LOS ANGELES | METRO Project Rundown 2.0 (non-downtown) - Page 453

colemonkee · #**9041** Posted **Mar 13, 2019, 3:33 AM**

^ The first panels of glass went up on the tower at La Cienega and Jefferson. Was there earlier today and saw them on the southeast corner. Didn't get a pic, but will be back in the area next Tuesday, when hopefully they have more panels on. Looks pretty decent.

The Best Forumer · #**9042** Posted **Mar 13, 2019, 2:39 PM**

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Some interesting projects off the top of my head:

Palisades Village
Marina Del Rey (multiple)
Howard Hughes Center (multiple)
Wilshire Curson tower (mixed reports about status)
Gardenhouse Wilshire
8899 Beverly Blvd
1840 N. Highland
Redbury Hotel (H Club)
Pinnacle 360 (Temple Hospital Site)

Renders of any of these? I think i saw some for marina del rey....

ChelseaFC · #**9043** Posted **Mar 13, 2019, 5:41 PM**

LAX People Mover to break ground Thursday, will open in 2023

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...507017441.html

Radio5 · #**9044** Posted **Mar 13, 2019, 11:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

^ The first panels of glass went up on the tower at La Cienega and Jefferson. Was there earlier today and saw them on the southeast corner. Didn't get a pic, but will be back in the area next Tuesday, when hopefully they have more panels on. Looks pretty decent.

Here ya go...

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colemonkee · #**9045** Posted **Mar 14, 2019, 3:23 AM**

Nice, thank you, Radio5!

The LAX People Mover can't get here soon enough. Glad to see it's starting.

blackcat23 · #**9046** Posted **Mar 14, 2019, 10:11 PM**

Here's the new look for the tower that would replace Amoeba

Illithid Dude · #**9047** Posted **Mar 14, 2019, 10:40 PM**

Since when did Johnson Fain become a bad architect.

colemonkee · #**9048** Posted **Mar 15, 2019, 2:55 AM**

^ Ha! Ooof, I think I'd rather keep Amoeba.

JerellO · #**9049** Posted **Mar 15, 2019, 7:20 AM**

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Nice, thank you, Radio5!

The LAX People Mover can't get here soon enough. Glad to see it's starting.

Since people still need to board 2 trains to reach the people mover from Union Station, Metro should create express trains on the Expo and Crenshaw line that skip all the stops except for Union station, the transfer station between expo and Crenshaw, and the people mover connecting station. That way travelers don’t have to dread going through all the stops on both lines.

blackcat23 · #**9050** Posted **Mar 15, 2019, 12:02 PM**

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Since people still need to board 2 trains to reach the people mover from Union Station, Metro should create express trains on the Expo and Crenshaw line that skip all the stops except for Union station, the transfer station between expo and Crenshaw, and the people mover connecting station. That way travelers don’t have to dread going through all the stops on both lines.

Stuff like this is - or even a direct train line between LAX and Union Station via the Harbor Subdivision - is frequently suggested, but existing travel patterns don't suggest there's great demand for it.

Total ridership for all the LAX FlyAway buses last year was 1.3 million (down from 1.5 million 10 years earlier) - amounting to around 3,500 total people per day. The LAX-Union Station route probably accounts for more than half that total, but that's not a number the screams for equivalent rail service.

Radio5 · #**9051** Posted **Mar 16, 2019, 5:24 PM**

Went walking around Koreatown the other day. This neighborhood is going to be incredible in the next few years, and then especially when the purple line extension is complete. Even just the first phase.

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202_Cyclist · #**9052** Posted **Mar 16, 2019, 6:34 PM**

Thank you for posting these photos but, oof, that parking garage.

Wilcal · #**9053** Posted **Mar 16, 2019, 9:45 PM**

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Since when did Johnson Fain become a bad architect.

My thoughts exactly. What do you suppose causes this?

jamesinclair · #**9054** Posted **Mar 17, 2019, 2:55 AM**

This may be the ugliest thing I have ever seen in my life, and has caused me to go full NIMBY until the city promises to never allow anything like this again

delts145 · #**9055** Posted **Mar 17, 2019, 3:16 AM**

No one's happier than me to see this one finally get off the ground. Another gap will be closed as we drive along Wilshire toward a Downtown that is beginning to live up to it's status as a major world city. So good to see that whole stretch taking shape.

Speaking of Korea Town, who works out at the 24 hour fitness on Serrano and Wilshire? Love it, since the major expansion. It was past due, with all the residential development going up in the neighborhood.

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Went walking around Koreatown the other day. This neighborhood is going to be incredible in the next few years, and then especially when the purple line extension is complete. Even just the first phase.

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https://urbanize.la/sites/default/fi...?itok=uYod9c8o

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cargocultpants · #**9056** Posted **Mar 19, 2019, 5:51 AM**

RE the big parking garage in Ktown. That's been there for decades; this is being built on top. So, an improvement...

202_Cyclist · #**9057** Posted **Mar 19, 2019, 6:07 PM**

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RE the big parking garage in Ktown. That's been there for decades; this is being built on top. So, an improvement...

Just because it has been there for decades doesn't make it right...

LAsam · #**9058** Posted **Mar 19, 2019, 7:47 PM**

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Just because it has been there for decades doesn't make it right...

Would have been nice if they could have at least added retail to the first floor, and perhaps some cladding.

Radio5 · #**9059** Posted **Mar 20, 2019, 8:51 PM**

Things are moving at the hollywood and sunset parcel in Los Feliz. Wish there were renderings for this thing. Can't seem to find them.

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ChelseaFC · #**9060** Posted **Mar 20, 2019, 9:20 PM**

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Things are moving at the hollywood and sunset parcel in Los Feliz. Wish there were renderings for this thing. Can't seem to find them.

Not sure how current these are.