Monthly Archives: January 2012
trash cans in the Toy district
By Hal McMath In 2009 Toy District property owners voted against renewing the contract with the local business improvement district operator the CCEA which currently covers much of the Industrial District. As a commercially zoned district, Toy District businesses are responsible for their … Continue reading
(2) murders and some green shoots so far…
(2) trees have been killed out of the (7) we planted on December 10th, 2011. Am I upset? Yes- of course. Am I discouraged? Not even close. Not even if all (7) trees were damaged and killed would I stops … Continue reading
the Occupy Skid Row Music Festival
Public Enemy headlined this amazing FREE show yesterday, January 15th 2012. It was beyond cool to see so many people come out to this ‘hood in peace- havin’ a good time while keeping in mind the reason for … Continue reading
Promoting the Evolution of the Toy District
A USC student named Philip Armstrong generously shared this draft presentation with me done with his fellow students Vasant Sharma, Jae Hoon Park & Nikola Hlady about their vision for the part of Skid Row known as the Toy district. I think … Continue reading
Guerrilla Garden + murals in Culver City = sweet
The Metro’s Expo Gold Line stop is set to be completed this year with a Culver City stop coming direct from downtown Los Angeles. Like most Angelenos, I am anxiously awaiting this. In the surrounding blocks of the soon-to-be Culver … Continue reading
this DTLA district map is WHACK
I’m not sure how long these signs have been up in my neighborhood- but I just noticed them recently. There are two on either side of San Pedro Street near the building where I live. These signs are of maps … Continue reading
Trees on San Pedro Street, trimmed! Thanks CCEA!
Over the long X-mas holiday weekend, the Central City East Association-the BID for much of Skid Row- trimmed the giant Ficus trees on San Pedro Street. I was out-of-town, otherwise I would most definitely have gotten some photos of the actual trimming. Speaking … Continue reading
