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Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280
Thanks for the scoop. I love that the gentrification is steadily marching Westwards. The drive between the Freeway and Boystown is absolutely thrilling because essentially an entire new neighborhood has been constructed along that street over the last decade. The architecture leaves something to be desired (though these are an improvement), but it's wonderfully refreshing to see a neighborhood getting denser instead of thinning out.
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Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. The architecture does leave something to be desired, but it seems like there's enough variation from building-to-building (even if it is from one subpar style to another) that the whole is somehow greater than the sum of its parts.
Here's a rendering of the development you were talking about. Sounds like you had already seen it though.
Not the greatest but at least it's a break from the historicism that predominates as you head farther east. Does anyone know if they knocked down this building to make way for it?:
Better image
here on Google Street View.
I've always been unusually fond of it (love the glazed brick and bright red) and would be sad to see to hear that it's been demolished, although I know that, if it's still standing, its days are numbered anyway.
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Originally Posted by Hayward
I don't believe you're incredibly curious.
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Just incredibly patronizing.