Hollywood Projects

[deehrler]

Martin Schall, from an oil derrick somewhere on the North Sea, emailed me a link to a great 10 minute video called "Hollywood Screams".

Has anyone seen it?

http://www.myhollywoodstar.com/

[Caliguy2006]

A really nice project for Hollywood

http://www.fairfield-properties.com/weblink/weblinks/forms/wbl_Property_Home.asp?scode=1237

[RAlossi]

Those are in North Hollywood, which is technically a part of the Valley and not really associated with Hollywood in any way; that is excepting, of course, that most LA actors move to NoHo before they get a lot of work

That project is kind of goofy-looking to me. It looks like something out of Downtown BFE, if you know what I mean. I took some photos a while back of the NoHo site and posted them here:
http://www.angelenic.com/2006/08/06/noho...district-development-photo-tour/#more-47

In any event, I think that NoHo has a lot going for it in the near future. The area around Magnolia is severely lacking in routine maintenance issues like street and sidewalk repair, but if the city does some of that, I can see NoHo becoming a really nice working-class district. The area around Magnolia and Cahuenga gets really seedy, but a block or two east of that (near Porto's Burbank) it becomes really nice. Just a little more public and private investment is all it'll take. Seriously.

[yakumoto]

Obviously the demand for office buildings hasn't completely gone...

5800 W. Sunset Boulevard

A four-phase project which involves the retention of 198,655 square feet of existing uses and development of up to a maximum of 685,613 square feet of new studio related and commercial office uses, with an additional 88,427 square feet of new studio related and commercial office uses permitted pursuant to Council File 93-1644, resulting in a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of 2.2:1, with the tallest office buildings to be not more than 16 and 20 stories in height, and subterranean parking for 2,528 automobiles on a 10.15 acre site.

[cookiejarvis]

^That's the KTLA/Tribune Broadcasting property.

I think there's also plans to redevelop the scroungy 10+ story "Metropolitan Hotel" across the street.

[yakumoto]

Originally Posted by cookiejarvis

I think there's also plans to redevelop the scroungy 10+ story "Metropolitan Hotel" across the street.

Condos and creative offices, the planning department would have you believe.

[colemonkee]

They've already started gutting the Metropolitan. Drove by it on Sunday.

[deehrler]

Here are a few of the more interesting Hollywood area City Planning hearings:

10/26/06 Central Hollywood 1606 N CAHUENGA BLVD 90028 CONDITIONAL USE BEVERAGES FULL LINE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

10/23/06 HOLLYWOOD 4020 W MARATHON ST 90029 CONDO CONVERSIONS FOR 49 UNITS WITH 99 PARKING SPACES.

11/21/06 Griffith Park TT-66948 1809 N NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE 90027 34-UNIT RESIDENTAL CONDOMINIUM

11/16/06 Central Hollywood ZA-2006-9611-ZV 1602 N IVAR AVE 90028 CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR LEVELS 104-UNIT AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING OVER ONE LEVEL CONCRETE PARKING.

11/17/06 Central Hollywood VTT-67577 6677 W SANTA MONICA BLVD 90038 MIXED USE COMMERCIAL AND 787 RESIDENTIAL CONDO'S

11/16/06 Central Hollywood ZA-2006-9619-CUB-CUX 6600 W SUNSET BLVD 90028 CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING 2-STORY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 22,439 SQ FT STRUCTURE TO CREATE A NEW 6-STORY HOTEL WITH RESTAURANT AND ROOFTOP POOL DECK.

[citywatch]

Plinko's photo thread of LA shows at least one minor improvement to Hollywood Blvd. The crummy little bldg between the El Capitan theater & the TV Guide bldg now has a billboard ("meet the world, one person at a time") covering up its upper floors. Until now, the interior sides of the windows of that bldg were covered in plywood, making the whole place look like it was half abandoned.

[Quixote]

But the retail underneath is very cheap and doesn't mirror the caliber of the shops across the street!

[cookiejarvis]

Well maybe Jimmy Kimmel will take advantage of the neighboring retail effluvia and make famous his own "Sirajul and Mujibur."

[cookiejarvis]

Originally Posted by yakumoto

Condos and creative offices, the planning department would have you believe.

Apparently this hotel was the notorious stomping grounds for late night activities of the West Coast rap scene-- Suge Knight, et al. If only the walls could talk.

[DJM19]

Still has that off billboard on top. Get rid of it or move it to street-wall level. It looks odd back there.

[SunMonTueWedThuFriSa]

I wish they would demoilsh that building. I'm sure any developer would LOVE to have that location.

[LosAngelesBeauty]

Originally Posted by cookiejarvis

Apparently this hotel was the notorious stomping grounds for late night activities of the West Coast rap scene-- Suge Knight, et al. If only the walls could talk.

I just saw him at the Standard on Sunset on Sunday night!

[deehrler]

12/04/06 Hollywood Studio District 6001 W CARLTON WAY 90028 42 NEW CONDOS

12/05/06 Central Hollywood 6608 W HOLLYWOOD BLVD 90028 30,047 SF RESTAURANT AND EVENT CENTER SEATING 1256 WITH FULL LINE ALCOHOL AND DANCING

11/28/06 Central Hollywood 6677 W SANTA MONICA BLVD 90038 CONSTRUCT 687 CONDOS WITH 21000 SF COMMERCIAL.

see also: LA Downtown and Los Angeles Metropolitan in the City Compilations forums area.

[WesTheAngelino]

Originally Posted by Westsidelife

But the retail underneath is very cheap and doesn't mirror the caliber of the shops across the street!

Hey I'm all for good retail on Hollywood Blvd., but can't there be a retail mix? Does EVERYTHING have to be like the wealthiest areas of the West Side? Every day I see the West Side creeping further east......my prediction: Boyle Hieghts will become the new epicenter of L.A. hipster culture the way Silverlake and Echo Park are now.

[Wright Concept]

Part of it is all about perception.

When folks from other cities think Hollywood they are fed images of glamour and opulance. When the reality doesn't mirror the fantasy, something's got to give.

[RAlossi]

Originally Posted by deehrler

11/28/06 Central Hollywood 6677 W SANTA MONICA BLVD 90038 CONSTRUCT 687 CONDOS WITH 21000 SF COMMERCIAL..

LOL... isn't that The Arena? Where oh where will Tigerheat move to? =)

[SD_Phil]

^That would be a shame. Gay or straight that place is great fun!