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Article: City Hoping Faster Permitting Will Return Broadway Lights.(Los Angeles)(Brief Article)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 26, 2001
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In an effort to change the image of downtown Los Angeles as a place from which workers flee once the whistle blows, a plan is in the works for the creation of a special entertainment district that would revive nighttime streets and long-dormant movie theaters.
The so-called Nighttime Broadway Initiative would set up a six-block entertainment zone along Broadway between Third and Ninth streets, expediting the permitting process for bars, restaurants, nightclubs and coffee shops.
"Our plan is to get a sufficient number of entertainment uses on Broadway, so Broadway becomes the place to go in Los Angeles for entertainment," said Roger Landau, a member of ...