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Eli Broad and the architects working on his planned $100 million contemporary art museum lifted the veil on the project last

week, giving the first public views of the facility expected to open in about two years. The future neighbor of Walt Disney Concert Hall looks like a honeycomb or a porous white

sponge pulled up at two corners to let the public inside. It will be the most distinct architectural icon on Grand Avenue since Disney Hall debuted in 2003. Liz Diller, a principal with New York archi-tecture firm Diller, Scofidio + Renfro, attended the Disney Hall presentation on Thursday, Jan. 5, to explain the design the firm has dubbed “the vault and the veil.” The veil is a pre-cast concrete

web that will encase the museum on five sides, including the roof, letting diffuse light inside and providing the primary structural support for the building, Diller said. Nearly half of the 93,000-square-foot museum will house Broad’s collection in archive and stor-age space, with most of it set on the second of three floors rising over Grand Avenue (the mu-

The Veil, the Vault and the VictoryEli Broad Lifts the Shroud on the Designs for His $100 Million Art Museum

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Diller, Scofidio + Renfro’s design for Eli Broad’s Grand Avenue art museum features a concrete “veil” that lets in natural light. It changes patterns across its five façades (including the roof). It is slated to open in about two years.

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The subject of bringing NFL football to Los Angeles is sort of like the movie Showgirls. It never seems to end, and

throughout the excruciating observation pro-cess you simultaneously want to laugh and

cry, while also feeling the pain of all those involved. Southern California has had numerous foot-ball flubs since the region managed the won-drous feat of losing two teams following the 1994 season. For the record, Justin Bieber was 9 months old the last time the Raiders played in the Coliseum. When the Rams’ had their final

contest in Anaheim, no one except a few egg-heads used the Internet. This was before Lewis and Clark College student Monica Lewinsky had begun her White house internship. When the season ended, O.J. Simpson’s murder trial hadn’t yet begun and Tim Leiweke was work-ing for basketball’s Denver Nuggets. A lot has changed in 16 years. Bieber grew up, Lewinsky met Clinton and O.J. was O.J., and I’m not sure which of the three is the most frightening. Meanwhile, the Rams and Raiders made Super Bowl appearances in Oakland and St. Louis, respectively, and Leiweke became the unelected emperor of Los Angeles. In the period that is, depending on how you

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Tim Leiweke and the Super Bowl ShuffleWith Football Stadium Dreams, AEG Chief Goes Where Many of L.A.’s Rich and Powerful Have Tried and Failed

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With more than 80,000 square feet of retail space to fill at his recently opened Medallion complex, Downtown

developer Saeed Farkhondehpour is hoping to head off some competition. Farkhondehpour is appealing the approv-al of a secondhand goods store to be run by the Downtown Women’s Center at 325 S. Los Angeles St., on the same block as the developer’s approximately $125 million mixed-use development. On January 25, Farkhondehpour plans to ap-pear before the Central Area Planning Commission to argue that the area, which includes Toy District merchants that sell discount goods, should not allow a secondhand store to open. “That’s not what the area is zoned for,” he said. “I think a lot of people will not want to come shop near secondhand stores.” The store is one of two the DWC hopes to open. A shop with handcrafted goods made by women enrolled in the organization’s program — the DWC helps formerly home-less women stay off the streets — is slated for the DWC’s new home at San Pedro and Sixth streets. The Los Angeles Street building was the DWC’s original home and is being reno-vated. DWC officials said are reviewing the complaint and will not comment until the hearing.

Market, Restaurant Open in Alexandria

There was no Christmas vacation at The Alexandria this year, as the Historic Core building was active with new

additions throughout the holidays. Two Bits Market began serving on the ground floor of the building at 501 S. Spring St. on New Year’s Day. Owner Brandi Lozano said hours are being finalized, but for now the market is open from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. seven days a week. The 1,000-square-foot spot will of-fer organic produce and non-processed foods along with spe-cialty cheeses and wines. There will also be a deli, which will arrive in time for the grand opening in February. She added that she signed a 15-year lease for the space. She joins her new next-door neighbor Coronado’s Mexican Restaurant and Bar, which uprooted from its longtime San Gabriel Valley

home to open at The Alexandria in mid-December. “This area just seems to have a lot of traffic in the day and at night, decent nightlife. Everything fell in place for us to open here,” said Robert Coronado, who with his father Gilbert owns the 3,000-square-foot restaurant. He said the establishment offers a fresh take on typical Mexican dishes such as tacos, burritos and chile rellenos. Coronado’s, which also signed a 15-year-lease, is open 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 11 a.m. -2 a.m. Thursday through Sunday.

Perry Looks to Jumpstart NFL Stadium Talks

Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry hopes to initi-ate official talks with Anschutz Entertainment Group

about their proposal to build an NFL stadium next to Staples Center. Perry last week submitted a motion to the City Council’s Trade, Commerce and Tourism Committee that the city form a group to begin formal discussions with AEG. The motion needs committee approval and then a green light from the full council before Perry’s plan can proceed. AEG President and CEO Tim Leiweke has been pushing a $1 bil-lion plan that involves razing the existing West Hall of the Convention Center and building a stadium in its place. The plan would also build a replacement convention facility adja-cent to the existing South Hall. While AEG has unveiled early designs submitted by three potential architects, the company has not submitted a formal proposal to the city.

Feds Give Preliminary OK to Regional Connector

The Federal Transit Administration last week gave Metro the green light to begin preliminary engineer-

ing work on the Downtown Regional Connector and the Westside Subway Extension. The notification is important because it indicates that the two projects will likely be ap-proved for funding through the federal New Starts program,

according to Metro’s news blog The Source. The Regional Connector is a two-mile light-rail link that will add at least three new underground stations Downtown, and reduce the number of transfers for riders traveling long distances on the county’s rail system. The Westside Subway Extension would stretch the Purple Line from Wilshire and Western to Westwood. Both projects are undergoing final environmen-tal review. Preliminary engineering work on the Regional Connector is scheduled for completion in early 2012, and for the Westside Subway in late 2011, according to The Source.


Members of Los Lobos and Cirque du Soleil appeared at the Music Center Plaza on Wednesday, Jan. 5, to kick off L.A. Arts Month. The event intended to encourage people to indulge in the city’s cultural attractions runs through January. The slate includes numerous Downtown activities, among them exhibits at MOCA, performances by the L.A. Phil and theater in the Alexandria Hotel.

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Urban Scrawl by Doug Davis

Saying that 2011 is a year of change and opportunity in Downtown Los Angeles is, we admit, par for the course. Ever since the residential revolution began in 2000,

“change” and “opportunity” have been something between watchwords and clichés. With the housing stock increasing every year, Downtown saw new restaurants, bars, cultural entities and service businesses rush in in anticipation of new customers, some of them now, some of them later. This pro-duced more additions to the streetscape and the skyline. Conventional wisdom says that during the recession and its aftermath (it’s officially over, even if it doesn’t necessar-ily feel that way), the community would be in a lull. That’s the case in many cities across the nation, but during the past two years, even as local unemployment soared and lending withered under the uncertainty of the economy, Downtown saw the completion of projects launched back when every-one was eager and confident. Debuts such as the $1 billion Convention Center hotel and the $165 million California

Science Center expansion meant, yes, more change and op-portunity. As 2011 dawns, most of the projects planned before the downturn have either opened or died. Yet a plethora of other cultural, residential and business developments have moved into the pipeline. With everything from housing projects to a $100 million Grand Avenue art museum to a proposed $1.35 billion stadium and convention complex expected to grab at-tention during the next 12 months, it’s back to, you guessed it, change and opportunity. Last week, Los Angeles Downtown News detailed 62 faces, places, plans and projects to watch in 2011. In addition to the big money deals and developments (for example, the long-delayed $80 million Metropolitan Detention Center opens in February), the community has its collective eye on the February retirement of Cardinal Roger Mahony and the appointment of his successor as the head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Archbishop Jose Gomez. Other new leaders

