Type: Music/Arts - Celebration of Life "A Cosmic Being in a Physical World" Date: Saturday, April 30, 2009 Time: 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Location: Vibiana's (formerly Saint Vibiana's Cathedral) Street: 2nd & Main Streets City/Town: Downtown Los Angeles, CA

"CELEBRATING THE LIFE"

"Lesley Gilb Taplin"

"Music, Entertainment, Food,Drinks"

Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:30-9:30

Adjacent Free or Reduced Parking Adjacent to Cal Trans Building, New Police Headquarters,just South of Los Angeles City Hall

Lesley Gilb Taplin was one of the original founders of the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council. Along with Qathryn Brehm,now Director, Marketing & Community Relation for the Central City East Association, canvas the Downtown, South Park, Bunker Hill, Skid Row, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, Olvera Street, the Arts District. First educating the Los Angeles Charter change authorizing "Neighborhood Councils, then assembling a group willing to create By-Law required to establish a neighborhood council. No template existed for the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council, no existing homeowers association, no community booster organization...City Hall, Councilmembers and bureaucrats provided little support for the formation of these "Neighborhood Councils." The "first" election and then, the "second" following the by-laws, allowed the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council to be one of the first certified under the then new City Charter.

Seeded with $50,000 a year, the organization now know as D-LANC, famously gave a horse to the Los Angeles Police Department, followed with video and still cameras, recording equipment for the interview room, a battering ram. (One of the these video cameras tape the drop off of a homeless on Skid Row from a hospital, shown around the world, ultimately initating $Millon Law Suites relating to the treatment of homeless in the City of Los Angeles...these drops came as far as Riverside and San Bernadino.)

With additional seed money funded the Skid row 3 on 3 Basketball League ("More than a Game"), clean-ups and murals. Business computers were refubished at Trade Tech and given to 9th Street Elementary. Gallery Row down Spring Street and up Main was started with four (4) galleries, blossoming into 28 galleries and growing, and a 2nd Thursday ArtWalk nights drawing thousands to Main and Spring, when the nights only brought substance abusers, primps and prostitutes and the related activities. Remember the pre-Bratton days of East Downtown Los Angeles? The "Skid Row Camera Club" again seeded with DLANC purchases, has recorded many of these changes. .)

On April 14, 2009 at the Los Angeles Tower Theater, the three Downtown Councilmembers, Huizar, Reyes and Perry formerly recognized the seven year contribution of the Los Angeles Downtown Neighborhood Council to the social and developmental fabric of our Downtown Los Angeles. Lesley Gilb Taplin was an advocate as art and hard work as a motivator for social change and one of the original founders of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council.
Downtown Speakeasy WalkDowntown LA Secrets

Explored the wonders of a few of Downtown LA's bars, Saloons, lounges and speakeasys

American Budwiser Pub Crawl Wed April 1st, 2009 8 PM starting with $1.25 Budwiser toasts at The King Edward SaloonClick Saloon Name
King Eddy Saloon

Golden Gopher
Orchid �O� Hotel
Hank's SaloonDowntown's oldest neighborhood Bar

Broadway Bar
Lazy Eye Kitty
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75th Anniversary End of Prohibition walking pub crawl of Downtown Los Angeles(Downtown L.A. Secrets)

Past Exploration of a few Downtown L.A.'s secret bars, lounges and speakeasys

A good one started Saturday, June 28th, 2008Starting at 9 PM [2100 hours]Park at lot off Hill, just east of the Golden Gopher includes toasts at:
Golden Gopher, The King Eddy Saloon, El Zarape

  Tour Director - Thomas "TK" Nagano,with special guests

Manny Aguirre pours a Martini...Musso and Frank's Grill. He was named "Bartender of the Year" Southern California Restaurant Writers 2005-2006. He holds court every afternoon from 3 PM to 8 PM, Tuesday though Saturday. "Stirred not shaken"

e-Mail: MrDowntownLA@hotmail.com

T K�s (213) 621-7665

"Downtown LA Open Hours Pub Crawl Sat June 28th 2008 (Walking Tour) comfortable shoes recomended"

"and just think how much gasoline you'll save."