LOS ANGELES | METRO Project Rundown 2.0 (non-downtown)

[Easy]

Thanks for the photos hughfb3. I got off at Normandie station for the first time in many months and was surprised to see that going up across the street. Koreatown is getting taller.

[N. Fred]

I walked by 806 W. Adams Boulevard this week, and it's pushing dirt. 102 five-bedroom apartments. I think the whole area around Adams and Figueroa is about to blow up.

https://la.urbanize.city/post/city-p...ark-apartments

[craigs]

Originally Posted by hughfb3

http://www.jamisonpropertieslp.com/copy-of-kurve

Thank you. Nice addition to the neighborhood!

[hughfb3]

Originally Posted by N. Fred

I walked by 806 W. Adams Boulevard this week, and it's pushing dirt. 102 five-bedroom apartments. I think the whole area around Adams and Figueroa is about to blow up.

https://la.urbanize.city/post/city-p...ark-apartments

I love the look of these apartments. Reminds me of the The Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland. More of this please

Okay. I got some daytime shots today...







http://www.jamisonpropertieslp.com/copy-of-kurve

[Radio5]

Originally Posted by N. Fred

I walked by 806 W. Adams Boulevard this week, and it's pushing dirt. 102 five-bedroom apartments. I think the whole area around Adams and Figueroa is about to blow up.

https://la.urbanize.city/post/city-p...ark-apartments

Hopefully they can cap some part of the 110 there btwn 23rd and 28th.

[Radio5]

Originally Posted by hughfb3

I love the look of these apartments. Reminds me of the The Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland. More of this please

Okay. I got some daytime shots today...

http://www.jamisonpropertieslp.com/copy-of-kurve

Definitely will add some great density and walkability btwn wilshire and 6th. Now just need a park on the church's parking lot. One can dream...

[LA21st]

Originally Posted by hughfb3

http://www.jamisonpropertieslp.com/copy-of-kurve

Whoa! That's way farther along than I thought it was.

[Easy]

Originally Posted by LA21st

Whoa! That's way farther along than I thought it was.

Same. I think that it broke ground only weeks or maybe a couple months before Onni at Olympic/Hill downtown and they haven't even finished digging the hole yet.

[scania]

Originally Posted by Easy

Same. I think that it broke ground only weeks or maybe a couple months before Onni at Olympic/Hill downtown and they haven't even finished digging the hole yet.

They might’ve finished digging the hole since the crane is now up…but also, the one on Hill is a much larger scale building. It will be the tallest residential in LA.

[Easy]

Originally Posted by scania

They might’ve finished digging the hole since the crane is now up…but also, the one on Hill is a much larger scale building. It will be the tallest residential in LA.

The hole is mostly finished but they're still taking dirt out. And yeah, it's maybe the deepest hole for a building in LA. I think that it's 80 feet.

[sopas ej]

Recent projects in Pasadena... Photos taken this morning (12.4.2022).


Photo by me


Photo by me

Detail.

Photo by me

[Quixote]

^ Wow, that detail is amazing. That’s how you do modern Spanish Colonial Revival.

The first one along Colorado looks good too. I would’ve preferred white to beige-tan, but that can be fixed. Overall, that project should be the baseline quality for all new infill projects in LA. If you’re going to use stucco, make sure it’s white, black, or very close to those; no gimmicky treatments or bright colors. Incorporate some high-quality material at street level and minimize blank walls (if so, cover it with ivy or a hedge).

[bossabreezes]

Why can't we get nice projects like this in LA city limits? Everything now is that boring, prefab concrete/stucco with little to no architectural flair.

These projects in Pasadena are beautiful and promote a Californian identity to their architecture. Unlike the vast majority of the stuff being built around LA.

[Quixote]

Originally Posted by hughfb3

I love the look of these apartments. Reminds me of the The Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland. More of this please

Okay. I got some daytime shots today...

Thanks for the update! The jury’s still out on this one, depending on the type and quality of glazing, but the subtle curvilinear contour at the corners are a nice touch.

[Quixote]

Originally Posted by bossabreezes

Why can't we get nice projects like this in LA city limits? Everything now is that boring, prefab concrete/stucco with little to no architectural flair.

These projects in Pasadena are beautiful and promote a Californian identity to their architecture. Unlike the vast majority of the stuff being built around LA.

Yes, Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Santa Monica, and Long Beach for the most part get higher-quality infill than LA city. Their streetscape also look more presentable and maintained partly because of buried power lines.

[Quixote]

Posted in the LA transit thread, but it's worth posting here...

This is big. No, it's not the $3.5-billion (or so) windfall we need to construct the last 3.5 miles underneath Wilshire, but it does set things in motion!

At their December meeting, the Westside COG will vote to approve spending approximately $100m in discretionary Measure M funds on BRT and bus infrastructure improvements, and about $20m for predevelopment activities for D Line extension to Santa Monica.

https://twitter.com/numble/status/15...CjqfSSmLAsAAAA

[Quixote]

It's not just about architecture but the way everything comes together that gives a city its inscape. Tokyo has lots of bad architecture, power lines, wide roads, curb cuts, and a crap ton of streets without actual sidewalks, yet it's more walkable and interesting (and therefore more attractive IMO) than most eastern US/Canada and Western European cities.

The problem with LA, particular LA city, is that it has both an unkempt appearance and a sparse feeling. With a few exceptions, the areas with the most pedestrians are 1- or 2-story retail strips. Conversely, we have blocks of 4-7-story apartment buildings that are devoid of pedestrians. New developments are monolithic (wider than they are tall) with bigger storefronts and blank walls. You replace a crappy strip mall with a 7-story building, but you lose the great ethnic hole-in-the-wall restaurants and amenities that come with it.

[Busy Bee]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

Detail.

Photo by me

That's some quality stuff. That could be built in the 1920s and people wouldn't know the difference.

[DJM19]

I don't normally care about historical revival, but I think LA City should have insisted on that sort of quality of style for projects like LA Plaza Village Apartments, west of Olvera Street. Maybe just because what they built instead look bad even for modern design.

[Easy]

Originally Posted by Quixote

Posted in the LA transit thread, but it's worth posting here...

This is big. No, it's not the $3.5-billion (or so) windfall we need to construct the last 3.5 miles underneath Wilshire, but it does set things in motion!



https://twitter.com/numble/status/15...CjqfSSmLAsAAAA

It will set things in motion assuming that they vote yes. Either way I see this as being decades out to even start. I imagine that with the current D line extension, with the existing E line, and with the planned Sepulveda line that the westside is already getting more than most areas. Yes it's needed, but I don't see this happening before there is a rail line down Vermont and that's already decades away.