LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 3.0 - Page 441

BrandonJXN · #**8801** Posted **Jul 8, 2010, 12:03 AM**

Ok so I felt it in the shower.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/FaultMaps/117-33.html

sopas ej · #**8802** Posted **Jul 8, 2010, 12:22 AM**

I felt it while sitting on my couch.

JDRCRASH · #**8803** Posted **Jul 8, 2010, 2:37 PM**

And I felt it while laying on my bed trying to rest from a hard day's work.

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**8804** Posted **Jul 8, 2010, 6:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

And I felt it while laying on my bed trying to rest from a hard day's work.

Thats what she said

sopas ej · #**8805** Posted **Jul 8, 2010, 8:46 PM**

From the Los Angeles Times:

Southern California Gas agrees to stay in Gas Co. Tower in downtown L.A.

Gas utility will remain in its signature building for the next 15 years. Real estate industry analysts had been watching to see whether it would bail out on troubled landlord MPG Office Trust.

By Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times
July 8, 2010

Suspense over whether the Gas Co. Tower in downtown Los Angeles will remain the headquarters of Southern California Gas Co. is over: The big utility is staying put in its signature tower for the next 15 years.

Real estate industry analysts had been watching to see whether the gas company would bail out on troubled landlord MPG Office Trust Inc., formerly Maguire Properties Inc., and move its offices elsewhere.

Southern California Gas said Wednesday that it would keep its more than 1,300 employees in 350,000 square feet in the building at 555 W. Fifth St., where it has been the anchor tenant since the tower was completed in 1991. The 50-story skyscraper was designed by Pasadena architect Richard Keating with the gas company in mind — its tapered blue-glass crown is intended to evoke the image of a gas flame...

Southern California Gas agrees to stay in Gas Co. Tower in downtown L.A.

Hubris · #**8806** Posted **Jul 9, 2010, 5:34 PM**

In case there are any development enthusiasts on here who don't already browse Curbed:

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/07/na...ows_off_its_renovated_beauxarts_self.php

The Expo Line and renovated NHM will go a long way towards linking Expo Park to downtown as the southern anchor of the Figueroa corridor. Entertainment to the north (in South Park) and education to the south (in Expo Park).

BrandonJXN · #**8807** Posted **Jul 9, 2010, 10:27 PM**

w00t! Moving back to LA.

.....

What is there to do in Culver City? Lol.

JDRCRASH · #**8808** Posted **Jul 9, 2010, 10:40 PM**

How did you like Tuscan?

BrandonJXN · #**8809** Posted **Jul 9, 2010, 10:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

How did you like Tuscan?

You mean Tucson? I hated it. Why do you think I'm moving back?

LAsam · #**8810** Posted **Jul 9, 2010, 10:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

w00t! Moving back to LA.

.....

What is there to do in Culver City? Lol.

Honeys Kettle Fried Chicken!

http://www.yelp.com/biz/honeys-kettle-fried-chicken-culver-city

JDRCRASH · #**8811** Posted **Jul 9, 2010, 10:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

You mean Tucson? I hated it. Why do you think I'm moving back?

Because housing prices have cratered? I'm not you, so I don't know.

And thanks for the spelling correction (But gee, I wonder if you quoted me to make everyone see the mistake?

).

BrandonJXN · #**8812** Posted **Jul 9, 2010, 10:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

Because housing prices have cratered.

BTW, thanks for the spelling correction.

Uh...no?

I hate Tucson because there is absolutely nothing to do. No jobs. No prospects. Nothing. It is far too hot out here to sit around and do nothing all day. So, by the 1st, I'll be back in LA.

RAlossi · #**8813** Posted **Jul 9, 2010, 11:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

Uh...no?

I hate Tucson because there is absolutely nothing to do. No jobs. No prospects. Nothing. It is far too hot out here to sit around and do nothing all day. So, by the 1st, I'll be back in LA.

Well, let me pre-welcome you back to LA. Whatever happened to those SSP meetups in the Historic Core??

BrandonJXN · #**8814** Posted **Jul 10, 2010, 12:17 AM**

There was only that one that EVERYBODY showed up at Lost Souls at that was a few years ago.

LosAngelesBeauty · #**8815** Posted **Jul 10, 2010, 2:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

There was only that one that EVERYBODY showed up at Lost Souls at that was a few years ago.

That was when I still worked at the DCBID, so it was back in 2005 or 2006 I believe? Yeah, I think we should do another MEAT UP soon!

This time, edluva and citywatch should come! HA!

colemonkee · #**8816** Posted **Jul 10, 2010, 6:40 AM**

^ Indeed. Finally putting a face to the citywatch and edluva names would be a treat. I'm down for a Historic Core meetup. The neighborhood has changed quite a bit since our last one. Speaking of changes, the sunken courtyard at the Medallion was open for the Art Walk last night, and had several food trucks and a band playing music. It's not a bad space, and I see it getting some reasonably good use during lunch hour and on weekends.

dktshb · #**8817** Posted **Jul 10, 2010, 4:51 PM**

^ To me the medallion looks more like a school than a residential development but I am not hating it as much as I thought I would. I think with the green space and the retail area it will be much more inviting once it is all finished.

DistrictDirt · #**8818** Posted **Jul 13, 2010, 3:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by RAlossi

Well, let me pre-welcome you back to LA. Whatever happened to those SSP meetups in the Historic Core??

A meetup would be great! As a (relative) newcomer, I haven't met any of you besides KoTH, and it would be great to be able to put faces to names.

RAlossi · #**8819** Posted **Jul 13, 2010, 5:46 AM**

Yeah, I'm all about a meetup. Any dates anyone wants to throw out?

BrandonJXN · #**8820** Posted **Jul 13, 2010, 8:47 PM**

The end of the month like the 31st maybe? It's on a Saturday.