How long do you think it'll take until Downtown Los Angeles is "solid"?
What I mean by that is no more gaps in development, shoddy areas, or huge parking lots interrupting the walking experience. Do you think in the next 10 years we'll see DTLA something more like Downtown SF, with consistent development and vibrance? Or do you think it'll always be a somewhat so-so area?
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DTLA reminds me of downtown Houston. Lot's of potential and late to the party but showing signs of development. I was in LA and in downtown over the weekend and there was all kinds of construction.
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its Californian it wont take that long ha
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I think LA's downtown is solid now compared to like 20 years ago.
All of the "newer" sunbelt cities suffer from the time they were built in this regard, Phoenix, Vegas, Dallas, Houston and they are all just getting their downtowns "fixed" because tastes and culture has changed about living in an urban environment. LA Benefits because it has such a massive population, all of southern California is anchored by LA and that's like 22 million people. |
DTLA has 80k residents now. We solid.
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It's somewhat solid due to the rapidly growing population. The Historic Core/Arts District/Little Tokyo/Chinatown areas give it upleg up than many other growing downtowns.
It's still a work in progress though. South Park alone has numerous 50-60 story proposals. |
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The historic core seems pretty solid to me - it's always had great bones, and the new construction is certainly helping. But the megablock CBD is still pretty bleak and hostile, and until the freeways are buried it'll never be a seamlessly integrated part of the urban fabric the way San Francisco's downtown is.
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DTLA has come a long way in the last 20 years, but it hasn’t even scratched the surface when it comes to reaching its full potential. It will take several real estate boom cycles before it can compete with west of La Brea.
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Office ghost towns are one thing (and everyone's got em), but I'm talking about this stuff which, between the block-sized buildings, parking podiums, and poor street interaction is also a hostile urban form on top of that: https://goo.gl/maps/fePUTQu1RoA2 |
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40,000? Easily over 65,000. |
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