no discussion on Cecil Hotel?

[JohnG72]

Originally Posted by (901)

Its really not that bad of a location considering. I remember reading about the remodel job a few years back. Looks like they are getting ready to start.
The 99 year lease is the most intriguing part of this place from a personal standpoint.

20 years ago that was one of the worst locations in Downtown LA. I wonder if people forget that Main and Spring from 4th down to 8th were basically open air drug markets around the clock and every business had those metal pull down doors that covered the business over night.

Pretty sure up until about 10 years ago, the Cecil was a transient place...homeless basically stayed on vouchers for 29 days, had to leave for a day or two, and then come back on the next months voucher.

[(901)]

Originally Posted by JohnG72

20 years ago that was one of the worst locations in Downtown LA. I wonder if people forget that Main and Spring from 4th down to 8th were basically open air drug markets around the clock and every business had those metal pull down doors that covered the business over night.

Pretty sure up until about 10 years ago, the Cecil was a transient place...homeless basically stayed on vouchers for 29 days, had to leave for a day or two, and then come back on the next months voucher.

I wasn't around then but from what I've heard it was exactly as you describe. Maybe I'm naive but that particular area doesn't feel that unsafe for me now. Worse thing that scares me is stepping in human feces

[kttam186290]

The Cecil is undergoing a huge renovation...talking about it being gutted down past the wires to its very bones.

http://http://www.ladowntownnews.com...11fc4b339.html

[CA4Now]

The Cecil Hotel is up for sale.

The hotel was transformed in recent years into a privately funded supportive-housing complex for the formerly homeless. A new owner wouldn’t technically acquire the property at 640 S. Main Street but would instead take over the 99-year ground lease, which allows its long-term use and development.

...Simon Baron Development, a New York-based real estate developer, acquired the building in late 2015 through the 99-year ground lease, and initially planned to renovate it as half hotel, half market-rate apartment building.

But then COVID-19 hit, and the developer pivoted to make affordable housing the project’s focus. (Simon Baron Development has since split into Simon Development and Baron Property Group, the latter of which still owns the lease.)

There are 91 years remaining on that lease.

The Rev. Dylan Littlefield, chaplain for the Cecil Hotel apartments, said he believes there’s a chance now for a new owner — ideally not one based in New York — who could better support the high-need community that’s getting a second chance at the Cecil.

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...ng-up-for-sale

[JohnG72]

The entirety of Main Street and most of Spring Street are now garbage. Back to 1999

[(901)]

All I know is the last time I stayed there the water tasted like a rotten corpse

[BOORGONG]

Originally Posted by (901)

All I know is the last time I stayed there the water tasted like a rotten corpse

It’s an acquired taste and smell. If you ever keep body parts in a freezer, remember that your water bottles may suck some of it up.

[colobound65]

They need to raze the Cecil. Nothing but bad happens there