LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 6.0

[scania]

Originally Posted by Doctorboffin

I think for that area of Bunker Hill…it’s 1000% better than what’s there. Also, everything doesn’t have to have street level retail. That’s a tricky spot anyway. If any of you really know that area, I believe you’d agree with me that this would be awesome.

[dax_gray]

Originally Posted by scania

Also, everything doesn’t have to have street level retail.

Agree that not every street needs street level retail, but the street level should be welcoming. A concrete wall doesn't help. What would have been great is some steps that lead up to the shopping area next to the station -- a cut through path at the very least. It seems like that was what they were going for in the rendering with an opening on the Hope Street side of the development but it just stops with no way to get down to the street level.

[dax_gray]

I'm praying that 4th and Hewitt is the real deal. That proposal looks gorgeous and would also remove a huge parking garage in an increasingly walkable neighborhood..

[Zapatan]

Is there a thread for 3rd and Flower? That looks cool.

[Quixote]

Originally Posted by dax_gray

I'm praying that 4th and Hewitt is the real deal. That proposal looks gorgeous and would also remove a huge parking garage in an increasingly walkable neighborhood..

OFFICEUNTITLED's website states that its status is a "concept." By that, I take it to mean that a developer who owns the land has commissioned them to design something that could potentially occupy that site. I don't think they did this "just for fun" because they had some spare time.

They've also designed a beautiful concept for the site atop the Little Tokyo subway station:

https://www.officeuntitled.com/projects/the-two-towers/

[Radio5]

Originally Posted by Quixote

OFFICEUNTITLED's website states that its status is a "concept." By that, I take it to mean that a developer who owns the land has commissioned them to design something that could potentially occupy that site. I don't think they did this "just for fun" because they had some spare time.

They've also designed a beautiful concept for the site atop the Little Tokyo subway station:

https://www.officeuntitled.com/projects/the-two-towers/

I can't even look at these, because it makes me too sad knowing we'll never get something like this

[Illithid Dude]

I'm okay with the Flower Street Proposal. It's in a pretty inhospitable part of downtown, cut off from the rest of the city. We are lucky to be getting anything there.

[DJM19]

I think making that area more hospitable has to start somewhere, and it should start with the development on top of the station. We should not just resign the area to 50 more years of desolation. Lets start the activation.

[LAsam]

Originally Posted by DJM19

I think making that area more hospitable has to start somewhere, and it should start with the development on top of the station. We should not just resign the area to 50 more years of desolation. Lets start the activation.

I'm with you. I get that putting retail there doesn't make sense, but at least make it less hostile to pedestrians should they choose to use it.

[Doctorboffin]

Found these new pics on Twitter. While the podium doesn't look great, it looks A LOT better than the one my post from yesterday.

[Jun]

600 parking spots next to a metro station. Insane

[DJM19]

If the podium is more transparent like that and its not just a "peek inside" type of thing, its much better.

[BrandonJXN]

Hopefully this can inspire some conversation but anyone want to guess why 611 Place (the former AT&T Center) has not been looked at by anyone with ideas to convert it into a mixed use hotel/residential? I ask because I stumbled on this website that shows numerous pictures of it almost begging to be restored. It has loads of potential to be one of the best residential buildings in LA. I can't post the pictures but a lot of this is new to me. The fifth floor roof would make for an incredible restaurant space and the penthouse looks shockingly great.

https://thelocationportal.com/611-west-6th-street/

[HusBy]

Originally Posted by BrandonJXN

Hopefully this can inspire some conversation but anyone want to guess why 611 Place (the former AT&T Center) has not been looked at by anyone with ideas to convert it into a mixed use hotel/residential? I ask because I stumbled on this website that shows numerous pictures of it almost begging to be restored. It has loads of potential to be one of the best residential buildings in LA. I can't post the pictures but a lot of this is new to me. The fifth floor roof would make for an incredible restaurant space and the penthouse looks shockingly great.

https://thelocationportal.com/611-west-6th-street/

Is that building owned by the Chetrits? Seem to remember something like that being why it's not being leased.

[HusBy]

Originally Posted by Doctorboffin

Found these new pics on Twitter. While the podium doesn't look great, it looks A LOT better than the one my post from yesterday.

Podium looks a lot better. Funny because it looks like the building above the podium is a rendered model and the podium is photoshopped. Appears to be early concept stuff, hope it keeps moving.

Those parking numbers are INSANE.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Originally Posted by BrandonJXN

Hopefully this can inspire some conversation but anyone want to guess why 611 Place (the former AT&T Center) has not been looked at by anyone with ideas to convert it into a mixed use hotel/residential? I ask because I stumbled on this website that shows numerous pictures of it almost begging to be restored. It has loads of potential to be one of the best residential buildings in LA. I can't post the pictures but a lot of this is new to me. The fifth floor roof would make for an incredible restaurant space and the penthouse looks shockingly great.

https://thelocationportal.com/611-west-6th-street/

Pretty sure its owned by the Chetrits.. which means that nothing will be done here. The retail spaces are still boarded up. Its pathetic

[citywatch]

The onni apt tower proj at Olympic & Hill St as viewed at night looking to the southwest...

https://youtu.be/UCqs1UhBeLc?si=OrS1YE7G2V1Qig5b&t=323

11th St from broadway westward with trees lit up by the area's BID...

https://youtu.be/UCqs1UhBeLc?si=9fK3PLDiNbsRGwnL&t=391

dtlaweekly.com

Just two blocks east from LA Live, South Park is shining brighter than ever before thanks to three new separate street lighting projects. The Business Improvement District, led by urban visionary Nolan Marshall lll, has said that the new lights are part of an update geared at attracting more patrons to the area. The project cost approximately $80,000.

In total, 10,000 feet of new string lighting have been installed along Pico Blvd., which extends from Figueroa St. to Hill St. The string lights connect streetlights on the north and south sides of the street. Bistro lights have been strung above Hill St. that zigzag across the east and west sides of the street from Olympic Blvd. to 11th St.

The final addition includes lighting for all 60 trees from 11th St. from Figueroa to Broadway. An act so simple yet having the most impactful improvement is already paying dividends for the area.

“South Park is an important neighborhood in our downtown core, and creating a safe, welcoming, and economically vibrant downtown is critical to Los Angeles’ future as we build more homes in our urban core and we prepare to expand our convention center and to host visitors from around the world in 2028,” stated Marshall. “Whether it be our investments in a weekly farmers’ market, promoting local businesses and events, planting hundreds of rose bushes, or stringing lights to illuminate key corridors, we’re highlighting what’s possible with small but significant investments in our community, and we hope the city and private sector match our efforts.”


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[DJM19]

The lights are wonderful. Looking forward to other beautification initiatives.

[citywatch]

Malcolm Lee: LA Live face lift. Hopefully they included the Kobe statue


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[wisheye]

Originally Posted by citywatch

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Is this the project that will permanently shut down Chick Hearn Ct? I didn't know construction had begun on that. That's great news, if that's what this is.