Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

This was the scene at the northwest corner of 3rd and Sweetzer at around 4:30pm yesterday, causing significant traffic on 3rd. Owner Allan Jeffries said he believed there was another car involved in the accident, but it was nowhere in sight by then. An elderly fellow crashed into the lamp post, which then toppled on [...]

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Tt Collection’s pop up has popped down (just east of Toast), and Tide’s ‘Style is an option. Clean is not.’ campaign has taken its place, also covering the former Rodan vs Griffith storefront. Curious how that sum compares to a month of rent for the property owner…any knowledgeable ad sales peeps out there have an [...]

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Rendering of Casden condo and apartment project from Curbed LA
This Wednesday, January 27 at 6:30pm at 543 North Fairfax Avenue, the Mid City West Community Council Land Use Committee will hold a public meeting regarding the 300-unit Casden Properties project proposed for West 3rd Street and Ogden Drive, where the Ross Dress for Less currently [...]

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Have you noticed the Beverly Connection’s new black trim? I think it’s a bit of an improvement, gives the big box some definition, but it also looks a bit ’80s or something… Thoughts?
A couple more angles…

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Get word from a B+S reader that there are three vacant seats—’Arts,’ ‘Renters’ and ‘Medical’—on the Mid-City West Community Council Board. Elections for each of the seats will be held tonight at a public meeting Tuesday, January 12 at 7pm in the main auditorium of the National Council of Jewish Women at 543 [...]

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Outside Joan’s on Third
— Text and photos by Christina von Messling
I had been looking forward to the West 3rd Street Holiday Party for a while, it seemed like a great way to take care of my holiday shopping and to get into a festive, Christmas-y mood (this I find especially challenging in Southern California).
My [...]

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As I mentioned, tonight is the West 3rd Street Holiday Party from 6pm-9pm, with more than 60 participating boutiques, restaurants and businesses on West 3rd between La Cienega and Fairfax.
The West 3rd Street Business Association has amped up its efforts and enlisted a marketing professional to get the word [...]

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It’s that time of year. The West 3rd Street Annual Holiday Party is next week, Thursday, December 10 from 6pm-9pm. There will be drinks, merriment, music, shopping and complimentary valet parking (check here for deets). The list of participating boutiques, restaurants and other businesses is long and distinguished, just check above. Also, note [...]

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The West 3rd Street Business Association is launching its Public Valet Service today, Saturday, November 28 at 11am, running through Sunday, December 20—just look for the orange umbrellas and orange shirts on the valets with the WTSBA logo.
Before 5pm, it’s $3.50; after 5pm, it’s $5. No validations are [...]

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If you haven’t noticed the ‘for lease’ sign on the Borders at 330 South La Cienega Boulevard, just south of West 3rd, here it is. A B+S reader pointed it out to me; it’s likely I’d walked beneath it a number of times without seeing it. So, what’s the deal? A staffer told me the [...]

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CLC’s Bette blazer at Joan’s on Third, click to expand
A very, very big thank you to one of my longtime favorite LA designers Corey Lynn Calter and her amazing team for including me in this shoot, featuring picks from CLC’s fall 2009 collection!
Fantastically photographed by Nhat Nguyen, neighborhood favorites Hillary Rush, Joan’s on Third, [...]

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The husband has been following the pen-paper-tape handiwork of a serial flyer-hanger around the neighborhood—check the work here (an ode to Todd Bridges and the Lakers), here (famous father and lady talk), here (Clinton supporter?), here (a call for all the ladies), and here (gotta love a Good Times reference).
Note the [...]

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