There are a lot of important pedestri-an-oriented corridors in Downtown Los Angeles. There is Broadway,

which has attracted generations of shoppers and which is at a crossroads due to chang-ing demographics and a proposed street-car. However, it is not currently an attractive place to walk. There is Seventh Street, which in the past couple years has erupted into a Restaurant Row between Figueroa and Olive streets, and it does qualify as a comfortable place to check out the storefronts. There is Grand Avenue, which despite expensive ad-ditions like the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and Walt Disney Concert Hall has, to date, failed to become a vibrant area in which to stroll. It feels adequately safe, but not live-ly. Hopefully Eli Broad’s coming art museum will help change that. Now, another stretch is taking on impor-tance in the Downtown pedestrian landscape. Unfortunately, the portion of Figueroa be-tween Seventh Street and Olympic Boulevard

does not live up to expectations, and has several underutilized stretches, among them one block that is downright grim after darkness falls. The stretch should have been enlivened years ago. Now, with plans for a trio of major projects along the corridor, it is imperative that city and business leaders come up with a plan to lighten and activate the stretch, espe-cially at night. One needs to see the street not just today, but to envision it years into the future. The southern hub is already a destination with the bars and restaurants of L.A. Live and, on the block south of that, Staples Center. The northern hook is active too, with the 7+Fig shopping center, the Wilshire Grand hotel, the Metro station and nearby office build-ings. The problem is what lies between. Activity at each end will shoot up significant-ly. A Target is slated to open in 7+Fig in late 2012, and upscale retailers and restaurants will likely follow. The aging Wilshire Grand will be razed and replaced by a new hotel that also

Another Year of Change and Opportunity

contains 100 condominiums, as well as ancil-lary restaurants and service businesses. The ho-tel is scheduled to open in 2015 (another office tower on the hotel site has been announced, but no schedule exists to build it). At L.A. Live, meanwhile, Anschutz Enter-tainment Group is pushing its stadium and Convention Center expansion. If it comes to fruition, there would be a $1 billion venue for NFL football that could also hold large conven-tions. The current West Hall of the Convention Center would be razed and replaced. Large ho-tels may follow, too. Whether or not the stadium/convention project happens, there is a need for an invit-ing pedestrian environment, something that makes diners on the north want to walk to a game, club or concert at L.A. Live, and that invites conventioneers to stroll to a hotel or shopping mall at Seventh Street. Right now, the walk is a sometimes un-pleasant patchwork. The east side of the block between Ninth Street and Olympic

Boulevard contains the shuttered fronts of the Variety Arts Center and the Concerto housing complex. Concerto may open in the relatively near future, but the point is, much of the block has been dead for years. The most distressing stretch is the west side of the block between Eighth Street and Eighth Place. At night, the lighting is terrible and only Zucca restaurant gives a brief re-prieve; the other side of the street isn’t much better, with the highlight being a Denny’s. It’s not a walk one wants to take, and it has to interfere with business at both ends of the stretch since it’s natural to resist going there. Some simple street lighting would be a good start, though more has to occur. Considering the active Convention Center and the 200-plus events a year at Staples Center, this should be a lively stretch. It is only about a 10-minute stroll between 7+Fig and L.A. Live, and people will take if it is pleasant. If it’s not inviting, they’ll climb into their cars and probably head home.

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whose impact will be felt, in varying degrees in Downtown and beyond, include Community Redevelopment Agency CEO Chris Essel (Jerry Brown plans to slash redevelop-ment agencies) and Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council President Patti Berman. In some instances the happenings bring more ques-tions than answers. Joe Moller takes over as director of the Downtown Art Walk, but will he be able to rein in a popular event whose party atmosphere frustrates many? During July Downtown will host its biggest convention ever, a Microsoft confab expected to generate $45 million in local spending, but will organizers be impressed enough with the community to return rather than flock to other convention city standards such as San Diego or Anaheim? In short, 2011 is transition year for Downtown. It’s a time to build upon the gains of the past, but it is also a time when more planning has to take place for the future. It’s a year of, all together now, change and opportunity.


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but nobody offered a bid, except for an affiliate of project lender Bank of America, N.A. Wickliffe A., a Virginia-based af-filiate of lender Bank of America, ac-quired the $44 million project at 530 W. Seventh St. for $11 million at the foreclosure sale. While the property technically changed hands, in effect the bank remains the owner and now has a clear path toward unloading the Brockman via a traditional sale. The sale is a milestone on the path to-ward opening the long-vacant Brockman — the building that houses popular res-taurant Bottega Louie on its ground floor — because the bank, through its affiliate, is now free to sell the property. But there remains no timeline for unloading or having move-ins at the property. Bank of America and Wickliffe of-ficials are considering two strategies for selling the Brockman, said Kenneth N. Russak, attorney for Bank of America. The owner will either market the entire property for sale, or sell or lease indi-

vidual units in the building. Typically, banks opt to unload foreclosed proper-ties in a single deal. Bank of America lent developer West Millennium Group $35 million to finance the renovation of the 1921 Brockman Building, and costs later es-calated to $44 million. West Millennium filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on the project in April 2009, a month before the company itself went bankrupt. The $11 million paid by Wickliffe at the auction does not necessarily indicate a loss for the bank, or the value of the property, Russak said. “It is not at all uncommon for a bank to start well below what it thinks the fair price of the building is to see if they can’t generate bids and test the market even at the auction sale,” Russak said. “So the bank starts low, and with no other bid-ders, there’s no reason to advance the bidding.” The building is not the only stalled structure on Seventh Street. The 222-unit Roosevelt Lofts, at 727 W. Seventh St., has long been only partially open as developer Milbank Real Estate has endured financial troubles. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].

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is in talks to purchase historic Union Station. A deal could close next month, a Metro official said last week. Roger Moliere, chief of real property manage-ment and development for Metro, said talks have been underway for about four months. He would not discuss a sale price for the 1939 transporta-tion hub, since negotiations are still ongoing. “We are in discussions with the owner and also in discussions with the High-Speed Rail who may be a participant,” he said. The deal could include either a co-purchase with the rail group of the 38-acre property, or another type of partnership that has not yet been determined, Moliere said. One possibility, he said, would be the formation of a Joints Power Authority, with Metro operating the station. “We think it makes a lot of sense for us. It is clearly the transportation hub of Southern California with a lot of increasing activity and

more to come,” he said. Current Union Station owner ProLogis is in the midst of selling all of its assets to Texas-based investment firm TPG Capital. Moliere said once that transaction, which is in the fi-nal stage, is complete, TPG Capital will then turn around and sell the station to Metro. TPG would sell the facility because it is not a core part of their business, said Moliere. Moliere said the purchase would allow the tran-sit authority to better deal with increased bus and rail traffic through Los Angeles. “There’s a lot of need to restructure stuff and make it run better,” he said. A partnership with the High-Speed Rail Authority may also facilitate the construction of the planned $40 billion high-speed train that would link Southern California to San Francisco, since Union Station is a key compo-nent of that plan. “They’ve always planned to come through Union Station. They will need to have rights to do that,” he said. “At one point or another they’ll have to get the rights to come through…. They can get them now rather than later.”

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Over the past 23 years, Mark Tarczynski has been one of the most familiar figures in Downtown Los Angeles real estate. His name has been splashed

on signs for CB Richard Ellis across the Central City. His deals include leasing the space that Ralphs now occupies in South Park, and selling the Eastern Columbia building, 1100 Wilshire and the property that was developed into 717 Olympic. This week, Tarczynski and Adam Tischer, his partner of seven years at CBRE, are moving to rival Colliers. In search of a smaller, more nimble firm, Tarczynski says he has one more major real estate cycle in him. Los Angeles Downtown News spoke with him about the past, present and future of Downtown real estate.

Los Angeles Downtown News: After more than two decades as a broker with CB Richard Ellis, you’re moving to Colliers. Why change now?Mark Tarczynski: I spent the last 23 years with CBRE and I went through one major cycle with them. I’m just looking to make one more change and want to be with a different place that I can help grow into a major international firm and go through one more major cycle. CBRE is a fine firm, but they are the biggest and the biggest sometimes can’t maneuver and be as nimble as a smaller firm. I’d like to be more nimble and more maneuverable than the large behemoth that CBRE has become.

Q: What can you do at Colliers that you couldn’t do at CBRE?A: Nothing. My core business has always been urban redevel-opment in Downtown Los Angeles and will remain that.

Q: What was the most important deal you did in 2010? A: I definitely think it was the sale of Santee Village. It wasn’t necessarily the biggest, but it was, without a doubt, the indica-

tor to me that things were getting a lot better and a lot of the reason why was because the pricing that we were able to get on that project far exceeded our expectations.

