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Originally Posted by citywatch
when you mention the lack of contiguous space & enough hotel rms, those things are like the pieces of a big puzzle. And if all the pieces don't fit together correctly, the whole thing ends up a jumble. Or one problem leads to another.
As I was going through signonsandiego.com to find out more about sd's convention ct, I ran into the following story. Talk about sheer coincidence or bad timing. This pretty much slams shut any hopes I had that big new projs like the parkfifth tower across from pershing sq would be revived in the future----at least before the yr 2050.
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It's like the critics who contend that "rail transit" will never fly in LA because "they don't see the throngs of transit riders that other cities are experiencing in ridership." What they don't realize is that transit depends on creating a network that gets people places. So as each new line is completed, the ridership will continue to grow. And of course the actual rail line itself must be through an area that a lot of people want to go, i.e. Purple Line down Wilshire Blvd. If the Wilshire Blvd Purple Line is built AND there are still very little ppl using transit, then I'll concede that LA just isn't cut out for transit.
This applies to the high end condos. Building ONE tower is NOT going to attract the wealthy Westsiders because Downtown LA IS NOT a mature city center yet. It's got a little while more before Westsider and Orange County WASPs will want to move in. You have to fill in a lot more parking lots, add a lot more "upscale" retail options, and bring in just generally more of everything. And don't forget that Ritz Carlton is not exactly a regular high end condo tower that you will find in a city like New York. I would prefer to see high end condos like The Century, Carlyle, and the Californian kinds, which are not tied to any hotel or "entertainment district."
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