LA's Downtown: A Tale Of Two Cities

Can the cultural corridor of Downtown LA's Bunker Hill coexist with the successful and gritty ethnic communities below it?

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August 19, 2002, 1:00 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"But if Grand Avenue is the symbol of downtown's cultural resurgence, it can also be seen as a cabinet of architectural curiosities, a sometimes beautiful distraction from the real city below. That city includes the grittier immigrant shopping district along Broadway, the ethnic enclave of Little Tokyo and the partially abandoned manufacturing and warehouse district that stretches south along the rail yards that divide downtown and East L.A."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: A Core Dilemma

Sunday, August 18, 2002 in The Los Angeles Times

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