Q: What kind of investors are testing the market right now?A: I’m seeing two different kinds of investors. The first is the multifamily Real Estate Investment Trusts who are projecting higher than inflation rent growth because there’s going to be more demand and no new supply, as well as low financing costs. So those factors have the multifamily REITs out in droves looking for product. The second type of investor is the land speculator. They’re excited about the things going on in Downtown and they’re looking to purchase land for future development.

Q: In this market, what’s the primary hurdle keeping buyers out?A: I think that the biggest concern is nobody wants to be caught catching a falling knife, and I think we’re past that. When the market was in free fall in 2009, nobody moved. Very few people moved in 2010. So I think there is still the concern, is there a second down leg in real estate? You see these projections out there saying home prices are go-ing to continue to fall in 2011. We’re just not seeing that in Downtown L.A. Prices have stabilized, if not moved up.

Q: Do you believe that big box retail is the next frontier in Downtown redevelopment? A: No. I don’t. I actually think that the next big develop-ment wave is going to be hotel. Already, occupancy rates and Average Daily Rates have been increasing at a faster rate in Downtown L.A. than anywhere else across the U.S. That’s due in large part to the opening of the JW Marriott, where occupancy is running in the 80s. If the stadium comes in, we will increase the number of citywide conventions from 16 to 30, which will further put demand pressure on Downtown L.A. hotels. That demand pressure has to go somewhere, so

eventually you’ll see more supply. It’s very difficult to squeeze big box retailers into expen-sive real estate and Downtown is expensive real estate. So they have to be a part of a larger development. Certainly the demand is there. We’ve demonstrated that with Ralphs and with Target. But it’s dependent on larger new develop-ments. There’s no way you can do a mall of big box retailers in Downtown. The real estate is just too expensive, unless the city, state or some entity comes in and subsidizes the land. But the last I looked those entities were bankrupt.

Q: Any listings out there right now that you’re coveting?A: I really can’t talk about that. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].

A Big Move for a Big MoverMark Tarczynski, a Broker Who Spent 23 Years With CB Richard Ellis, Jumps to Colliers


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Inside a sprawling gymnasium in Carson, boxers swirl around their sparring part-ners like ballerinas with an attitude,

grunting with every thrust of the hand. Outside the rings, fists and punching bags collide at a rapid clip. The scent of sweat hangs heavy in the air. Evander Holyfield, a 48-year-old former heavyweight champ whose picture is painted larger than life on one wall, mills about, talking to people about an upcoming comeback fight. Inside the center ring, 28-year-old Russell Lamour is hard at work, rapping his gloves against two puffy red pads held by trainer Roberto Luno. The middleweight deftly shifts his head to the side, dodging clean out of the way as Luno throws a jab. Lamour, whose boxing nickname is “The Haitian Sensation,” is training for a Jan. 13 fight inside Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live. It will be the first of four local appearances in the next two months for the team Lamour is part of, the L.A. Matadors. The 13-member Matadors are part of the World Series of Boxing, a new project of the International Boxing Association, which gov-erns Olympic boxing and regulates the sport at the amateur level. It is looking to put pure pugilism back in the American spotlight at a time when the sport is losing popularity to

the rise of mixed martial arts. The league has 12 teams on three conti-nents. The Matadors share a North American conference with teams in Memphis, Miami and Mexico City. The European confer-ence has squads in Paris, Milan, Istanbul and Moscow while the Asian conference features franchises from Beijing, Incheon (South Korea), Astana (Kazakhstan) and Baku (Azerbaijan). Fighters earn from $25,000-$60,000 (in the Americas), plus healthcare, housing and bonuses for wins. It’s not quite a Lakers sal-ary, but it’s a major jump from the typical career of an amateur boxer, who has to sac-rifice meaningful pay to pursue his path, said Lamour. In the ultimate one-on-one sport, the WSB adds a team spin, which league officials hope will build loyalty by city. But the main dif-ference between a WSB fight and any other amateur bout is that the rules in the ring are based on professional boxing standards and scoring guidelines. That means the WSB eschews the headgear, and fighters wear the smaller gloves that are customary in profes-sional fights. Knockouts are frequent. Essentially, a WSB match is a professional fight featuring amateur boxers. Benz likens it more to pugilism in ancient Greece, the com-petitions in the earliest Olympics, than to the softer, less exciting nature of what amateur

boxing has become. “I think [the regulators] lost site of what was going on when they started introducing headgear, heavier weight gloves and with the controlled access to the Olympics,” Benz said. “It became two guys hitting each other with pillows, and how many times you hit the guy, not how well you hit him.”

A Boxing Show When Benz talks about a home fight for his team, he doesn’t call it a match. He labels it a show. Whereas professional boxing matches fea-ture a special brand of entertainment, the goal with the WSB is to keep the audience’s attention not just with the competition. At the Nokia Theatre, the women who hold up cards between rounds are known as Matador girls. Many of them are former professional cheerleaders in the NBA or NFL and they also interact with fans, handing out promo-tions and ticket upgrades. Two giant screens that flank the ring on the Nokia Theatre stage show close-ups of the fighting action. In addition to a tradi-tional ring announcer, fans can offer color commentary when an usher brings them a microphone. “We have an active program,” Benz said. Every match features five fights with five, three-minute rounds. Teams earn up to three

points for winning a match. Teams that win their conference get one of four slots in the playoffs (the Matadors currently sit atop the North American conference). A fourth slot is reserved for the highest ranking team to fin-ish second in their conference. Tickets range from $20-$150. So far at-tendance has been mediocre. The first home fight for the Matadors at Nokia Theatre filled about 1,200 of the theater’s 2,500 seats made available for the fight. The second card moved to the smaller Club Nokia due to a scheduling conflict and drew about 700. All the remaining fights this year will be at Nokia Theatre. Still, there are some signs that the league is catching on. It signed a rights deal with Versus, the television network that also shows the Tour De France and the NBA D League. The WSB is also shown on the Spanish lan-guage network Vme. “We’ve struggled like any new start-up does in terms of fan attendance and educating fans to what this new league is about and what they’re seeing,” said Kevin Newendorf, spokes-man for WSB Americas. “What we’ve seen is we have a great night of entertainment. We just got to get people to realize that.”

Still Going for Gold While many boxers pursue an amateur career as a means to make the Olympics,

A League That Packs a PunchThe Ultimate One-on-One Sport Gets a Team Spin With Nokia Theatre’s L.A. Matadors


General Manager Jeff Benz oversees the Matadors, which fight as often as three times per month. The team, including Russell “The Haitian Sensation” Lamour, appears at the Nokia Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 13.


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in recent years some of the sport’s bright-est young talent has ditched Team USA at the first chance of fighting professionally. Pro fights come with the chance for serious money, but at the cost of the opportunity to fight for one’s country. But Lamour, a native of New York, hasn’t given up his Olympic dream. In fact, the main reason he joined the Matadors was because of an enticing carrot that the WSB dangles in front of its fighters: Individuals who win their weight class earn a ticket to the Olympics to fight for their country. “We’ve always struggled with the idea of how do you pay the boxers the right way and allow them to maintain their amateur status, yet groom them to be better boxers, in particular better amateur boxers, to com-pete in the Olympics and really excel in that environment?” said Newendorf.

The Olympic reward for WSB fighters will be available every four years, timed to the third year of the Olympic games’ off-season. That means much is at stake in the current season, which runs through March. The playoffs continue through May. Lamour said the salary he earns with the Matadors is nice, but his sights are still fo-cused on the Olympics. That’s why this week’s match in Downtown is bigger than just the five rounds. “If you go to the Olympics, you go down in history,” Lamour said. “Who wouldn’t want to have that in their background?” The L.A. Matadors fight at Nokia Theatre, 800 W. Olympic Blvd. Home fights are Jan. 13 and 27, Feb. 24 and March 11. Information and tickets at lamatadors.com. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].


