downtown. “It’s by far the most interesting area to explore especially on foot, and as far as putting clues together, there’s so much material there. ” Cracking Codes Race/LA is a full-day event in which teams crisscross large ews townNone .A.Downfrom portions of the city, often driving location to another. /L m o .c k o o Faceb The destinations covered in the race are kept secret until the day of the event, but the course usually includes Downtown (Hennessy would notNews revealon if Facebook the community is part of this Like Downtown week’s so as to notWin to ruin the surprise). & Beevent Entered Movie Tickets! The May 11 race is sold out, but players can still get on a waiting list in case other teams drop.

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Players can earn extra points by collecting scavenger hunt Rob Lowe, a Culver City resident, knows that feeling. Lowe items or taking on additional challenges. The team that finishes was part of a team that won an April 27 CityRace that took with the most points wins. If two teams have the same score, them through Little Tokyo. then the squad that finished first is the winner.

“It’s kind of a fun way to get around a city,” he said. “You Downtowners will next get a chance to compete on May notice things you would normally not notice if you were walk18 in the CityRace set for South Park. Labeled “Quest for the ing around on your own. But it also really tests your mental Keys,” it is a version of the competition in which players try to prowess.” find a series of keys to open a chest for bonus points. It is conOther participants say the race has taken them to places in sidered a challenging race.

Downtown they would have otherwise never visited.

Racers get the chance to learn about the history of the city That was the case for Nichole Tenorio, a Claremont resident on May 19 when CityRace has a trek through Olvera Starts Street, ElMay who 3 &has10worked Downtown for six years in the life insurance Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument and other historic business. areas. On June 22, Hennessy turns to one of his favorite racing “I had never been inside the Bradbury Building, so I saw it communities, Chinatown. for the first time during the race,” she said, referring to the hisThe latter event will include two mini quests that require toric structure on Third Street and Broadway known to many the completion of extra tasks to win bonus points. Hennessy for being a key location in the film Blade Runner. said that Chinatown race participants should prepare to be “It’s fun, it pushes your limits,” she continued. “It just reimmersed in the neighborhood’s art scene and traditions, and minds you how big and awesome L.A. is and how much more they can expect to spend time in its alleyways, temples, shops there is to see here.” andCheck courtyards.

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Getting Inside the Key Club Documentary at Downtown Independent Explores People Who Love (and Repair!) Typewriters

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n Friday, May 10, the Downtown Independent will begin hosting a weeklong run of a documentary about something never explored so deeply in film: typewriters.

Resist the urge to immediately nap. Christopher Lockett’s passion project The Typewriter (in the 21st Century) traces the rise and evolution of the humble machine. He interviews 30 people in 10 states, everyone from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro to Los Angeles developer and typewriter collector Steve Soboroff to several typewriter repairmen.

Lockett, a 45-year-old Los Feliz resident, spoke about the film that runs at the Downtown Los Angeles theater through May 16.

Los Angeles Downtown News: Of all the things in the world to make a documentary about, why pick typewriters?

Christopher Lockett: There was a 2010 article in Wired magazine called “Meet the Last Generation of Typewriter Repairmen.” I thought, OK, if that machine is going away, and that machine was responsible in some part for every great novel of the 20th century, it deserves a good little sendoff. My producing partner Gary Nicholson was also looking to do something. We talked about the article; he had read it.

Q: How much did the film cost, and how did you get the money?

A: We raised $9,524 on Kickstarter. Plus the gear I already owned, which is barely substantial, and calling in favors left and right from 12 years of working in the industry.

Q: How did the filming go?

A: In one stretch, we shot from Boston to Lexington, Kentucky. We did 10 interviews in 10 states over eight days, while driving through 12 states. It’s the approximate distance of driving from London to Moscow. It’s right at 1,800 miles.

Q: There’s a line in the film that says, “In the 19th century typewriters revolutionized the world of communication.” We think

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Developer Steve Soboroff with some of the typewriters from his collection.

He is one of the people interviewed in The Typewriter (in the 21st Century), a documentary screening May 10-16 at the Downtown Independent.

of them as ancient devices. How did this happen?

A: Until the typewriter, we were still a quill or a fountain pen and a handwritten-letter world. There was a printing press but it wasn’t portable and it wasn’t on everyone’s desktop.

