Why are some people anal about city development? Such as Hollywood residents?
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Call it the community plan, or "Manhattenizing L.A.".
People hate that the city wants to make hollywood more urban. Make L.A. act more like a city than a suburb. Starting with the Hollywood Community Plan.
People act like they live in a small town when infact they live in a city and are in denial about it. People need to face the facts that L.A. is gonna go verticle(maybe not as high as NYC) but vertical none of the less. I've seen apartments going up everywhere. I'm glad to see L.A. starting to mature. Brush off the suburban stereotype.
Seems to be any city that has a wealthy "hills" and a less wealthy (comparatively or absolutely) "valley".
The "hills" residents like what they are familiar with, and have no room for change. If that is to the detriment of everyone else, so be it.
Seems to be any city that has a wealthy "hills" and a less wealthy (comparatively or absolutely) "valley".
The "hills" residents like what they are familiar with, and have no room for change. If that is to the detriment of everyone else, so be it.
If this is the view they're trying to preserve, then what is it they're looking at exactly?
There's nothing "past" Hollywood except for smog, and the ocean is in the other direction partly blocked by the slope of the other mountains (which I presume is visible when there isn't smog).
Personally, if I lived over a city I would expect the view to change since it's a constantly developing city. The only thing that would seem more absurd is if the hills residents complained about shadows from the "new Manhattan".
If this is the view they're trying to preserve, then what is it they're looking at exactly?
There's nothing "past" Hollywood except for smog, and the ocean is in the other direction partly blocked by the slope of the other mountains (which I presume is visible when there isn't smog).
Personally, if I lived over a city I would expect the view to change since it's a constantly developing city. The only thing that would seem more absurd is if the hills residents complained about shadows from the "new Manhattan".
That must have been a pretty smoggy day. That is about as bad as it ever gets. The view is typically much, much nicer, like in the photo below.
These projects are not part of the plan, as it has not been passed yet, but this is generally the type of development that is being mislabeled as "Manhattanization", and already exists in spades throughout not just Hollywood but the entire LA region. The plan really just makes it easier to fill in those gaps (La Brea is/was a pretty substantial gap).
I'm particularly excited they are keeping this old building: http://goo.gl/maps/dqu5 It is such an eyesore now but has amazing potential.
UPDATE: The plan passed today unanimously.
Last edited by munchitup; 06-19-2012 at 05:26 PM..
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