Take a walk on Main Street between Fourth and Seventh and the most remarkable thing is what’s no longer there: Mostly gone are the loitering crowds, the drug dealers and the addicts looking to buy, the Downtown News reports.
Gilad Lumer plans to open three retail spaces on the ground level of a Main Street parking structure. A recent clean-up between Fourth and Seventh streets has led to a flurry of construction. Photo by Gary Leonard.
Instead, last Monday morning, the street was lively with area workers and dotted with construction crews. While it’s no Beverly Hills, or even Bunker Hill, a cleaned-up Main Street has been an increasingly common sight in recent months, following an LAPD and City Attorney crackdown on crime in the area.
Now, there are even signs of financial investment in what has historically been one of Downtown’s roughest strips.