The typewriter came along a few years after the Civil War, and there was a shortage in the workplace because many men were dead. There were many jobs where women’s hands were better suited; typing was one of them. One thing in there that is interesting is, in the early days, the person who used the machine and the machine itself were both called typewriters.

Q: You spend time with Soboroff, the developer who has a collection with typewriters that belonged to everyone from Ernest Hemingway to John Lennon to the Unabomber. Did you feel that you hit the mother lode when you saw his collection and sat down with him?

A: Absolutely. Soboroff kind of validates it for a lot of people.

He says in the film, “These are the machines where they made the creative work, and I can put my hands on them.” There are very few tools of creative workers that you can touch.

Can you pick up Picasso’s brush? Steve let me type on Ernest Hemingway’s typewriter.

Q: Does the typewriter have a future for anything beyond nostalgia?

A: I think it does. Here in L.A. you see the “bicycle culture” that exists on the Eastside. Richard Polt, a professor at Xavier University in Cincinnati — he runs the Typosphere, a group of websites related to typewriters — said that the typewriter is the bicycle of the written communication word. It’s an alternative to the most efficient way to doing things and it’s about enjoying the ride.

Q: You’ve got a May 10 opening night event. What’s going on?

A: There will be 8 and 10 p.m. screenings and Gary and I will do a Q&A between the screenings. Steve Soboroff will bring some of his typewriters; I asked him for Hemingway, Jack London and Orson Welles. There’s also Louise Marler, an artist who makes shirts that say things like “You Are My Type” and “Talk QWERTY to Me.” She’ll have T-shirts and posters. Plus, this is a theater that serves craft beer, so I will be able to relax a little The Typewriter (in the 21st Century) runs May 10-16 at the Downtown Independent, 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. Additional information at typewritermovie.com.

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Blue Whale 123 Astronaut E. S. Onizuka St., (213) 620-0908 or bluewhalemusic.com.

May 7: Jose Gurria Cardenas Orchestra.

May 8: The second night of the month’s residency with Larry Goldings.

May 9: Kamasi Washington Group.

May 10-11: Expand your mind with the Alan Ferber Expanded Ensemble.

May 12: Cat Pack. Note, this is jazz, not kitties.

Bootleg Bar 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org.

May 6, 8 p.m.: May resident Criminal Hygiene, in keeping to their name, bring an edgy fuzz to the musical table.

May 7, 7 p.m.: Little Daylight is the pale horse streaking across a bleak sky to signal the approach of 1,000 years of emasculated synth pop darkness.

May 8, 8 p.m.: If you were wondering what Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament is up to these days, he has apparently forsaken vowels with his new effort RNDM. May 9, 8:30 p.m.: Sara Watkins’ beautiful vocal delivery can’t quite resolve the fact that the alternative country/folk past she longs for never existed in the first place.

May 10, 8 p.m.: Those headed out to see John C. Reilly & Friends tonight are reminded that belligerently shouting Step Brothers quotes at the actor’s Americana band is cause enough for immediate sterilization.

May 11, 9 p.m.: Not since C3P0 spoke to the ewoks in their native tongue have synthetic machines produced such babbling melodies as Chrome Sparks.

May 12, 8 p.m.: Former Mr. Bungle stud Trey Spruance stops by with Secret Chiefs 3.

Broadway Bar 830 S. Broadway, (213) 614-9909 or broadwaybar.la.

May 9, 10 p.m.: Electronic nostalgia with HM Soundsystem’s Broader Than Broadway.

Club Nokia 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubnokia.com.

May 7, 7:30 p.m.: Korean juvenile hip-hop sextet B.A.P. stands for Best.Absolute.Perfect. Let the false advertising lawsuits begin.

May 8, 8 p.m.: The finest dancers L.A. has to offer will be on hand to compete in Dancescape XV. Remember to validate your parking!

May 9, 8 p.m.: Fonseca, a Colombian singer and fine moldy cheese available at Two Bits Market.

May 10, 9 p.m.: Porcupine Tree headman and Pink Floyd sycophant Steven Wilson.

Conga Room 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 745-0162 or congaroom.com.

