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Originally Posted by pesto
Hate to see comments like "it's better than a parking lot" or "better than nothing" when you're talking about 1 block off Fig.
I agree that skyscrapers (like football stadiums) do not make for a great livable neighborhood; great cities (NY, SF, London, Paris, etc.) put skyscrapers in the CBD's and stadiums in outer districts.
But this IS the CBD! This is not Little Tokyo or the Fashion Dist. or even Bway. It's just off 8th and Fig. Seems awfully stubby and "Montclair" like to me for a supposed commercial and tourism center in the heart of DT.
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It's freakin 12 to 16 floors, what do you guys want?
We're already getting a supertall up the street (Wilshire Grand) at 750 and 1200 feet in the heart of the Financial District at Wilshire/Figueroa. And we're getting another 22 story hotel building (Marriotts) just a block from Metropolis by LA Live. There's still at least a
half dozen empty lots SURROUNDING the Metropolis site as well, please don't forget that.
If Metropolis doesn't use its height cap, then it can eventually sell off its air rights to another developer who can build those skyscrapers nearby.
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