this thread focuses a lot on the hardware of dt....the size, design, height, parking density, ped friendliness, sidewalk size, ground floor stores of the hood. But it's the software....the ppl & the way they interact with the hood....& the number of such ppl living in or visiting dt....who make all the difference in the world.
it wasn't too long ago when a vid like this wouldn't have been possible. the places they visit either didn't exist or were in such bad shape they had lost most of their appeal. A young couple originally from europe wouldn't have had much reason to drop by dtla, much less to say they love it & would like moving there.
cut to the chase at 6:12 when the vid maker talks about her impression of dt. There are also some shots of the new apt bldgs rising south of the metro 415 apt bldg...formerly the subway terminal bldg.
such ppl probably don't care too much or at all if the park fifth proj isn't as great....& tall.....as it originally was planned to be. they may be not too different from all the thousands of ppl who have enabled gh palmer to do quite well with his faux tuscan apt projs throughout dt. Or his slightly altered version of the same thing recently opened or soon to open on broadway.
dtla finally is moving closer & closer to what LA should have long had from the beginning. in some ways, dt is better today than it has ever been in the city's history. As the mangers of the new nomad hotel say, it's still not quite all there....but it's getting closer to that mark.
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