| The Los Angeles Downtown Arts District is a community of downtown Los Angeles. It was created in the 1970's when artists moved into the empty warehouse and manufacturing spaces in buildings up to 130 years old in the area between Little Tokyo and the L.A. River. The residents gained legal status when the LA City Council permitted artists to live in their work spaces as live/work space. In the 1990's, at the urging of Arts District activist Joel Bloom, the area was officially designated as the Arts District. It is home to hundreds of artists, musicians, artisans and dozens of arts-related enterprises, including the Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc), Cornerstone Theater, ArtShare and a scattering of galleries, cafes and restaurants. |
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