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\n This is an edition of<\/em> The Source newsletter,<\/em> AD PRO\u2019s essential read for design industry professionals. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox<\/a>.<\/em>\n <\/p>\n

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For this week\u2019s edition of The Source, we\u2019re returning to West Coast editor Mayer Rus for another dispatch. Below, Rus gives us the insider\u2019s take on LA\u2019s newest hotspot, Melrose Hill, which is home to a brood of hip new galleries, eateries, and other places to see and be seen. \u2014Lila Allen, Senior Editor, AD PRO<\/em><\/p>\n

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For anyone who didn\u2019t get the memo, Los Angeles\u2019s hottest new neighborhood is Melrose Hill, the formerly desolate, dilapidated stretch of mattress stores and repair shops clustered around the intersection of Western and Melrose Avenues. The name sounds like a 1990s or early-2000s television show on The CW, something starring Heather Locklear or James Van Der Beek, which I kind of like.<\/p>\n

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The facade of Sargent\u2019s Daughters, one of Melrose Hill\u2019s hotspots.<\/p>\n

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Renderings of main gallery space and courtyard by John Frane of HGA Architects.<\/p>\n

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The drumbeat of redevelopment started ringing out several years ago, just as the city was reawakening from the apocalyptic fever dream of COVID-19. Early settlers included Sized<\/a>, the freewheeling curatorial project spearheaded by that international man of mystery Alexander May<\/a>, and the beloved furniture and decorative arts emporium Pop Up Home<\/a>. It wasn\u2019t long before the twin mechanisms of culture and commerce kicked into high gear, with buzzy new galleries, eateries, and boutiques emerging on the scene seemingly every month.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, the steady rhythm of urban rebirth reached a crescendo with the long-awaited debut of the David Zwirner<\/a> gallery megaplex, which encompasses two erstwhile movie prop houses\u2014renovated by AD100 Hall of Fame architect Annabelle Selldorf<\/a> and opened in 2023\u2014alongside a ground-up building, also by La Selldorf, christened in May with the boffo opening of Zwirner\u2019s 30th anniversary exhibition and a cavalcade of boldface art stars.<\/p>\n

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Caf\u00e9 Telegrama, an all-day eatery serving croissants, vegan tea cakes, and coffee.<\/p>\n

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In addition to the Zwirner extravaganza, contemporary art aficionados will find a gaggle of other fine galleries that have cropped up recently in Melrose Hill, among them Shrine<\/a> and Sargent\u2019s Daughters<\/a>,
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This is an edition of The Source newsletter, AD PRO\u2019s essential read for design industry professionals. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. For this week\u2019s edition of The Source, we\u2019re returning to West Coast editor Mayer Rus for another dispatch. Below, Rus gives us the insider\u2019s take on LA\u2019s newest hotspot,…<\/p>\n

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