Downtown LA: What We Need Right Now is a Positive Attitude

VOICES-(Re: Joel Kotkin’s ‘The Curious Comebacks of U.S. Downtowns’)  Joel, please come visit me in Downtown Los Angeles. I'd love to show you what our community is like from a residential perspective. 

What we need more than anything right now is a positive attitude and faith in ourselves. 

What is unhelpful is the  constant pummeling of LA from within ourselves. No wonder we are such a challenged citizenry. 

We need to share more moments together to celebrate the good stuff. So please come join me for a coffee at Grand Central Market or a happy hour on Spring Street. 

Sure, we may not be the dominant feature of a metropolitan landscape - but we are a small population that is enjoying the authenticity of Los Angeles.

 

(Will Wright is the Director of Government and Public Affairs at the American Institute of Architects)

-cw

 

 

 

CityWatch

Vol 12 Issue 99

Pub: Dec 9, 2014