May 8, 9 p.m.: We’re not sure if we’re supposed to be impressed by the tagline, “all the way from Mexico,” but we’re just happy to have Los Master

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Indoor August Wilson, Outdoor Movies and the Return of Art Walk

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Fans of August Wilson, rejoice: The late playwright’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone opens Wednesday, May 8, at the Mark Taper Forum, though there’s a twist: The title character doesn’t actually make an appearance in the play. Yes, it’s a bit of Godot trickery in a show set in a Pittsburgh boardinghouse in 1911 where tenants come and go and plenty of things just keep changing. Ain’t that always the case? Joe Turner, with a cast featuring Keith David and direction from Phylicia Rashad, will be enlightening audiences each Tuesday-Sunday until June 9. At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-7353 or centertheatregroup.org. image courtesy of the artist and Walter Maciel Gallery

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With Thursday, May 9, approaching, we at Downtown News would like to offer a brief guide to the Downtown Art Walk. By now, you recognize the sig ns: ominous disposable white trash cans on the streets, shellshocked locals clutc hing at cases of be er as they skitter inside their loft, and the first notes of loud, cliché conversations bubb ling up from the Pe rshing Square Metro stop. A mas se onslaught of ar ts and drinking zombies will arrive th is week, and while so me will head straight for the bars , others will directly confront the beast with viewings of gallery art includi ng CB1’s showing of Lisa Adams’ Second Life and its polychromatic alternate universe.

The Art Walk Loun ge is at 634 S. Spring St. Additiona l arty info is at (213 ) 617-4929 or downtownartwalk.o rg.

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Nothing says Downtown summer oasis quite like Pershing Square.

As the weather heats up, the park’s weird spire provides a perfect sundial of shade. The fun doesn’t stop there. On Friday, May 10, Pershing Square’s Flashback ’80s film series features a free screening of the eternal classic Risky Business. The movie starts at 8 p.m., but be sure to arrive early and grab a good seat for the iconic scene where Tom Cruise kicks into an ecstatic tirade but doesn’t profess his undying love for Katie Holmes. At 532 S. Olive St., (213) 485-1645 or laparks.org/ pershingsquare.

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The California African American Museum exhibit Go Tell It on the Mountain employs art as evidence in an examination of the tensions inherent in the cultural middle ground between religion and politics. Yep, the Exposition Park museum is not afraid to take on weighty subjects. Taking its name from the 1953 novel

by James Baldwin (the literary luminary, not the brother of Alec and Billy), the show ends on May 12. Meaning, this week is your last chance to check out works including Carolyn Castaño’s “The Mystikal Chocolate Jesus” (shown here). At 600 State Dr., (213) 744-7432 or caamuseum.org.

On Thursday, May 9, the Grammy Museum will play host to a bass player so stylish that his influence can be widely recognized in the mainstream beyond his own prolific solo and collaborative work.

So sorry Coachella goers, it’s not Flea we’re talking about, but Stanley Clarke. The unquestioned low end master of the group Return to Forever will drop by to talk shop with Grammy honcho Bob Santelli and pop off a few jams while he’s at it. The Thursday event will culminate a strong Grammy Museum week featuring visits from Iron and Wine and Richard Marx. Those shows are sold out, but the diligent may get lucky with some tickets released at the last minute at the box office. At 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org.

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saTurday, May 11 Lauren Miller at Last Bookstore Last Bookstore, 453 S. Spring St., (213) 488-0599 or lastbookstorela.com.

7 p.m.: Author Lauren Miller premieres her new young adult novel Parallel with a reading and signing. No word yet as to whether the book’s plot involves vampires.

Teaching the City: Modern Architecture for Today’s Classroom MOCA, 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-1745 or moca.org.

8:30 a.m.: Geared toward secondary grade teachers, this educational symposium features contemporary building design as an instrument for those educating the leaders of tomorrow.

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Thursday, May 9 Art Walk In the Historic Core, (213) 617-4929 or downtownartwalk.org.

5 p.m.: If you need to have this monthly event explained to you, welcome to Downtown! We’re so glad to have a new member of the neighborhood.

Would you describe yourself as pro-streetcar?

Derrick Brown & Jeremy Radin at Last Bookstore Last Bookstore, 453 S. Spring St., (213) 488-0599 or lastbookstorela.com.

7 p.m.: Derrick Brown, president of Write Bloody Publishing, and Jeremy Radin, who just happens to be a Write Bloody author, will read some of their latest poems.

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May 9, 9 p.m.: Farruko will be delivering an encore of a previous performance/significant life event that we were unaware of.

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May 6, 10 p.m.: Jazz hands abound with Yonatan & Friends.

