'Lofty' Visions For Historic Urban Center
The historic downtown of Santa Ana, CA, is being transformed with lofts, concerts, and an experimental music festival featuring a "carchestra".
"...downtown Santa Ana is being tuned up for higher-end tenants, signaling change in the city's historic Artists Village. Investors and artists say they see the possibility of staging a hip, trendy street scene in one of Orange County's few urban centers...The transformation echoes what is happening in downtown Los Angeles, where industrial buildings are being converted into lofts and apartments and a spirited urban life is taking form...The business council [is sponsoring an] experimental music festival, which will include a 'carchestra' — remixed music transmitted through car radios and speakers placed around the community."
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