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Originally Posted by DistrictDirt
I appreciate what you're saying, but I think you're misreading him. I've yet to see him constructively criticize anything. Its always provocative and antagonistic. Constructive is "Downtown has too much X. What we really need is Y". Antagonistic is "Downtown sucks. You have no taste for liking it." There's a big difference.
You don't have to look back too far through his comment history to see what he's all about:
Sorry but that is not constructive in any way.
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I never said Luva was diplomatic or charming. In fact, he seems to enjoy irritating the posters on this forum. However, if one looks beyond the cynicism and sarcasm in his comments, there is substance.
I think these comments are very right on:
dtla is currently active only in certain parts, and at certain times. it is just a neighborhood in la though, and has never been among the more interesting ones at that.
besides the historic architecture, dtla has uninteresting retail and is barely becoming a neighborhood even now - yes there are 55k residents but real organic neighborhoods take decades to build.
visitors don't come to a city and decide that a neighborhood is interesting because of the progress it's made. "interesting" is not a sympathetic moral judgement. Interesting is about the human fabric that makes up a neighborhood, and the physical manifestation of that human fabric. dtla has yet to find a uniquely local identity, and a few national/regional anchors does little to advance that effort. in the absolute sense dtla just got a Target, a Ralph's, and has a few scenesy restaurants. It's got old town pasadena in its crosshairs. world class indeed.
My biggest complaint with Luva is he comes in and does a drone hit, and then leaves for a few months. He's unwilling to really engage and I suspect he's intellectually lazy. Easier to stir up the pot; then leave.
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