An outpost of the indie music-focused venue Baby’s All Right, which has one other location in Brooklyn’s hip Williamsburg neighborhood, is slated to open in a warehouse near Los Angeles State Historic Park.
Operator Eli Kagan says that he and fellow operator, Zachary Mexico, had been looking for a space to open a venue in Los Angeles for some time, looking first for a viable spot near MacArthur Park, then in Echo Park. But this “raw, industrial” Chinatown spot offered the benefit of space to do something “larger scale.”
The project is awaiting a series of approvals from the city, but Kagan says he wants to open the venue in late 2018 or early 2019.
The venue would occupy part of a 28,000-square-foot warehouse on a property between Naud Street and Spring Street, just southeast of the park. The plan is to convert the warehouse by adding a second story, an outdoor bar and seating, and a rooftop deck. The establishment would have one main stage, two smaller secondary stages, and four bars, and it would serve food from an onsite kitchen.
Kagan says that space in the massive warehouse that would unused by the music venue would continue to be used by the property owners, identified in planning documents as Gaw Capital USA.
The warehouse is one of five buildings on the site just south of the park. It has been rumored that many more of the warehouses are planned for conversion into restaurants and bars. (At least one chic New York bar, Apotheke, seems locked in already.)
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Comments
the manhattanization of la continues…
By Sandcastle Dreams on 07.11.17 10:33am
Ah yes, the classic "Let’s turn LA into Manhattan, by bringing in a music venue from Brooklyn" scheme.
By BH90008 on 07.11.17 6:34pm
Would have preferred that it become creative or tech offices. We need more high paying jobs in the area.
By Whitman Lam on 07.11.17 10:45am
Or housing…
By Sandcastle Dreams on 07.11.17 3:22pm
This city doesn’t play well with practicality, must be a transplant.
By LeBasque on 07.13.17 12:53am
Perfect spot for this. I thought we could add a music venue while maintaining housing and jobs, but I guess I was wrong.
By VBNate on 07.11.17 7:49pm
That’s Dogtown, not Chinatown. It’s named after the city’s original pound, which was located there. The local gang is Dog Town Rifa, hence the dog motifs in murals. Chinatown is on the other side of the Cornfield, where all the Chinese-stlyed buildings are. Here’s a map of Los Angeles Neighborhoods
By Eric Brightwell on 07.12.17 11:15am