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Originally Posted by blackcat23
I was really only referring to the block of Flower Street in between Venice and Pico, not the neighborhood at large.
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that is also what I was referring to. iow, there are the cleaned up, improved parts of the hood. But scattered throughout that & then quite obvious in the southern section of dt....such as visible in the background of your pics of avant....there are the
areas. Unless a person is actually in the hood....looking at everything personally & directly....it's easy to forget or underestimate the impact of the parts of the hood that are...as you describe them...in sad shape.
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Originally Posted by colemonkee
This is a shot of Phase 1, which is the northern-most plot on the corner of 2nd and Los Angeles, looking south from 2nd St. You can see the beginnings of foundation work going on here, so this appears to be as far down as they will dig, maybe 12-15 ft. There was a small amount of heavy equipment movement on the Phase two plot immediately south.
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either the following that's posted at downtownnews.com isn't accurate, or you're scooping the media about the 2nd phase...
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Ava Little Tokyo: Avalon Bay Communities broke ground in the fall on Ava, a two-phase development at Second and Los Angeles streets. The first part, a six-story building now under construction, will hold 104 apartments and under 13,500 square feet of retail space. It is slated for a late 2014 completion. A second building with 176 units is expected to break ground around June 2013.
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this also is at that website. if it's correct, then the large section of little tokyo across from the Double tree hotel....formerly the new otani....will be quite a boom town in new construction. I'm also going to assume that the upgrading of that site will result in the makeshift street lights on Los angeles st finally being replaced with something more suitable...just one block from city hall.
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Little Tokyo: Sares-Regis Group in 2012 acquired a parking lot in Little Tokyo at Second and San Pedro streets, and reportedly plans to break ground in March on a seven-story, 240-apartment complex. The site is adjacent to Avalon Bay Communities' Ava project.
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btw, thanks to you & blackcat for all the pics. They really help keep this thread informative & alive!
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