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Originally Posted by alki
From time to time, public institutions create new complexes.........complexes that can enhance urban life. They don't happen very often so you want to maximize their bang. Therefore, IMO, putting an important museum on top of a hill overlooking the San Diego freeway is a total waste. Beautiful complex.........I like the architecture.......but it does the real city very little good. And LA does that way too often.
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True. But can you imagine Getty trying to put together 40 acres or more on the Westside today? Or someone proposing to clear slum housing and build USC where it is today?
If you have any brains, you head to a mountain top, Santa Clarita or somewhere with fewer regulations, more space and fewer payoffs to the powers that be. Don't blame Getty: blame the city and yourself for voting for them.