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Old 01-04-2014, 05:25 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Never could get access to the WSJ article. I recall a NYT's piece from a few years ago. The focus was on LA Live...and how it could be LA's answer to Times Square. At which point you immediately give that paper to your next door neighbor so he or she can use it for kitty litter. Not nearly as good as an informed write up.

This blogger/writer/observer has some good stuff:
DTLA RISING with Brigham Yen

I'd still like to read the WSJ article....
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Old 01-08-2014, 06:06 PM
 
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"America's Next Great City Is Inside L.A." (GQ Magazine) article about downtown LA's revival and unlike the WSJ article-everyone should be able to access this 1-

America's Next Great City Is Downtown L.A.
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Old 01-19-2014, 01:05 PM
 
Location: So Ca
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Downtown L.A.'s South Park catching a wave of new development - latimes.com
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Old 02-06-2014, 07:33 AM
 
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Tallest building in western U.S. to start with big pour

A very tall building is about to be built in downtown LA
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Old 02-06-2014, 11:54 AM
 
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Basically don't go east of Los Angeles street unless your above 3rd st.
Sheesh! That's my favorite area! The Fashion District runs east of LA Street out to Alameda. There are tons of new showrooms out there.

I love all the new development but I hope this doesn't destroy the Jewelry District, the Fashion District, the Flower District, etc.

If they want to keep upgrading DTLA, I hope they extend this South of the 10 and leave east of Los Angeles St. alone!!
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Old 02-06-2014, 12:32 PM
 
Location: Living on the Coast in Oxnard CA
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My family loves down town. We visit from Oxnard maybe a couple times a month. I think it would be fun to live down there. Not leaving our home anytime soon, but I would not have a problem suggeting the Downtown area as a place to live.
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Old 02-06-2014, 12:38 PM
 
Location: Pasadena, CA
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Sheesh! That's my favorite area! The Fashion District runs east of LA Street out to Alameda. There are tons of new showrooms out there.

I love all the new development but I hope this doesn't destroy the Jewelry District, the Fashion District, the Flower District, etc.

If they want to keep upgrading DTLA, I hope they extend this South of the 10 and leave east of Los Angeles St. alone!!
I think that poster was referring to Skid Row. South of 7th / 8th / 9th Streets it starts to become less of a wasteland.
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Old 02-06-2014, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles (Native)
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Tallest building in western U.S. to start with big pour

A very tall building is about to be built in downtown LA
Tall Building , Tall Building. Now we can brag to NYC that we have a lot of tall buildings too.
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Old 02-06-2014, 01:05 PM
 
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Sheesh! That's my favorite area! The Fashion District runs east of LA Street out to Alameda. There are tons of new showrooms out there.

I love all the new development but I hope this doesn't destroy the Jewelry District, the Fashion District, the Flower District, etc.

If they want to keep upgrading DTLA, I hope they extend this South of the 10 and leave east of Los Angeles St. alone!!
I know, right? That's the DTLA I know, always active, and I'm not even into shopping much less wholesale shopping. What I'd like to see is those districts evolve into better versions of themselves rather than something new. Here's an empty building on Los Angeles Street, for example: Grether & Grether Building. Instead of more condos/apartments, could they not open the first three floors to showrooms? The top floors could still be residential. The rooftop could be for runway shows. It's L.A. With our weather we need to use the rooftops of our lowrises, of which there are so many.
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Old 02-06-2014, 02:13 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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I will always stand by the opinion that the ultimate tragedy in the US was that LA was built during the rise of the automobile. If there were any geographic location and climate that warranted a city built as dense as Paris/NYC/London/Tokyo, it is the location where LA/SM/Long Beach/BH rests now. Instead of urban centers, LA has urban boulevards extending westward from Downtown.

While LA's urban planning might appeal to some, I always wished that it had been planned more akin to older cities.

Alas, we can only press forward. The revival of DTLA is excellent and I hope that density spreads down LA's boulevards at the same rate.
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