LOS ANGELES | Central City Project Rundown 5.0 - Page 364

ConstructDTLA · #**7261** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 3:33 AM**

Some slight differences in the Fig Central & Metropolis sites since my last images a week ago:

jgacis · #**7262** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 3:41 AM**

Wow, didn't realize that big hole on the north side of the Metropolis parking lot. Could that be Phase 2 in progress?

Docjalby · #**7263** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 5:59 AM**

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Wow, didn't realize that big hole on the north side of the Metropolis parking lot. Could that be Phase 2 in progress?

I just walked past that. It isn't a hole, but actually a dirt mound. It just looks different.

jgacis · #**7264** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 8:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Docjalby

I just walked past that. It isn't a whole, but actually a dirt mound. It just looks different.

Thanks for the explanation. The reflection of that water does give the illusion of digging. I read that Phase 2 would be starting later this year but now its looking like its not. But of course it's not the end of the year yet and there's construction vehicles on that north end parking. I also don't see all the parked cars that were there often.

edkao · #**7265** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 9:22 AM**

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Docjalby · #**7266** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 11:05 AM**

Cement is being poured. I feel sorry for the construction workers working at 3 AM.

http://www.earthcam.net/projects/webcor/metropolis/

upward 2000 · #**7267** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 4:06 PM**

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Cement is being poured. I feel sorry for the construction workers working at 3 AM.

http://www.earthcam.net/projects/webcor/metropolis/

That might be a common thing down the road.The Wilshire grand has gone all night frequently.

Wilcal · #**7268** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 6:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by DistrictDirt

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.

I am so with you in your feelings--and I don't care of it has been discussed over a 100 times--I will always think of "what could have been"

Wilcal · #**7269** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 6:16 PM**

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My desk is turning into DTLA construction overwatch.

Now that's what I call dedication!

alki · #**7270** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 6:50 PM**

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Now that's what I call dedication!

Is it dedication, or obsession?

DistrictDirt · #**7271** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 7:07 PM**

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Is it dedication, or obsession?

Neither. Its procrastination.

WestCoastSupertall · #**7272** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 7:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by upward 2000

That might be a common thing down the road.The Wilshire grand has gone all night frequently.

I'm sure that's overtime money though. Union overtime too.

alki · #**7273** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 7:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by DistrictDirt

Neither. Its procrastination.

lol. I hear ya. We all suffer from that malady.

brudy · #**7274** Posted **Dec 21, 2014, 12:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by DistrictDirt

My desk is turning into DTLA construction overwatch.

I have the same audio interface!

colemonkee · #**7275** Posted **Dec 21, 2014, 5:23 AM**

Federal Courthouse
From earlier today, standing on the corner of 1st and Broadway, looking southwest. They've started adding two more floors on the east side, and fireproofing of the steel looks to have been finished on the 3rd floor, but not the second.

Image Source: Me and my iPhone

202_Cyclist · #**7276** Posted **Dec 21, 2014, 6:43 AM**

Imagine that-- federal investments are creating good construction jobs.

For those of us not involved on construction, what does fireproofing look like and why does the process involve?

kelbeen · #**7277** Posted **Dec 21, 2014, 8:59 AM**

They're slowly poking out holes on the Broad facade, lol! They're working on the top row and right column

Park/Courtyard

Broadway; anyone know what they're doing here?

colemonkee · #**7278** Posted **Dec 21, 2014, 9:11 AM**

^ Conversion to apartments, I believe. It's been under construction for some time. At least 6 months.

Looks like the grass at Grand Park has seen better days. I wonder if they're cutting back on watering it because of the drought.

202_Cyclist, fireproofing is a spray-on fire retardant that dries into the light grey color seen in my photograph (compared to the rusty brown-red of the steel floors above), and protects the steel from fire for roughly 3-4 hours, I believe. Doesn't make it fireproof, per se, but provides enough time to evacuate a building and allow for firefighters to put out the fire before the structural integrity is compromised. Pretty standard in fire codes for this type of construction in most countries these days.

ChelseaFC · #**7279** Posted **Dec 21, 2014, 9:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by kelbeen

Broadway; anyone know what they're doing here?

Here you go...http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/pacif...524bac0-eb0f-11e1-a655-001a4bcf887a.html

Hubris · #**7280** Posted **Dec 22, 2014, 12:13 AM**

Broad facade reminds me of a cheese grater.