White Boy/White Dog Move To Skid Row

Certified Beach Dude Moves To Downtown Los Angeles

The Cathedral of St. Vibiana was the seat of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. It has been closed since May 1995 because of damage sustained during the 1994 Northridge earthquake.  It reopened in Summer ‘07 as simply Vibiana- a beautiful place that can be rented out for parties and weddings, etc.Although from the 2nd St. side it [...]

Thanks to trainedmonkey for mentioning this site as a source of news around 2nd and Main St.  But an editorial this week by an Emmy-award winning former Fox News Reporter, Sam Hall Kaplan digs deep into what is happening on Main St. between 2nd and 3rd St - Keeping an Edge on Main Street.
For example, I [...]

Just since yesterday, they started framing-out (or whatever you call it in iron) another story on the building- and now it’s triangular top floor(s) are apparent in the right rear.  I’ll get some pics from other side as I walk Isis in next few days, showing how the building sits on the block.
There went any [...]

It looks like it has gone up as high as it will- now I can barely see a tip of the dome on City Hall.  I’ve seen the architectural models (early ones) and it had some triangular shape with a park in front.  I don’t see any triangle shape, but there is plenty of room [...]

The construction of the new LA Police Department Headquarters has been moving along at a rapid pace since they started going “up”.  For the first few months, all of the work focused on the 2 stories that are underground, and getting a sound foundation in place, with truck after truck of cement being pumped into [...]

I thought I was imagining things a few nights ago- City Hall lights on the East and West sides make the building glow green.  I looked around for stories of what was going on, and figured it had something to do with the green concerts that were this weekend.
I finally found the answer on another [...]

I can’t believe I haven’t checked this out before, but I guess I was afraid the Water Court would be too busy with business folks drinking coffee, smoking, and eating on weekdays.  But today Isis and I climbed up the stairs next to the “Angel’s Flight” inclice railway- which starts on Hill St. between 3rd [...]

This will be the new LAPD Headquarters, replacing Parker Center.  The noise is a pain, and it will eventually block my view to the north, but that will be quite awhile.