LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 6.0

[Quixote]

For all my complaints though, I must give praise to Onni for the project's ambitious scale and their decision to not commission Chris Dikeakos as designer. That's more than you can say for Forest City and the banal crap they're building next to the beautiful Herald Examiner building.

[citywatch]

Originally Posted by blackcat23

Times Mirror Square

since 1st & broadway isn't currently as sad or needy as, for example, 4th & Hill, I'm a bit less curious about what may happen there compared with areas farther south & west.

but it also comes down to the way that demand for housing in dt will be affected by all the projs now underway....or soon to be under way.

I grimace at the thought of dtla becoming overbuilt. hopefully, the more, the merrier & better.

The proj next to the LA times bldg also is far off enough into the future, that it's hard right now to be waiting & wondering about it when the grand ave proj....in a location more visible than most other sections of dt....has been delayed for way too long. Or 4th & Hill St....important to the angel's flight & grand central mkt area.....has yet to break ground. Or the apt tower at 4th & broadway, which is more important to the northern stretch of broadway than 1st & broadway is right now.

will be a joke on me if 1st & broadway ends up under construction before 4th & hill or 4th & broadway.


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[Mojeda101]

Can't wait for it to all look like this:

[bobcat]

^Doesn't that picture depict the older plan for the Grand Ave Project? The current plan is much downsized from that.

[colemonkee]

^ Correct, that massing for Grand Ave is out of date. The current one is a bit shorter.

[scania]

Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

The podium looks fine. Provides nice massing and is wrapped with housing units. Not all podiums are bad, just the ones that look (and are) like giant parking garages.

Love the amount of units in this project. Disappointed the roofs are not flat but it is what it is. Hope the LA Times get to stay in their building.

I agree.

[ocman]

Of all the podiums, this is among the least offensive. Mainly because it’s atleast flush with the side of the tower.

[ocman]

Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

Disappointed the roofs are not flat but it is what it is. Hope the LA Times get to stay in their building.

Wilshire Grand is a start, but I’m still waiting for a skyline defining not-flat tower. I’m envious of SF's elegant renderings for Salesforce tower. Pelli always does eye-catching work. Even his very simple 777 South Fig tower often upstages the others around it.

[DJ1272]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

^ Correct, that massing for Grand Ave is out of date. The current one is a bit shorter.

What's the actual name of the project and who is doing it?

[BrandonJXN]

Originally Posted by DJ1272

What's the actual name of the project and who is doing it?

Frank Gehry is still designing the Grand Ave project. This is how it looks like now. Now if this is the version that we'll get, who knows with this project? At this point, I'd rather have BIG or SHoP design something truly grand. But honestly, this version isn't terrible at all.

[Wilcal]

Originally Posted by Quixote

For all my complaints though, I must give praise to Onni for the project's ambitious scale and their decision to not commission Chris Dikeakos as designer. That's more than you can say for Forest City and the banal crap they're building next to the beautiful Herald Examiner building.

Boy, you are sure right about both points

[LDVArch]

Originally Posted by ocman

Wilshire Grand is a start, but I’m still waiting for a skyline defining not-flat tower. I’m envious of SF's elegant renderings for Salesforce tower. Pelli always does eye-catching work. Even his very simple 777 South Fig tower often upstages the others around it.

Pelli's IFC in Hong Kong is elegant. SF is not.

Whatever the case, Pelli's best work is the Pacific Design Center. Pop shapes and colors and a slick curtain wall.

[LA21st]

The Anime Expo is great for Downtown. People are everywhere down there.

[surfnspy]

Excited about the Lucas Museum. It is a pretty distinctive form, but looking a little like a Tennis Shoe insert? Dr. Scholl building?

[DJM19]

Councilman Huizar posted this on his twitter a few days ago



So it looks like the project is still relatively the same. The fact that he was invited to visit may bode well for the progress of the project.

[scania]

Originally Posted by DJM19

Councilman Huizar posted this on his twitter a few days ago



So it looks like the project is still relatively the same. The fact that he was invited to visit may bode well for the progress of the project.

This is pretty intriguing news.

[ocman]

Originally Posted by LDVArch

Pelli's IFC in Hong Kong is elegant. SF is not.

Whatever the case, Pelli's best work is the Pacific Design Center. Pop shapes and colors and a slick curtain wall.

Pelli’s Hong Kong tower is beautiful, but the SF tower isn’t a misstep for his firm at all, even with it’s simpler silhouette.

[Quixote]

Originally Posted by BrandonJXN

Frank Gehry is still designing the Grand Ave project. This is how it looks like now. Now if this is the version that we'll get, who knows with this project? At this point, I'd rather have BIG or SHoP design something truly grand. But honestly, this version isn't terrible at all.

Another view:


http://www.trbimg.com/img-5876c290/t...redux-20170103

[ocman]

It’s still incredibly busy. I know Related is trying to squeeze every cent from this project, but it’s so inundated with retail spaces climbing on top of one another. This project should visually acquiesce to Disney Hall.

[ocman]

Originally Posted by surfnspy

Excited about the Lucas Museum. It is a pretty distinctive form, but looking a little like a Tennis Shoe insert? Dr. Scholl building?

Don’t really care for the architecture nor of what I’ve heard of its collection. But what’s interesting is the gradient varied park space that surrounds the museum, assuming that’s not just rendering space filler.