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Originally Posted by alki
Most train stations are located in the heart of the downtown.....or very close to the heart.....much closer than Union Station is to the heart of DTLA. And Brigham, you should know well enough that everything doesn't have to be cookie cutter.......leave some room for each city developing its own uniqueness.
If we didn't leave room for innovation and experimentation, its likely NY wouldn't have built a park on an elevated, abandoned road; Seattle a monorail, or San Antonio its river walk. None of these innovations impress me but they make their respective cities different from other cities.
The approach to Union Station is nothing if not iconic. It says LA......just like the control tower at LAX. Not everything in LA has to look like NY or SF. I think its important to leave some room for LA to have its own identity.
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we never said we wanted cookie cutter stuff at union station... all we were saying is that union station needs more density and high rises would be nice in the area... and of course we want LA to have it's own identity.. but that doesn't meet we have to put limits, that would actually hold everything back. even if LA copied SF or NY.. it'll still be very different therefore making it unique to LA...we will have a revitalized la river, a more developed union station, a streetcar etc.. those will make LA...LA in the future. Just because I think we should be open to high rises in Union Station doesn't mean i want cookie cutter stuff and that i don't want LA to be unique.... this city has a long history of — up and still somewhat continues to.. i think its time we look at what NY, Portland, SF and maybe even what SD have been doing. learn from them.
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