Like cities across the region commu...

Like cities across the region communities in the Los Angeles area have acted to revitalize their downtown areas, or are mapping plans to do for a like reason

Santa Monica and Pasadena are sum of two units communities that have taken of the like kind action. Santa Monica brought business back to its downtown with the Third road Promenade, a three-block pedestrian mall adjacent to the Santa Monica Place retail mall.

"Old Town Pasadena" was lay opened in the 1990s. Described as a mingle of restored brick buildings with a "yuppie overlay," the area includes a variety of bistros, restaurants