article_snippet: So many live on the streets of downtown Los Angeles -- and elsewhere.
article_snippet: In some American minds, Los Angeles may conjure up images of a great American city cursed with an abandoned urban core.
article_snippet: Today, downtown Los Angeles enjoys a renaissance, right down to the new hotels and mall surrounding the Staples Center, where professional basketball and hockey are played, often to championships.
article_snippet: it's become a neighborhood.