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Been there: reminds of Dt. Houston but a little bigger. Go see Downtown L.A: the whole southern part of Dt. L.A will have more impressive than middle of Dt. Toronto. They're building tons of 60-80 story high rises there. It looks like a cosmopolitan city in a foreign country now.
Tonnes? Really? Exaggerate much?
This is showing only 3 buildings over 60 stories currently built, 0 buildings over 60 stories under construction, and only 5 buildings over 60 stories approved or proposed!
This is showing only 3 buildings over 60 stories currently built, 0 buildings over 60 stories under construction, and only 5 buildings over 60 stories approved or proposed!
Skyscrapers are nice but not the only thing. What I really like is the Adaptable Reuse Initiative in Los Angeles, particularly in downtown Los Angeles. Old historic buildings which laid vacant for decades are being refurbished into residential, hotel, office and retail.
Here is one great example. The Giannini office bldg which housed the Bank of Italy was built in 1922. The building sat vacant at the corner of 7th and Olive streets for nearly 20 years. Just this week was the grand opening of the luxurious NoMad boutique hotel. The only locations were in New York City and now downtown Los Angeles.
Nice pictures of Downtown LA buildings. I sometimes look at old pictures of Downtown LA back in the 1900s-1950s way before the freeways were built and Downtown LA was this super large, urban, cohesive and walkable area with lots of street cars and cables criss crossing everywhere. Sadly 1/2 of what existed then are no longer. Things change over time. I often see buildings with similar architecture to San Francisco with Victorian elements in many buildings. The only thing I see is one building on 6th/LA street turned into housing for those who were homeless. But most buildings were demolished due to neglect or structure failure do to whatever reason like earthquakes. Others made way for the freeway system. Others demolished to make way for the skyscrapers of today. Others were demolished to make parking lots for the upcoming autocentric LA. A lot of the beautiful buildings did survive like the pictures above. Some like the Richfied Oil building would have been one of the best Art Deco buildings in the west coast but was demolished in the 1969. Too bad. Many of the new buildings and highrises are made of steel and glass and lack the external details like these buildings.
Nice pictures of Downtown LA buildings. I sometimes look at old pictures of Downtown LA back in the 1900s-1950s way before the freeways were built and Downtown LA was this super large, urban, cohesive and walkable area with lots of street cars and cables criss crossing everywhere. Sadly 1/2 of what existed then are no longer. Things change over time. I often see buildings with similar architecture to San Francisco with Victorian elements in many buildings. The only thing I see is one building on 6th/LA street turned into housing for those who were homeless. But most buildings were demolished due to neglect or structure failure do to whatever reason like earthquakes. Others made way for the freeway system. Others demolished to make way for the skyscrapers of today. Others were demolished to make parking lots for the upcoming autocentric LA. A lot of the beautiful buildings did survive like the pictures above. Some like the Richfied Oil building would have been one of the best Art Deco buildings in the west coast but was demolished in the 1969. Too bad. Many of the new buildings and highrises are made of steel and glass and lack the external details like these buildings.
Yea, there were all kinds of policies that basically made preservation of much of the older construction unlikely, but it would have been great if by some chance it did happen. Los Angeles was already a large city before the mid 20th century when freeways and urban renewal really tore a lot of things out so there was a lot that went down. The last couple decades have been pretty promising for urban LA though.
LA has a lot of really dramatic interiors, in buildings you wouldn’t expect. Like everything in LA, you have to go beneath the surface because the best things are hidden and not obvious.
LA has a lot of really dramatic interiors, in buildings you wouldn’t expect. Like everything in LA, you have to go beneath the surface because the best things are hidden and not obvious.
The Bradbury is the first that comes to mind. Pretty nondescript late 19th century exterior, but inside is a whole different story.
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A few more old structures under the Adaptable Reuse Initiative
