Brian Houck

Owner/operator of The Escondite

Owner and operator of The Escondite.

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Urban centers across the world saw a mass exodus this past pandemic year. And downtown LA looked like a ghost town in 2020 and early 2021.

DTLA was a pandemic ghost town. Have people returned?

Urban centers across the world saw a mass exodus this past pandemic year. And downtown LA looked like a ghost town in 2020 and early 2021.

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