Downtown LA Culture

The Upside of Having a Gallery in Downtown LA.

Posted by on July 17, 2011 at 1:29 pm

There’s a terrific OpEd by Joan Springhetti in the LA Times today which does a great job of summarizing why we live and opened CB1 Gallery in downtown. Eight years ago, as I watched a building near my work be converted from vacant offices into lofts, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. If I lived there, [...]

Our New Neighbor–The Last Bookstore.

Posted by on June 9, 2011 at 1:12 pm

We are so pleased to welcome The Last Bookstore to the neighborhood with 10,000 square feet of used books. Come and check it out and visit us while there. Also, they just purchased thousands of used art books which will be for sale starting today.  The Last Bookstore is open seven days a week (until [...]

Hollywood’s Backlot–Filming in Downtown LA.

Posted by on May 13, 2011 at 10:43 am

If you spend any time in downtown LA you know that there are always film crews in the neighborhood.  Here’s a new feature by BlogDowntown, that makes it easy to find out what’s filming and where. All the info you need to find or avoid a film site when you come downtown to MOCA, CB1 [...]

We Love Our Downtown LA Neighborhood!

Posted by on March 5, 2011 at 8:48 am

In the 20 months we’ve lived in the Historic Core of downtown LA and the 12 months CB1 Gallery has been open, the neighborhood has continued its evolution. It’s a great place to live and work and play.  The addition of Two Bits Market across the street from CB1 has been a great addition to [...]

Reactivation!

Posted by on December 21, 2010 at 9:31 am

It’s been months since we’ve posted anything to the CB1 Gallery blog, but one of our new year’s resolutions is to get back to it and make the blog a vital part of our communication of what we’re doing here in downtown LA. Our first year began on February 11th and to end the year, [...]