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Metro’s long-awaited Bike Share program with the City of Los Angeles is scheduled to launch on Thursday, July 7.

Up to 1,000 bicycles will be available at up to 65 strategically placed downtown L.A. locations (over seven in the Arts District), connecting our neighborhood with Union Station, City Hall, Grand Park, L.A. Convention Center, South Park, Chinatown, Fashion District, Little Tokyo and more. Many bike share stations will be placed in close proximity to the Metro Rail and Bus network, giving transit riders direct access to Metro bikes to easily combine bicycle and transit trips.

CLICK HERE FOR CURRENT STATION MAP

“We are excited that L.A. will officially join the bike share revolution that is now giving city dwellers across the nation new ways to explore their urban communities,” said Mark Ridley-Thomas, L.A. County Supervisor and Metro Board Chair. “Marrying bicycle and transit trips will go a long way in supporting healthy lifestyles, easing traffic on downtown streets and, perhaps most importantly, getting Angelenos where they need to go in an efficient and affordable manner.” People who live, work and play in downtown L.A. are encouraged to sign up for a Metro bike share pass in advance of the launch at www.metro.net/bikeshare. The system will be accessible exclusively to pass holders from July 7 until August 1, 2016, when it will open for all users, including walk-up customers. People who purchase their pass early will get a limited edition Metro Bike Share Kit. The first 1,000 people to sign up will also receive exclusive Metro bike share pins.

The installation of bike share stations throughout downtown L.A. will begin in early June, with work expected to continue until the stations open to the public on July 7.

“We are always looking to help people explore our incredible city in new ways. Now, through Metro’s new bike share program, residents and visitors from around the world can to check out a bike and see downtown L.A. with a fast, fun and affordable system,” said Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Second Vice Chair. “Paired with our city’s new bicycle infrastructure, this is going to make it easier and safer to travel through our city on two wheels.”

Metro will become the first major transportation agency in America to offer a single card that allows access to both transit and bike share systems. To use the bike share system, customers can purchase a monthly or annual flex pass at http://www.metro.net/bikeshare. New customers will receive their TAP card in the mail. Existing TAP card holders have the option of registering their current TAP card in the system and simply adding bike share access to it.

Pass holders will use their Metro bike share-registered TAP card to access any Metro bike from a dock at a station. Bike share-registered TAP cards identify each user to both Metro bike share and Metro transit lines. As with all TAP cards, transit fares can be loaded onto the bike share-registered TAP card at any Metro ticket vending machine, online at taptogo.net or at any of the hundreds of TAP vending locations across the county.

The Metro bike share fare structure is designed to be flexible and affordable for all users. The agency has created three simple pass options:

A monthly pass is $20 per month. All trips 30 minutes or less are free and $1.75 per 30 minutes thereafter. This pass option is best if the user expects to take more than five trips per month. People use their registered TAP card to get a bike.
A Flex Pass is $40 per year. All trips 30 minutes or less are $1.75 and $1.75 per 30 minutes thereafter. This option is best if users expect to take two to five trips per month or want the convenience of using their TAP card to get a bike.

A Walk-Up is $3.50 for 30 minutes. This option will be available starting Monday, August 1. All trips 30 minutes or less are $3.50, and $3.50 per 30 minutes thereafter. An introductory 50% discount rate will be offered in August-September. This option is best for tourists and visitors to downtown LA. Users can pay per trip using their credit card at any station kiosk.

Metro and the city of Los Angeles worked closely with downtown L.A. community stakeholders, taking into consideration crowdsourced public input to select initial station locations that will better connect people to key neighborhood destinations. Special consideration was given to locations that created better access to museums, libraries, schools, retail, employment, residential areas and transit hubs. A map of current station locations is now available at www.metro.net/bikeshare. Users are encouraged to check back often, as new station locations will be added regularly.

Metro is now offering an exclusive naming and branding rights partnership for its bike share program. The sponsorship opportunity will enable a single company to advertise its products on the bicycles on a 24/7, year-round basis with dense coverage in downtown L.A. and future expansion planned for Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, the San Gabriel Valley, Huntington Park, East Los Angeles and elsewhere across the region.

The system will be operated by Bicycle Transit Systems, with bikes and stations provided by BCycle, a unit of Trek Bicycles of Wisconsin. These companies have successfully launched and/or operate more than 40 bike share systems in metropolitan areas in the United States and abroad.

Ready to furnish your new loft or redecorate your existing one? Check out the Spring Sample Sale at Menzie with discounted offerings from Saturday, April 30 through Sunday, May 8 At its Arts District design showroom at 1820 Industrial St., you can find high-end contemporary European indoor and outdoor furnishings and window coverings perfect for modern lofts, residences, offices, and hospitality venues, too.

RSVP on Facebook!

Click HERE for List of Sale Items (30-75% off)!

Housed in the Arts District’s south end near Daily Dose Cafe, The Bridge Mind Body Movement, and Pour Haus Wine Bar, Menzie’s design showroom is open to trade customers and the public as well. The cool thing is that your options extend beyond the showroom samples. For example, that sofa you want could be ordered in the fabric of your choice as well as other companion items from that same brand. You could even order additional pieces from Menzie’s collection of manufacturers and designers in Italy, Germany, France, and Switzerland.

NOTE: Showroom hours for this sale are 10am-7pm on Saturday, April 30 through Sunday, May 8 or by appt.

NOTE: First come, first served. All items are sold in ”as-is” condition. All sales are final. Sales tax of 9% applies. Delivery services are additional. Cash and credit cards accepted (American Express, Visa, Mastercard).

