LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 4.0

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Just like LA isn't New York, Chicago, or Boston... it isn't DC, London, or Paris, either. More, low-rise buildings (instead of fewer, high-rise buildings), means that LA has to work that much harder to make itself architecturally beautiful... something that came easy to DC, London, and Paris because of their age.

LA can't be those six cities, and it shouldn't try to be. It should try to be a mixture of both.

Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

8th and Grand, one of my favorite proposals, has been scaled back to a 7 story 'tower' with 700 units and 734 parking spaces ): At least, knowing Astani, it will look pretty. Still, though, this is very depressing. At least make it 150 feet so it can be the same height as the historic buildings!

http://blogdowntown.com/2011/12/6524-astanis-8th-and-grand-set-to-move-forward

Remember Illithid, as more and more parking lots become low-rise sprawl, this puts even more pressure to build high-rises, especially once Greater LA's population growth is focused on the city and our transit network booms like it is now. And parking requirement reform will encourage high-rise building even further.

Scaled-back projects like this just ensure future high-rise growth will be demand-driven and unabating like Toronto's.