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Originally Posted by Wilcal
Currently the city's approach is more helter skelter which ends up putting nothing more than urban blight and future slum-like structures (e.g. poor construction, cheap materials and outdated designs which do not relate to the urban fabric) filling a lot of these long time voids. Yes, they put "feet on the ground" but at the same time these "shitboxes" will age quickly and as I said become blight.
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wilcal, my quip about ppl's opinions is in regards to the comments of ppl far & wide.....from those who live in dt, or work there or visit it regularly, including ppl who post to this thread, or ppl who only read about dtla & rarely visit it.
Your unhappiness about new devlpt in dt not being architecturally very good...or better....is quite legitimate. I don't say your POV is wrong in the least. I merely say that in the bigger picture, most ppl aren't as aware of, or as bothered by, such things.
yes, new projs like the ones from Palmer may be successful the way mcdonald's is successful, but that's just the way things are. You can bring up the phrase of 'no accounting for taste', but all the new tenants of his many bldgs will look at you or me with puzzlement & say since they're the ones living in his bldgs, willing to rent his spaces, & are in dtla 24/7.....unlike those of us who peer into dt from 30 or 100 miles away.....what's it to you?!
The old bldgs that nativeorange was mentioning & has catalogued probably...likely....didn't get any praise when they were brand new over 80 or more yrs ago. So if the devlpt added to dt over the past several yrs that you don't care for ages quickly & eventually becomes blight, that means it will be following in the footsteps of much of the devlpt throughout dtla from 2 or 3, or 4, generations ago.
Your being worried that new apt bldgs in dt aren't nicely designed enough is perfectly valid. It's just that I'd extend that to the importance of being as concerned there still aren't enough ppl living in or visiting the hood who have decent incomes to support all the things that are opening up in dt.
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Last September, the first paragraph of L.A. Weekly restaurant critic Besha Rodell's review of BierBeisl Imbiss observed: "BierBeisl Imbiss, Bernhard Mairinger's new Austrian restaurant downtown, deserves to have more customers lounging at its long, wooden tables. I mean that in the sense of the place being too good to sit half-empty, but also in the sense that the space itself is built to be packed with merrymakers, groups of people happily drinking beer out of giant steins, shoveling fat sausages into their maws, living out a Bavarian fantasy of extreme revelry."
Those words ended up ringing too true: The casual beer and wurstjoint — located inside the Spring Arcade in downtown's Historic Core — never quite found its footing, announcing yesterday that its last day of business will be April 16.
Unlike Guisados DTLA and Gelateria Uli, both of which have prime Spring Street–adjacent locations, BierBeisl Imbiss was never able to gain the critical mass of customers it had hoped for, perhaps due to being tucked off the street, in the middle of the arcade.
Chef Bernhard Mairinger, who first gained acclaimed for his Austrian cooking at Beverly Hills' BierBeisl (which, sadly, also meet an early demise back in 2013), had this to say:
“I’ve enjoyed introducing Angelenos to Austrian food and drink and thank you all for coming along with me on this wonderful journey. I am going to step back and rethink my concept for a casual European-style eatery. Meanwhile I am busy focusing on our thriving special events, catering and bakery divisions which will continue to grow in a new and larger location. Thanks again.”
One silver lining: Between now and April 16, the restaurant is hosting a special "blow-out party," featuring $5 sausage sandwiches, $3 sides, $7 schnitzel sandwiches, $3 beers, $8 wine and other specials.
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