By Carolina A Miranda, L.A. Times It may not seem as if downtown Los Angeles is in need of yet another arts space. But it is coming nonetheless — and it’s aiming to fill a more locally minded role than…
blairbestenJuly 14, 2016
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by Mary Holland, The New York Post Few neighborhoods better represent Los Angeles’ newfound commercial and cultural vibrancy quite like its historic downtown. Anchored by the Staples Center and set a few miles east of the Sunset Strip, this once-forgotten…
blairbestenJuly 14, 2016
7th& Broadway "I grew up in Manhattan Beach, but I've also lived in Los Feliz for twenty years. I have a pizza box because I just met my husband for lunch at Bottega Louis. Today I am in downtown because…
blairbestenJuly 8, 2016
by Amy Edelen, Los Angeles Times Downtown’s L.A.’s Broadway Theater District, home to one of the largest concentrations of historic movie palaces in the nation, is gaining a new lease on life that doesn’t involve showing films. Some of the…
blairbestenJune 30, 2016
by Juliet Bennett Rylah, LAist Clifton's Cafeteria is getting a new chef and opening up a coffee shop called The Old Mill. Chef Andrew Pastore will be taking over the culinary program at Clifton's Cafeteria, giving the menu a complete…
blairbestenJune 16, 2016
by Andrew Khouri, LA Times A development group led by Rising Realty Partners plans to transform the vacant Title Insurance and Trust building in downtown Los Angeles into creative offices, a roughly $40-million renovation job. The Los Angeles firm, along…
blairbestenJune 16, 2016
by Bianca Barragan, LA Curbed It's been a while since we heard from the contemporary art museum planned for Downtown LA's Old Bank District—the one set to run above, below, and through parts of the Bank House Garage, the Hellman…
blairbestenJune 2, 2016
SILVER LAKE BLOG - April 29, 2016 We caught up with Executive Director of the Historic Core Bid of Downtown Los Angeles – Blair Besten. If you’re lucky you might catch her too. She’s regularly spotted advocating for change while…
blairbestenJune 1, 2016
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