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Old 03-16-2015, 07:31 PM
 
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Downtown Seattle is turning into Manhatten. It has sprouted humungous cranes. I have noticed one crane associated with a a very tall framework.
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Old 03-17-2015, 11:53 AM
 
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Also, yes, LA is more urban than people think.
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Old 03-17-2015, 01:09 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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Seattle's Downtown is much bigger than 1.4 square miles. Really, you have to include Belltown, Pioneer Square, the ID, and even South Lake Union. If you are talk about the urban core, you should also include the Pike/Pine and Broadway portions of Capitol Hill and Lower Queen Anne. I'd say you're talking about 4 square miles of the urban core.

Almost all of this could be considered the urban core (with only part of what they're labeling as "Capitol Hill" being excluded)


http://www.downtownseattle.com/blog/...rhoods-Map.jpg
I vouch for this. It's nonsense to not include South Lake Union and Belltown when talking about "Downtown Seattle." There's absolutely nothing separating these neighborhoods which have contiguous and uninterrupted urban buildings. And SLU is booming in terms of residential and tech job growth. "Downtown" Seattle is quite large, and Seattle's "urban core" is even larger.

But anyways, I think that this thread has been derailed into a discussion about Seattle. This thread is about LA in general, not only just DTLA.
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Old 03-17-2015, 01:35 PM
 
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I vouch for this. It's nonsense to not include South Lake Union and Belltown when talking about "Downtown Seattle." There's absolutely nothing separating these neighborhoods which have contiguous and uninterrupted urban buildings. And SLU is booming in terms of residential and tech job growth. "Downtown" Seattle is quite large, and Seattle's "urban core" is even larger.

But anyways, I think that this thread has been derailed into a discussion about Seattle. This thread is about LA in general, not only just DTLA.
What are your thoughts about LA's urbanity, as framed by the OP of this thread?
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Old 03-24-2015, 03:42 PM
 
Location: Denver, Colorado U.S.A.
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Having lived for many years in northern Orange County, I always thought of the LA metro area as, overall, being about as densely populated as a metro area could possibly be while still being based on a suburban model of development. There are urban pockets for sure, but the suburban areas can often feel borderline urban due to the high density (small lots for homes, little open space).
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