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Originally Posted by colemonkee
In other Culver City news, a friend of mine on the Culver City Council mentioned in passing that Apple has presented initial plans to the City Council for the Apple Music HQ directly across National from the Ivy Station project, where crews have been demolishing the former Learning Materials building on the western edge of the Helms Bakery complex block. He says that Apple being predictably guarded with releasing the designs to the public yet, but that the initial plans they saw include some ground floor retail. If true, that whole area with Ivy Station, the Platform and now Apple Music HQ could become the next "downtown" Culver City. Now, if we could only get that strip mall on Venice just west of the Expo Line that's bookended by the Del Taco and Wendy's redeveloped into mixed use, then you would have a pretty contiguous, walkable neighborhood from National to Duquense (and arguably beyond if walking along Washington Blvd).
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The strip mall on Venice doesn't help but the big problem is the two Honda and Toyota dealerships at Robertson and Washington. They are located in the most unfortunate place in terms of walk-ability and connectivity between Downtown Culver City and the Expo line Station.
If you get rid of the car dealerships and put in some ground level retail on that block with public easement (like the Platform or Ivy Station), you can make walking from Trader Joe's to Expo line Station much easier and more pleasant.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cu...4d-118.3964665
And if we are able to redevelop that entire block (car dealerships, Venice Blvd strip mall, the low rise office block on Robertson), I would suggest Culver City reconfigure Robertson between Venice and Washington into a bus station for the Expo line station and make it a pedestrian friendly zone. Restrict access to Robertson to only transit buses, eliminate Hoke Ave, and give the rest of the road surface back to people walking on foot. Add shade trees and integrate it with the new developments.