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Originally Posted by Quixote
^ Staples/LA Live isn't more vibrant than 9th and Broadway, unless there's a special event--sports, awards ceremony, whatever. And in the colloquial sense (the only thing that matters, as it's our city), "9th and Broadway" is most certainly "south Broadway" in actuality and by convenient definition; it's anchored by the Eastern Columbia and Orpheum.
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If I was referring to 9th and Broadway I would have just said Broadway as most people do. That intersection is what people think of when they think of Broadway. Officially, the Broadway Theater District is between 3rd and 9th, so we're both right. It's right on the border. But the official definition excludes the ACE hotel/UA theater, so I think Olympic makes more sense for the southern border (as there are no more major theaters to the south of Olympic). Olympic is also where the street kinks, so it's a convenient marker. Also, officially, everything south of 9th on Broadway is actually considered South Park (which is huge, officially), so you have to take these things with a grain of salt. Neighborhood borders are fluid and often informal. Anyway, one more thing to argue about, I guess.
You're right about LA Live's vibrancy being more "event-driven" but then again, between the Microsoft theater, Staples and the convention center, there's some kind of event going on almost every single night, so I would say that vibrancy is vibrancy regardless of the source.