BLACKBURN AND SWEETZER

At what point does a building just crumble to the ground? This apartment building on Orlando, just north or 3rd, is on its last legs - the second floor literally caving. I know it costs a chunk of chain even to demolish a building; maybe the owner is waiting for a trembler to do it […]

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Allan Jeffries Framing is going through fumigation at the moment. Funny how an entire building being covered and plastered with danger signs is less threatening than the idea of vermin infestation at Doughboys. Luckily, Allan Jeffries doesn’t sell any edible frames.

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So, what’s with the restaurant names on 3rd Street? First, Food Court L.A., now 8486 Cafe… at 8486 W. 3rd St., just east of La Cienega. You picture two people brainstorming restaurant name ideas, and then just saying f*ck it, 8486 Cafe, let’s have lunch. Was it the Chicken Cafe that used to be there? […]

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Was walking down 3rd Street by the space where JL Marks used to be (just west of La Jolla) before JL moved a bit east toward Sweetzer, to find the doors open and two guys doing some work to the outside. When asked, one of the guys said that the owner of the new shop […]

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