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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred
By that I mean the type of person who finds beauty in things like exposed pipes and hard surfaces. The Arts District has it's own 'non-traditional' type of beauty.
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after my visit 2 days ago, I have to say the grit really can be over the top. But not just in the arts dist but in areas like the ones not too far beyond LA live & FIDM....& that's in spite of changes for the better that have occurred & are occurring. We did go through the area right next to the now rising marriott hotel & from up close that area was even more
than I thought it would be, or as I remember is as being. iow, improvements like the new hotel are arriving not one second too soon.
I was reading an article a few wks ago about how the arts scene is shaping up in america, & the writer mentioned which parts of the US that artists were moving to. Even though I believe LA has the 2nd largest number of ppl in the arts field, he said that such types were migrating to NY in the east, SF in the west. iow, he seemed to buy into the hype that creative types for yrs & yrs are associated with certain places. That artsy types....not all, but many.....want an environment that meets at least a minimum amt of mainstream appeal. So even though the creative ppl at places like the sci arc school may feel the same way you do, I have a hunch just as many of them will also ultimately want & need improvements like the addition of the huge new santa fe apt proj. That's another change that isn't coming a second too soon.
I remember a very famous artist based on the east coast saying many yrs ago that LA was like the town that the train passed by, or was no longer stopping at....or something along those lines. I think of how much better things like the arts dist are today....& which didn't even exist when that artist made that comment....but still can feel
about the hood being an overly tough one to enjoy or really love.
it's often a good day/bad day reaction I have when I'm in dtla.....on some occasions I feel optimistic &
, other times I feel
. I think the reaction of my friend, who I've known for yrs, put kind of a damper on things, so I'm still dealing with that. I remember visiting her around 10 yrs ago & touring SF with her, & the mood she had....& that I had too.....was alot more
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I remember thinking that once things like the red line were built...& other improvements had been added to the hood, that trends like this still wouldn't be so much in evidence......this is posted in today's latimes.com....
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Companies in creative businesses that scorn traditional glass-and-steel office towers continued to rule the Westside real estate market in the second quarter as landlords scrambled to meet their demands.
While large spaces in some of downtown Los Angeles’ signature skyscrapers such as 72-story US Bank Tower lay fallow, homely old industrial buildings tricked out on the inside were in short supply, according to a report by real estate brokerage Industry Partners.
Direct vacancy in the 17.7-million-square-foot Westside creative office market was 9.2%, the lowest level since the first quarter of 2009. Much of the growth is coming from established tech and digital media companies including Google, Apple, Pandora and YouTube.
As has been the case since the Internet gold rush of the 1990s, Santa Monica is the first choice for many creative firms. A shortage of available space there has helped pushed growth into nearby markets such as Playa Vista, Culver City and Marina del Rey.
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^ Illithid said not long ago that his friends didn't notice or weren't bothered by the
parts of dt. I think many others who live in the part of socal where they're from....I believe illithid has mentioned he lives in samo.....must feel differently.
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