Photos: A proliferation of dogs in downtown L.A.
Alexandra Fowler scolds her 3-year-old Great Dane, Sonata, after the canine went to the bathroom on the sidewalk on 4th Street near Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. At right is her other Great Dane, Bella, also 3 years old. Fowler lives in a nearby loft on 4th Street.
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A man, left, keeps a tight leash on Monkey, who takes a keen interest in another dog on 6th Street. The man, who requested anonymity, said he lives downtown.
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A dog is taken for a walk on 6th Street near Spring Street. A growing number of people say downtowns canine population has reached critical mass.
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David Alexander, right, crosses the intersection of 6th and Spring streets with his two dogs, Mr. French, a bulldog, closest to camera, and Bentley, a toy fox terrier. Alexander was heading home to his loft on Spring Street.
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Charra Cook walks Norman, an English bulldog, on 7th Street near Spring Street. Cook lives in a loft on 7th.
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Tommy Johnson, 27, looks on as Sarg, a boxer, relieves himself on the side of a building on 6th Street. In the foreground is his other dog, Shelty, a shepherd mix.
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Joe Rubacka, left, his sister, Samantha Kuntz, and her husband, Michael Kuntz, walk along Spring Street with the Kuntzes’ dog, Georgie. Just a few years ago, the proliferation of dogs was heralded as proof that a certain Westside hipness had arrived in the citys central core.
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Horace Rogers places a plastic bag in a strategic spot as his dog Jacque, a French mastiff, relieves himself on Spring Street.
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Richard Wright takes his dog Scrappy, a Chihuahua/bulldog mix, for a walk on Spring Street. Wright lives in a loft nearby.
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For their bathroom breaks, Daryl Critten takes Fizzgig, a beagle/spaniel mix, left, and Ginger, a basenji/pit bull mix, to a patch of grass off an alley near 6th Street, between Spring Street and Main Street.
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A pooch relieves himself on the side of a building on Spring Street. The Downtown Center Business Improvement District has launched a small marketing campaign imploring owners to “practice good downtown dog etiquette.”
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Vaughn Blake walks Annie Hall, a pit bull/Rottweiler mix, near his loft on 4th Street.
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Walking along 6th Street in downtown L.A., a bulldog passes a sidewalk sign for Flea, a vintage clothing and furniture shop.
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Cristina Fuentes is assistant director and pet sitter at Bark Avenue, a doggy day-care facility on Main Street. Here she kisses Kody, who’s a year and a half old.
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