LOS ANGELES | METRO Project Rundown 2.0 (non-downtown) - Page 439

LAsam · #**8761** Posted **Apr 13, 2018, 5:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by ozone

Maybe the delay on the Hollywood Center was worth it because I like the current design so much better than the orginal.

Agreed. Also, I think we are prone to getting too worked on on these forums based on initial renderings. A lot of the time, renderings evolve... and choice of materials makes a big difference in the final product.

Quixote · #**8762** Posted **Apr 13, 2018, 7:15 PM**

The Fairmont Miramar redesign looks so much better! It’s shorter*, but way sexier with the glass and curves. And the building take up the entire site.

*For me, height is totally unimportant in Santa Monica. I prefer mid-rise and quality design.

Eightball · #**8763** Posted **Apr 14, 2018, 1:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

^ The big change with this is that they are including roughly 13% of units as affordable housing for low income seniors, and have reduced estimated daily trips by 1/3. Probably not enough to make opposition for the project go away completely, but makes for a much better argument against the opposition in the public sphere. This is an excellent play of the cards by the developer, and I hope this moves forward. If there's any place to put 1,000 units of housing, it's kitty corner from a subway stop.

Tough! (in a good way).

Love it

Illithid Dude · #**8764** Posted **Apr 14, 2018, 7:25 AM**

The Fairmont design is gorgeous. I will always prefer good architecture and urbanism to height, and this is a great example of both.

More photos:

The only aspect I don't love is the comparatively clumsy retail integration on the Wilshire facing side, but that can be refined later on.

colemonkee · #**8765** Posted **Apr 14, 2018, 9:03 PM**

I will mourn the loss of The Bungalow, but other than that, I think this is great.

SLO · #**8766** Posted **Apr 14, 2018, 9:05 PM**

^^I do love the design, but in that location it should be 5 floors taller.

WestCoastSupertall · #**8767** Posted **Apr 16, 2018, 2:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

I will mourn the loss of The Bungalow, but other than that, I think this is great.

It's staying, just moving up to the 2nd floor

Illithid Dude · #**8768** Posted **Apr 18, 2018, 5:12 AM**

Urbanized stuff from recently:

378 Apartments with retail replacing a trailer park in Santa Monica.

Right next to the Expo / Bergamot Station station. Was supposed to compliment the Hines mixed use that got shut down.

More apartments right next to the beach in Santa Monica (two buildings)

I really love the architecture and scale of these. 1000 more across LA and we good.

colemonkee · #**8769** Posted **Apr 18, 2018, 2:37 PM**

^ I, for one, can't wait to eat at "Star & Roses"!

saybanana · #**8770** Posted **Apr 24, 2018, 11:58 PM**

Here are some Development Construction Photos along the Metro Expo Line on April 22, 2018. Sorry I dont know the name of the projects, I took them on train or platform.

Expo Sepulveda Station

Expo Sepulveda Project

Expo Sepulveda Project 2

Expo Culver City Station

Expo Culver City Project

Expo Culver City Project 2

Across The Street from the Station is another Project

Expo Culver City Project 3

Expo La Cienega Station

Expo La Cienega Project

Expo La Cienega Project 2

There are other projects at Expo Crenshaw Station north and south of the station plus the the underground Metro Station but I didnt get off the train.

LA21st · #**8771** Posted **Apr 25, 2018, 12:55 PM**

Cool updates! I'm confused though. Is the 30 story building at the La Cienga actually under construction too?

colemonkee · #**8772** Posted **Apr 26, 2018, 4:23 AM**

^ Yes, the tower is at the far end, or northeastern edge of that lot, and as far as we know, the entire project is being built in one phase.

Eightball · #**8773** Posted **Apr 27, 2018, 12:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

Urbanized stuff from recently:

378 Apartments with retail replacing a trailer park in Santa Monica.

I really love the architecture and scale of these. 1000 more across LA and we good.

Yerp!

sopas ej · #**8774** Posted **May 9, 2018, 2:52 AM**

From urbanize.la:

Renderings Revealed for New Pasadena Condominiums

Seven-story development to replace parking lot south of Colorado Boulevard.

Tyler Gonzalez Architects has unveiled renderings for another mixed-use building in Pasadena.

The proposed Oak Knoll Condominiums, slated for the current site of a parking lot at 747 E. Green Street, would consist of a seven-story edifice containing 71 one, two-, and three-bedroom dwellings, as well as a full-floor penthouse. Plans also call for 5,300 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, as well as a three-level basement parking garage.

[...]

Link: http://urbanize.la/post/renderings-r...a-condominiums

Illithid Dude · #**8775** Posted **May 9, 2018, 2:56 AM**

That's a beautiful development. Pasadena is so damned nice - why does it have to be so far from everything!

scania · #**8776** Posted **May 9, 2018, 2:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

That's a beautiful development. Pasadena is so damned nice - why does it have to be so far from everything!

I freakin LOVE Pasadena.

Busy Bee · #**8777** Posted **May 9, 2018, 2:59 AM**

Beautiful

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**8778** Posted **May 9, 2018, 3:23 AM**

If only the rest of LA could look like Pasadena...

DJM19 · #**8779** Posted **May 9, 2018, 5:01 AM**

Developments in LA proper could look like this if standards were in place for such.

ChelseaFC · #**8780** Posted **May 9, 2018, 3:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

If only the rest of LA could look like Pasadena...

LOL, I'm from the Pasadena area, and I always say the reason why it's my top choice to raise a family is that it's close to LA, but doesn't feel like LA. I currently live on the Westside, but I purposely spend a lot of my free time around Pasadena and the SGV.

Trees and mountains, quiet residential streets, a nice urban core, what's not to love?