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The Binge Cases: U R NEXT

The Sellout | 5: How Downtown Was Won

The Binge Cases: U R NEXT

Sony Music

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.04.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

No man is an island. Huizar couldn’t have pulled off the alleged corruption scheme without help. Host Mariah Castañeda tells the story of how Huizar allegedly built the criminal enterprise the FBI would eventually arrest him for. It all started when downtown was reassigned to his district. A Neon Hum Media and Sony Music Entertainment production. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts to binge all episodes now or listen weekly wherever you get your podcasts. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

There used to be this big event that happened once a year in downtown LA, and it was called

0:13.0

Night on Broadway.

0:16.2

Broadway cuts right through the middle of downtown, and for a long time, it's been this

0:22.1

kind of historical-looking street.

0:24.8

It's got a ton of theaters with their original vintage marquees.

0:29.1

Some of the brick buildings have these old, faded, painted advertisements on them.

0:33.8

For Night on Broadway, the theaters would open up to the public, with free shows.

0:39.0

Broadway would get shut down to cars, street vendors and performers were right in the middle

0:43.8

of the street.

0:45.6

And no matter where you looked, you'd see these posters, with a very familiar face on

0:50.8

them.

0:51.8

Here's for Kelsa Mota.

0:53.4

And his name was everywhere, like Hosek Wiesar, Night on Broadway, Hosek Wiesar and his

1:00.4

picture was everywhere.

1:02.2

Night on Broadway was a time to celebrate what Wiesad thought Broadway could be.

1:06.4

To indulge in glitz and glamour and watch fancy shows and eat at expensive restaurants.

1:11.7

But it ended up being just a mirage.

1:14.8

It was a part of this plan Wiesad had to restore Broadway to its former glory or whatever.

1:20.4

The plan was called, bringing back Broadway, and it was backed by millions of dollars.

1:27.4

When we said Hatchda's plan is as an innate, Broadway was pretty much the only part of downtown

1:41.4

that was in CD-14.

1:43.4

He was kind of obsessed with it, totally nostalgic for what it used to be.

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