Downtown

Architecture/Art/Street She's shrugged off her seedy backstory and today LA's inner nabe is firmly in the spotlight with her archi marvels, modish diners and hip ships, all but a shimmy from each other. Ditch the wheels, and stride to the Art District's / 924 W 1st Ave / theyardonsantafe.net / for brekkie and a mantra at

/ 213 9292 5580 / cafegratitude.com, or for fuel with more rocket, order a buttery boost from

/ 213 265 7040 / bulletproof.com. Onto Santa Fe Ave, at #300 / 213 437 2130 / hennesseyingalls. com / shelves a fine array of coffee-table tomes; / 213 995 9951 / thevoyagershop.com / is a stable of niche n' now names, and / 323 782 9791 / shopwittmore.com / for streamlined gent's threads. Retrace up Santa Fe Ave until you reach the corner with 3rd where / 255 S Santa Fe / 213 928 0997 / hammerandspear.com / racks a covetable edit of mod and vintage furniture. Power down 3rd until you hit flour mill turned / 901 E 3rd St / 213 943 1620 / hauserwirthlosangeles.com / whose ever-changing sculptures in the courtyard are worth a gander, as is their biblio bolthole / 917 E 3rd St / 213 988 7413 / artbook.com. Sustainable supper club / 901 E...

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Gratitude

Coffee Hennessey + Ingalls

Wittmore Bulletproof Voyager Hammer and Spear Hauser & Wirth Gallery Artbook @ Hauser & Wirth The Yards Manuela Café