LOS ANGELES | METRO Project Rundown 2.0 (non-downtown) - Page 300

Quixote · #**5981** Posted **Aug 7, 2015, 9:08 PM**

Everything new in LA has to be designed by either Gehry, Gensler, RTKL, or TCA.

If his involvement is limited mostly to walkways and bridges, then that's fine. The whole point of this project though is to restore the river as a natural habitat. In other words, it should be kept as simple as possible both for aesthetic reasons and to keep the costs down.

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**5982** Posted **Aug 7, 2015, 9:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by c1tyguy

^ Doesn't Jack-in-the-Box have a lease until 2018? Won't be seeing new construction here for a while...

Entitlements and design will take a year or more.... Even then, buyouts arent that uncommon. It could start in 18 - 24 months if the owners really wanted to

Wally West · #**5983** Posted **Aug 7, 2015, 11:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by brudy

Frightening turn of events if you ask me.

Agreed. I'm now worried this project may become over-engineered and become Perishing Square 2.0

N. Fred · #**5984** Posted **Aug 8, 2015, 1:03 AM**

The gap between Downtown and Koreatown keeps getting smaller with the renovation of the Wilshire Royale: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...808-story.html

brudy · #**5985** Posted **Aug 8, 2015, 1:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by Wally West

Agreed. I'm now worried this project may become over-engineered and become Perishing Square 2.0

I know! For once, just once, could LA not try to overdo their public outdoor spaces? I like Gehry's buildings a lot, but he is not the right guy for this. No Gehry, no Gensler - get some kind of more naturalist designer.

StethJeff · #**5986** Posted **Aug 8, 2015, 2:23 AM**

The river should look like something Huck Finn would paddle down with huge adjoining marshes, parks (Piggyback Yards would be incredible), and a commercial stretch along DTLA. That's it.

At no point does it need curvy sheet metal.

King Kill 'em · #**5987** Posted **Aug 8, 2015, 3:02 AM**

Quality wood should be the primary material in the river restoration. Stainless steel would distract from the nature and remind you of where you actually are. However brightly colored stucco and concrete like in Pershing square would be worse around the river

NSMP · #**5988** Posted **Aug 8, 2015, 7:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by Quixote

Everything new in LA has to be designed by either Gehry, Gensler, RTKL, or TCA.

Seriously are these the only folks willing to work in LA or what??

Bikemike · #**5989** Posted **Aug 8, 2015, 10:33 AM**

LA has the commercially most successful and active crappy architects in America bar none. There is so much money but so little relative improvement in aesthetics. We'll never be as cool as Seattle or SF. The quality and sophistication of their projects across the board is so far ahead of us, even though we're getting similar money.

Hemeroscopium · #**5990** Posted **Aug 8, 2015, 11:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by brudy

I know! For once, just once, could LA not try to overdo their public outdoor spaces? I like Gehry's buildings a lot, but he is not the right guy for this. No Gehry, no Gensler - get some kind of more naturalist designer.

Gehry is the greatest living architect and there is probably nothing he can not do....but for that project I would see snohetta...

King Kill 'em · #**5991** Posted **Aug 8, 2015, 3:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by NSMP

Seriously are these the only folks willing to work in LA or what??

What about AC Martin?

blackcat23 · #**5992** Posted **Aug 10, 2015, 2:29 PM**

http://urbanize.la/post/supportive-h...d-santa-monica

34-unit supportive housing development completed near Downtown Santa Monica Station. Developed by Step Up on Second, designed by Killefer Flammang Architects.

Eightball · #**5993** Posted **Aug 10, 2015, 2:40 PM**

^^^ classy

StethJeff · #**5994** Posted **Aug 11, 2015, 12:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by blackcat23

http://urbanize.la/post/supportive-h...d-santa-monica

34-unit supportive housing development completed near Downtown Santa Monica Station. Developed by Step Up on Second, designed by Killefer Flammang Architects.

Wow. This should be the dominant design aesthetic throughout LA. Looks terrific.

a very long weekend · #**5995** Posted **Aug 11, 2015, 1:30 AM**

yowza, love it.

a9l8e7n · #**5996** Posted **Aug 11, 2015, 3:59 PM**

http://urbanize.la/post/new-playa-vi...mplex-revealed

Better angles...

BrianMojo · #**5997** Posted **Aug 11, 2015, 6:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by N. Fred

The gap between Downtown and Koreatown keeps getting smaller with the renovation of the Wilshire Royale: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...808-story.html

This is awesome news. Westlake has so much potential! It's vibrant now, it just needs to be literally cleaned up (money put into cleaning facades, trash pickup, fixing infrastructure).

StethJeff · #**5998** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 1:49 AM**

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This is awesome news. Westlake has so much potential! It's vibrant now, it just needs to be literally cleaned up (money put into cleaning facades, trash pickup, fixing infrastructure).

Agreed. Westlake cleanup/densification should be the biggest no brainer in LA. If the city has a housing shortage, this is where efforts should be concentrated. Same goes for all of Wilshire as the subway expands but like you said, Westlake has boundless potential with the existing architecture, park space, heavy transit, density, and location between Downtown and Ktown. There's no reason it should continue to look this shabby and sketchy in 20 years.

blackcat23 · #**5999** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 3:08 PM**

http://urbanize.la/post/condo-conver...ening-monrovia

68 condominiums opening in Monrovia...designed by everyone's favorite architecture firm, TCA.

Bikemike · #**6000** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 12:41 AM**

Barftastic but much improved for TCA. Good thing it's Monrovia