LOS ANGELES | METRO Project Rundown 2.0 (non-downtown)

[blackcat23]

Speaking of Killefer Flammang designed projects, this is something by them in West LA. Eight homes under the small lot subdivision.

http://buildinglosangeles.blogspot.com/2013/10/mar-vista-getting-eight-small-lot-homes.html

[ConstructDTLA]

Love this building. (Taken today - Oct 31st 2013)

Emerson College Construction

[LAsam]

^ Good example of not being super tall yet still being architecturally impactful to the area. The Broad will be another good example of this. An advantage to not building towers in LA is the elimination of the requirement for a podium and thus the potential for better street level aesthetics and interaction.

[The Illusive Man]

Thanks for posting that Blackcat. I pass by that every single day. Great to know what it will look like.

[eburress]

Originally Posted by bobbyv

That really — when you see the buildings that it will be displacing:
http://goo.gl/maps/Jpf7s

With so many damn parking lots in this city why do they have to take away little gems like these ones

Are you talking about the dilapidated houses or the crapped out apartment building? I don't see anything there worth saving.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

exactly. nothing special there

[202_Cyclist]

A New Hotel in L.A. Celebrates its Koreatown Surroundings

By MATT TYRNAUER
October 21, 2013
NY Times

"A stately yet unstuffy hotel injects style into the vibrant Los Angeles neighborhood.

In L.A.’s golden age, when streetcars clanged past urban orange groves and Carmen Miranda was Hollywood’s nod to ethnicity, the high life thrived on a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard near Vermont Avenue. Today, a generation after gang wars and riots sapped the life out of this district, it has re-emerged as the lively epicenter of the city’s Koreatown, bustling with restaurants, nightclubs and shops. The area has long been off the tourist map, but this is about to change with the opening of the Line in November..."

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/...a-celebrates-its-koreatown-surroundings/

[bobbyv]

Originally Posted by eburress

Are you talking about the dilapidated houses or the crapped out apartment building? I don't see anything there worth saving.

Yes the duplexes, I can't believe no one see's the potential in those.

[brudy]

Originally Posted by LAsam

^ Good example of not being super tall yet still being architecturally impactful to the area. The Broad will be another good example of this. An advantage to not building towers in LA is the elimination of the requirement for a podium and thus the potential for better street level aesthetics and interaction.

Yeah, these are two awesome looking buildings. I don't think everything can be that distinctive, as those are both purpose driven designs, but they will be spectacular.

[brudy]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

exactly. nothing special there

That's what I thought too.

[blackcat23]

http://buildinglosangeles.blogspot.com/2013/10/excavation-underway-for-hollywoods.html

Excavation has started for the Columbia Square project.



The existing buildings fronting Sunset have been gutted.



A little ways east, the Sunset Gordon tower is now working on it's 20th floor.

[kelbeen]

Here are some photos from Koreatown. I don't really know the names of these projects. The Vermont Towers have pretty nice glass, but I hope the parking podium gets fixed up, especially the western side.


Koreatown by Kelifornia, on Flickr


Koreatown by Kelifornia, on Flickr

Vermont:

Koreatown by Kelifornia, on Flickr

[blackcat23]

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/11/giant_cap_records_towers_wont_start_work_for_a_long_time.php

Millennium Hollywood not moving forward until the lawsuits against the project are settled.

In more cheery news, Kimpton Hotels is taking over development of a hotel project located just west. 16-stories, 225 rooms.

http://buildinglosangeles.blogspot.com/2013/11/kimpton-to-develop-hollywood-boutique.html

[LA21st]

A thought on Westwood Village. Granted I've only been there at lunch hour a few times, but is it really dying? Just about any city would love to have the foot traffic I saw today. I don't get why people say it's struggling.

[AusTex]

Originally Posted by Muji

La Brea Avenue side, with some nice street trees

Nice trees to cover the banal stucco cheapo look. Why-O-Why does LA allow this "cheap looking" siding on the majority of an exterior over 3 floors? 20% is OK, however, these new buildings just look cheap. 15 years in LA and I do not understand this" cheapening" of the LA cityscape. Demand More for LA.

[inSaeculaSaeculorum]

^You're preaching to the choir, buddy. We seem to complain about stucco boxes here nearly every other page.

[Illithid Dude]

Originally Posted by LA21st

A thought on Westwood Village. Granted I've only been there at lunch hour a few times, but is it really dying? Just about any city would love to have the foot traffic I saw today. I don't get why people say it's struggling.

It's only dying compared to how it was 20 years ago, and even then, it's been on the upswing recently. On it's own terms, it's fantastic.

[Muji]

I just passed by the northeast corner of 7th St and New Hampshire Ave, where bulldozers are now tearing up the old parking lot. This is the lot in the foreground of the second picture that Kelbeen posted. Basically, the second and third buildings of K2LA are now under construction.

Here's a reminder of what it'll look like when it's all done:
(rendering from Century West Partners):

[blackcat23]

Good. I had lunch in Koreatown this past Saturday and was wondering what the hold up was with the last parcel.

Speaking of bulldozers, heavy equipment set up shop today at the future site of the Platform. This is right across the street from Culver City Station.

[inSaeculaSaeculorum]

Awesome. I love hearing about TODs. despite the pace of metros expansion it seems like I don't hear of TODs being built or proposed very often.