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Originally Posted by blackcat23
Good news.
Downtown landmark Grand Central Market is getting radical overhaul
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oh my! that is good news....like a belated Xmas gift. here are some other snippets from that article that caught my eye...
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The first phase of the renovation of the market is a "deep cleaning" that already has started, taking place at night when the market is closed -- walls, columns and ceilings are being repainted and the floors cleaned and polished. This is expected to be completed by the fall when Shuldiner and West hope to have put a dozen new vendors in place by then.
In Grand Central Market's 12,000-square-foot basement, Shuldiner says he plans a "foodcrafting space" to be called the Basement at Grand Central Market, where potential beer brewers, charcuterie makers, cheesemongers and wine purveyors could set up shop and take advantage of an additional 16,000 square feet of walk-ins. At the center would be an exhibition kitchen for classes, tastings, studio shoots and private dinners. "It's a wonderful world down there," says Shuldiner, who adds that they are still in talks with architects about conceptualizing the space. "My fantasy is a pocket cafe or sushi bar under the stairs."
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in all of this, it's interesting &
that the one grocer that so many ppl in dt want to see added to the area...meaning Trader joe's...continues to bypass the hood. TJ's apparently still believes dtla is too downscale or that the number of ppl with $$ in the hood remains too small to justify their opening a store there. I hope they're very wrong, if only cuz that would mean the cleaning & upscaling of the grand central mkt will be a tougher proj to see pencil out. Ambitious improvement plans like what the owner of the Grand Central wants to do mean it's even more important that lots of new housing be added to the hood, asap.
btw, blackcat23, you were saying something recently about certain comments in this thread being repeated over & over, & over, & over again. Well, here's one particular comment about one particular type of proj, regarding one specific devlpt, that I've never.....I mean NEVER...totally NEVER!!....have ever seen expressed in this forum before. No broken record here
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Originally Posted by DistrictDirt
Incidentally, this project is right across Bixel from Palmer's Pierro crapfest. I wonder if Palmer ever walks by, looks at Eleven Eleven Wilshire, and feels bad about his own projects. He really should. This project is in context with the neighborhood, and actually makes it's neighbors like that Good Samaritan tower at 1127 Wilshire (in the background of the 2nd photo) look better. Palmer's projects look out of place and time, and contribute to the disjointed character of the neighborhood.
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speaking of which, I incorrectly said a few wks ago that the proj described in the post from pink floyd already was underway. I guess not. A small construction barricade that I noticed at the corner of Temple & Fig must have been installed to block access to a small bldg that has been torn down during the recent past. And though much of the site was fenced off, I do admit that I didn't see the land in the process of being scrapped clean.
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