So how long do you think until DTLA gets completely back on it's feet? (real estate, living)

[Chicano3000X]

Went there, it was crowded during the day. Still old decayed buildings though.

Still, I loved the feel of it. It was unlike any other spot I've been to in L.A.

I had almost the same feeling as I did when walking around downtown Chicago. Minus the vast tall buildings.

It's too bad L.A. didn't continue building like this, while taking care of DTLA.

But what's done is done. But it's not too late to fix the once beating heart of L.A.

[guydude]

Two years? A little more? By 2020 I expect it to be almost perfect.

[The Ancient]

I dont remember it ever being "off its feet". What days are you referring to when it was "on its feet"?

[JohnG72]

I like the old buildings.

[Chicano3000X]

Originally Posted by The Ancient

I dont remember it ever being "off its feet". What days are you referring to when it was "on its feet"?

1930's.

Ever noticed the stereotype about L.A. that no one ever goes downtown? How run down it is and not to mention skidrow(which use to be huge in DTLA). From what I heard, DTLA use to be a pretty scary place. Only people living there were drug addicts.

[Fontucky]

I'll take those old "decayed" buildings down on the flats over those glass towers on the "hill" any day.

[Chicano3000X]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

I'll take those old "decayed" buildings down on the flats over those glass towers on the "hill" any day.

I know L.A. can't be NYC, but it can atleast learn from it's past. Architecturally, NYC and Chicago have the best skyscrapers I've ever seen in any city.

But it's true, now days, people are fond of glass buildings. Will anyone ever bring back the 1930's gothic architecture?

[nslander]

Originally Posted by Chicano3000X

I know L.A. can't be NYC, but it can atleast learn from it's past. Architecturally, NYC and Chicago have the best skyscrapers I've ever seen in any city.

But it's true, now days, people are fond of glass buildings. Will anyone ever bring back the 1930's gothic architecture?

No they are not. I work in work in one, and frequently visit other offices in these glass caskets. Nobody is "fond" of ANY of them. They are sterile, utilitarian statements of modern values of efficiency and economic output. They exist because they are functional, relatively cheap to build because of their materials and less reliant on skilled trades, and they economically maximize the footprint of the real estate upon with the things sit.

There are MANY reasons office buildings you generally associate with that robust economic era of the 1930's, otherwise known as the Great Depression, are no longer constructed, and almost none of them have anything to do with relative visual appeal to people walking down the street.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by The Ancient

I dont remember it ever being "off its feet". What days are you referring to when it was "on its feet"?

Roughly, from the early 1960s to the late 1990s. It's hard to pinpoint exact dates.

[Chicano3000X]

Originally Posted by nslander

No they are not. I work in work in one, and frequently visit other offices in these glass caskets. Nobody is "fond" of ANY of them. They are sterile, utilitarian statements of modern values of efficiency and economic output. They exist because they are functional, relatively cheap to build because of their materials and less reliant on skilled trades, and they economically maximize the footprint of the real estate upon with the things sit.

There are MANY reasons office buildings you generally associate with that robust economic era of the 1930's, otherwise known as the Great Depression, are no longer constructed, and almost none of them have anything to do with relative visual appeal to people walking down the street.

Still they are alot better than the grey boxes we got in the 70's and eighties. But nowhere near as good as what the 1930's gave.

That's what I hate about businesses and corporations. They don't care to make something look amazing. The just want it fast and cheap.