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Real estate investor LaSalle Investment Management has purchased Canvas L.A., a 204-unit apartment complex

in City West, for $62.5 million. The five-story project at 138 N. Beaudry Ave. was developed by Arizona-based Alliance Residential. It opened in spring 2008. LaSalle was drawn to the property in part because of its proximity to major trans-portation corridors — it sits in the cradle of the Hollywood (101) and Harbor (110) freeways — and the prospect of rising rents, said broker Tyler Anderson, vice chairman of CB Richard Ellis, who along with CBRE Executive Vice President Laurie Lustig-Bower represented the seller in the deal. LaSalle was represented in-house “Because of the downturn in single-fami-ly [homes], people do anticipate a pretty big rent spike in the next couple years, so there should be a nice return when those rent spikes occur,” Anderson said. LaSalle declined to comment on the deal, but Anderson said the firm, which manages investments largely on behalf of pension funds, paid all cash. There were more than 20 offers for the property, “many in the

same price range,” Anderson said. According to the building’s website, rents at the property average nearly $3 per square foot. The building also includes a gym and a pool. Anderson said that Alliance is typical-ly a build-and-sell developer, and wasn’t facing the kind of urgent debt-related cir-cumstances that have forced many property owners to liquidate assets. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].

Canvas L.A. Sells for $62.5 MillionPension Fund Advisor Buys City West Apartment Complex


Less than three years after opening, the 204-unit Canvas L.A. has been sold. The five-story City West building includes a gym and a pool.


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seum itself will sit atop a three-level parking garage). This is the so-called vault. DSR considered the storage and archive space a “protagonist” in the design, Diller said. Instead of placing it in a basement, there are windows along a staircase from the third floor gallery to the first floor lobby that offers glimpses at the artwork not on display. The concrete veil is a lattice-like cover, with pores that vary in shape and geometric design. On Grand Avenue, the veil’s holes are jagged and diagonal, whereas on the Second Street side they will be softer, more cellular patterns that blow a symbolic kiss to Disney Hall, Diller said. If the white concrete looks as if it will be easily dirtied by dust and exhaust, Diller said the structure is designed to have no hori-zontal ledges, so there are no places for dust to settle that can’t be easily washed away through rain or regular cleanings. The museum will house the Broad Art Foundation and its collection of 2,000 post-War works. The facility will be known simply as “The Broad,” Broad said Thursday. The unveiling comes about six months after Broad started proclaiming that he wanted to build the museum Downtown. He had also considered Santa Monica and Beverly Hills. Ultimately, he said Downtown, and Grand Avenue in particular, offer the chance to add to an existing array of architectural icons

that will collectively draw more visitors to the area. Getting to the museum will be easi-er in the future too, since the site sits a block from the planned underground light rail station for the Metro Regional Connector at Second and Hope streets. It could also be

close to a stop for a proposed Downtown streetcar. “We’re convinced that Grand Avenue is where it’s at,” Broad said.

A Formidable Neighbor When DSR threw its hat in Broad’s pri-vate design competition for the museum, the partners knew their project would be defined in part by its “formidable neigh-bor” — Frank Gehry’s Disney Hall, Diller said. “Disney Hall, it’s large, it’s exuberant and works so beautifully spatially with its masses,” she said. “Our site is much smaller.” DSR’s design for the Broad is intended to be a sort of foil for the metallic, smooth con-cert hall structure. It came after Diller and her team found themselves wondering how to compete with Disney Hall. “I think the answer is you don’t even try,” she said. “You just talk another language, play another game. It’s about differences. In some very specific ways it aspires to make a relationship with Disney Hall through differ-ence.” Where Disney Hall is shiny and smooth and reflects light, The Broad will be matte and porous, and will invite natural light in on all sides. Whereas Gehry’s building is iconic for its irregular shapes and wavy walls, DSR’s building is essentially a box, even if its skin is riddled with holes and pat-terns. DSR hopes to borrow one key design element from Disney Hall that starts out-side either structure’s footprint. Diller and Broad are working with the Community Redevelopment Agency to widen Grand Avenue between Second and Fourth streets, to mimic the pedestrian-friendly wide side-walks in front of the concert hall. Broad and company also hope to get approval to convert adjacent land to the south and to the west of the museum into a public plaza. Bill Witte, president of Related California, which maintains the development rights for

the property, said he is on board with the plaza idea. The company’s plan to build a residential tower on a plot just south of the proposed plaza remains, though it is still hamstrung by a lack of financing.

Enter the Museum A visit to The Broad will start in the glass-encased lobby that fronts Grand Avenue, with entrances on Second and Third streets. At those entrances, the concrete veil is lifted, almost like a lace window shade starting to be drawn up. A single escalator whisks visitors straight to the third floor gallery, a 38,000-square-foot space with no vertical beams — an architectural and engineering feat allowed by the design of the veil, Diller said. Those bound for the second floor, either to visit administrative offices or a 200-seat lecture hall overlooking Grand Avenue, will take stairs or the elevator. Visitors will return to the ground level via stairs (there is an elevator for those who cannot or choose not to walk) that offer glimpses into the second floor vault. That’s where the Broad-owned pieces not currently on display will be stored. “It’s an important coda for the experience, for the collection, because that notion that you’re always just seeing a part of a great massive material that’s under you is impor-tant,” Diller said. Construction on the garage is expected to begin in 60-90 days, and the museum could open its first exhibition in early 2013, Broad said. That timeline is based on Broad’s expec-tation that the design will go before the CRA on Jan. 20, said Broad Foundation spokes-woman Karen Denne. Diller told the audience at Thursday’s event that she had been warned that working with Broad would be difficult. “But I have to say, it’s been really good,” she said. “So far.” Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].

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meanwhile, include Peter O’Malley, Mike Ovitz, Ron Burkle, Casey Wasserman, Eli Broad, Ed Roski and Frank McCourt. Sorry, on that last one I confused my princes with my paupers. All of which raises an important question as Leiweke (again partnered with the quiet Wasserman) holds up some hoops he wants local officials to jump through as he slam bangs his proposal for a $1 billion retractable roof stadium at L.A. Live coupled with a $350 million new Convention Center wing. Is this plan really any more feasible than the past failures?

Poker Face Leiweke, the president and CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group, will be the first to tell you the L.A. Live stadium/convention center/water park (one can dream, and who wouldn’t pay big money to see Dennis Zine and his many lady friends be the first ones down the slide) will happen. In fact, Leiweke has been the first, second, third, fourth and 19th to say that this time, things are different. He wants the stadium to open in fall 2015 and host three Super Bowls in 10 years. To be sure, AEG has a solid, shiny silver record of accomplishment in Downtown Los Angeles. The firm worked with Roski to develop Staples and, having learned from that project, got the support of labor, busi-ness, City Hall and even the homeless ser-vices community when it came time to push L.A. Live. Although the Convention Center hotel was delayed a couple times when done deals became undone, the $1 billion project opened last year and has been more adored than Halle Berry at an Oscar party. Parts of the effort will be relatively easy. Leiweke has said he wants to reach agree-ment by March with city officials on a plan to

raze the current West Hall of the Convention Center and then build the 72,000-seat stadium and the new convention wing on a 15-acre plot next to Staples. Expect no more than minor protest on Spring Street. The biggest questions from the outside concern the feasibility of the billion-dollar budget and AEG’s pledge to back the bonds on the convention project: Will it be a watertight guaranty that really protects the city in case something unforeseen happens, or will it be full of lawyerly wiggle room? While the city rolls over, the bigger con-cern is the NFL. Although league brass have stated for more than a decade that returning football to the city is a priority, the 32 owners have shown no desire to actually accom-plish that mission. Instead, with boatloads of money already provided by television contracts, they’ve repeatedly fomented com-petition between local stadium developers, getting them to sweeten their offer under the auspices of claiming that they want to ensure football here doesn’t fail again. Thus

few who follow the proceedings are surprised that Leiweke’s scheme is the second local one to arise — Roski has spent years working on and securing approvals for an $800 million venue in the City of Industry. It’s hard to tell where things are really. AEG is expected to choose an architect this month. Leiweke has said he wants the NFL to indicate if it would back a stadium and know which team would move here by March, even though he told the Los Angeles Times that Phil Anschutz himself hasn’t yet committed to football. You can’t be sure whether Emperor Tim has an ace in the hole in terms of a secret handshake agreement with a team owner, or if his confi-dent appearances before Downtown business groups are part of a bluff to win all the chips. Will football come to South Park? Who knows? But if Dennis Zine can become the Hugh Hefner of the City Council, anything can happen. Contact Jon Regardie at [email protected].

The football stadium game returns to L.A. every few years. In 2006, local leaders appeared at a rah rah press conference for a Coliseum proposal. The 2010 on the shirts referred to the year they hoped an NFL team would begin playing in the venue.

