As a local of Los Angeles, I have been craving to see life in the city. As far as art and Culture goes, there is none, with the exception of the beautiful Latino culture that thrives but not all understand and participate. And that is only one voice. There are plenty other forms of art in Los Angeles that is grossly ignored. What was considered art and culture in Los Angeles 10 years ago was the exclusiveness of underground parties. You had to know people in order to participate and observe. The proposal to bring Life and art into the heart of downtown Los Angeles will not only thrive for the local food Culturist and artist; it gives all a chance to participate and observe something they can relate to. I can remember when and if I ever drove downtown, there were a concentrated number of transients in tents on the streets at night. Main Street was the place you could go to by drugs. The Rosslyn hotel housed crack heads and drug addicts. Then museums and art galleries started showing up every where. The Santee alley sold a pair of shoes for five to ten dollars. The streets were empty and the old theatres were never used. With the new Art movement in Downtown Los Angeles comes the death of the Garment district downtown. The Fashion district is slowly dying. Is this a sacrifice worth making? Did we not learn anything from the Garment district of the Manhattan's Bowery?
Now that the energy has shifted, I feel like there is life in Los Angeles. We were a silent voice yearning to get out and express the angst and perpetual boredom. Now the silent and muted artist now has a voice and a stage for the locals. There is also the new neighborhood with real live domestics and dogs with sweaters. This new Downtown has now become the height of sophistication. I'm hoping the rest of Los Angeles catch on. And hopefully it won't die out like everything else in Los Angeles.
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