Downtown Los Angeles Arrives

Downtown Los Angeles "shows every sign of being -- at long last -- on the verge of a major boom. Practically everywhere you turn, it seems, another hulking industrial building or marble-clad edifice is being converted into loft apartments. And, in perhaps the most telling sign of downtown's arrival as a burgeoning residential community, a 50,000-square-foot Ralphs supermarket is due to open on Flower Street in 2005... Perhaps the most significant amenity many new downtown residents crave is a sense of community more diverse and stimulating than the one they left behind."

Thanks to Chris Steins