The Olympics are heading to Los Angeles in the summer of 2028, and Barbara Jacobs wants Downtown Los Angeles to shine. As the executive vice president of Allureum Experiences and project coordinator of The Gallery, she is familiar with the playbook because she has managed it previously.
“You walk around Downtown LA, and every place is half filled,” Jacobs said. “We need to make a concerted effort to make Downtown look beautiful, and I was part of that in 2008 with Bringing Back Broadway.”
Jacobs was also part of a small group of forward-thinking business leaders that introduced mixology to LA with the opening of The Edison — where she continued to work for nine years — which forever changed the local nightlife scene and the national cocktail conversation. . . .
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Jessica Koslow 