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Originally Posted by Quixote
DTLA proper (bounded by the three freeways and the LA River) is huge... the size of Midtown Manhattan (59th to 14th Streets). Most of it is light-industrial wasteland ripe for upzoning and redevelopment, and we've already seen skyscraper proposals outside of the main core (Main being the eastern boundary). And there's been little NIMBY resistance so far.
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Fourteenth Street is a very, very, very generous definition of Midtown. I would draw the line somewhere around 30-32nd St.
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Originally Posted by Quixote
There's still the major issue of Skid Row, and new subway lines need to be built, but the potential's there to build an urban core that rivals Chicago's. And unlike Chicago, LA doesn't have the problem of a shrinking metro population.
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1 - Chicago's core is growing. 2 - L.A. is quite far behind.