News of the potential sale increases the anxiety of Santa Ana’s downtown artists, who believe they are being pushed out of an area that they helped create.
Tag: Santora building
Latino Art Gallery Finds New Home Downtown — Rent-Free
Property owner Arturo Lomeli donated the space after reading on Voice of OC that high rent was forcing MC Gallery & Studio to close.
A Light Goes Out in Latino Arts
Artists say the shuttering of MC Gallery & Studio, long
considered a destination in Santa Ana’s Latino art world, is
another result of downtown gentrification.
Harrah Takes Down Santora Signs
After complaints from tenants and citations and fines from Santa
Ana, Santora building owner takes down signs that advertised his
restaurant around the block.
Harrah Fined for Santora Signs
The city of Santa Ana fines Santora building owner Michael
Harrah for signs on the facade that advertise his restaurant down
the street and anger some of the building’s tenants.
Santa Ana Investigating Harrah’s Santora Signs
Signs fastened to facade of historic downtown building might be
there illegally.
No More Valet Parking in Artists Village
The service, which angered local artists, lasted just two
weeks.
A Portrait of Anger
The artists in Santa Ana’s Artists Village are fed up with the
what they call the creeping gentrification of their neighborhood
and a general lack of respect from the powers that be.
Joseph J. Musil, a Life of Theatrical Magic
The Santa Ana fixture helped design and restore landmark Art Deco theaters, and now family and friends are trying to keep his collection of theater history alive.