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While he has delighted Downtown audiences with the adventurous menu at his Little Tokyo restaurant, chef Josef Centeno isn’t

resting on the success of the Lazy Ox Canteen. Centeno said he plans to open a second Downtown restaurant, called Baco, at the space that housed the just-closed Banquette Café and The Last Bookstore on Main Street just south of Fourth Street. He said, however, that he has no plans to leave Lazy Ox once he opens the new restaurant. Derrick Moore, vice president of brokerage services at real estate firm CB Richard Ellis, said a lease was signed in late December for the spaces with Old Bank District owner Gilmore & Associates. The 10-year deal with options will provide a 1,750-square-foot space. “The menu is still in development but will feature various bacos and beer and wine,” Centeno said in an email to Los Angeles Downtown News. The baco, Centeno’s creation and his signature dish, is a combination of a gyro, pizza and taco, said the 36-year-old Centeno, whose Lazy Ox cooking recently earned him a spot on Los Angeles magazine’s list of the city’s best new restaurants. “There will be a menu with items to complement the baco,” said Centeno. “This is something that I have been wanting to do for many years.” Contact Richard Guzmán at [email protected].

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It’s easy to miss the entrance to Swill Automatic. One of the only things that marks the recently opened wine bar in the Arts District is the image of a wine bottle on a

circular sign outside a small brick building. The sign is often obscured by the trees in front. If you don’t walk right past the bar and make it inside, you’ll have no trouble finding the wines you like, even if you don’t know what you like, or know anything about wine. Located just down Industrial Street from the popular Church & State, Swill Automatic opened in mid-October. The 1,600-square-foot spot is aimed at those just learning about wine and who may be intimidated by the pomp and seriousness often associated with the scene. Co-owner Josh Newman, a longtime Downtown resident, hopes to create new wine aficionados with his “enomatic” wine system, which after a two-month delay was finally in-stalled last week. The system is similar to the soft drink dis-pensers at places such as 7-Eleven, although with bottles of Chardonnay and Merlot instead of, say, Sprite or Coke. Customers purchase a card, which they insert into either the two circular dispensers in the middle of the bar or the machines along the walls. Wine bottles are displayed with the cost of every two-ounce serving, or about half a glass. Prices range from $2.50 to about $7 per pour. The customer chooses a bottle, presses the button and out comes the wine. If you like what you taste, you can stick with it or move on to another choice. “A lot of people really never get to know wine,” Newman said. “Beer is easy, hard liquor is easy. Wine at a restaurant can be one of the most intimidating things you can do. “You have to talk to the sommelier, they bring you the wine,

show it to you and there’s a lot of ceremony, etiquette and protocol, which is just intimidating enough that I think a lot of people wind up not getting a real appreciation for wine.” The benefit of the Swill system, he said, is that it is easy, in-teractive, and you don’t have to be guided by a sommelier or follow any protocol. “It’s a fun way to drink wine. There’s nobody between you and the wine, you can try a bunch of things,” he said.

Easy to Learn The concept is not new or unique to Downtown. The res-taurant First and Hope on Bunker Hill uses a similar enom-atic system while wine aficionados have other local choices in Corkbar and Bottlerock. Newman learned about the scene while on vacation in Hawaii two years ago with his wife and business partner Darcy Lewis. They went to a wine bar in Honolulu that used an enomatic system and saw a lot of young people learning about wine and trying different bottles. “I thought it was a very interesting concept,” he said. When he returned, Newman, whose professional back-ground is in digital technology and Internet media, began talking with Yuval Bar-Zemer of Linear City, the developer of the Toy Factory and Biscuit Company Lofts, about his desire to open a similar wine bar, even though he had no back-ground in the bar business. “I was mostly kidding when I was chatting with Yuval about this great idea for a wine bar,” he said. Bar-Zemer encouraged him to do it and keep it in the neighborhood. He is pleased with the results. “It’s great to see residents of this street take an initiative and create this nice environment where they just get up and walk downstairs to work, or for lunch, and now we have another great place that adds to the neighborhood,” Bar-Zemer said.

Bar Manager Leandro DiMonriva, who helps Newman select the approximately 80 wines available at Swill, said many of their clients are residents of the nearby Toy and Biscuit Company buildings, as well as those who come to the area for Church & State.

Around the World The offerings at Swill come from all over the world, with an emphasis on bottles from unexpected places. “We have a very deliberate strategy of trying to get as many different varieties as possible from as many different places as possible,” said Newman. “There are wine producing places that people may not think of as wine destinations like Uruguay, Central Europe, Bosnia and Israel.” Wine highlights at Swill include the Gauchezo 2008 Malbec and Manos Negras Pinot Noir from Argentina; the Tishbi 2009 Cabernet Petit Syrah from Israel; and California choic-es like a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and 3CV 2009 Viognier from Santa Ynez. DiMonriva said the selections are directed at the neighbor-hood’s demographics. “We cater to a younger clientele, so the first thing I look for in a wine is something they would like, something medium body, with a little spice, a bit dry on the finish or a pop of fruit right on the nose,” he said. Swill also offers a menu to complement the wines. Dinner selections include braised beef shanks ($16), seafood pasta ($16) and vegan quinoa risotto ($13). There are sandwiches at lunch as well as breakfast options and cheese selections. The bar is a bright, modern space, with a light blue concrete floor, white communal tables and bottles of wine displayed on the walls. A wall-to-wall chalkboard covers one side of the bar and is open for anyone who is inspired to draw after a few sips. There is also a small patio. Although the wine dispensing system is Swill’s principal draw, it took a while for it to arrive. Newman acquired the wine-dispensing machines after they were repossessed from a similar bar in San Francisco. “Because they were used they had to have a bunch of new parts, we had to redo the software,” he said. Before they arrived last week, the bar was pouring by hand. That is still available for those who want their wine with a little more pomp and seriousness. Swill Automatic is at 1820 Industrial St., (213) 239-9088 or swillautomatic.com. Contact Richard Guzmán at [email protected].

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Dark. Gritty. Sexy. Those are some of the go-to adjectives that critics invariably jot in their notebook when

describing Cirque Berzerk. This year, the show’s co-founders warn (or is it an enticing promise?) that the experience will only get darker, grittier and sexier. Now in its third installment in Downtown Los Angeles, the macabre cabaret centers around a woman who makes a deal with Death that submerges her into a vaudevillian underworld. The show, which opened Jan. 7, is a place where a group of guys spring on and off walls and trampolines like human popcorn; where creepy con-tortionists mix with fire breathers; where sculpted aerial-ists dance a homoerotic ballet in the sky; and where a black-clad clown pulls a hat out of a rabbit. All the while, a live band strums and bangs out a demented Dust Bowl meets old Berlin soundtrack. The show was a hit when it rooted down at Los Angeles State Historic Park in the summer of 2008. The next year, the big top grew from 450 seats to 1,750. The 3,000 people who saw Cirque Berzerk in its debut run increased tenfold in 2009. But if darkness and sexiness, grit and mystique lured the crowds before, this year the circus has a challenge that threatens to give the experience a cleaner, shinier and more sterile veneer. Cirque Berzerk has moved from a dusty big top at the park to the bright lights of Club Nokia at L.A. Live. “One of our challenges is to create our vibe in… a Blade Runner, Tron world of L.A. Live,” said Suzanne Bernel, who founded Cirque Berzerk with her husband Kevin Bourque and their friend Neal Everett. To accomplish that, they’re focusing on more than just what occurs on stage. They’re taking the club owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group and booked by Goldenvoice and dressing it up to mimic the feel of their big top, going so far as to costume the normal club bar-tenders and ushers. Goodbye Club Nokia-branded vest, hello striped socks. Bernel said they’re even replacing light bulbs at the bars with old Edison bulbs, which cast a warmer glow than modern fluorescents. “AEG and Goldenvoice are bringing us to the venue, but they’ve given us the reins,” Bernel said.

