Miscellaneous
Downtown LA is now undoubtedly a "24/7" community. With nearly 80,000 residents and many of the City's most famous and respected bars and restaurants, it's no surprise that Downtown was named the "Best Downtown in America" just a few years ago by GQ Magazine.It's easy to take that for granted, but it didn't happen automatically. It took a bit of vision and a lot of hard work by a few intrepid pioneers along the way. But perhaps none of those pioneers were as influential, or necessary, as Tom Gilmore. Because without people - without actual residents - then Downtown is just a destination. But it's not a home. It's not a community. But the fact that it IS a home to so many people - with all the vitality and life that comes with that - is due, in no small part, to Tom.Hear how Tom made it to Los Angeles in the first place. How a job at a nursery began is unlikely journey to where he is now. And how he looked at a dilapidated building on what was then Skid Row and thought "people would live here".The story of Downtown is, in many ways, the story of Tom Gilmore. Let's hear it together.