Join us this week as we talk with George Redfox, president of the Downey Conservancy, about the white-knuckle preservation saga of Downey’s legendary Harvey’s Broiler, a core site in Southern California’s cruising culture, illegally demolished and rebuilt to original plans as a Bob’s Big Boy. We’ll also visit with Ken Pratt, Director of Union Station Property Management, to learn about a typical day in his life managing the beloved and iconic Downtown Los Angeles transportation hub. audiofile YCES-104.mp3 relevantHyperLinks The fiasco continues at CIM Group's illegally constructed Sunset/Gordon apartment tower. Angels Knoll park and plaza likely to remain shuttered for years. Bobby Green's restoration of The Idle Hour. The old Bank of Italy to be restored, and Kim is giddy. Downey Conservancy website. Downey Historical Society website. Union Station webpage. Monthly LAVA Sunday Salon April 2015 Upcoming Bus Tours Echo Park Book of the Dead Haunts of A Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's Los Angeles Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles Tom Waits' Los Angeles  Eastside Babylon