LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 6.0 - Page 456

colemonkee · #**9101** Posted **Apr 11, 2020, 2:40 AM**

^ This was proposed earlier at around 62 stories, so receiving a bit of a haircut, but the general design remains intact. Will still have a significant impact as it's likely to be a tad bit over 500 ft (or even more) given the crown. Just won't be a 600-footer, unfortunately.

Zapatan · #**9102** Posted **Apr 11, 2020, 4:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

^ This was proposed earlier at around 62 stories, so receiving a bit of a haircut, but the general design remains intact. Will still have a significant impact as it's likely to be a tad bit over 500 ft (or even more) given the crown. Just won't be a 600-footer, unfortunately.

Yea, 500 ft. is good for LA though, plus it's such an amazing design

binjakob · #**9103** Posted **Apr 11, 2020, 9:25 PM**

Is it next to the Eastern Columbia?

Niftybox · #**9104** Posted **Apr 11, 2020, 10:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

Australian developer moves forward with plans for 43-story condo/hotel tower at 11th/Hill, hopes to break ground in 2021

https://www.latimes.com/business/sto...wn-los-angeles

Alright! That building is something out of Blade Runner, very cool. Let us hope the design holds up for the most part and the height doesn't drop any further.

Niftybox · #**9105** Posted **Apr 12, 2020, 4:30 AM**

I feel like a delay in LA's core skyline build up phase will enjoy the fruits of modern and futuristic architecture that's being proposed, the older well-developed cities are too crowded to have in any meaningful quantity anytime soon, except NYC, it plays by its own rules. Having the heli-pad ordinance removed plays into this equation as well, expecting and hoping for less boxes and more angles, inclined roof tops and slender shapes. LA is a city of artists so I expect it, I'm looking to Melbourne/Panama for what could come.

TheIllinoisan · #**9106** Posted **Apr 12, 2020, 9:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by Niftybox

I feel like a delay in LA's core skyline build up phase will enjoy the fruits of modern and futuristic architecture that's being proposed, the older well-developed cities are too crowded to have in any meaningful quantity anytime soon, except NYC, it plays by its own rules. Having the heli-pad ordinance removed plays into this equation as well, expecting and hoping for less boxes and more angles, inclined roof tops and slender shapes. LA is a city of artists so I expect it, I'm looking to Melbourne/Panama for what could come.

Lets hope that doesnt happen. Melbourne and, especially, Panama have aweful skylines.

pwright1 · #**9107** Posted **Apr 12, 2020, 11:50 AM**

Niftybox · #**9108** Posted **Apr 12, 2020, 7:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by TheIllinoisan

Lets hope that doesnt happen. Melbourne and, especially, Panama have aweful skylines.

Melbourne has some of the coolest cladding on their towers, look closer. I agree Panama is kinda ugly but you can't deny they both look futuristic, that's my point.

Doctorboffin · #**9109** Posted **Apr 12, 2020, 11:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

Australian developer moves forward with plans for 43-story condo/hotel tower at 11th/Hill, hopes to break ground in 2021

https://www.latimes.com/business/sto...wn-los-angeles

I tried to triangulate the height based off both renderings by looking at the size of the lot, buildings around it, cars, etc. If we assume that those renderings are accurate the building will be well over 700 feet. In fact nearly 750 feet. That is insanely tall for a 43 story building, but not completely impossible.

MN/WI · #**9110** Posted **Apr 13, 2020, 2:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by Doctorboffin

I tried to triangulate the height based off both renderings by looking at the size of the lot, buildings around it, cars, etc. If we assume that those renderings are accurate the building will be well over 700 feet. In fact nearly 750 feet. That is insanely tall for a 43 story building, but not completely impossible.

And the fact it's primarily residential.

CaliNative · #**9111** Posted **Apr 13, 2020, 11:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by pwright1

^^^
Grand seems to be going up going up slowly. Has covid delayed construction? Other projects (e.g. Century Plaza condo towers) seem to add one or two floors a week. This seems like one a month, or less. Also, is the Oceanwide project still stalled?

CaliNative · #**9112** Posted **Apr 13, 2020, 11:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by Niftybox

Melbourne has some of the coolest cladding on their towers, look closer. I agree Panama is kinda ugly but you can't deny they both look futuristic, that's my point.

