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Originally Posted by Mojeda101
I didn't get a chance to do it last trip due to time constraints, but I'll be sure to go now that I know better parking lots to go to. I used to spend up to 18 dollars for parking due to how much time I spent in downtown. Once arrived at 8 AM, and stayed until 11 PM. Time flies when you are in Downtown.
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mojeda101, it's tougher to get a good sense of dt when one is not there, either as a resident or employee. I know when I've visited the hood, & start thinking of the locations where I'd want to take a photo...or spots where I wish someone would snap a shot...I feel quite overwhelmed & distracted by actually being there. There are so many nooks & crannies throughout the hood....some good, some bad, some quite unexpected.....that it makes my head spin.
I also get nervous about the possibility of having a strange run in with a homeless person who catches me off guard, or security patrols yelling at the passer by for violating private property.....or intruding on ppl's privacy if they're perhaps in a restaurant or entering or exiting a store or office. That's why your pics, & pics from other forumers like hunterk, are much appreciated. And with all the exciting changes taking place right now, & how they'll be evolving over the next few yrs, there can never be too many ppl taking photos in dtla.
In terms of the pace of change, I wonder why so many new projs, like the marriott hotel, are being built of concrete instead of steel. It seems that method is slower.....that a new bldg will rise more slowly.....when concrete is being poured than when steel beams are being framed. I also think of concrete as being somehow more vulnerable in an earthquake. I wonder what method will be used on the apt towers at 8th & hope & 9th & olive? whatever occurs there, I hope those projs move faster than the courtyard hotel. It does seem to be going up slower than I would have assumed a few months ago.