downtown LA has a suburb?!

did i hear birds and see trees blowing in the cool evening breeze in downtown LA? yes, i did! last night, i helped out with an event by patrician company at the newly completed barker block on molino st by kor group (you know, the folks responsible for the very hip successful viceroy hotel among many other cool properties). it's a beautiful building on a lovely tree-lined street in a very cool art enclave! a local walking her dogs who lives with her husband down the street told me she's been there "since the beginning" and added that she calls it a "suburb of downtown LA". i have to admit that i didn't really feel like i was in a downtown area. there were no high-rises nearby, no city noise, no city traffic and no city trash. it was a friendly street too with neighbors taking walks, riding bikes, waving to each other and a couple stopped to chat with neighbors on their patio. i urge you to learn more about the development downtown, especially barker block as they still have some units left!