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May 9, 10 p.m.: Wicklow Atwater & The Fallen Flame join the Downtown Train.

May 10, 9 p.m.: Blues titans on a tiny stage as Trevor Menear and Johnny Moezzi plug in.

May 11, 10 p.m.: Charlie Chan & The S.O.B.’s, the reigning champs of the crotchety old blues singer competition.

May 12, 10 p.m.: Honky Tonk Sunday at the Escondite with RT & the 44s and Run Downhill.

Exchange LA 618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com.

May 10, 10 p.m.: It’s conceivable that Jerome Isma-ae’s adventurous house DJ act is a mere ploy to be considered for the lead in the next Michael Bay movie.

May 11, 10 p.m.: Mark Knight drops by on his Your Love North American Tour. Catch him next year on the Paternity Suit World Tour.

Grammy Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org.

May 6, 8 p.m.: Iron and Wine’s album release program may be sold out, but that doesn’t have to stop you from stalking them obsessively.

May 8, 8 p.m.: Richard Marx will be playing some of his vaunted music live.

May 9, 8 p.m.: Ask bassist Stanley Clarke for an autograph and he may just ink up his thumb and slap you on your forehead as if it were an E string.

Nola’s 734 E. Third St., (213) 680-3003 or nolasla.com.

May 6, 7:30 p.m.: Cornelius Herring on piano.

May 7, 7:30 p.m.: Down Home Blues Jam Session with Kentaro Mori, Chris Jones and Mike D. One-Eyed Gypsy 901 E. First St., (626) 340-3529 or one-eyedgypsy.com.

May 7, 7 p.m.: Big band styled burlesque outfit Olive and the Mob accompanies a pop up kitchen by former Top Chef foodie Alex Reznik.

May 8, 9 p.m.: RT & the 44s bring new meaning to the term shabby chic.

May 11: AK & Her Kalashnikovs, a smattering of European music with a confrontational name!

Redwood Bar and Grill 316 W. Second St., (213) 652-4444 or theredwoodbar.com.

May 6: Blackwater Jukebox.

May 7: Camcorder.

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Total due at signing $4,591, $0 security deposit, 10K Miles per year. 25¢ per mile excess. MSRP $38,755. 5 at this price.

+ tax 42 mo. Closed end lease on approved credit. $0 Sec. Dep. $0 Down plus first month payment, license and registration, and bank acquisition fee. Must qualify for the New Owner Appreciation or Audi Loyalty Rebate of $1000. $0.25 per miles over 10,000 miles/ year. 2 at this offer DA175839, DA175793.

Plus tax 24 month closed end lease on approved credit. $3,015 Down plus tax, 1st month payment, acquisition fee, lic, doc fee. Residual $46,773. 5000 miles per year.

Only 1 available at this price DK112039. Not all applicants will qualify for either the lease or the Welcome to Porsche rebate.

2011 Mercedes GLK 350 ...................

2010 Audi A3 2.0T Wagon ................

2010 911 Carrera S Coupe ...............

$29,989

$23,994

$73,898

Certified, Navigation, Low Miles. 6675C / AF510779

Certified, Silver/Beige, Turbo, Only 24K Miles. A13598D-1 / AA127029

Certified, Silver/Blk, 1 owner, XM Radio, Bose. ZP1564/720527

2012 Jeep Patriot Sport ....................

2009 Mercedes E550 .........................

2011 Audi A5 Cabriolet ....................

2012 Porsche 911 4S Coupe .............

$18,888

$34,871

$36,980

$95,898

Gray/gray, solar control glass, 5-spd trans., 27K miles TU0190R/722475

Certified, Premium Package One Owner 6671C / 9B394280

Certified, Turbo, Auto, Blk/Blk, Only 23K Miles. A13353D-1 / BN010259

Certified, Blk/Blk, Only 3000 Miles, Fully Loaded. CS720423

2010 Honda Accord EX-L ..................

2010 Mercedes E350 Coupe .............

2011 Audi A6 3.0T Quattro ..............

2011 Porsche Panamera Turbo .......

$22,888

$38,991

$43,680

$99,898

Blk/Blk, alloys, pwr. moonroof, prem. sound, 50K miles. TU0179/002569

Plus 500 More New & Used In Stock & On Sale!

Certified, Navigation, Premium Package. 6672C / AF060451

Plus 419 More New & Used In Stock & On Sale!

