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Old Posted Jan 13, 2011, 2:26 AM
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Three stages of the southwest corner of Grand and 2nd

William Reagh/LAPL http://jpg2.lapl.org/spnb1/00017414.jpg
The Minnewaska ca. 1964, newly decorated, according to the sign--
apparently in trendy windowless style.


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Diller Scofidio + Renfro/The New York Times http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...ROAD-popup.jpg
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Today in The New York Times is a very good architectural review on the forthcoming Broad Art Foundation to rise at the southwest corner of Grand and 2nd, a block down from Disney Hall. It describes not only how the new building might work as museum space, but also gives a thoughtful overview of 21st-century Bunker Hill and how it relates (or doesn't relate) to the 1920s commercial district over on Broadway. Btw, worth repeating, I think, is what has been pointed out here before: that it could be argued that the destruction of what we hold dear here (old Bunker Hill) saved, in essence, much of the architecture of the Broadway business district. As I look at the sterile cityscape along Grand Avenue, I am at least grateful for that. I like the looks of the new Broad, but I don't know how far it and the rest of the area's starchitecture goes toward giving us the texture Bunker Hill once had. Well, I do know: Not very.

Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/ar...angeles&st=cse
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