L.A. Downtown News
Field of Dreams Coming to L.A.'s Chinatown
The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Dodgers Foundation will renovate an unplayable ballfield into a new Dodgers Dreamfield, which will serve almost 3,500 youth in the surrounding community.
L.A. May Bring Streetcar Back
Public officials in Los Angeles are floating ideas to bring back its historic downtown streetcar.
Baby Steps to Downtown Living
Downtown L.A. is redeveloping into a residential neighborhood. But is it baby-friendly?
Many Upset About Plans to Keep Industrial Lands Industrial
Plans to keep nearly 80% of downtown L.A.'s industrial lands exclusively industrial has developers and business leaders up in arms.
The Path To Preserving L.A.'s Industrial Lands
Preserving industrial land in Downtown L.A. is the focus of a broad city report to be released in January. The city recommends classifying specific areas into four land use categories to guide development in the area increasingly sought by investors.
Traffic At Heart Of 'Urbanophobia' In Redeveloping L.A.
As downtown Los Angeles undergoes a massive redevelopment, the major concern is not whether it will be another New York, nor if its public spaces will improve, but rather how much worse traffic will get, writes Sam Hall Kaplan.
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