LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 3.0 - Page 292

JDRCRASH · #**5821** Posted **Oct 16, 2008, 7:18 PM**

Huge Christmas Tree? Sound familier New Yorkers?

JDRCRASH · #**5822** Posted **Oct 16, 2008, 7:21 PM**

BTW, did anybody see the first Pro Measure R ad? (gotta love those old cars!

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It's here:

Echo Park · #**5823** Posted **Oct 17, 2008, 3:08 PM**

No but I've seen lots of signs put up around South LA saying No on the "racist" Measure R, sponsored by the BRU. It's crazy how greedy and selfish the BRU has become.

JDRCRASH · #**5824** Posted **Oct 18, 2008, 1:29 AM**

GOD YOU TRANIST NIMBIES!!!!

JDRCRASH · #**5825** Posted **Oct 18, 2008, 1:37 AM**

I just found this on curbed:

ConstructionWatch: Downtown's Concerto

Friday, October 17, 2008, by Dakota

It's been a while since there was a look at Concerto, the downtown mixed-use project that'll have all those groovy Blade Runner-esque moving displays on the side. This is the 30-story tower (271 condos) that is under construction, while the lower half of the project will have 77 lofts. The latter project will be finished somewhere around July-September 2009, and the tall tower will be done by the end of 2009. These are all planned as condos, but chance they'd instead be offered as apartments? "I don't want to say yes, but of course we'd be open to any changes that the markets takes us to," says Brenda Rodriguez, a representative for Concerto developer Sonny Astani. Also included in the project: 25,000 square feet of retail and a pedestrian landscaped walkway that will connect Fig and Flower. Marketing for the project should begin by the end of the year, the third phase of Concerto is planned to break ground in 2010.

Quixote · #**5826** Posted **Oct 18, 2008, 7:32 PM**

LA Live

From Flickr, by fridayinla

JDRCRASH · #**5827** Posted **Oct 18, 2008, 9:22 PM**

Great update!

WonderlandPark · #**5828** Posted **Oct 19, 2008, 3:22 PM**

My additions to the recent shots by Friday:

Ritz/Marriott looks to be at 40 or 41.

717 9th, topped out and glazing going on quick

the 'crinkly' banding below the windows on Concerto is pretty interesting (I don't have a detail shot of it)

L.A. Live view with rising Ritz/Marriott

LAPD new HQ

colemonkee · #**5829** Posted **Oct 19, 2008, 8:23 PM**

Great updates! I walked by the auditorium building at the LAPD HQ building the other day and was presently surprised to see glass on the Main St. side. I always assumed that that side of the building would be a blank wall, but it's actually quite nice, and will give passers-by a view into the building, giving it a bit more life.

JDRCRASH · #**5830** Posted **Oct 20, 2008, 1:00 AM**

Yeah, good shots Wonderlandpark! Definately better than mine! It looks like the Ritz is going to be shorter than I thought.....

LosAngelesBeauty · #**5831** Posted **Oct 20, 2008, 5:17 AM**

Wow, just viewing those pics gave me a sense of hope that DTLA will one day be considered COOL (in the mainstream sense).

RuFFy · #**5832** Posted **Oct 20, 2008, 8:05 PM**

I ran into these. Don't know if they're new or not but I thought I'd post them.

LA Live's JW Marriott's website... http://www.lalivemarriott.com/

and the Ritz Carlton Residences... http://www.allaccessliving.com/

colemonkee · #**5833** Posted **Oct 20, 2008, 9:11 PM**

^ Those sites have been posted before, either here or in the Ritz Thread in the highrise forum. But it never hurts to repost. There are some pretty nice interior renders on those sites.

dktshb · #**5834** Posted **Oct 21, 2008, 2:02 AM**

Great updates fridayinla, wonderland park and westside life. It is interesting to see such traditional lighting being used on the sidewalks next to the modern structures. I am glad to see that heartier foliage is being planted is rather a bunch of palm trees.

ladowntowner · #**5835** Posted **Oct 21, 2008, 2:31 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

Yeah, good shots Wonderlandpark! Definately better than mine! It looks like the Ritz is going to be shorter than I thought.....

Someone upthread mentioned it was at about floor 40-41, so it has 13-14 more to go if that is correct - plus the crown, which will add a bit more height even.

It's already a rather imposing structure when you're near the 10/110 freeway intersection, approaching either from the south or the west, as it is a good several blocks south and west of the bulk of the towers downtown, and therefore, from that location it will appear quite a bit taller than almost anything else, due to the illusion of perspective.

JDRCRASH · #**5836** Posted **Oct 21, 2008, 6:37 PM**

Well it could be the way I come into Downtown, which is usually on the 10. (the skyline is diagonal from that angle)

On a clear day (meaning no nasty brown-orange smog), when you come out of Forest Lawn Cemetary hills, you can see the downtown skyline poking behind East LA as well as most of the San Gabriel Valley. I still can't see the Ritz U/C from there, but I should. After all, I would think i'd be able to see at least the construction crane from that distance.

DowntownCharlieBrown · #**5837** Posted **Oct 21, 2008, 8:16 PM**

^Can you see the AT&T building in South Park from that view? If so, you should be able to the Ritz, since it is at least as tall as the AT&T now. If not, then other buildings must be blocking it from that angle.

DowntownCharlieBrown · #**5838** Posted **Oct 22, 2008, 7:55 AM**

From Curbed LA:
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/10/renderingreality_downtowns_evo_turns_green.php#more

curbed la

Now open for sales, and with a web site touting it as nothing less than a green vertical revolution, the newest member of South Park has a lot to live up to. This is one of the oldest renderings we could find. Does this 24-story tower deliver what was originally promised? (Or perhaps we should be thankful it doesn't?) --Dan Caroselli

Quixote · #**5839** Posted **Oct 22, 2008, 8:03 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by LosAngelesBeauty

Wow, just viewing those pics gave me a sense of hope that DTLA will one day be considered COOL (in the mainstream sense).

I think anything that's pretty or shiny is considered "cool" to the mainstream public.

JDRCRASH · #**5840** Posted **Oct 22, 2008, 4:12 PM**

Charlie, that may be possible, because I remember once seeing the peak of City Hall from the 10, and thats like what, less than 500 feet?

BTW, did you guys check out that article on Curbed concerning the status of Park Fifth? I would post it, but i'm using my phone to blog right now.