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Originally Posted by citywatch
You came off inadvertently sarcastic....as though you were being tongue in cheek....when you mentioned places in the desert instead of at least Samo, which, for what it is, has been one of the few sections of the LA area associated with revived urbanism. An area of rather old bdlgs that fell apart around 50 yrs ago but has since been brought back to life. An even better example would be old town pasadena, where certain bldgs as old as the ones on broadway in dtla have been cleaned up through the yrs & allowed once dormant streets to bustle again.
the problem is not the old bldgs, particularly the larger beaux arts ones, but their owners &, in some cases, also the tenants....like the swapmeets on broadway. The owners managing their properties like slumlords are the ones that need to be removed, not the bldgs they own.
the point you were trying to make would have been clearer if you had also cited cities like this one....
sf.streetblog.org
^ many of the streets there have a variety of bldgs as old as or even older than what you'll find on broadway. But most of them have been well maintained thru the yrs, or are now properly maintained, & continue to attract ppl who have plenty of cash or credit cards in their wallets or purses, in spite of that city having its fair share of homeless ppl or aggressive panhandlers. btw, a tourist from britain was recently murdered in that city by reportedly a couple of street urchins, so it's not all that safe too. But cuz it's not as grungy as dtla is, or has been, it never lost a major connection to ppl who in LA's case have run off to the burbs or hoods like samo or pasadena. |
no, people here are trying to read too much into what I'm saying. I won't say who but someone I know who carries a certain amount of clout said something to the tune that trashy looks (namely grafitti) attracts certain kinds of people and so it is removed
and in the same way, people don't like living near alleys as they tend to bring in undesirables
IMO much of the historic section is outdated and cannot be saved (should not be saved?) from the wrecking ball