LOS ANGELES | Central City Project Rundown 5.0

[ConstructDTLA]

Lets start this page off with some great photos.


September 30th, 2014



December 17th, 2014

[WestCoastSupertall]

^^ Nice to see Prime Matter lit up!

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Excellent news about the Arcade. Its been a mess for a long time, but i did notice the arcade was shut down about a month ago and people were touring. Lights have been on in a couple of the units a few times over the last week or so. Next should be the Garfield building, which is beautiful.

Also, as i was going by the Commercial Exchange this morning, i could see that they took down the plywood that was covering the retail frontages. Progress!

[SimonLA]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

Excellent news about the Arcade. Its been a mess for a long time, but i did notice the arcade was shut down about a month ago and people were touring. Lights have been on in a couple of the units a few times over the last week or so. Next should be the Garfield building, which is beautiful.

Also, as i was going by the Commercial Exchange this morning, i could see that they took down the plywood that was covering the retail frontages. Progress!

The pic of the building with the Arcade is not current; likely from the '90s. It's not in great shape now, but not that awful.

[Eightball]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

Excellent news al.

Also, as i was going by the Commercial Exchange this morning, i could see that they took down the plywood that was covering the retail frontages. Progress!

Oh man. I'm gonna have to go by there once I get finished picking my son up from school.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Originally Posted by SimonLA

The pic of the building with the Arcade is not current; likely from the '90s. It's not in great shape now, but not that awful.

I live two buildings down, trust me, its just as awful. They only recently painted over a couple of the tags, but its a dump

[ziggy331]

Originally Posted by Mojeda101

Looks like the Arcade building on Broadway just sold. Not really any concrete evidence but "DTLArealestate" on Instagram mentioned that one of the owners said they sold the property which is why the arcade has closed its doors for good. They toured the interior of the building too. They mentioned it was being converted to Condos.

Then, "Esotouric" also mentioned that he talked to the retailers on the groundfloor along with those next door and they were told the arcade is closed for good and the upper floors would be turned to condo units. This could be huge!

True story. Building sold and upper floors will be creative office.

[alki]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

I live two buildings down, trust me, its just as awful. They only recently painted over a couple of the tags, but its a dump

I am a little concerned you live in such a sketchy neighborhood.

[Mojeda101]

Originally Posted by ziggy331

True story. Building sold and upper floors will be creative office.

Creative Office, Condos or multi-use?

I'm hoping the building next door will follow suit.

[LosAngelesBeauty]

Originally Posted by DTLAdenizen

New retail squeezed into the tiny spots at the Tower Theatre:

More info about these cute little shops:

http://brighamyen.com/2014/12/18/tiny-retail-spaces-fill-historic-tower-theatre-downtown-la/

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Originally Posted by alki

I am a little concerned you live in such a sketchy neighborhood.

Lol its not bad at all. Best part of it is watching it all improve

[alki]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

Lol its not bad at all. Best part of it is watching it all improve

Yup. Very true.

And that bldg will be a huge improvement to the street after its rehabbed.

[citywatch]

Originally Posted by BrighamYen

One of the seediest intersections in Downtown LA --- a drug haven for decades --- just got a whole lot cleaner.

Originally Posted by Mojeda101

Looks like the Arcade building on Broadway just sold. Not really any concrete evidence but "DTLArealestate" on Instagram mentioned that one of the owners said they sold the property which is why the arcade has closed its doors for good.

[kelbeen]

Took this about an hour ago

Grand Avenue side

[DistrictDirt]

Originally Posted by kelbeen

Took this about an hour ago

Grand Avenue side

On one hand the panel detail looks quite cool up close like that.

On the other hand, the "porous, absorptive" veil that was initially promised is nowhere to be found. Its like this is a complete different building than what was shown in the renderings.


Source: http://www.thebroad.org/

I don't mean to rehash something we've discussed 100 times already. I'm just finding it more disappointing as more of the building is revealed.

Nice pics BTW, Kelbeen.

[OneMetropolis]

so is fig central officially under construction?

[brudy]

I'm torn on it too. So much potential, and there are aspects of it that I still like, but the overall end product feels like a disappointment architecturally. That said, it will be awesome to have another great museum in downtown, and even more so since it will be free.

[SoCalKid]

Originally Posted by kelbeen

Took this about an hour ago

Grand Avenue side

Did the other sides still have the "punch-out" feature where the veil is actually punctuated by holes? I have to say the Grand side looks better than I had feared.

[DistrictDirt]

My desk is turning into DTLA construction overwatch.

[Eightball]

Originally Posted by BrighamYen

More info about these cute little shops:

http://brighamyen.com/2014/12/18/tiny-retail-spaces-fill-historic-tower-theatre-downtown-la/

Those little spaces are so cool. Glad to see them filled! Great writing and pics on that article