LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 6.0 - Page 293

caligrad · #**5841** Posted **Aug 29, 2017, 9:48 PM**

Trust me when I say. As someone who works with the mentally ill and homeless population. The LAST thing LA leaders need to be doing/thinking about is building affordable housing for the homeless along skid row. It wont help the problem. It will condense the problem. It will create a physical barrier between the arts district/east side of the downtown loop and the western/fig/South Park/Broadway section of the downtown loop. It wont house them and get them off the streets. It will draw more and more in and encourage other states to start bussing them in. We saw an uptick in people being bussed here so far this year. Some rules/laws on bussing were laxed earlier this year. Wonder why

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ConstructDTLA · #**5842** Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 8:34 PM**

Just now:

Downtown LA Skyline by Hunter, on Flickr

Last night:

CoS (The Olympic Theater) by Hunter, on Flickr

colemonkee · #**5843** Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 9:13 PM**

Great shots, Hunter. COS looks great. Such a huge improvement.

ChelseaFC · #**5844** Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 10:34 PM**

A reminder that there is a big opening this week on the roof of the Commercial Exchange Building/Freehand.

https://la.eater.com/2017/8/29/16221642/broken-shaker-los-angeles-downtown-cocktails-open-photos

ConstructDTLA · #**5845** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 12:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by ConstructDTLA

Just now:

Downtown LA Skyline by Hunter, on Flickr

Last night:

CoS (The Olympic Theater) by Hunter, on Flickr

Edit:

Downtown LA Skyline by Hunter, on Flickr

8th & Spring Towers by Hunter, on Flickr

Downtown LA Skyline by Hunter, on Flickr

8th & Spring Towers by Hunter, on Flickr

Downtown LA Skyline by Hunter, on Flickr

Mack Urban & The DTLA Skyline by Hunter, on Flickr

1212 S Flower & Oceanwide Plaza by Hunter, on Flickr

Downtown LA Skyline by Hunter, on Flickr

LosAngelesBeauty · #**5846** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 10:38 AM**

OMG: Apple Store “Done Deal” for Tower Theatre in Downtown LA

http://brighamyen.com/2017/09/01/apple-store-done-deal-tower-theatre-downtown-la/

ocman · #**5847** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 12:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by LosAngelesBeauty

OMG: Apple Store “Done Deal” for Tower Theatre in Downtown LA

http://brighamyen.com/2017/09/01/apple-store-done-deal-tower-theatre-downtown-la/

That's huge news. Maybe the biggest retail news story of DTLA since the Ralph's grocery opening. And I originally though the news story was a lie by owners trying to raise speculation to try to sell off their property in that area.

blackcat23 · #**5848** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 4:05 PM**

Finally some movement on Chinatown Yale/Ord Park

scania · #**5849** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 4:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by LosAngelesBeauty

OMG: Apple Store “Done Deal” for Tower Theatre in Downtown LA

http://brighamyen.com/2017/09/01/apple-store-done-deal-tower-theatre-downtown-la/

WOW!!! AMAZING!!!

Btw, Brigham, do you know what's being built a couple of doors down from the Grand Central Market on Broadway???

Prahaboheme · #**5850** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 4:33 PM**

While it's great to see all these buildings put to better use and renovated, I just wish some of them were returned to their former glory as theatres.

I just don't get excited about an Apple Store the way I once did.

BrandonJXN · #**5851** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 4:47 PM**

If it were 2010, I'd be excited for an Apple Store. They are building one on Michigan Ave here in Chicago and a majority of people's reaction is 'meh.' It'll bring more people down to that side of the river but Apple is not as hot as it was. Still, it's good to have that business caliber on Broadway.

scania · #**5852** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 5:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by BrandonJXN

If it were 2010, I'd be excited for an Apple Store. They are building one on Michigan Ave here in Chicago and a majority of people's reaction is 'meh.' It'll bring more people down to that side of the river but Apple is not as hot as it was. Still, it's good to have that business caliber on Broadway.

Not sure about you people in the Midwest...but at least in NYC, San Fran and Atlanta...Apple hasn't lost its buzz. Also, their sales represent the buzz is still there.

ChelseaFC · #**5853** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 5:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by scania

Not sure about you people in the Midwest...but at least in NYC, San Fran and Atlanta...Apple hasn't lost its buzz. Also, their sales represent the buzz is still there.

Apple is still certainly a popular brand, but the notion of an Apple Store as a destination (i.e. gathering folks) is not what it used to be. Which is what this thread is most concerned with. The Broadway Trade Center is going to be much more responsible for bringing people into the neighborhood than the Apple store. It's a nice ancillary piece, but it won't be the primary driver.

colemonkee · #**5854** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 8:51 PM**

^ That's a very astute point, and I fully agree. That being said, what this will do is activate that side of the street that much more. While Broadway Trade will draw a lot of people to the west side of Broadway, Apple will be a pull for the east side of that stretch, and along with Broadway Bar, Urban Outfitters, Umami and Two Boots, will help even out the activation of the area. GREAT win for the Historic Core.

colemonkee · #**5855** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 8:54 PM**

On the Yale/Ord park in Chinatown, I really hope they incorporate some or all of those mature trees into the park itself. Seems stupid to just tear them out, like they did with a lot of the already maturing trees in the Cornfiled park. That — takes like 10-15 years to get back to what it is now.

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**5856** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 10:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

^ That's a very astute point, and I fully agree. That being said, what this will do is activate that side of the street that much more. While Broadway Trade will draw a lot of people to the west side of Broadway, Apple will be a pull for the east side of that stretch, and along with Broadway Bar, Urban Outfitters, Umami and Two Boots, will help even out the activation of the area. GREAT win for the Historic Core.

Add in all the new retail coming in like Vans and Theory, etc and 8th to 11th is going to be great if this is true

CaliNative · #**5857** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 11:55 PM**

On these blazing hot 100 degree days, does construction continue at normal rate? Do they work at night also? Cooler.

CaliNative · #**5858** Posted **Sep 1, 2017, 11:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by blackcat23

Finally some movement on Chinatown Yale/Ord Park

Looks like a bunch of young wild Ailanthus trees are growing here (by the road at right). Appropriate to Chinatown since Ailanthus are native to China. This was the tree of the play & film "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and trees grow in L.A. too.

Is Chinatown zoned for tall buildings? Sure would help with the housing shortage. But keep the trees too.

CaliNative · #**5859** Posted **Sep 2, 2017, 12:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

On the Yale/Ord park in Chinatown, I really hope they incorporate some or all of those mature trees into the park itself. Seems stupid to just tear them out, like they did with a lot of the already maturing trees in the Cornfiled park. That — takes like 10-15 years to get back to what it is now.

I agree. And plant some native live oak and sycamore trees too. Trees clean the air and provide shade. Would love to see the entire L.A. River restored to the riparian woodlands that once existed with willows, sycamores & oaks.

bhunsberger · #**5860** Posted **Sep 2, 2017, 2:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by LosAngelesBeauty

OMG: Apple Store “Done Deal” for Tower Theatre in Downtown LA

http://brighamyen.com/2017/09/01/apple-store-done-deal-tower-theatre-downtown-la/

Great to see Broadway coming back to life. Much more needs to be done in terms of restoration and cleanliness. It's probably my favorite corridor of DTLA.