LOS ANGELES | METRO Project Rundown 2.0 (non-downtown)

[Radio5]

Whoa, that looks taller. Hope they are still doing the hotel. Koreatown is really turning into a dense, bustling neighborhood outside of downtown. The purple line extension will do wonders for it. Also, wish that the city or some non profit would step up and buy some remaining parcels in Koreatown for a big park (Library one doesn't cut it). Next to Basil's church seems like a good spot or the LADWP owned lot on 6th and Normandie/Mariposa

[ChelseaFC]

New LA streetlight design chosen:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...etlight-design

[NIMBY Slayer]

Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

New LA streetlight design chosen:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...etlight-design

Will these replace the ugly plain utilitarian ones only?

I hope they are not swapping out the pre-war street lights!

[Busy Bee]

Am I the only one that thinks these look pretty lame??

[Prahaboheme]

Originally Posted by NIMBY Slayer

Will these replace the ugly plain utilitarian ones only?

I hope they are not swapping out the pre-war street lights!

They aren’t. The articles states as such.

[Prahaboheme]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Am I the only one that thinks these look pretty lame??

Of the finalists I think they made the right decision. The other finalist entries relied heavily on ultra futurist, Googie reminiscent designs like LAX as inspiration for the entire city as a template.

That said, for a city as large as LA there is room for more than just one style.

[caligrad]

I work on Crenshaw blvd currently, the section where the Crenshaw line is oddly above ground, the city came in about 2 weeks ago and replaced all of those ugly slop concrete street lights with very plain and simple black metal street lights. An upgrade but still very boring and "Mass produced". I wish the city would have at least waited for these to install.

[Quixote]

Originally Posted by Prahaboheme

Of the finalists I think they made the right decision. The other finalist entries relied heavily on ultra futurist, Googie reminiscent designs like LAX as inspiration for the entire city as a template.

That said, for a city as large as LA there is room for more than just one style.

I agree. Some of the more futuristic designs were eye-catching, but their ubiquity would've been too much. Street lighting ultimately is, and should be, more utilitarian.

[JerellO]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Am I the only one that thinks these look pretty lame??

I’m not a fan either, it looks like they just added a smaller looped light at the bottom of the current boring streetlights and painted the whole thing green. I honestly don’t see the inspiration from historic streetlights except for the fact that it’s green, some more ornamentation or shapes resembling the historic lights would’ve been nice. The historic streetlights are heavily ornamented and give off a vibe. The boring ones give a dystopian feel.

[Quixote]

^ The whimsical design is a clear nod to Art Nouveau style, minus the lack of ornamentation. It's simple and utilitarian (e.g. functional), yet more graceful and elegant than what we currently have thanks to the slenderness and green paint. I'm personally glad (and pleasantly surprised) that they went with something more classic looking.

Here were the runners-up. First and third are visual overkill IMO; second one would've been a good choice as well.


LA Times


LA Times


LA Times

[Busy Bee]

The third one looks like an old Bang & Olufson telephone.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

I like the choice a lot honestly. It has a lot of capabilities too

[MN/WI]

I really like the first one. Anything to bring more color to cities.

[pwright1]

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by pwright1

Looks like they are still working on the top floors, but very close to topping out. They do look like the tallest in CC taking the title from the triangle twins across the street. 600'. Impressive. Thanks for posting update.

[MN/WI]

Those twin towers, wow. Really add so much beauty and density to Century City. Game changer.

[LA21st]

Agreed.

Btw, the 15-17 story apt building in the Miracle Mile (Wilshire/La Jolla) is now 3-4 stories up now. I forgot about that one. That stretch needs some work, but I'm optimistic about it's future when these developments are done and people have moved in. It's dead at the moment (but that could be more covid related)

[caligrad]

I think the Gateway Tower in Long Beach has finally topped out, its already very massive in the skyline, from the 405 it looks 3-4 floors taller than the world trade center which is odd since its only supposed to be 10 feet taller than the trade center. Almost feels like they were at a good pace, a floor every 5 days, that they decided to just keep going haha I know that's not likely but it is massive, Everyone knows i have no idea on how to post pictures here, maybe i can get a little help from somebody ?

[Quixote]

Originally Posted by MN/WI

Those twin towers, wow. Really add so much beauty and density to Century City. Game changer.

They complement the Century Plaza Hotel nicely, which thank goodness, was spared from the wrecking ball.

Century City is still a soulless corporate wasteland though. There's very little that can be done to change that, but these towers are a great addition to the skyline and add some residential density nearby jobs and a forthcoming subway station.

[Radio5]

Looks like there's a new 6 story apartment building that's started not far from that new Holland skyscraper. Haven't seen it on here or Urbanize. Anybody know if LABDS has renderings? It's not on the architect's website. 707 S. Berendo. Parking is subterranean which is nice.