LOS ANGELES | METRO Project Rundown 2.0 (non-downtown) - Page 546

craigs · #**10901** Posted **Apr 25, 2023, 2:13 AM**

Why did moderation remove all the dissenting responses to a particular forumer's post about power poles, but allow that forumer's post and all supporting posts to remain?

We need a fair and unbiased moderator to uphold forum rules in LA-related threads without favoritism, instead of what we have currently got.

ocman · #**10902** Posted **Apr 25, 2023, 3:23 AM**

That’s a marked improvement for Anaheim. For a moment, I thought the two photos were comparing two different neighborhoods one with poles and one without. The LED lighting is also an improvement, but I feel cities shouldn’t light a street to the point it simulates daylight.

And yeah, a city and its population should care about these things. if they take pride in itself.

citywatch · #**10903** Posted **Apr 25, 2023, 3:47 AM**

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but allow that forumer's post and all supporting posts to remain?

fwiw, I believe 2 or 3 of my posts were wished out to the cornfield too....a reference, btw, to an episode of the twilight zone.

colemonkee · #**10904** Posted **Apr 25, 2023, 1:40 PM**

craigs, I removed all city vs. city posts, which is part of the rules.

dax_gray · #**10905** Posted **Apr 26, 2023, 8:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by ocman

The LED lighting is also an improvement, but I feel cities shouldn’t light a street to the point it simulates daylight.

Never liked the change in color temp of our streetlights to daylight few years ago. Love LED but a warm white is just much better for night ambience. Also, am I the only one who is bothered by the inconsistency in color temperature of our streetlights? On one street there can be multiple color differences and even the street lamp fittings are different. Makes me wonder why we can't have uniformity in our designs across the city.

FromSD · #**10906** Posted **Apr 28, 2023, 1:22 AM**

[QUOTE=citywatch;9926911]I had a post that gave the other example of the underground program in the city of San Diego. So 2 key sections of Socal, anaheim & the larger San Diego, both have a better sense of how to clean up & modernize their environments. Why the city of LA is such a laggard, I don't totally get.

Undergrounding projects are extremely expensive. Even a small project for a few city blocks runs in the millions. The price tag is even higher when major power lines (like the ones shown in the before Anaheim picture) are involved.
I imagine that with all its other priorities, LA doesn't have a lot of surplus funds to do undergrounding, despite the obvious aesthetic benefits.

In San Diego, SDG&E customers pay a surcharge on their utility bills to fund undergrounding. I think that is a good thing, though many customers may feel differently, especially since utility bills are already sky high in California and many people have problems paying their bills. The San Diego City Council voted for the surcharge more than 20 years ago. I would be surprised if levying such a surcharge these days didn't require voter approval.

colemonkee · #**10907** Posted **Apr 28, 2023, 3:13 PM**

In non-power line news, there's finally activity again at the corner of Cahuenga and Waring, just north of Melrose. There have been two lots cleared on the west side of Cahuenga for well over a year. The lot at the corner of Waring now has construction fencing up and active excavation. Good to see this one start to move forward. The adjacent lot just to the south remains stalled - it's been excavated about two stories down for well over a year with no activity.

HusBy · #**10908** Posted **Apr 28, 2023, 7:28 PM**

Was hoping to get a bit more of an update together from west of the 405, but here are a couple photos. LOHA's project on Lincoln and a new mass timber office on Main St, both Santa Monica. Good stuff!

ChelseaFC · #**10909** Posted **Apr 28, 2023, 8:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

In non-power line news, there's finally activity again at the corner of Cahuenga and Waring, just north of Melrose. There have been two lots cleared on the west side of Cahuenga for well over a year. The lot at the corner of Waring now has construction fencing up and active excavation. Good to see this one start to move forward. The adjacent lot just to the south remains stalled - it's been excavated about two stories down for well over a year with no activity.

Any idea what's going in here? Been wanting to update the development map for this one.

colemonkee · #**10910** Posted **May 1, 2023, 2:30 PM**

Did a fair amount of searching and looking on Urbanize LA and couldn't find anything.

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Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

Any idea what's going in here? Been wanting to update the development map for this one.

Easy · #**10911** Posted **May 1, 2023, 3:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

Did a fair amount of searching and looking on Urbanize LA and couldn't find anything.

Seems like a lot of excavation just to redo the parking lot, but my guess is that's what it is.

citywatch · #**10912** Posted **May 1, 2023, 3:41 PM**

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a9l8e7n · #**10913** Posted **May 1, 2023, 4:56 PM**

https://twitter.com/LA_Construct/sta...80005440856064

Via Avanti Complex adjacent to Sherman Oaks Galleria is now having rebar work done. We shall see this go above ground in no time.