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Originally Posted by BrandonJXN
Absolutely. I don't see the ugliness in Ava when others do (though I will say that I'm not a fan of the highlighter green nasty bits).
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so, brandon, do you just copy/paste your opinion about ava?....even more so when you're still saying you don't see the ugliness in that proj yet do now admit there are some 'nasty bits'.
I'm still surprised at just how jarring....& unsophisticated....the colors are, even more so since the artist's rendering of the bldg, from the architects themselves, doesn't indicate the colors were going to be so clumsily handled....
tcaarchitects.com
after looking more closely at the image, I now realize the glass siding of the balconies was always going to have different colors. But the accent colors look like they originally were going to be either only dark brown or certainly a much darker shade of green.
I still think the basic shape of their apt bldg at wilshire & La brea makes that the worst of TCA's designs, but after seeing how something as basic as the colors of their bldg in little toyko turned out, I'll really cringe in the future whenever I hear the owner of a new proj is using TCA as the designer.
They're now a case of 'buyer beware'.
some forumers have been equally harsh about their designs for bldgs in south pk, but so far....at least based on the artwork....I'd call them bland instead of ugly. But I'll take bland over wilshire/labrea & ava any day of the wk, which to me are surprisingly tacky.
as for the comments of dtladenizen, he's a tough taskmaster, to be sure, but so is brudy in his own way. Since they both live in dtla, whenever I cringe at how unhappy they are about certain aspects of the hood, I have to remember the way I've often felt when I've visited dt, seen things directly & personally for myself.....gotten a sense of the hood with my own eyes....& then come away with a very different impression than the one I had when I went in.
Ppl are the spice of life, so I notice that whenever I've been in dt, my reaction is greatly affected by how many ppl are out & about, walking around, shopping in stores, filling restaurants....all helped if I've read that new apts are being snapped up rather quickly, or that offices in the hood finally are being leased up. Since the last thing is something I know has yet to happen in over 20 yrs, it remains the one point that makes me cautious even when I'm personally in dtla & have come across an active street scene. iow, I'm always aware there are certain weak points working against dt, which is probably why I appreciate to an even greater degree the improvements being made to the hood.
btw, I saw this on kcet's blog about a yr ago...
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Irvine is Southern California's fastest growing city, according to new census data. It grew at a pace five times the Southern California average, with its population leaping to nearly 230,000, or 4.2%, from July 2011 and July 2012.
Real estate agents say that the Orange County city's schools are the biggest draw, according to the Los Angeles Times. More growth is expected for Irvine, with its population nearing 300,000 by 2035. New construction has also continued to increase with more than 1,400 new homes sold last year in Irvine Co. developments. That's up from 774 sold the year before. Irvine also boasts the lowest violent crime rate of any U.S. city with more than 100,000 people.
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^ this is why most ppl, if they feel wary about areas like dtla, won't place the mediocrity of the design or the shortness of new projs in such hoods on the top of their priority list.
but I don't want to end on a low point, so this is in the current issue of downtownnews.com.....
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Now that Grand Park officials know that free events in the 12-acre attraction can draw bigger-than-expected crowds, they have made a key decision. With the park's second Fourth of July celebration taking place this Friday, they are planning for 25,000 attendees, but preparing for up to 50,000 people.
Park security had to shut the gates this past New Year's Eve when three times as many people as expected showed up. So, for the country's birthday bash, park Director Lucas Rivera is widening the boundaries of the event site. The July 4 Block Party will stretch to Temple Street on the north, Second Street on the south,, Grand Avenue on the west and Main Street on the east.
Last year's event brought out 10,000 people, Rivera said, and pyrotechnic professionals set off fireworks from the ground. This year, Ron Smith, vice president of theatrical operations for J.E.M. F/X, Inc., will be firing 1.2- and 3.5-inch aerial shells from the roof of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The difference, he explained, is like going from a light show at a concert to a professional fireworks display. "The last time Los Angeles had fireworks this big was in 1995," Rivera said.
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So you ppl who live in dt & will be there next friday are in a position to get a nice fireworks show at night. It wasn't too long ago when dtla was one of the last places many ppl throughout LA wanted to be either on NYE or independence day.
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