Grown Up Circus Cirque Berzerk, whose run continues through Jan. 30, grew out of humble Downtown beginnings. Bernel, Bourque and Everett started the group as a variety show that performed at underground dinner theater events at the Brewery Arts Complex. In 2005, they took it to the fabled desert party Burning Man. In a way, the move to Club Nokia is a sign that the once ramshackle operation designed for a party in the middle of the desert, where drugs, alcohol and neon lights hold currency, has grown up. The show used to wooing a steampunk, hipster crowd is now casting its net to a far wider audience. After the founders approached Goldenvoice, said Susan Rosenbluth, a talent buyer for the booking firm, “I became more aware of them by asking people, ‘Have you seen them?’ And I found out that many people had and really enjoyed the performance. I did my homework and saw what a great piece of programming it is.” The three-and-a-half-week January run could signal

CALENDARCALENDARBringing Sexy Circus Back

Cirque Berzerk Moves Its Dark and Dusty Vision to the Bright Lights of L.A. Livea trend for future programming at Club Nokia. Cirque Berzerk takes over at the same time that the club last year hosted the Pee-wee Herman stage show. The month is normally slow, because few big music acts are touring, so the venue will be looking for theatrical-type events that can set up shop for a few weeks, Rosenbluth said. The move is a game changer for Cirque Berzerk. At Los Angeles State Historic Park, the organizers pro-duced the event on the strength of “credit cards and savings,” Bourque said. They had to scrape resources together and do everything themselves. They rigged lighting, tweaked speaker placement in an acoustic en-vironment notorious for bad sound, painted fences and mended costumes. Sitting in their rehearsal space in Los Feliz, Bernel, Everett and Bourque collectively lost their breath listing their shared roles in assembling the show in previous years. Now, they have a state of the art sound system. They have a costumer. They brought in two-time Tony Award nominated choreographer John Carrafa and American Theater for Actors award winner Barry Primus to direct. Everett, an aerialist who has worked with Cirque du Soleil, said that with many of the nuts and bolts taken care of, the founders have been able to focus on sculpt-ing their artistic vision, even if the vision itself hasn’t changed much. The narrative, entitled Beneath, is essentially the same, and many of the circus acts that have been audience fa-vorites will return. Only a few new acts have been added. This year, however, the founders say the acts are more tied in with the theater. Whereas the narrative might have paused at times for a certain circus spectacle, the spectacles are now woven in tighter with the story, Bourque said. Additionally, the recognizable acts are, you know, darker, edgier and sexier. So a memorable two-man aerial act performed in part by Everett will add more bodies, and more lust. This year it’s less a sugges-tive love story and more of an orgy. The experience has been billed as many things, but most reviews have dubbed it an adults only show. The creators disagree, and while the circus is undoubtedly risqué and erotic, Bernel is quick to point out that there’s no nudity and no swearing. “We’re not the Pussycat Dolls,” she said. Added Bourque: “I would totally take my kids to the show.If your kid loves The Nightmare Before Christmas or shops at Hot Topic, they’re going to eat this up.” Bourque, Bernel and Everett liken the evolution of Cirque Berzerk to a child who spent their formative years at underground dinner theater shows, hit puberty at Burning Man and began their teens at the Los Angeles State Historic Park. As the show gets more mainstream with the Club Nokia run, they’re not exactly sure where their child is developmentally. “We’re still teenagers,” Everett said. Bernel interjected, “I think we just turned 21.” Bourque was not ready to proclaim being of age. “I think we’re 18,” he said. “We’re still shoulder tap-ping.” Cirque Berzerk runs through Jan. 30 at Club Nokia, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., cirqueberzerk.com. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].

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(top) A scene from Cirque Berzerk. (bottom) Neil Everett, Suzanne Bernel and Kevin Bourque take their show indoors this year, leaving the Los Angeles State Historic Park for a run at Club Nokia.


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The Natural History Museum last week an-nounced a whale of a gift — in all meanings of the word.

On Wednesday, Jan. 5, officials with the Exposition Park facility said they have received a $13 million donation from The Otis Booth Foundation. It is the largest private gift in the museum’s nearly century-long history and will go toward the cre-ation of a glass entrance pavilion showcasing a 63-foot-long fin whale. The three-story entrance will be named the Otis Booth Pavilion and will connect to Exposition Boulevard via a pedestrian bridge. “Our mission is to inspire wonder and this is certainly something that’s going to inspire wonder,” said Paul Haaga, president of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Board of Trustees. The fin whale is one of the NHM’s signature specimens. Haaga said it will be brightly lit and look as if it is swimming. “It will be architecturally significant but also an active exhibit,” he said. The Booth Foundation is named after Franklin Otis Booth, Jr., the great-grandson of General Harrison Gray Otis, who founded the Los Angeles Times. Otis Booth was a member of the NHM’s Board of Governors in 1972 and went on to serve as a Trustee and Trustee Emeritus. The pavilion is scheduled for completion by November 2013, in time for the celebration of the Natural History Museum’s 100th anniversary. To mark the milestone, the museum is in the midst of a major renovation. Part of that, known as the North Campus, is a 3.5-acre project that will cre-

ate a new “front yard” for the facility in the form of a series of interactive outdoor exhibits. The $30 million plan, which includes $10 million from the County, is set to open in 2012. The Booth Foundation donation is not part of that original campaign. Overall, the museum is engaged in a six-year, $135 million upgrade. That includes the renovation of the museum’s 1913 building, which was com-pleted in July, as well as the Age of Mammals exhibit, which also came online that month. A Dinosaur Hall will arrive this July and a new exhibition exploring the natural and cultural history of Los Angeles and Southern California will debut in 2012. The pavilion will complement the museum’s goal of bringing science outside the facility, Haaga said. “It’s really part of our inside-out theme that has in-fused everything we’ve done in the museum with the goal of bringing science to the people,” Haaga said. Contact Richard Guzmán at [email protected].

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Some people in the music business say they’re doing it “for the kids.” Julie Ingram

takes it a step further: She does it for the really little kids. Ingram runs Scruffin Rock, a series of music classes for the 9-month to 3-year-old set that take place every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the Little Barn in City West. During the 45-minute sessions, she leads the kids in classical, folk, rock and pop tunes, strumming on an acoustic guitar and rolling out a suitcase full of shakers, bang-ing sticks and even a parachute the young’uns can dart under. The kids engulf it, sitting in a circle and following Ingram in song and, sometimes, marching around the room. The biggest challenge, she said, is getting the parents to let loose and not be afraid to wiggle and sing about animals and other things that toddlers love. “Parent participation is the most important thing,” said Ingram, a Long Beach native who also runs Scruffin Rock classes in Glendale, Santa Monica and the Mid-Wilshire area. “It’s important that people do this for their kid and not be so self conscious, because it’s fun and there is a good payoff for it. “The more exposure to music a

child can get, the more you can set the blueprint for more music mak-ing in the future.” Scruffin Rock runs Saturdays at 9:30 a.m., Jan. 8-March 12. Cost for the full session is $150. Classes are at the Little Barn, 130 S. Beaudry Ave. For information contact Ingram at [email protected]. Class reg-istration at littlebarn.org or email [email protected]. Contact Jon Regardie at [email protected].

Whale of a Donation Natural History Museum’s $13 Million Gift Will Lead to New Entry Exhibit

Rockin’ With the ToddlersLittle Barn Offers Music Classes for the Pre- Pre-School Set

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Julie Ingram leads weekly music classes at the Little Barn in City West for kids aged 9 months to 3 years. Parents are expected to participate.

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The Natural History Museum received a $13 million gift from The Otis Booth Foundation. The money will be used to build a three-story glass pavilion entrance with a fin whale exhibit.


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Black Truffle DinnersPatina Restaurant, 141 S. Grand Ave., (213) 972-3331 or patinarestaurant.com. Jan. 11 and 12: Patina’s Black Truffle Din-ners present the season’s finest black truffles, hand-selected and imported from France. Guests will savor executive chef Tony Esnault’s tantalizing menus with black truffles in every dish. Celebrate these elusive gems of the culi-nary world at Downtown’s 4-star restaurant Patina. Three-courses $95; Five-courses $135; Seven-courses $175.Live Church LAClub Nokia, 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 493-4329 or livechurchla.com. 10 a.m.: Every Sunday, Live Church L.A. takes over the VIP Lounge at Club Nokia, bring-ing great music, people and inspiring messages.

Tuesday, Jan. 11ALOUD at the Central Library 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org. 7 p.m.: NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg and Geneva Overholser, director of the School of Journalism at the USC Annenberg School, discuss the future of public radio.Downtown Independent251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. 7-11 p.m.: Projectfresh presents Conscious Capitalism and the Brain, a discussion of purpose, profit and the planet as the triple bottom line in the entrepreneurial business model.Grammy Museum L.A. Live, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. 7:30 p.m.: Dude, get schooled in rock ‘n’ roll histo-ry with the tuition-free, five-part master class “What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been: A Review of Rock’s Greatest Decade.” It’s all about the ’60s, of course. Tuesdays through Feb. 1; attend one, attend them all.

