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Originally Posted by RST500

Is this a plan for a new tallest building along the 101 or is it just part of the 101 park render and not a serious project?



http://www.tgdaily.com/trendwatch/38833-a-greener-la-park-101

I think this was one of several student projects for what a 101 cap park would look like. The sillier versions included the "tallest building west of Chicago" as a gateway along the 101 and other dubious ideas for energy generation, deployable blinds, ecological plantings and hydration, museums, etc.

It will be interesting to see how these concepts juxtapose with the new Civic Center Park, which was hurriedly built so as to "create jobs" and with little focus on actual use, and with the Union Station plan, which could very well succumb to the same pressures.