LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 3.0 - Page 61

djerniepearl · #**1201** Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 8:13 PM**

Fantastic! I wonder what those 5 insets on the top of the north side of the bldg are all about, & whether they'll be cleaned up too?

Those insets look like they were used for advertising or announcements for movies. If you look closely you can still read some writing on old movie premeires,newsreels and feature films.

citywatch · #**1202** Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 8:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by blogdowntown

That's actually always been a parking garage for the May Company building. It was announced in 1926 and projected to cost $500,000.

I'd never have known that. Only after looking at the rooftop of the bldg, based on this aerial view, can I tell its probably been setup for parking since the very beginning, directly one block south of the old May Co bldg.

I always think of parking structures as being something of the recent past, even more so when $500K was a lot of $$ for 1926. Just goes to show how autocentric LA has been since a long time ago.

And the graffiti on that bldg & the Tower theater, where some tagger stood on a small ledge, dozens of ft from the ground, to spray up the side of the theater, makes me think if such ppl put as much effort into something useful & constructive, they'd be nuclear scientists or doctors, or engineers, or something like that.

And it would be great if the old rusty looking insets on the side of the Tower theater, & the old Singer sewing machine sign on the nearby bldg, could be both cleaned up & also preserved.

fridayinla · #**1203** Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 10:05 PM**

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I looked for that when I was downtown and didn't find it. There was a big wooden billboard that was blank. I figured that they must have already taken the ad down or I somehow completely missed it.

I also tried finding the Park Fifth sign this weekend and only saw a blank white wooden sign. It looks to me like they've yet to put up the ad, b/c I can't imagine it would have only been up for a day then taken it down.

Sodha · #**1204** Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 10:34 PM**

^ I was walking by Park Fifth on friday evening, and they had the huge blown-up Park 5th ad "downtown is looking up". I drove by on Sunday...and it's no longer there, just the white wooden sign. Maybe the paper sign was too big for the white board (it's a HUGE ad).

lasteph · #**1205** Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 11:22 PM**

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very interesting. I hope that offsets the devlpr's delay in opening parkfifth's sales ctr. This is one proj that I consider mandatory, partly because the gap it will fill in is so huge, & because that part of DT, which right now is getting new blood only because of conversion & renovation work, also needs improvement that's totally new from the ground up.

the sales ctr should already be open. my friend is going there today. the agent said they have already 250 units "sold". I'll find out later today if this is all true or not......

fridayinla · #**1206** Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 11:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by lasteph

the sales ctr should already be open. my friend is going there today. the agent said they have already 250 units "sold". I'll find out later today if this is all true or not......

Awesome news about the sales office being open! Did it open in Gas Company Tower as planned?

lasteph · #**1207** Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 11:30 PM**

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Awesome news about the sales office being open! Did it open in Gas Company Tower as planned?

I will find out more later on today. I'm at work so I wasn't able to go. I'm skeptical as I hadn't read anywhere about a sales office or even any sales yet. Hopefully this is true. I'll report later......

citywatch · #**1208** Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 11:33 PM**

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the sales ctr should already be open. my friend is going there today. the agent said they have already 250 units "sold". I'll find out later today if this is all true or not......

Oh, jeeez, along with the fact I've never seen you posting here before, that news sounds good enough to make me think you're just goofing on me.

I say that because Parkfifth's web site indicates their "sales center opens this fall." It previously said something about it opening in late summer, & I believe even before that it mentioned a time around "early summer."

lasteph · #**1209** Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 11:37 PM**

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Oh, jeeez, along with the fact I've never seen you posting here before, that news sounds good enough to make me think you're just goofing on me.

I say that because Parkfifth's web site indicates their "sales center opens this fall." It previously said something about it opening in late summer, & I believe even before that it mentioned a time around "early summer."

I know all about it. I'm skeptical also that's why I was asking the agent if he is sure..... I'll confirm later the details.....

lasteph · #**1210** Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 11:58 PM**

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I know all about it. I'm skeptical also that's why I was asking the agent if he is sure..... I'll confirm later the details.....

ok, friend is there right now... it is in the Gas Co. bldg.....