Wednesday, Jan. 12Grammy Museum L.A. Live, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. 10 a.m.: In conjunction with its Crossroads ex-hibit, The Crossroads of Music: How Genres Connect explores the shared characteristics of rock, soul and other genres, and how the music of the past inter-twines with popular songs today.ALOUD at the Central Library 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org. 7 p.m.: Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish discusses I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road to Peace, his response to losing four family members to an Israeli shelling.Club Nokia800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubnokia.com. 8 p.m.; Jan. 13, 8 p.m.; Jan. 14-15, 8 and 11 p.m.; Jan. 16, 8 p.m.: Cirque Berzerk, the edgy face of con-temporary circus theater, offers what it considers a darker, sexier phantasmagoric experience. The show runs through Jan. 30.

Thursday, Jan. 13Grammy Museum L.A. Live, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. 10 a.m.: In anticipation of the museum’s upcom-ing rap oriented exhibit, Hip Hop: A Cultural Odyssey takes an in-depth look at the artists, songs and styles of the genre’s heyday, and gives participants the opportu-nity to form groups and write socially conscious rap. Downtown L.A. Art WalkInfo and map at downtownartwalk.com. Noon-10 p.m.: The Downtown Art Walk is a self-guided tour that showcases the many art exhibition venues in Downtown Los Angeles — art galleries, museums and nonprofit art venues — as well as plenty of musical entertainment and food trucks.MOCA Grand Avenue Art TalkAhmanson Auditorium, 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-1745 or moca.org. 6:30 p.m.: Artist Richard Jackson, represented in The Artist’s Museum exhibit, discusses his practice and his work as an educator. Free; no reservations required.

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National Public Radio first hit the airwaves in April 1971 with live coverage of the Senate hearings on the Vietnam War. A month later it debuted its weekday

newsmagazine “All Things Considered.” That program and NPR are still going strong as the independent, self-supporting media organization turns 40 this year. So what does the future hold for middle-aged public radio? The Aloud series welcomes Susan Stamberg (left), an NPR special correspondent, and Geneva Overholser, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, to the Central Library on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m., to discuss how public radio might respond to an ever-shifting media landscape. At 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org.

Can you say “Wurlitzer Weekend” three times, fast? The Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society kicks off a celebration of the world’s first synthesizers on Friday, Jan. 14, at 8 p.m., at the

Orpheum Theater with a screening of the 1927 silent comedy Her Wild Oat accompanied by organist Bob Salisbury. He’ll be playing the movie palace’s “Mighty Wurlitzer” (one of only three original theater pipe organs still in Southern California) while silent film star Colleen Moore plays a waitress who sows her oats on a wild, rollicking ride into high society. At 832 S. Broadway, (888) 528-6722 or latos.org.

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Fancy yourself the next Nigel Lythgoe or Bruno Tonioli? If you’ve got an eye for con-

temporary dance, The A.W.A.R.D. Show! gives you the chance to par-ticipate in an alternative “So You Think You Can Dance”-style competition at REDCAT. Each night from Jan. 13-15 at 8:30 p.m., four regional dance artists will present their work, followed by a con-versation between the performers and the audience, and a vote to advance one company to the final round. The whole shebang climaxes on Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. when the finalists perform and a panel of judges and the audience choose a winner. Your vote counts! At 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.

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René Pape has a reputation, and you’ve got one night only to hear him live up to it. The dude (our word) known as “the greatest operatic bass in the world” appears Saturday, Jan.

15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The German singer has won raves at every major opera house in the world and returns to L.A. Opera (his company debut was in Verdi’s Requiem in 2007) to perform a program of German lieder. That is, songs composed to German poems of high literary standing, mostly in the 19th century, and arranged for a single voice and piano. Pape’s recital will feature some of the most celebrated lieder from Schubert, Schumann and Wolf, accompanied by pianist Brian Zeger. At 135 S. Grand Ave., (213) 972-8001 or laopera.com.

Was there a deadly curse on 19th century Germanic composers? Bohemia-

born Gustav Mahler thought so because both Beethoven and Schubert had died before complet-ing their tenths. Thus, he conspired to trick the reaper by not titling his ninth symphonic work a “sym-phony,” but rather The Song of the Earth. The L.A. Philharmonic takes on the horse-by-any-other-name-is-still-a-symphony with another passionate Gustav(o) at the reigns — Dudamel — at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Thursday, Jan. 13, at 8 p.m. Additional performances of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony are Jan. 14-15. Alas, the reaper wasn’t fooled and Mahler died before he could finish his next, actual tenth, symphony. At 111 S. Grand Ave., musiccenter.org.

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pershingsquare/. 8-10 p.m.: Downtown On Ice goes the trib-ute band route with The Cars cover act Candy O. It’s just what you needed. You can grab your best friend’s girl, and shake it up.

Sunday, Jan. 16Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention Shrine Auditorium Expo Center, 700 W. 32nd St., (818) 954-8432 or comicbookscifi.com. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Paraphernalia for fans and col-lectors including vintage and new comic books, graphic novels, toys, action figures, movie memo-rabilia, trading cards, DVDs and an appearance by Star Wars’ Billy Dee Williams.Pershing Square532 S. Olive St., (213) 847-4970 or laparks.org/pershingsquare/. 2 p.m.: The Downtown On Ice winter concert series continues with rockabilly blues band Hank Deluxe & The Elbow Benders. Not that elbow bend-ing is all that hard.

7 p.m.: Journey cover band Escape caps off the free classic rock tribute concerts in the square. They’ll play it anyway you want it, so don’t stop believing.MOCA Grand Avenue: Screening and PanelAhmanson Auditorium, 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-1745 or moca.org. 3 p.m.: Jeffrey Deitch presents the documentary Robert Williams Mr. Bitchin’ followed by a panel dis-cussion with artist Robert Williams. Free with mu-seum admission.

FILMDowntown Independent251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. Jan. 13, 6-9 p.m.: The Latin American Cinematique Los Angeles presents its 2010 Latino Student Film Festival. Jan. 14-16: The Graphation Film Festival com-bines graphics and the concept of adaptation from literary or digital creative works to create new mo-tion pictures.IMAX TheaterCalifornia Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 744-2019 or californiasciencecenter.org. Through Jan. 27: Featuring nine-time world surf-ing champion Kelly Slater, The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D will immerse audiences in the story of an ocean wave and the lives it impacts and transforms. Hubble 3D takes movie-goers on a journey through distant galaxies to explore the grandeur and myster-ies of our celestial surroundings and accompany space-walking astronauts as they attempt the most difficult and important tasks in NASA’s history. Under The Sea 3D explores the exotic waters and creatures of the Indo-Pacific as well as the impact of climate change on the ocean wilderness.Regal Cinema L.A. Live1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (877) 835-5734 or lalive.com. Through Jan. 13: Season of the Witch (12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:10, 7:50, 9:40 and 10:20 p.m.); Gulliver’s Travels 3D (12, 2:20, 4:30, 6:50 and 9 p.m.); Coun-try Strong (1:30, 4:40, 7:40 and 10:30 p.m.); Little Fockers (12, 1:50, 2:40, 4:10, 5, 6:40, 7:30, 9:10 and 10 p.m.); True Grit (12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 8 and 10:50 p.m.); The Fighter (1:30, 4:30, 7:20 and 10:20 p.m.); Tron: Legacy 3D (12:40, 3:50, 7 and 10:10 p.m.); Yogi Bear 3D (12:10, 2:30, 4:50 and 7:10 p.m.); The

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ListingsChronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (1:40, 4:40, 7:40 and 10:40 p.m.); The Tourist (1:50, 4:20, 7 and 9:30 p.m.); Black Swan (1:20, 4, 6:40 and 9:20 p.m.); The King’s Speech (12:30, 3:40, 6:50 and 9:50 p.m.); Tangled (1:40 and 4:20 p.m.); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (9:30 p.m.). Jan. 14 (partial list): The Dilemma (1:30, 4:20, 7:10 and 10 p.m.); The Green Hornet 3D (1:20, 4:30, 7:40 and 10:50 p.m.).

