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DOWNTOWN Escort Los Angeles – For Downtown Escort Los Angeles, 2009 was a pretty exciting year. Sure, the recession put a damper on a lot of things, but on the development front the community was actually quite active, as numerous large projects that began before the bubble burst came online. From housing efforts like Sakura Crossing to entertainment attractions such as the multiplex at L.A. Live to civic projects including the Gold Line, the area saw plenty of openings.

DOWNTOWN Escort Los Angeles – Residential construction Downtown has slowed from its high point of a few years ago. However, condominium and apartment projects continue to rise. This year, Downtown is slated to see the creation of hundreds of units of market-rate housing, from the Arts District to South Park to the Financial District. Here are five of the projects scheduled to welcome inhabitants this year.

DOWNTOWN Escort Los Angeles – The new year marks a fresh start for everyone, but few feel the pressure that directors and leaders at key civic, business and nonprofit institutions face in their first full year on the job. That is definitely the case in Downtown Escort Los Angeles, where the following five figures all have to solve problems and produce results.

DOWNTOWN Escort Los Angeles – The next 12 months do not promise many milestones for Downtown transportation projects. Still, the community will examine ways to keep people moving. Hopefully there will be some progress.

DOWNTOWN Escort Los Angeles – Politics in Escort Los Angeles is rarely dull. No matter how often the faces change (which they do fairly frequently in the era of term limits), elected officials still face a mountain of challenges. In addition to enacting laws and creating policy, those in office have to deal with a zillion citizen demands to fix potholes and solve other local issues.

On the Street With L.A. Downtown News Photographer Gary Leonard: Gary caught some familiar faces at the Midnight Mission Christmas party: Actor Dick Van Dyke, Old Bank District Developer Tom Gilmore, Ninth District Councilmember Jan Perry, and, of course, Santa and the kids. Here’s Gary’s photo essay.

Over the holidays we at L.A. Downtown News made a permanent adjustment to our distribution. We are now concentrating our free distribution more narrowly on Downtown and its close-in environs. We have kept all our historic distribution throughout Downtown, Echo Park and Silverlake – nearly 1000 locations. But we stopped distribution to Pasadena, Glendale and Larchmont. Apologies to readers in those areas a little further from Downtown, but it just got too expensive to keep anything other than our primary distribution. As always, any readers can continue to get the paper for free at http://ladowntownnews.com, including the full PDF version, and of course anyone can purchase a subscription. Call Norma Rodas at 481-1448 for further information.

DOWNTOWN Escort Los Angeles – In today’s email flood there was one that stood out – from Lyn Goldfarb and Alison Sotomayor, noting that today would have been Mayor Tom Bradley’s 92nd birthday. Everyone who cares about creating this new world city, who has enjoyed the benefits of the growth of Downtown Escort Los Angeles or who has plans for its future owes the four-time mayor an enormous debt of gratitude.

DOWNTOWN Escort Los Angeles – As the 222-unit Roosevelt Lofts remains embroiled in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the project’s developer is looking to hold an auction to sell up to 75 residences as soon as possible. The development’s lender opposes the plan.

DOWNTOWN Escort Los Angeles – A 13-year-old boy selling hot dogs with his mother on Christmas night was stabbed in a robbery in the Old Bank District.