The Southern California Flower Market, a downtown Los Angeles institution, hopes to transform its property into a mixed-use community of offices, apartments and restaurants — while still selling the roses, carnations and snapdragons it has for more than a century.
Designer Melinda Brownstone, left, selects flowers sold by David Carcamo at the Southern California Flower Market.
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Cathy Ball, left, a floral designer, speaks with Julio Barajas at the Southern California Flower Market.
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Designer Manuel Acosta selects flowers at the Southern California Flower Market.
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Julio Barajas moves a load of flowers to the cooler at the Southern California Flower Market.
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Jose Munoz carries flowers from the Southern California Flower Market for his wife.
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Jose Lopez moves bundles of flowers at the Southern California Flower Market.
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Claudia Zavala helps her nephew Thiago Zavala, 4, pick flowers at the Southern California Flower Market.
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Thiago Zavala, 4, helps select flowers at the Southern California Flower Market.
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Diane Villarreal, left, and Karen Neilan carry plants at the Southern California Flower Market for a housewarming.
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Julio Barajas works with flowers at the Southern California Flower Market.
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Victoria Perez, left, carries flowers from the Southern California Flower Market for a Halloween party.
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