DTLA LIFE MAG #16 | APRIL 2015 | Page 4

Downtown Los Angeles is more than a neighborhood, it’s several neighborhoods with all kind of diversity. Art, Fashion, Historic, Jewelry, Business Districts. Little Tokyo, Chinatown, Alvarado Street. City West, South Park and more. All kind of differences, but it’s where it all started, where Los Angeles Started. And everyday seems that it is where everything is coming back. Retails, businesses, theaters and finally the people. The Angelenos are now proud of their Downtown, they move here because it is cool and trendy. Minorities embraced our city center from the beginning, they always be there to start new trends and create one big family. In Downtown LA we do not care about the color of your skin, your sexual orientation or if you have a cat or a dog. We care about people, we volunteer, we help each other and we are moving forward. I am amazed of how it has grown in 10 year, yes 10 years since I moved here, in DTLA! It was a big change compare to my home country, a different culture, a different language, different ways to act, to interact, to walk around and see the world. But I felt home here, in Downtown LA and 10 years later, I am so proud to call it HOME! Alex LiMandri Editor-in-Chief DTLA LIFE TM | Magazine! www.laloftsrealty.com www.dwellhomes.com www.dtlalife.com