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Originally Posted by caligrad
I went downtown this weekend. First time in a looooooong time. Noticed a few things.
Onnis tower is going to be so freaking imposing in its location on Olympic. I'll be surprised if we don't hear any new proposals in the immediate area soon, especially since Addidas is a block over.
The Fig Pico tower, the smaller lot seems to be fenced off, has it been that way always or are they planning on breaking ground soon?
It was really really busy down there. IT took us forever to find a parking spot without shelling out 40 bucks.
Also, heading to the new bridge, we drove down 9th and one thing i noticed was a lack of tent cities/encampments in the immediate area. It took us a few blocks before we saw 2 tents. A lot of hipsters rolling around on scooters though.
was there a planned street cleaning this weekend for skid row or something because i can honestly say we only saw 3 homeless people walking around. Granted we were down on 9th. I just expected more tents since when i went down there peak covid, tents were lining the streets and actually in the streets.
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I work downtown and Overall I have noticed a decrease in encampments in the area as a whole. Several of the underpasses have been cleaned up! There’s still a good few more that are left. But, the large one near LA grand hotel was cleaned recently as well as the underpass heading towards Washington on Figueroa. Skid row has been getting somewhat cleaned as well, but has a looooooong way still. I think as we see more supportive housing come online, we will see more and more encampments getting cleared. Now if only we can get large shelters built……. I was downtown this past Saturday and it was sooo packed. Felt like 2019 for a moment ☺️!!! LA live has really been packed lately!