Awesome. Great coverage.
I started exploring DTLA as a teenager in 1990 when the Red Line was under construction and at that time basically anything east of Hill Street was kind of a no-go zone. I actually got punched in the back of the head at about 5th and Broadway for apparently crossing the path of a really friendly homeless guy. Also stumbled across the aftermath of a drive-by at a gas station in South Park around the same time. All of these things obviously still happen today, but what you see now walking around are families. That's hugely important in terms of the redevelopment of the city. Bunker Hill still feels largely the same (though with a bit more pedestrian traffic), and South Park is basically another planet in comparison to then.
The changes in the past 30 years (hell, in the last 15) have been nothing short of staggering.
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