Westwood: Now and then
A recent burst of construction activity promises to generate some momentum in efforts to revive Westwood Village as the hippest place to be in L.A. on a Saturday night. Among longtime draws is the venerable Mann Village Theatre, at right, near this popular eatery at Broxton and Weyburn avenues. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Traffic at Westwood and Wilshire boulevards can be brutal, and good luck finding a parking space. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
UCLA students and others provide a good amount of foot traffic for Westwood stores. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
On Glendon Avenue, a block east of Westwood Boulevard, the first of an expected 700 tenants have moved into the 350-unit Palazzo Westwood Village apartment complex even as workers scurry to complete the project. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Khaled Baramawy, a journalist visiting from Egypt, enjoys dinner and a hookah with friends at the Gypsy Cafe at Weyburn and Broxton avenues in Westwood Village. Despite the prime location amid the platinum triangle of Bel-Air, Holmby Hills and Brentwood not to mention UCLAs 43,000 students and faculty members Westwod Village has not been able to re-capture its bustling glory days. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
