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Originally Posted by CaliNative
I think the total bulldozing of Bunker Hill was a huge mistake. We lost some good historic buildings and neighborhoods, many rundown but salvageable. It could have become L.A.'s Nob Hill with some intelligent planning. Unfortunately the potential was unrecognized in the '50s so they did "urban renewal"--total bulldozing. I'm all for skyscrapers, but not at the expense of total destruction of historic neighborhoods. Fortunately, the historic buildings and theaters in the Broadway area were left mostly intact, and are now being revitalized.
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total bulldozing, yes. But some of the old mansions that were scheduled to be saved & relocated got burned down by arsonists. But much of bunker hill was non distinct old masonry bldgs, some of them rooming houses.
The ONE property I definitely wish had not been torn down was the old richfield bldg...but that was south of bunker hill.
However, dt once was the prime spot for big dept stores and seeing movies. But that was offset by not a lot of the rest of the area being a place most ppl wanted to spend a lot of time & certainly call their home.
as this before & after shows, dtla wasn't exactly a great looking hood over 70 yrs ago.
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If what's going on today has occurred by at least the 1960s, dt wouldn't have gone so far downhill. At the same time, some of the great bldgs on broadway might have been torn down & replaced by 'hip, modern' bldgs over 50 yrs ago.
you have to take the good with the bad. which in a way can be the motto of LA, if not other cities too.