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Originally Posted by Niftybox
Thanks for that graphic that's a neat way to see into the future of LA, I am curious how it might look if you took some buildings away for a more conservative estimate to see what it might actually look like then. Maybe assume only 1 maybe 2 yellow gets approval, whichever one(s) you think might have the best chance, maybe around 66% of the reds (proposed) get approved within a reasonable time frame, 95% blue (approved) and 100% grey (u/c).
Edit: Also, your last shot is the best one by far it shows sprawling tower growth, this helps me realize what LA could look like in 30ish years, sprawling towers and mini cities shooting up all over the basin, this includes areas like Miracle Mile, Brooklyn, Hollywood, the Arts District etc. And an incredibly long stretch of towers down Miracle Mile will connect DTLA to bigger city cores like Century City, with large towers that shine like beacons at their centers.
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Seeing these conceptuals of towers spread across the basin without addressing our building codes keeps me from being excited about that many towers... We will continue to end up with boxy floorplans, square-ish towers, shorter heights, and bigger shadows. Jamison Services seems to be the only company to give us some curves with their Circa towers and 2900 wilshire... but these are both rare in that they sit on very large sites. With ever increasing land and construction costs, and developers needing to make a profit, Los Angeles is shooting itself in the foot with our Fat Cores. When there is less amount of land, you best believe they will box out all floor plates in LA and keep an easily repeatable plan all the way up.
I want to see curves, drama, slenderness. The US Bank tower is still my favorite building in LA, the building I dream about. It happens to be a slender-ish/non boxy tower, and we see how it has a more challenging time leasing up space because of that fat core intruding into the circular-ish floorplates. And Ms. Wilshire Grand over there... She WIDE and got curves on two sides!
This is the biggest hinderance IMO to great tower design and proliferation in Los Angeles. I'm passionate about our building codes and am thinking about creating a movement... and while I'm at it, create a movement to get all logos off my beloved Library Tower... unless its a simple "I"