LOS ANGELES | Central City Project Rundown 5.0 - Page 445

bobcat · #**8881** Posted **Apr 8, 2015, 1:53 AM**

Wondercon, Comic-Con's little brother, is coming to DTLA next year. Not sure what, if any, implications there are for the future of Comic-Con, but good to see AEG doing their job managing the convention center.

http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/wondercon-moving-los-angeles-2016-leaving-anaheim-1201466860/

Jun · #**8882** Posted **Apr 8, 2015, 5:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by bobcat

Wondercon, Comic-Con's little brother, is coming to DTLA next year. Not sure what, if any, implications there are for the future of Comic-Con, but good to see AEG doing their job managing the convention center.

http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/wondercon-moving-los-angeles-2016-leaving-anaheim-1201466860/

They probably won't put both shows in the same city. Moving WonderCon to LA frees up the market in Anaheim

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**8883** Posted **Apr 8, 2015, 6:44 PM**

Crane base in for 8th and Olive.

Eightball · #**8884** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 1:18 AM**

Video of May building being renovated earlier today:

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ChelseaFC · #**8885** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 1:23 AM**

It just occurred to me...was it common back in the day for department stores to have windows all around?

colemonkee · #**8886** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 1:24 AM**

^ Yes, they were primarily used for displays, but didn't look through to the store itself.

brudy · #**8887** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 1:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

It just occurred to me...was it common back in the day for department stores to have windows all around?

Yeah, I think so. Here's the Wannamaker building in Philadelphia from 1911.

alki · #**8888** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 3:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

It just occurred to me...was it common back in the day for department stores to have windows all around?

Yes. Interesting observation. It shows how much our expectations have changed over the decades.

alki · #**8889** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 3:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by brudy

Yeah, I think so. Here's the Wannamaker building in Philadelphia from 1911.

Is it still a dept store?

Eightball · #**8890** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 3:53 AM**

A brief 2nd May building video

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888 Olive from a different angle than a couple days ago

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Yackemflaber69 · #**8891** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 4:48 AM**

Can't wait for the 50 floor tower.

brudy · #**8892** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 5:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by alki

Is it still a dept store?

Yeah, it's been a few different things but I think it's a Macys now.

citywatch · #**8893** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 7:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by Eightball

Video of May building being renovated earlier today:

a great relief to see scaffolding being installed around that bldg. but also exciting since it has been in increasingly bad shape since the 1980s, when the dept store shut down. But also shocking to be reminded of the increasingly weak condition of such parts of dt through the yrs. In a way the old may co bldg wouldn't have become such a hot mess if it had remained mostly vacant....at least on its main floor....instead of wrecked by swapmeets & things like the horrible brown awnings installed by the previous owner.

it went from this...

Patricksmercy, tumblr.com

or even longer ago, from this...

southonspring.com

to this...

southonspring.com

^ although that's at least somewhat colorful & isn't necessarily any worse than the way it looked from the outside.

chelseafc asks about windows on the main level of large dept stores &, sadly enough, since his or her experience may be limited to LA, he doesn't realize the difference between what happened to the windows of old dept stores in dtla....although I don't believe the may co in dt ever dressed itself up for xmas even during its prime yrs....compared with what still exists with similar areas of dept stores in other cities....

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^ I see things like that & become somewhat embarrassed since I feel like celebrating when seeing the old may co bldg now surrounded by scaffolding & being converted from a swapmeet mess into something hopefully way better over the next few yrs. iow, it shouldn't have gotten so crusty in the first place!

caldor120la · #**8894** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 12:41 PM**

eightball:videos of May Building and others
Thanks for posting the videos whole new prospective on dt projects, almost like being there. Hope you have the time to continue with them. thanks

blackcat23 · #**8895** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 2:23 PM**

http://urbanize.la/post/fashion-district-parking-lot-destined-development

Another parking lot going bye-bye at 12th/Broadway. Still unclear precisely what the project will entail, but it will feature more than 50 residential units.

colemonkee · #**8896** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 5:06 PM**

Most likely looking at a 6-7 story Type IV construction here, but a girl can dream!

Eightball · #**8897** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 7:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by caldor120la

eightball:videos of May Building and others
Thanks for posting the videos whole new prospective on dt projects, almost like being there. Hope you have the time to continue with them. thanks

Bet

@yakemflaber - super excited about next Onni tower

Yackemflaber69 · #**8898** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 7:34 PM**

StethJeff · #**8899** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 7:54 PM**

Colin Cowherd did a few of his morning ESPN radio shows from LA earlier this week and made the observation about the ridiculous number of cranes up in DTLA right now. Our current building boom is being noticed by casual outsiders now, not just on Internet forums and occasional newspaper articles.

StethJeff · #**8900** Posted **Apr 9, 2015, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by BrighamYen

http://brighamyen.com/2015/04/06/24-hour-dtla-urgent-care-opening-soon-in-downtown-la/

The projected growth downtown probably necessitates a 2nd urgent care for the community sometime in the very near future.