Vermont/Wilshire Towers. 12 floors up now.

http://i.imgur.com/nJoArCU.jpg?1

Some small apartment projects underway to the south

http://i.imgur.com/gvSkM4J.jpg?1

I wish the Double Marriott in downtown would go up as quickly as those Vermont towers have been. :eek:

I hope this happens. !!

Some updates from the Wood Frame Mile (La Brea between Santa Monica and Fountain):

Santa Monica/La Brea (ex. Carl's Jr.) project
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8241/8...f454aac6_b.jpg

The Courtyard at La Brea
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8...fd5f18a6_b.jpg

La Brea/Fountain (ex. John's) project
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8095/8...07f699f5_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8...111a5e23_b.jpg

Nearby:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8232/8...aaee9319_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8383/8...fdb7e52e_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8225/8...06f0e7a4_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8...3b502dc8_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8095/8...161dbf58_b.jpg

nice!

As Oscar Wilde would say: When God wishes to punish you, he answers your prayers!:P

Marriott built 3 unsightly towers in Las Vegas, latest being Springhill Suites (part of Marriott) near the Convention Center. I was so excited seeing this latest one getting built, and then when finished, I wanted to shoot some paint balls at it. And the one at Paradise/Flamingo::yuck:

Marriott seems in a rush to build hotels all over the world, some 50? scheduled for Africa, and it's build-it-as-cheaply-as-possible, we need the money to keep expanding and expanding!

But let's hope the one being built downtown has some redeeming qualities to it. With balconies? Oh please!!! That might slow down its completion by a week or 2!!!

Williams & Dame are the developers of this project. Marriott has merely signed on to operate the hotel.

I don't think the architecture is a big deal. It's not ugly, and I wasn't expecting something groundbreaking for a 22 floor mid-priced hotel. I think it will acquit itself much better at night, just like the rest of the LA skyline.

I really like those last two projects, especially the 7530 one. I love the way they treat the solar panels. An artful way to incorporate a very functional feature.

Yeah, those are really cool. I haven't seen those before. They aren't on La Brea, are they?

CicLAVia is going to the beach!! I hope you all are there supporting the anti-car movement.

http://la.streetsblog.org/2013/02/21...ia-to-the-sea/

http://la.streetsblog.org/wp-content...11_FINAL-1.jpg

Depends on what you mean by "anti-car". I sure as hell ain't riding a bike 20 miles to the beach cities.

Then don't. It's just a one day festival. No one is making you do it.


But yeah, I'm excited.

20 miles on a bike is nothing.

Though the 20 miles uphill (granted, barely) to get home might be a little much for the casual biker.

Agreed. Every summer, I bike with a bunch of my friends along the San Gabriel River from Irwindale to Seal Beach, and that's like 30 miles. And I'm not really much of a regular bike rider.

Blvd 6200 starting to make the slow climb out of the massive cement pit

http://i.imgur.com/OQTILL8.jpg?1

Old Spaghetti Factory Tower

http://i.imgur.com/vzm7aKw.jpg?1

Across Sunset, the Emerson College building

http://i.imgur.com/F1oTB84.jpg?1

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/0...tory_tower.php

SaMo's Fairmont Miramar Reno Could Include 21-Story Tower

http://la.curbed.com/uploads/2013_02_miramar.jpg

by Neal Broverman

Great updates, blackcat!:tup:

It's great to see those sections of Hollywood chugging along. No pics on hand, but the SLO development at Melrose just east of Wilton has cleared their site, and is now moving at full steam.

Wow, love it.