ROCK, POP & JAZZCafé Metropol923 E. Third St., (213) 613-1537 or cafemetropol.com. Jan. 12, 6:30-10 p.m.: The Spotlight Cabaret pro-motes local jazz the second Sunday of the month. The show is anchored by the Spotlight Trio.Casey’s Irish Pub613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or bigcaseys.com. Jan. 15, 10 p.m.: Rob Campanella of the Brian Jonestown Massacre kicks off a January residency with side project The Quarter After.Grammy Museum L.A. Live, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. Jan. 14, 8 p.m.: Break on through to the other side of the Grammy Museum as guitar-master Robby Krieger of The Doors discuss his new pop instru-mental album Singularity. He’ll play some songs and take audience questions.Nokia Theatre777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6000 or nokiatheatrelalive.com. Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m.: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly with Patti Labelle.Orpheum Theatre842 S. Broadway, (213) 622-1939 or laorpheum.com. Jan. 16, 8 p.m.: Those who worship at the guitar god altar have a special shrine for Joe Satriani. Don’t expect a lot of single ladies in the house for this one. Redwood Bar & Grill316 W. Second St., (213) 680-2600 or theredwoodbar.com. Jan. 10, 10 p.m.: Phil Alvin and Friends and blue-grass from NYC with The Birdhive Boys. Jan. 11, 10 p.m.: Cinderella Motel, Lightnin’ Woodcock and Blackleg. Jan. 12, 10 p.m.: Untitled We Stand and Behold the Great Throne.

Jan. 13, 10 p.m.: Jake La Botz & Friends. Jan. 14, 10 p.m.: Beatnik-on-the-Mexican-border blues from the Jake La Botz Band. Jan. 15, 10 p.m.: Rock out with The Black Watch and The Furious Seasons. Jan. 16, 10 p.m.: Vicky & The Vengents get down and dirty with their psychedelic malt-shop punk rock.Seven Grand515 W. Seventh St., sevengrand.la. Jan. 11, 10 p.m.: Get a groove goin’ with The Mak-ers.The Smell247 S. Main St., alley between Spring and Main streets, thesmell.org. Jan. 12, 9 p.m.: Sean Solomon, The Finches, The Dining Dead and Old Lumps. Jan. 13, 9 p.m.: Joseph Hammer (no relation to MC), Sean McCann, Orbless and Terrors. Jan. 14, 9 p.m.: NAR, Dunes, The Babies and White Fence. Jan. 15, 9 p.m.: From New York, USAISAMON-STER, Colin L. Orchestra and CSC Funk Band. Jan. 16, 9 p.m.: Graf Orlock, Touché Amoré, Ghostlimb and Death Hymn Nine.

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Available ImmediatelyTop floor of 11 story historical building available now! We have approximately 2,868 square feet of contiguous exterior space fac-ing Olympic Blvd. Stunning views of L.A. Two blocks away from the Staples Center and adjacent to the new L.A. Live Complex. The building also has other beautiful contiguous space & some small offices available. This space can be viewed by appointment.

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Financial services

CASH NOW! Cash for your structured settlement or annuity payments. Call J.G. Wentworth. 1-866-SETTLEMENT (1-866-738-8536). Rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau. (Cal-SCAN)

Misc. services

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

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DEfENDANTS: POk SOON YU, AN INDIvIDUAL

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AND DOES 1 THROUGH 20, INCLUSIVE You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your writ-ten response must be in proper legal form, if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be tak-en without further warning from the court. There are other legal

requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the Cali-fornia Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar asso-ciation.The name and address of the court is:Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Cantral District111 North Hill Street, Los Ange-les CA 90012Case number: BC439535Dated: June 11, 2010John A Clarke, Clerk M. Garcia, DeputyThe name, address and tele-phone number of plaintiff’s at-torney, or plaitiff without an at-torney is:Joshua J Richman1940 Garnet Ave., Suite #230San Diego, CA 92109Telephone: 858-483-3082Fax: 858-274-3588Pub. 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31

FictitiOus Business naMe

fICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 20101677916 The fol-lowing person is doing business as: SAVOIR WINES, 600 W. Ninth Street, Suite #1102, Los Angeles CA 90015, are hereby registered by the following regis-trant: STEPHANIE BADEN, 600 W. Ninth Street, Suite #1102, Los Angeles CA 90015. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on November 15, 2010.This statement was filed with DEAN LOGAN, Los Angeles County Clerk on November 19, 2010.NOTICE—This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name state-ment must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Sec-tion 14411 et. seq. Business and Professions Code).Pub. 12/6, 12/13, 12/20, 12/27/10


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market, café etc. Wired for high speed internet & cable, central heat & A/C

For Sale Charming Victorian completely renovated

206 S. Chicago Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033

Beautifully renovated Victorian style home in the historic Boyle

Heights area of Los Angeles. Charm throughout. Two bedrooms with

one and one- half baths. Modern new kitchen with gorgeous granite

countertops and walk-in pantry. All kitchen appliances included. Ele-

gant hardwood floors in the living room, dining room, and bedrooms.

Bathrooms have beautiful granite floors. New wrought iron gate and fence, landscaped with water-wise

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from the Gold Line, schools, and farmers market. You will fall in love with this house!

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$265,000

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Fax: 886-348-8562

Joanne Burger: 626-705-8993

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$265,000Beautifully renovated Victorian style

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Paul: 818-419-7034 • [email protected]: 626-705-8993 • [email protected]

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It’s our business to make you comfortable... at home, downtown. Corporate and long term residency is accommodated in high style at the Towers Apartments. Con-temporary singles, studio, one bedroom and two bedroom apartment homes provide fortunate residents with a courteous full service lobby attendant, heated pool, spa, complete fitness center, sauna and recreation room with kitchen. Beautiful views extend from the Towers’ lofty homes in the sky. Mountain vistas and slender skyscrapers provide an incredible back drop to complement your decor. Far below are a host of businesses ready to support your pampered downtown lifestyle. With spectacular cultural events nearby, even the most demanding tastes are satisfied. Downtown, it’s not just big business anymore. Visit the Towers Apartments today.

Downtown, it’s not just big business anymore!

Promenade Towers123 south Figueroa streetLeasing Information213 617 3777

Grand Tower255 south Grand avenueLeasing Information213 229 9777

museum Tower225 south olive streetLeasing Information213 626 1500

Community Amenities:~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby~ Concierge~ Pool / Spa / Saunas~ Fitness Center~ Gas BBQ Grills~ Recreation Room

Community Amenities:~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby~ Pool / Saunas~ Fitness Center~ Covered Parking

On Site:~ Convenience Store / Coffee House / Yogurt Shop / Beauty Salon

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Los Angeles LakersStaples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 742-7100 or nba.com/lakers. Jan. 11 and 14, 7:30 p.m.: The Lakers have some chinks in their armor, but the suit isn’t broken yet. This is a good week to do armor repairs and get back on track. They start by host-ing the Lebron-less Cavaliers and then head up to the Bay to tangle with the Golden State Warriors (Jan. 12). Then it’s back home to host old friends Jordan Farmar and Sasha Vujacic and the New Jersey Nets. They end the week with another look at rookie sensation Blake Griffin of the Clippers (Jan. 16). It’s technically an away game, but expect a Lakers crowd.

Los Angeles ClippersStaples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 742-7100 or nba.com/clippers. Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 16, 12:30 p.m.: The Clippers have a

hop in their step these days, and by hop, we mean the enor-mous leaping abilities that get Blake Griffin and Deandre Jordan on Sports Center seemingly every night. Can the duo soar over Lebron James, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat, who come to town Monday? Honestly, it’s not likely, but no matter what, the game promises some excitement. The Clippers then visit Golden State (Jan. 14) before coming home to host the Lakers.

Los Angeles KingsStaples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., 1 (888) KINGS-LA or kings.nhl.com. Jan. 10 and 13, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 15, 7 p.m.: The Kings fin-ish off their eight-game homestand, taking on the Toronto Maple Leafs, the St. Louis Blues and the Edmonton Oilers.

L.A. MatadorsNokia Theatre, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., lamatadors.com. Jan. 13, 7 p.m.: The L.A. Matadors are the local team in the new World Series of Boxing league. It’s an amateur league, with professional rules, which means the fights look just like a pro bout, but only last five rounds. The top-ranked Matadors have three Olympians among them, including Rau’shee Warren. They take on the Miami Gallo.

—Ryan Vaillancourt

We Got GamesLebron Arrives, And So Do the Boxers


Deandre Jordan and the Clippers look to cool off the Miami Heat this week.

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