Trouble is, "futuristic" can age badly. 1950s "futuristic" tail fins on cars were a joke by the mid 1960s (although collectors now seek them out). Good design is timeless. The Seagrams tower was futuristic AND well designed. It has aged well. The 11th & Hill tower shown above is also a good modernist design. Hope that gets built. An ideal skyline should have a historical mix of old and new. Love the old as well as the new styles. In my opinion, the uniformly modernist/"futuristric" skylines (Dubai, Miami, Panama etc.) are boring. Chicago and New York with a mix of old and new, and L.A. somewhat (although the old stuff is mostly under 150') are more interesting. I also have fondness for retro designs, if well done. Would love to see a few "neo" art deco towers in L.A. or even a neo gothic or two at some point. If well done. Hopefully the covid recession or depression will end soon and the boom resume. One Great Depression is enough.

ChelseaFC · #**9113** Posted **Apr 13, 2020, 4:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Doctorboffin

I tried to triangulate the height based off both renderings by looking at the size of the lot, buildings around it, cars, etc. If we assume that those renderings are accurate the building will be well over 700 feet. In fact nearly 750 feet. That is insanely tall for a 43 story building, but not completely impossible.

Looks the LA Times used an older rendering (when it was a 50-60 story). Here is the updated rendering, courtesy of @blackcat23.

https://urbanize.la/post/australian-...la-condo-tower

hughfb3 · #**9114** Posted **Apr 13, 2020, 4:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by CaliNative

^^^
Grand seems to be going up going up slowly. Has covid delayed construction? Other projects (e.g. Century Plaza condo towers) seem to add one or two floors a week. This seems like one a month, or less. Also, is the Oceanwide project still stalled?

While it looks like this project is going on it’s 4th Floor from this picture, the site is built on a complex hill. From the olive street side, this is the 7th floor. The project construction is slow because it’s working on the base and hasn’t yet hit the repeatable floor patterns of the towers.

Doctorboffin · #**9115** Posted **Apr 14, 2020, 9:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

Looks the LA Times used an older rendering (when it was a 50-60 story). Here is the updated rendering, courtesy of @blackcat23.

https://urbanize.la/post/australian-...la-condo-tower

Darn, yeah those new renderings put it squarely in the 500 ft range. It's still a beauty but it will be massively overshadowed by Crescent Heights and the Mack Urban towers, which of course isn't a completely bad thing.

Speaking of which, is there any news on the two Mack Urban buildings? They were filed like two years ago, but there hasn't been any updates, not even a rendering.

ChelseaFC · #**9116** Posted **Apr 16, 2020, 12:18 AM**

Federal investigation into L.A. City Hall corruption involves downtown project

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Prosecutors have not named the mysterious Developer C, who is at the heart of a City Hall bribery case involving a bag full of cash. But numerous details in the case point to an as-yet unbuilt residential tower planned in downtown L.A.

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...street-project

https://urbanize.la/post/another-hig...lex-south-park

pwright1 · #**9117** Posted **Apr 22, 2020, 8:21 AM**

Beautiful little reveal this week. What a difference. So awesome.

colemonkee · #**9118** Posted **Apr 22, 2020, 2:38 PM**

Great shots, Paul, and agreed; this is a huge turnaround. Can wait to see what they did with that base (pun fully intended).

On another topic, has anyone been by the Brookfield tower between 7th & 8th? Or the Mitsui project on 8th and Figueroa? Curious to know if work is still progressing on those sites.

ChelseaFC · #**9119** Posted **Apr 22, 2020, 4:36 PM**

Looks like a structure that wouldn't be out of place in the ancient Roman Forum. Minus the fire escape ladders of course.

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**9120** Posted **Apr 23, 2020, 4:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

Great shots, Paul, and agreed; this is a huge turnaround. Can wait to see what they did with that base (pun fully intended).

On another topic, has anyone been by the Brookfield tower between 7th & 8th? Or the Mitsui project on 8th and Figueroa? Curious to know if work is still progressing on those sites.

Windows have been punched out on the second level.. Peeked in today.

Mitsui is fenced but nothing happening yet... Brookfield moving forward