021125.ME.1211.center.3 Tenth District Councilman Nate Holden and Mayor Richard Riordan raise their

021125.ME.1211.center.3 Tenth District Councilman Nate Holden and Mayor Richard Riordan raise their arms in a gesture of solidarity as they agree to begin building the new performing arts center that will be on the site of the former Ebony Showcase Theater. Nick Stewart, the original owner of the Ebony, left, in the wheelchair, with his son Christopher next to him, showed up uninvited and unannounced to show their dissaproval of the project. They claim that the city tore down the orginal building unnecessarily and that the city illegally using the copyrighted name, Ebony Showcase Theater. (Photo by Annie Wells/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)