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[Bullet] The Byzantine-Latino Quarter Foundation is here to help restore a California landmark southwest of downtown Los Angeles. Improving the quality of life in urbanized areas helps the city and also reduces growth pressures in undeveloped areas.

Creating attractive, well-lit areas has helped to restore a sense of pride and place to historic neighborhoods. In a neighborhood southwest of downtown Los Angeles that had been known as Pico-Union (wikipedia.org), the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI) participants redesignated the area as the Byzantine Latino Quarter to convey the Greek and Latino flavor of the area.

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THE BYZANTINE LATINO QUARTER

[Brochure - 12 megabytes] The Byzantine Latino Quarter (BLQ) is located west of Downtown Los Angeles near Pico and Union. This community has a cultural vibrancy it is eager to share. With the "Byzantine" referencing the strong role of the Greek Orthodox St. Sophia Cathedral in the community. The name conveys the Recognized Community Organization's (RCO's) vision of a unique Pan-Latin and Greek retail center which can attract new customers from the nearby Convention Center and Staples Arena.

We have accomplished the following:

  • Comprehensive Community Work Plan
  • Street banners (300)
  • Decorative crosswalks at 6 intersections (24)
  • Pocket park on existing traffic island
  • Youth art program fabricating trash receptacles (47)
  • Pedestrian Street Lights (97)
  • Planters and plants (18)
  • Street trees (40) and decorative tree grates (38)
  • Colorful painting of street lights (97)
  • New sidewalk (200 sf)
  • Facade improvements (1)
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