Certified, AWD, Blk/Beige. Supercharged V6. A13818D-1 / BN000941

Plus 116 More New & Used In Stock & On Sale!

Certified, Blue/Cognac, 20” Wheels, Fully Loaded. BL090588

Plus 112 More New & Used In Stock & On Sale!

24 Downtown News

May 6, 2013

Celebrating 40 Years

FILM

Listings Continued from page 20 it’s not the size but how you use it.

May 7: The Makers are the Mormons of jazz: Week after week these overtly polite musicians return to proselytize the wicked with their ever-growing cast of dutiful partners.

May 8: Darryl Holter and Fleeting Heart prove that a guy who spends his days doing business can spend his night doing American roots rock music.

Shrine Auditorium 700 W. 32nd St., (213) 748-5116 or shrineauditorium.com.

May 11, 8 p.m.: Pop electro singer Marina and the Diamonds advises fans that “rule #1 is that you gotta have fun.” In keeping with that mantra, we’ve elected not to attend.

The Smell 247 S. Main St., alley between Spring and Main streets, thesmell.org.

May 10: Neg-Fi, Hex Horizontal, Cinder Cone and Caveat Emptor.

May 11: Dante vs. Zombies, Levitation Room, Blackfeet Braves and Persona.

Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com.

May 6 and 8, 5 p.m., May 7, 6 p.m. and May 9, 4 p.m.: No, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, tells the story of attempts in Chile circa 1988 to defeat Augusto Pinochet in an election.

May 10, 8 and 10 p.m., May 11-12, 7 p.m.: The Typewriter (in the 21st Century) is a film about a machine and the people who use, love and repair it.

It features 30 interviews with authors, collectors, repairmen and other typewriter enthusiasts. See story p. 18.

May 11, 6:30 p.m.: Slamdance on the Road brings a program of innovative short films direct from the yearly festival.

IMAX California Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 7442019 or californiasciencecenter.org.

Explore the remnants and wisdom of an ancient empire in Mysteries of Egypt.

Ice and polar bear enthusiasts will likely dig To the Arctic 3D. Experience the gripping story full of hope, crushing disappointment and triumph in Hubble 3D.

Pershing Square 532 S. Olive St., (213) 485-1645 or laparks.org/pershingsquare.

May 10, 8 p.m.: Risky Business, because the last time you saw a man dancing to Bob Seger in his underwear and mirrored shades you were about to get initiated into a biker gang at Neptune’s Net. REDCAT 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.

April 20, May 2 and May 3, 8 p.m. and May 4, 7 p.m.: The CalArts School of Film/Video presents a selection of new short and feature-length films by students.

May 11, 12 and 1:30 p.m. and May 12, 12 and 3 p.m.: The second weekend of the REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival features “Path Waves” and, on Sunday, Nickelodeon Family Fun Day. Regal Cinemas 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 763-6070 or lalive.com/movies.

Through May 2: Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! Live (8 p.m.); The Big Wedding (11:50 a.m. and 2:10, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:40 p.m.); Pain & Gain (12, 1, 3:30, 4;20, 7, 7:40, 10:20 and 11 p.m.); Filly Brown (11:30 a.m. and 2:20, 5:10, 8 and 10:50 p.m.); Oblivion (11:40 a.m. and 12:40, 3:10, 4, 6:40, 7:20, 9:50 and 10:40 p.m.); 42 (12:10, 12:50, 3:20, 4:10, 6:50, 7:30, 10 and 10:50 p.m.); Scary Movie V (12:20, 2:30,

4:50, 7 and 9:20 p.m.); Evil Dead (12, 2:40, 5:20, 7:50 and 10:10 p.m.); Jurassic Park 3D (12:30, 3:50, 7:10 and 10:30 p.m.); G.I. Joe: Retaliation (1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.); G.I. Joe Retaliation 3D (10:20 p.m.); The Croods 3D (1:40 p.m.); The Croods (11:20 a.m. and 4 p.m.); Olympus Has Fallen (12:40, 3:40, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.).

MORE LISTINGS Hundreds of listings of fun and interesting things to do in Downtown Los Angeles can also be found online at ladowntownnews.com/calendar: Rock, Pop & Jazz; Bars & Clubs; Farmers Markets; Events; Film; Sports; Art Spaces; Theater, Dance and Opera; Classical Music; Museums; and Tours.

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