Los Angeles has been cursed with a way of doing things in a "self destructive" fashion since the end of World War 2. It started with destroying Pershing Square, and the modernization (stucco-ization) of so many great old buildings. ....The others just became parking lots. The latest thing is Grand Ave Park. It's lacking the most basic component of parks everywhere : trees. After seeing Golden Gate Park, or even the basic urban green space in any other city, one looks at Grand Ave Park and asks "WTH ?" Why is it so hard to do in this city what comes naturally in any other city ? Can anyone think of any other city that lines it's river in cement ? ...So yes the Park Fifth stand-in exactly what we were expecting. Still it's one less parking lot.
