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Posted Feb 26, 2018, 2:24 AM
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Originally Posted by LA/OCman
For me, the historic renovations throughout DTLA are just as exciting.
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most definitely. if the revival were dependent on new devlpt only, the completeness & a lot of the charm of a revitalized dtla wouldn't exist.
it's also the comfort factor....which remains shaken up by things like crime, homelessness & panhandlers....slowly but surely being added to dt, that's important. Things like the new mkt on the side of dt a few blocks west of the fwy.
this reminds me of the smart & final on fig st.....it obviously doesn't have the hipster vibe of whole foods at 8th & grand or the sense of wider variety of the ralphs on 9th st. But it has the advantage of lower pricing. That compares with whole foods, which some shoppers have nicknamed 'whole paycheck'. Some ppl have also complained that the pricing at the dt ralphs is higher than at other ralphs. so a changing dtla is adding more comfort to ppl's budget & their food bills.
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Marc M.
Los Angeles, CA
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2/23/2018
Located underneath the Sofia apartments on 6th and Bixel, the market's designated parking spots share the same garage as the apartments. You can enter either through Bixel or 6th. I was surprised at the number of available parking spaces, which are marked with the red logo so you really can't miss it. 90 minutes free parking...no tickets, no validation...totally stress-free, unlike Whole Foods.
The isles are clean and I found it very easy to move around, although it's not a really big market so keep that in mind. The organics section is always a great surprise, as I have found similar products priced twice as much at other stores.
This is a much-needed addition to a neighborhood that is seeing a lot of growth. With a Starbucks already in place and a Chipotle opening soon, I think I'll find myself here more often.
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part of this story does involve dtla, so I thought I'd insert it here....
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$50 Million for the Hammer Museum, and Fresh Energy for Arts Giving in L.A.
By ROBIN POGREBIN
FEB. 22, 2018
Ms. Carseyâs gift to the Hammer Museum, announced Thursday, is the latest in an unexpected series of cultural investments by wealthy Angelenos. Last year, the filmmaker George Lucas said he would fund a $1 billion Museum of Narrative Art, and the music mogul David Geffen pledged $150 million to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Ms. Carseyâs donation accompanies a $30 million lead gift to the Hammerâs renovation and expansion project from Lynda and Stewart Resnick, the billionaire couple behind POM Wonderful and Fiji Water.
Los Angeles has long produced celebrated visual artists â Mark Bradford, John Baldessari and Barbara Kruger, to name a few â and it has recently increased the number of places to see art, adding the Broad Museum; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and Hauser & Wirth mega gallery. Now, this energetic scene is helping to spur giving. Even the J. Paul Getty Trust â the worldâs richest art institution, with a $6.9 billion endowment â has begun to solicit individual donations from a swelling patron base.
Recent charitable contributions could suggest that a new donor class is emerging. That is important now that the cityâs leading cultural philanthropist, Eli Broad, has announced his retirement from public life. Mr. Broad said he no longer feels so alone in support of the arts. âYouâre seeing more and more people getting involved philanthropically,â he said.
The three main art museums here are now all run by former New Yorkers â Ms. Philbin; Mr. Govan; and Philippe Vergne, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles â who have imported East Coast fund-raising strategies.
Where young artists in Los Angeles used to feel they had to go to New York to pursue careers, many are staying put. The city has also become a magnet for artists in neighborhoods like Eagle Rock, Mount Washington, Highland Park, Silver Lake and Echo Park. California Institute of the Arts, the leading art school, reported that 50 percent of graduates in 2015 stayed in Los Angeles; that figure has increased to nearly 60 percent.
âAnother few arrive each week,â said the dealer Jeffrey Deitch, who served as director of MOCA and still keeps a home in Los Angeles. âThe balance has shifted.â
Paul Mpagi Sepuya, an artist who was born just east of Los Angeles, said he moved back from New York for more affordable studio space and the network that comes with attending art school at the University of California, Los Angeles. âI wouldnât be able to make my practice work or do the work that Iâm doing in New York,â Mr. Sepuya said. He has also found a community. âEvery day you go to an event or an opening or a friendâs house for dinner, and you run into another artist who you lost touch with in New York,â he said, âand you suddenly realize theyâre also in L.A.â
Artists are coming from all over â Chris Johanson, a muralist and illustrator, came from Portland; Tala Madani, a painter, from Iran; Oscar Tuazon, known for architectonic sculptures, from Paris; Tacita Dean, a Turner Prize nominee, and Thomas Demand, the photographer, from Berlin. And galleries are opening across the city. Relatively recent arrivals include SprĂŒth Magers, Maccarone and Franklin Parrasch. âI want to be where this energy is,â Mr. Parrasch said. âIâve been going to L.A. since the late 80s, and Iâve never seen it like this. I donât think itâs going to go away.â
With people lining up around the block for the Broad, lounging at Hauser & Wirthâs hip cafe and trolling exhibitions off the beaten path through last summerâs regional art event, Pacific Standard Time, âLos Angeles is getting to be like the art center of the world,â said the collector Maurice Marciano of the Guess empire. Mr. Marciano, who recently opened the Marciano Art Foundation in a former Masonic temple, also serves as co-chairman of MOCA, which has raised $100 million of a $150 million endowment campaign.
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