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Philippe the Original

admin0 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:09:36 +0000

This LA landmark is one of my favorite places to have a sandwich. Philippe the Original. The French Dip is the best in town at a great price, I usually end up getting two. If you freelance you probably shouldn’t go during regular lunch hours it’s wall to wall people.

1001 N Alameda St
Los Angeles 90012
(At Ord & N Main St)
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Pershing Sqaure concerts

admin0 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:29:30 +0000

Last Week of summer concerts at Pershing square. http://whiteskymedia.com/clientprojects/pershingsquare/events/downtownStage/downtownStageConcerts.php
The Pershing Square Downtown Stage will offer six weeks of free entertainment five days a week. Wednesday through Sunday a variety of live music, films, events and youth programs will be available to the public at no charge. Sponsors including Guitar Center, 100.3 fm The Sound, Pageantry Productions, Spaceland Productions, Downtown Los Angeles civic groups, restaurants and businesses have joined with the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks to present this summer series at Pershing Square. We look forward to seeing you at the Downtown Stage this summer.

Public Wi-Fi points in Downtown LA

admin0 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:14:09 +0000

These public Wi-Fi points in Downtown LA are free to the public. Also, watch for Visitor Information Kiosks staffed by our Downtown Guides, which extend public Wi-Fi coverage in high-traffic areas in Downtown.
http://www.downtownla.com/4_03_wiFinder.asp

LA Central Library
Pershing Square
LA Convention Center

Downtown Los Angeles Farmer’s Markets

admin0 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:58:27 +0000

WEDNESDAYS

Pershing Square Farmers Market http://www.ccfm.com
532 S. Olive St.
11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

THURSDAYS

City Hall Farmers Market
South Lawn of City Hall, between Main and Spring streets, http://downtownfarmersmarket.org.
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Music 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
7+Fig Farmers Market http://7fig.com
725 S. Figueroa St.
9 a.m.-3 p.m.

FRIDAYS

Bank of America Farmers Market http://www.ccfm.com
333 S. Hope St., at Bank of America Plaza
11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Downtown Film Festival – Los Angeles

admin0 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:50:33 +0000

http://www.dffla.com/

Downtown Film Festival — Los Angeles is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to showcasing cinema in the historic core of the Film Capital of the World. At the advent of cinema in U.S. in the early 20th century, downtown L.A. was the epicenter of the film industry. It boasted more “movie palaces” that anywhere else in the world. Today, while many of these architecturally significant structures no longer serve their original function, it is indeed fortunate the majority have survived intact and plans call for their total restoration.

Today, downtown L.A. is the midst of a renaissance. Always the heart of city government, the hub of transportation for the region and for decades the largest business center on the West Coast, downtown L.A. is also now the nexus of the city’s creative community with artists and filmmakers rubbing shoulders with businessmen and politicians. The vibrant residential community, which lives in lofts in historic high-rises and brand new glass and steel towers, boasts the enviable median residential income of $99,000 – more than Beverly Hills.

It is in the spirit, then, of downtown L.A.’s cinematic roots and its transformation as a “new urban center” that the festival was established.

In its initial edition in 2008, Downtown Film Festival — L.A. presented more than 200 feature and short films and videos, including studio, independent, vintage and experimental motion pictures. The festival was held in venues throughout downtown Los Angeles, notably the historic Los Angeles Theatre and Orpheum Theatre, the Los Angeles Center Studio, Laemmle’s Downtown Grande four-plex and SCI-Arc (the Southern Calif. Institute of Architecture).

The 2nd annual Downtown Film Festival — L.A. will be held
Wednesday, August 12 to Saturday, August 22, 2009.