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Originally Posted by homebucket
You can see a similar effect with the FiDi in SF, where the residential density is much lower than the totality of the downtown area. My understanding of DTLA is that, like SF there is a FiDi area around Bunker Hill where there is less residential, and a more historic, dense, gritty residential area around Broadway, a la the Tenderloin/Chinatown, and a new rapidly growing area of luxury high rises in South Park a la SoMA/East Cut, and less dense industrial areas that are also becoming more residential in the Arts District a la rest outer SoMA.
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I'd say that's quite a good comparison. And a fully rehabbed/redeveloped Historic Core would rival or exceed the Tenderloin's density peaks, I think. The scale of the Historic Core is impressive:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0449...7i16384!8i8192
And while the Arts District is definitely seeing a ton of investment, it's considerably behind SoMA in its redevelopment arc. There is still a ton of wholesale retail and industrial space, both used and vacant, that will most likely be redeveloped in coming years. Large swaths of this, just begging for higher and better use:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0362...7i16384!8i8192