Menzie International – Arts District Showroom
1820 Industrial Street #102a
Los Angeles, CA 90021
(310) 475-2331 • Like on Facebook!
Email => Menzie McKinley

Arts District Showroom for Menzie International

Menzie has a huge selection of outdoor furniture, too!

See Menzie’s secret backroom!

Special order this popular table (as seen at DWELL on Design).

Menzie International has proudly conducted contract installations for numerous clients, including the Academy of Motion Pictures Pickford Center, Agua Caliente Spa Resort Casino, American Express, Asylum FX, Bellagio Hotel, Bonaventure Hotel, British Academy of Motion Pictures, California Institute of Technology, Crunch Club, Disney, Evo Condominums, Factory Place, Galpin Ford Jaguar Showroom, Guitar Center, Hilton Hotel, Hustler Cafe, Hyatt Hotel, Italian Trade Commission, Johannes Restaurant, Kimpton Hotels, Le Canal Plus, Luscen Marketing Solutions, Mazzetti Regional Offices, McCourt Regional Offices, Motown Records, Oakwood School, Orthomedics Clinics, Pagent Communications, Paramount Pictures, J. Paul Getty Museum, Sir Speedy Printing, Sony Development, Talesai Restaurant, Telepictures Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, University of California, UNet, Warner Bros, Western Bagel, and Wynn Hotel.

WED 4/20/16 @ 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Facebook • Website • TIX $6.25
DOORS 7:30 PM – SHOW 8:00 PM

Hosted by Joshua Silverstein, The Best Poetry Hour returns to celebrate the release of Sierra DeMulder’s latest book, “Today Means Amen,” featuring the author and performer with special guests Jeremy Radin, Tonya Ingram, Edwin Bodney, Yazmin Monet Watkins, and more.

ART SHARE L.A.
801 E. 4th Pl.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 687-4278

FRI 4/15/16 @ 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM
TIX $7 (sold at door only) :: ALL AGES :: NO-HOST BAR
DOORS 7:30 PM – BANDS START 8:30 PM
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This inaugural Chicano Night! at Art Share L.A. grew out of the idea by Counter Culture Group to celebrate the larger Chicano community’s involvement in visual and musical art.

FEATURED BANDS (more to be announced)
The Lint Vaccine (Los Angeles, CA): Facebook – Soundcloud

The Golden Tongues (Los Angeles, CA): The moniker for lead singer Christopher Garcia, this band feature music that explores “the dreamy segments of love and hurt; trial and tribulation; and the multifaceted nuances of life. Their sound has been called “weightless and impactful, like dazing at the sky during rainfall.” Facebook – Soundcloud

Alchemy CV (Coachella Valley, CA): This psych/indie/rock band has been working their way from the desert, gaining great traction and opportunities all over the Southern California, even opening on stage at Coachella Fest 2015. Their 5-song EP is coming out this summer! Facebook – Soundcloud

FEATURED ARTISTS
June Alvarez
David Ramirez

ART SHARE L.A.
801 E. 4th Pl.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 687-4278

Linear City partners Yuval Bar-Zemer and Leonard Hill (photo by Gary Leonard for Downtown News, 2011)

Arts District-based developer Leonard Hill has committed a major donation to the design, construction and programming of an arts plaza beneath the new 6th Street Bridge as shared by Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday, January 27, 2016.

Hill’s gift of $1.9 million  will ensure the realization of the recreational and community-building components included in the city’s vision for the new Sixth Street Viaduct. The proposed Leonard Hill Arts Plaza, pending City Council approval, will sit underneath the bridge between Santa Fe Avenue and the Los Angeles River. The gift includes funding for the design and construction of a stage as well as funding for a performing arts series that will be open to the public. The Plaza is expected to be constructed in 2019 and begin arts programming in the space in 2020.

“For too long, Los Angeles has been thought of as urban sprawl without a center. With the construction of the new 6th Street bridge, we begin to create a meaningful and monumental city center,” said Leonard Hill. “The remarkable growth of our downtown metropolis will be anchored by this architecturally stunning and internationally renowned 6th Street bridge. I am proud to be part of the effort to create it.”

Hill, a founding partner of Linear City Development, as well as a native Angeleno and a longtime television producer, helmed such notable developments as the Toy Factory Lofts and Biscuit Lofts residential adaptive reuse projects, both linchpins in the renewal of the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District neighborhood.

“It takes vision and leadership to create a legacy,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “Just as the Sixth Street Bridge has connected the neighborhoods to the east and west of the L.A. River, Leonard’s incredible gift will give future generations of Angelenos a beautiful place to connect with the outdoors, their communities, and each other.”

“The Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles is incredibly grateful to Leonard Hill for his donation,” said Deidre Lind, the Fund’s President. “The arts plaza will ensure arts remains a cornerstone of neighborhoods connected by the Sixth Street Bridge. Mr. Hill’s generosity demonstrates the value of public-private partnerships as we look to the future of Los Angeles. The Fund was created for exactly this purpose – to facilitate philanthropic visions that dovetail with the work being done by city government, and to encourage the private sector to step up as a partner with the public sector.”

The iconic Sixth Street Bridge, its concrete deteriorated beyond repair, is scheduled for demolition in early in 2016. The new bridge, designed by HNTB and Michael Maltzan, is scheduled to be completed in 2019.

The Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to improving life for all Angelenos. Bringing together institutions and experts from across the City, the Fund supports programs that will create transformative change across Los Angeles, making it a world leader in economic prosperity, government efficiency, community resiliency, and quality of life for all of its residents. Uniquely positioned at the crossroads of local government, business, philanthropy, and non-profits, the Fund enables communication and collaboration that will tackle some of Los Angeles’ most complex challenges. The Fund is supported by private donations and is overseen by an independent Board of Directors. More information can be found at www.mayorsfundla.org.