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#7 Ari Simon (Get Downtown): Existing and Producing in DTLA

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English - December 08, 2016 02:20 - 1 hour - 77 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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 Ari Simon is one of those guys that runs shit behind the scenes in Downtown LA. He knows a hell of a lot about said scenes, and he has had a hand in a few different areas of local government. He is best known for his events and survey of the neighborhood, Get Downtown – a map and print publication that also has a heavy online presence and killer newsletter. 

 

 

0:35 - What is GET DOWN TOWN? 

 

• Tower Theater’s first talkie

http://www.getdowntown.la/

http://www.towertheatrela.com/history-of-broadway

 

6:15 - Ari’s involvement in DTLA - A2B 

 

10:15 - Working with the Historic Core BID 

 

● What is the BID?

http://historiccore.bid/about-the-bid/

 

15:35 - DTLA Perspective - The differences between then and now 

 

○ 6th St - The most underrated street in DTLA

 

23:25 - The DTLA Cultural Stakeholders Group 

 

○ The Broad comes to Los Angeles

http://www.thebroad.org/

 

25:07 - An Accidental Call to Action - Bringing venues together 

 

26:53 - Eli Broad - One of the biggest art collections in the world 

www.highsnobiety.com/2015/06/16/most-valuable-art-collections /

 

32:43 - The Future of DTLA 

 

37:00 - What is Night on Broadway? 

 

○ What is a way that we can inspire people?

 

http://nightonbroadway.la/

 

42:27 - “We’re not old money, we’re young money” 

 

44:00 - The History of Pershing Square 

 

http://la.curbed.com/2013/8/28/10203644/38-photos-of-pershing-square-from-1866-to-today

 

50:52 - Gentrification of DTLA 

 

54:33 - What the fuck is Ari’s job? 

 

○ Separating different projects when representing different businesses

 

1:03:03 - The Development of Take Me Home LA 

○ What does it mean to be home in LA?

http://urbanize.la/sites/default/files/TAKEMEHOMELAinfo.pdf

 

1:07:30 - Challenges faced as a curator 

 

1:11:13 - When a creative’s performance goes awry 

 

○ Fabric Planet

http://myfabricplanet.com/

 

1:23:48 - What is Monkey Town? 

http://monkeytownhq.com/

 

1:24:40 - The Sponsorship Debate 

 

○ Levi’s Commuter Space

 

http://www.levistrauss.com/unzipped-blog/2014/07/peddle-your-way-to-a-levis-commuter-workspace-this-summer/ 

 

1:37:40 What’s in your event pipeline for the history of DTLA?

 

1:43:50 - What would you tell your 20 year old self? 

 

Ari can be found in DTLA, NYC, Paris, Berlin, Mexico City... or http://getdowntown.la and http://instagram.com/getdowntown.la