Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

So pretty, a look at Meryl Street through the years from Vanity Fair
— Aerialist hospitalized after fall during holiday performance at Beverly Center / LAT
— Black Friday Sales Bode Well For Cyber Monday / MediaPost
— Rise and fall of Design Within Reach / Apartment Therapy
— Sonia Rykiel/H&M Lingerie Hits Stores This Week / Racked NY
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Fashion photography for dolls, from StyleSectionLA; wait a minute, is that Nick Lachey?
— White House healthcare accord with drug industry may be going sour / LAT
— Free flatbread lunch at participating Jamba Juices / Daily Dish
— More Americans are hungry / Daily Dish
— Medical Marijuana Proposal Rejected by City Council / LAist
— Mammogram guidelines spark [...]

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Area opponents of medical marijuana dispensaries will be happy to hear that the Connoisseurs Collective on San Vicente, between West 3rd and Wilshire, has closed. Regardless, pro or con, it’s a cool building for lease—billed as an ‘unique office space’ (contact at 213-610-4448)—which is in walking distance of all the shops, restaurants, businesses on West [...]

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— Fast Fashions—More on Jimmy Choo for H&M
— Shops—Kira Plastinina, Comeback Kid
— Real Estates—Lee’s Liquor and Breadsticks For Lease
— Shops—Medical Marijuana Branding Elements
— Shops—’Moving Sale’ at Contessa S. Home
— Shuttering Shop News—Vie Boutique Closing End of June
— Real Estates—Preparation for Impending West 3rd Street Teardown
— Eats—Xooro Opening on Melrose Next Week
— Real Estates—Rick [...]

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However you feel about medical marijuana dispensaries, from a design standpoint, I do think the green medical cross is a successful branding element. Shown above is Sky Heaven on West 3rd, the Connoisseurs Collective on San Vicente, and The Green Easy on West 3rd.

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Wow, well, I just posted this item on Healers on 3rd coming to 311 1/2 South Sweetzer Avenue, just south of West 3rd Street, thinking it may be a spa of some sort, but turns out it’s another medical marijuana dispensary incoming.
An unhappy commenter points me to this ‘hardship exemption’ application. I guess it was [...]

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— Eats—Plywood Erected at Former Doughboys Space
— Drinks—Ed Hardy Rose or Chardonnay, Anyone…Anyone?
— Sales—Jamie Joseph Jewelry at Persimmon Saturday
— Eco—Alternative Earth Launchs ‘Think Earth’ Campaign at Sunset Marquis
— Target—Loomstate Preview in Venice
— Shop-In-Shops—Alexander Wang at Opening Ceremony
— Shops—Palmela G. Swimwear Taking Known LA Space
— Shops—The Green Easy, Medical Marijuana Purveyor
— Shops—The Scout, Cerre, [...]

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Thanks to B+S reader Melissa for tipping me to more info about The Green Easy coming to the former Danmark space (and right next to the former Pixie Market space) at 7948 West 3rd Street.
According to this ad at greene420.com, The Green Easy will offer “edibles & concentrates,” “special discounts for SSI, vets and [...]

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