L.A. Goes Live
Consider me a big fan of the partly opened LA Live complex downtown, where I dined with friends last night. Even before most of its restaurants and stores have been completed, it already sports a superstar quality.
Three years ago, I moved to downtown Long Beach, feeling that its reinvigorated Pine Avenue, Pike complex and convention center had more potential than downtown LA, due to their proximity to the ocean. Having watched Long Beach stagnate for those three years, I'm ready to finally make the move to downtown LA. The public and private investment in the area is stupendous. The tipping point for me, though, is that LA Live has some of the best urban energy that I've seen -- and energy is what downtown has needed to truly arrive. I suspect the best is to come.
You're bolting Long Beach after only three years? Gee, Notre Dame is giving Charlie Weis a minimum of five. Will you be informing the mayor of Long Beach that his city is worse than the Notre Dame football program?