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Originally Posted by bhunsberger
the bland light blue glass leaves much to be desired.
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An ssper who, as an armchair architect, doesn't like the facade...design...height....shape....color....parking podium....of a new proj in dtla. Color me surprised.
btw, that's fine with me, & maybe I might even agree with....but I don't go out of my way to point out the same thing is mentioned by sspers over & over again
As for the sign on top of this bldg...restored & relit several yrs ago...I've seen it for decades. I didn't realize that an auto manufacturing bldg from over 70 yrs ago is today being used by creative types for art galleries. In a way, because dtla...esp South pk....has been marginalized for yrs, the value of its property...land...hasn't inflated as much as it would have in a traditionally booming American urban center like a nyc or sf.
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There is irony in how either the health or weakness of a hood can help or hurt it....or both. I think of the new midrise proj now going up in the middle of the generally gritty arts dist further to the north just on the other side of skid row....hope does spring eternal.
If dtla had remained economically competitive over the past 80 yrs, the old Bendix bldg would have been snapped up quickly by big real estate investors or hedge funds....the same types who are now keeping rents in a city like nyc way too high. So dtla's lower property valuation has certain interesting benefits.