DowntownCharlieBrown · #**1211** Posted **Aug 7, 2007, 3:23 AM**

In my walking tour of DTLA this weekend, I came across a construction site that I thought was for the new police headquarters. However, I don’t remember anyone mentioning that a crane had been erected. So I crossed the street to read the sign and found out is was a new detention center. Does anyone know how many floors or how tall this is going to be?

DTLA · #**1212** Posted **Aug 7, 2007, 3:39 AM**

LA's gonna have more people imprisoned downtown than living downtown. Some how that seems to describe LA perfectly

colemonkee · #**1213** Posted **Aug 7, 2007, 4:07 AM**

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ok, friend is there right now... it is in the Gas Co. bldg.....

That's definitely good news. Let's hope sales are brisk like Lipton.

As for the sign, I drove by it tonight, and I have a sinking suspicion that they took the creative down because they ran into permit issues. It's big enough to be considered a billboard (complete with concrete ballisters), and I know you can't build new billboards in this area per City code. I bet they erected this board and someone from the City said "uh, what do you think you're doing?" No proof, just a hunch.

TOMdowntown · #**1214** Posted **Aug 7, 2007, 5:07 AM**

Actually, the new LAPD building is only for administrative offices. It's not ideal, but thankfully it will bring some additional foot traffic, will have a plaza and small urban park along 2nd street and a news stand and cafe.
But nice try at the criticism of downtown. Just another cynic out there.

fridayinla · #**1215** Posted **Aug 7, 2007, 6:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by TOMdowntown

Actually, the new LAPD building is only for administrative offices. It's not ideal, but thankfully it will bring some additional foot traffic, will have a plaza and small urban park along 2nd street and a news stand and cafe.
But nice try at the criticism of downtown. Just another cynic out there.

There's the LAPD Headquarters (2nd & Spring), and then there's the LAPD Metro Detention Center (Temple & Los Angeles) - two separate projects under construction. The detention center will house more inmates, many more.

fridayinla · #**1216** Posted **Aug 7, 2007, 7:15 AM**

A couple photos from this weekend I forgot to post:

ImaginAsian Center

State Building Demolition

edluva · #**1217** Posted **Aug 7, 2007, 7:52 AM**

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Orsini Failed Review?

fuck yes

lasteph · #**1218** Posted **Aug 7, 2007, 3:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

That's definitely good news. Let's hope sales are brisk like Lipton.

As for the sign, I drove by it tonight, and I have a sinking suspicion that they took the creative down because they ran into permit issues. It's big enough to be considered a billboard (complete with concrete ballisters), and I know you can't build new billboards in this area per City code. I bet they erected this board and someone from the City said "uh, what do you think you're doing?" No proof, just a hunch.

Here are some tidbits that may or may not have been already known....

Groundbreaking is March '08
Unofficial count shows about half the units "sold"
They had raised the prices about 10k in 3 days.

LA311 · #**1219** Posted **Aug 7, 2007, 3:43 PM**

Let's hope that 50% reservation quote is indeed true...I was the 24th person to reserve a unit there on the 4th day after they started taking reservations.

I was also told they were on schedule to break ground in January....now it's March...I hope that doesn't get pushed back further...

sales office/gallery was scheduled to open early to mid-Sept...first floor at the Gas Company Tower overlooking the Park Fifth site...you can see it from the outside, last I checked all I could see was drywall

lasteph · #**1220** Posted **Aug 7, 2007, 4:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by LA311

Let's hope that 50% reservation quote is indeed true...I was the 24th person to reserve a unit there on the 4th day after they started taking reservations.

I was also told they were on schedule to break ground in January....now it's March...I hope that doesn't get pushed back further...

sales office/gallery was scheduled to open early to mid-Sept...first floor at the Gas Company Tower overlooking the Park Fifth site...you can see it from the outside, last I checked all I could see was drywall

hopefully it breaks ground earlier. The March date might have been a guesstimate...... but yea they say they have been "selling" really well... especially since they give broker co-op they've been getting alot of people in there.......